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[HD2 General] de Wolfe:
I just got an answer from HTC to my question about then release of the update e.g. in Germany.

They told me, that they are atm preparing an update that solves the SMS-problem. The update WILL come within this month.

So, we have to wait at most for another 7 days for the update in Europe etc. :)

Let's hope, that they will provide us the 1.66 and not just another SMS-Hotfix...

But I think, that sounds rather good than bad..
[HD2 General] Archer:
Thanks de Wolfe - that's good to know. I am enjoying the 1.66 ROM, but would much rather have the proper version, so I'm looking forward to an official release from HTC. Like you said, let's just hope they give us the ROM and not just a hotfix!
[HD2 General] Brittlestars:
After upgrading to new 1.66 ROM, I'm looking for a taskbar with battery increment indicator and time.

Would be great if someone if point out which taskbar works well for new ROM. Heard that Brian's taskbar doesn't work well. Cheers :)
[HD2 General] Marv-in:
Could you please anyone post screenshot of this bug? Thanks
[HD2 General] nadderf:
Is sms working? i want to know before flashing
[HD2 General] nadderf:
Dubble posted..
[HD2 General] Archer:
It seems to send and receive okay, but I only had the problem occassionally, and usually not for at least a week after a hard reset. The only problem I've found is that having a large number of text messages stored on the phone still slows edits on the people page. I've gone back to archiving using MyPhone because of that.

I guess it's a bit too early to say whether the sending issue is resolved, unless someone can say for sure that it isn't??
[HD2 General] Shawn_230:
So I figured out XT9 only interferes with 3rd party keyboards if you use SIPChange to set it as default... if I select Swype manually then there is no XT9 with it. Previous ROMs weren't like this though, I'm certain.

Also annoying is the startup sound, I'm gonna look into replacing it with a blank file.
[HD2 General] 10dulkar:
Ok... so the new ROM Version is available for download. That's great news but the key question is had anyone tried it in Western Europe and can anyone confirm that the English functions ok without major issues on hd2?
[HD2 General] Archer:
Yes and yes :)
[HD2 General] novalistic:
Try Dutty's Task Manager under "item 7" works perfectly with my baby "HD2" :D:D:D
[HD2 General] Shawn_230:
Okay, I made a CAB and it seems to work.

Woo... I am so smart, I am so smart, s-m-r-t!
[HD2 General] Archer:
Why the MASSIVE wav file that's full of garbage? Couldn't you just create a silent wav file that's tiny?

Edit:

I've attached one - just put that in your cab instead of the one that's in there and it'll be tiny.

I'd remake the cab myself, but I don't wanna steal your thunder ;)
[HD2 General] novalistic:
Can put in say . . . Windows 7 - Startup Song :D :D

Instead of No Song :cool: :cool:
[HD2 General] Shawn_230:
Well did you try that? I created a tiny silent file but somehow my HD2 kept playing that annoying tone so I figured it had to be the same size file as the original.

You can make a CAB, whatever, I don't care...
[HD2 General] Davidex84:
Thanks! :)
[HD2 General] kuzibri:
That is the 1.48 ROM version. The new ROM still is not available on European HTC support sites.
[HD2 General] Archer:
Yes, I did try it, hence the suggestion.

I've made a new cab since you're not bothered. Thanks :)
[HD2 General] Shawn_230:
Well isn't that just dandy, good for you.
[HD2 General] Archer:
No, it's not good for me - it's good for EVERYONE that wants a quick & easy way to rid themselves of the boot sound, and doesn't want to do it at the expense of nearly 1MB of precious ROM space.

Thank you for your support though :)

Edit:

I've linked your original post in another thread where this has been posted. Thanks for the help :)
[HD2 General] gwelwhir:
I'm using the 1.48.405.2 (71294) WWE ROM, and that "GSM" note appeared after performing the "2010.01.14 New SMS Function Update" from HTC's site. Most probably, this newer ROM has that already built in.

Edit: The "note" for that hotfix says: This update is only applicable to ROM version is equal to 1.66.XXX.X, or lower.
[HD2 General] tsttse:
the recognition is great and have no problem recognizing my CBC writings... so i dont need to complain
[HD2 General] lepszy:
I must say that even tho i'm waiting for that new ROM to be awailable from uk site, I'm little scared of flashing my phone since it works flawlessly on 1.48 stock ROM. I've never had any of the issues most of you guys have it just works fine :)
[HD2 General] gwelwhir:
With 1.48 stock ROM, I only had the sms-stuck-in-outbox problem, which was solved with the 2nd hotfix (dated 2010.01.14) from HTC.

However, the "lag" when opening a looong (800+ msgs) sms thread still persists. OK it's large, but the Touch Diamond had no problems with that, threaded and unthreaded. I wonder if the 1.66.707.1 actually solves that issue -- I've seen two posts in this thread, contradicting each other, so I'm still hesitant about doing the update yet.
[HD2 General] Archer:
I agree - my diamond and my HD never exhibited that problem. The only obvious answer is that it's the Sense UI. Maybe I'll look at downgrading to TouchFLO ;)
[HD2 General] elkyelky:
1.66 seems to have disappeared from HTC's website within the last 10 minutes for me.
[HD2 General] casci:
Not seems. On HTC/sea 1.66 is still present.
[HD2 General] romac:
If it ain't broke, don't fix it
[HD2 General] gwelwhir:
:)

there's also: Disabling HTC Messaging in manila 2.5
[HD2 General] Archer:
Yeah - that works, but I like HTC messaging. Even the older UIs were better than that method.
[HD2 General] SreePillai:
i'm still holding out for the UK version of the new ROM, anyone there who thinks we'll get it here tomorrow??
[HD2 General] Archer:
Nope - I'd be suprised if we see it this week (please be wrong, please be wrong, please be wrong! lol)
[HD2 General] SreePillai:
awww mate...i'm still going to bed with a prayer for that...lol :D
[HD2 General] Archer:
Mate - I'd love to be wrong!
[HD2 General] gwelwhir:
Ditto.

Also wondering if there is/will be a changelog about HTC's ROM updates -- apart from the one everyone's contributing to here --

an official, "technical" one from HTC, instead of the "keeping in touch has always been very important" text.
[HD2 General] Archer:
Here's my prediction for the HTC ROM changelog...

"Using a mobile device has always been fun, and that's what the HD2 brings to us over and over again! This new update allows you to contact friends and family easily and with great joy."
[HD2 General] lorin.bute:
Hahaha, can't stop laughing!!! Good one! :):):) :p
[HD2 General] jakem:
Great post :D
[HD2 General] tsttse:
still no sign of the official rom for us Hong Kong people on this cool Monday morning...
[HD2 General] Shawn_230:
Well can you blame HTC? I mean, it must be such a time consuming task to switch the language and a few of the packages around for other locales... I'd say if they release 1.66 for the rest of us by the end of February then they've really done us a solid!

<\sarcasm>

Seriously, WTF is this about? Maybe I don't have enough know-how about this, but isn't it very straightforward to take this 1.66 and make it for other localizations as well? I see most chefs already have moved their ROMs to 1.66 base so it can't take days and days and days to do this.
[HD2 General] xwaiz:
HK rom may get delayed by the extra HKCSL customization. Testing, acceptance, ...

Historically, HK rom release date always lag behind the other countries.
[HD2 General] junda15:
when i complete the download and try to run the new rom it prompt me file corrupted. why is it so ?
[HD2 General] gwelwhir:
ROFL!!! :D
[HD2 General] gwelwhir:
Maybe the file is corrupt as it says, try to download it again?

It should have the following checksums:

CRC32: C8BEDC33

MD5: FADF0FEF2C6D62BE7EAF4FA9A4419C74

SHA-1: DE0DACC54F2505415EB8B68F78ACAADFA066A7DC
[HD2 General] junda15:
i back up using spirit back up. after upgrading the rom to 1.66 can i restore all the settings ? will it restore the rom back to 1.48 also ? please guide because when i restore partially , i cannot install most of the apps
[HD2 General] omneity:
This is not recommended. I upgraded from 1.66 to the latest ROM and tries to restore using SPB backup, but the phone completely locked on the boot screen and I had to do a hard reset and reinstall everything manually.

You could try it, but expect to get problems - some of which may not be immediately obvious.
[HD2 General] SOLRAC13:
lol that bug does not boder me, besides what is the need of keeping so many old message? I keep max 10 message per person and i don't have any lags what so ever.

What really boders me is the htc mail, because you canot keep your mails, even if you put them on a pesonal folder they disappear.... that really bade rs me bcuse mails are much more important that chating sms lol :cool:
[HD2 General] pride429:
Wish HTC would hurry up and release a version for UK owners - my serial number don't work as it's a South East Asia Rom :(

Am hoping it solves the problem of some of my bookmarks randomly being deleted each time I sync the phone with my 2 PCs.
[HD2 General] arxx:
Sent HTC a message today, this came back:

Don't know if that means that the 1.66 ROM not coming anytime soon, or that "Steve" is not aware of when it will be, and it might as well be today... Any toughs?

I had the settings set to GSM Preferred, not only "GSM".. trying that out as well...
[HD2 General] Archer:
That sounds like he got that advice off this forum ;)
[HD2 General] junda15:
so what should i do? i have to re-install all the software all over again like a new phone ?
[HD2 General] omneity:
To be safe, yes.

Also, be careful which of the tweaks and updates posted on here you install. Many of the issues these were created to correct will have been addressed by HTC in their latest firmware builds, only apply patches if you specifiably experience a problem and then cover yourself by taking a full backup before you install so that you can restore back should it not resolve the problem or conflict.
[HD2 General] nadderf:
I flashed this but i didn't get the to choose between asia and english?
[HD2 General] casci:
I don't understand why the 1.66 on HTC/SEA, after 3 days, is the only released and there ins't on other sites who have the same language.
[HD2 General] LondonTownGuy:
It is WWE Rom (world wide English) The only Asian customisations are the weather tab settings, Regional settings which can both be changed plus the Footprints have been changed to Asian ones and I don't know where the original Europe ones can be found.
[HD2 General] Archer:
One thing I will definitely say for sure is that since installing 1.66, my screen has been locked EVERY time I've turned it on. The non-locking issue has also been linked to not opening emails when their preview is clicked (in sense) and the phone keypad just outputting numbers when creating texts.

Good times :)
[HD2 General] jclsm:
Hi,

Doest it fixes the very bad FM radio signal with 1.48 rom ?
[HD2 General] de Wolfe:
Guess that's rather a RADIO-issue. Install the "SIM-contacts"-HotFix, which is the last official RADIO-Update.
[HD2 General] rajahoomi:
wow... thanks

im new here and i had the sms outbox problem!im from Iran and was just looking forward here to find out whether does 1.66 rom upgrade published for worldwide or not,but when i saw this post i changed my sms setting to GSM and outbox issue has gone right now... without any rom upgrade and even any hotfix...

i did this trick before randomly and i hadn't sms issue for a while and of course i didn't know what i have done that solved the problem! then after i did a hard reset the problem came back again... but now it is ok

thank u people for your great forum ;)
[HD2 General] tsttse:
sigh.. i am waiting for this upgrade (HK english machine) too... the last new sms update was total crap and introduced lots of bugs in my machine... hope this will fix them all properly...
[HD2 General] twisted-pixel:
well, I didn't get the chance to change to english either...my keyboard (I use the phone pad) has very little functions, and when T9 suggests words, they are in chinese!!

so..I went back to 1.48 until we get the proper UK release
[HD2 General] amitambika:
MEA ROM also out

ROM Update for MEA region with arabic is also posted today:D. The download is very slow though:(
[HD2 General] mightymn:
The arabic 1.66 ROM is now also available!! http://www.htc.com/mea-en/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=857&news_id=496

I guess this means WWE release is nearing...

edit: simultaneous posts!
[HD2 General] de Wolfe:
That makes me looking forward even more!! :D
[HD2 General] casci:
ROM 1.66 is coming out in Europe too.

At the moment is available on Denmark, Sverige, Norway, Spain.

Carefully look at HTC support sites
[HD2 General] de Wolfe:
YEAH, Spain, DEN and NOR is 1.66 but Sverige, is 1.48
[HD2 General] Jack E:
No UK yet though :(
[HD2 General] casci:
I know, it's my error in watching.
[HD2 General] eddie_wakey:
coming soon i hope :)
[HD2 General] jstrandl:
I cant find it on the Norwegian site. How do I find it?

Found it. I just used the Danish site instead. Select newsfeed rss to find it. When the serial is given, it selects the right rom.
[HD2 General] de Wolfe:
Here you go.
[HD2 General] Telejensen:
I also cant find the update on the Danish site. Where did you hear about a DAN/NOR/SWE rom update?
[HD2 General] de Wolfe:
Guys, it isn't too difficult.

Choose your country here.

BTW here is the Danish one...

Norway:1.66.409.1

Spain :1.66.412.1

Denmark:1.66.403.1
[HD2 General] jstrandl:
Thanks for your help. But I already found it.
[HD2 General] cannavarolt:
God dangit, it's still not available for eastern europe :(
[HD2 General] Telejensen:
Thx man. I know how to select countrys, but, when you enter the country specific site, click support and then rom update, its still the old one appearing.

Your direct link worked though, TY for that.

Howcome it dosnt appear on the official HTC support site?
[HD2 General] emigrating:
It does, there just seems to be a delay between the two newsfeeds.
[HD2 General] PJTOUCHHD:
why is the UK always bloody last?! :mad:
[HD2 General] souvath:
hi friend :welcome to the club as France also !just cheak the htc website we still get the 1.48
[HD2 General] kenkiller:
I doubt you guys are the last, the universe doesn't revolve around UK you know? :D

Also, I didn't hear a whimper of complaints from anyone from UK when they got the HD2 before some countries?

Be patient, it WILL come.
[HD2 General] PJTOUCHHD:
that's where i've been going wrong...

...i thought everything revolves around the UK:rolleyes:

Arrggggh I'm going mad now - where is it????????????????????;)
[HD2 General] Archer:
I heard that the world stops at the edge of the UK, and the sun revolves around us! lol
[HD2 General] Jack E:
The UK is both the start and end of time...
[HD2 General] kenkiller:
Calm down. Go sit under a cold shower for 2 hours. You'll either be dead (and no longer bothering everyone, or you will have a clearer head :D)

Hmmm.....Then why aren't you guys super tanned and sunburnt constantly? :)

That would mean UK would perish while every other country survives? Thanks for the sacrifice.

Just a touch of humor, don't take it seriously okay? :D
[HD2 General] mynnydd:
Because we are always inside waiting for updates:):)
[HD2 General] hoss_n2:
a similar version is released in middle east with arabic support http://www.htc.com/mea-en/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=857&news_id=496
[HD2 General] tboy2000:
Yes there is an english arabic rom released now: ROM Version: 1.66.415.3

I wonder if this has a standard english keyboard with no extra character keys like the asian version.

Anyone going to try it?

http://www.htc.com/mea-en/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=297&cat=2&dl_id=857
[HD2 General] mightymn:
Some of my friends in local forums have tried it and as far as I've heard upon the first boot it asks you if you want to run the "Value Added Installer". If you choose not to install that, you won't get any Arabic stuff, just WWE .
[HD2 General] zeroSIXzero:
UK last?

Haha.

In Sweden we got 1.48 one week ago. So if anyone is last, it's us.

That's it for me. I'm going for Miri or Duttys now. HTC is to F... slow.
[HD2 General] kenkiller:
That's not too bad, only 3 days. I'm sure the other countries will come in time. :D

Do take note HTC is a Taiwan company, that might be why the Asia firmware was released first....but of course HD2 was released in Europe first....so it's a draw? :D
[HD2 General] edved:
Nah, I think you're confused with America!
[HD2 General] Jack E:
GMT mean anything to you? ;)
[HD2 General] SreePillai:
guys heres a kick in the gonads, spoke to HTC abt a min ago, and a "supervisor" told me that the UK ROM could be a few MONTHS away...:O..and heres another thing the HTC contact centre here is actually outsourced to a company called WSD Global, HTC has no technical presence in the UK.
[HD2 General] nadderf:
I think that answer is for WM7 or something and he misunderstod you
[HD2 General] Shawn_230:
So has anyone found something useable for us English users?

I don't mind flashing a ROM from any region so long as it doesn't have extra languages or keyboard... 1.66 Arabic WWE apparently gives you the option to not install Arabic components, but is there a public link for that? Because most of us obviously can't download that with out S/Ns from HTC.
[HD2 General] Monty Burns:
be very sceptical of what you are told by a helpdesk person over the phone. The answer will vary from person to person in my experience of call centers and that doesn't seem to be a company specific trait either!

Large shovel of salt anyone?
[HD2 General] de Wolfe:
Agree with that. You can call/mail HTC 3 times and you'll get at least 4 answers... my experience. But now I got already two mails of different HTC-people that told me, that this update will come to Germany within January (only a couple of days left). Spain has it, Norway has it, France has it, Germany will hopefully soon get it - why should UK not get it in the close future? I guess that an English ROM shouldn't be too complicated as there are some already (MEA-WWE, SEA-WWE).
[HD2 General] bel_z_bub:
now that's service!
[HD2 General] yeahbabyyeah:
Agree with that. You can call/mail HTC 3 times and you'll get at least 4 answers... my experience. But now I got already two mails of different HTC-people that told me, that this update will come to Germany within January (only a couple of days left). Spain has it, Norway has it, France has it, Germany will hopefully soon get it - why should UK not get it in the close future? I guess that an English ROM shouldn't be too complicated as there are some already (MEA-WWE, SEA-WWE).

I think you're mistaken, Norway has yet to get an update larger than 1.48.
[HD2 General] bel_z_bub:
look at the rom section alone.. for some reason it's only visible there...
[HD2 General] yeahbabyyeah:
I am, still only see 1.48.
[HD2 General] kaospiloten:
Yes, I am running 1.66.409.1(76641) NOR on my HD2 here in Norway, works great so far.
[HD2 General] bel_z_bub:
you mean you can't see it on this page?
[HD2 General] kaospiloten:
I dl from the Danish site http://www.htc.com/dk/supportdownloadlist.aspx?p_id=297&act=sd&cat=2
[HD2 General] yeahbabyyeah:
I see one, dated 09.12.2009. This is 1.48, correct?
[HD2 General] romac:
No this page http://www.htc.com/se/SupportDownload.aspx?p_id=297&cat=2&dl_id=856
[HD2 General] Theguru1:
so who is in the UK and upgraded there rom from a different country and used WWE rom? if so what one?

Thanks
[HD2 General] romac:
I am currently using the SEA 1.66 ROM and everything works great, no issues apart from the distortion in the earpiece at high frequencies, a problem I have had with all ROMs that I have tried.
[HD2 General] iphoneresister:
Certainly the wait for the UK and Western Europe is a case of HTC saving the best for last...
[HD2 General] nadderf:
Swedish download links doesn't work. Does anoyone got that file?
[HD2 General] bel_z_bub:
I see two updates on that page.. maybe you need to clear your cache.. there's also one from 25.01.2010
[HD2 General] mooooooa:
World Wide English - TEST rom (WWE) 1.66.405.1 - Direct Link

South East Asia (Asian WWE) 1.66.707.1 - Direct Link

Arabic-English (ARA) 1.66.415.3 - Direct Link

Denmark: (DAN) 1.66.403.1 - Direct Link 1 2

Sweden: (SVE) 1.66.413.2 - Direct Link

Norway: (NOR) 1.66.409.1 - Direct Link

France: (FRA) 1.66.406.1 - Direct Link

Spain: (SPA) 1.66.412.1 - Direct Link

[From http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=623283]
[HD2 General] EddyOS:
I'm running this, the SEA version, and it's fine. No CoPilot demo and Task Manager is a normal link so can be added to quick links. Improvement over 1.48 so will stay with it until the stock UK one is released...
[HD2 General] yeahbabyyeah:
Very strange, i still only see one update.

But thanks for the direct link. Hopefully this will solve my 3G/GSM issues.
[HD2 General] nadderf:
Thanks for the links mooooooa =)
[HD2 General] pride429:
I asked HTC about the UK release and they replied 5 minutes ago with . . . . .
[HD2 General] tfouto:
incredible answer :S

i think there are people in HTC supporting team that is just answering with no substance at all. There are the technicians who almost never answer because they should be bug fixing and then this people who really doesnt know anything of the product...
[HD2 General] tmorgan4:
In Australia the HD2 came out a week ago. Its exclusive to one carrier till end of March. Do you think we will see anything higher than the 1.49 for a while yet. No way will they release a generic ROM anytime soon.

I don't have a SMS sending issue, well not the one other regions seem to. I am still waiting to hear back from support about what fix they plan for HTC Messaging that breaks SMS sync with Exchange 2010.
[HD2 General] arxx:
Wonder if I dare use my HD2 as an alarm clock again... now I use my old phone just for this.... Tried it once with 1.66 FW, and i worked, it even repeated the sound.. Gonna try it some more before relying on it :) Anyone else put this to the test?
[HD2 General] kaospiloten:
Mine did not work, it repeated the alarm just once with one beep. I need more to wake up :D
[HD2 General] FrankCastle:
mine does not work either with 1.66 - only plays the noise once ;(
[HD2 General] kkelis:
Go to Settings... Sounds and Display.... Notification sounds.... set reminders to OFF anmd the alarm should work
[HD2 General] Poums:
SMS huge font

Hi all,

I've updated my HD2 with this new ROM (FRA).

Now, i have huge characters on the SMS panels (inbox, deleted, ...) :eek:.

Do you know how to fix this ?

Thank a lot !
[HD2 General] casci:
Ok, but if you disable reminders, the appointments on calendar will still notified ?
[HD2 General] romac:
Updated to 1.66 ROM and alarm issue gone, it rings without the reminder going off first.
[HD2 General] fyth:
Guys,

When I flash a new ROM, do I need to take my micro SD card out or it is safe to leave it there?
[HD2 General] thegios:
??????????

does this work only on new 1.66 rom or also on old ones?

and in any case, if set reminder to off, what happens to calendar reminders?
[HD2 General] CyberClaw:
Tests show that flashing ROMs and Radios without the microSD card, boost the speed in the phone, even if you insert the SD card later. No one is sure why this happens but it does.

So, ALWAYS remove the SD card before flashing, and re-insert it after flashing.
[HD2 General] sheva999:
works

this rom works pretty well.i been using this rom on my hd2 which i bought at singapore for almost a week.,and truly,theres no sms problem anymore.im glad htc solve this issue at asia first :D

hope it will spread to all parts of the world. :)
[HD2 General] jimsteach:
I have just flashed the SEA WWE version, flashed fine on UK o2 handset.

The annoying bug that was caused by last weeks sms fix is still there. when typing a reply it randomly jumps from the input box and selects the last text. However everthing else seems to be good.

they have removed the silly clock role, quite a few other changes.
[HD2 General] DexyG:
Using HSPL I presume? I also have a UK O2 handset and I'm very tempted to give this a go.