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[General Questions and Answers] articoceanic:
Hi

I'm split between getting the motorola milestone/droid which has a qwerty keyboard (which i badly want), and between the htc hd2 which has the windows apps which i badly need.

I am kind of stuck now between which one to choose for my new phone. So was wondering

1) is windows mobile 6.5 on htc hd2 backwards compatible with the software from windows ppc and other version of windows mobile? (mainly because the apps i want are stuff like rosetta stone on ppc, reflex mentor on windows mobile, lingvosoft on ppc etc which are old)

2) does android o.s have similar software either already or in the pipeworks from anyones knowledge (i know iphoen has a few of these apps or similar already btu no idea about android)?

3) how easy is it to hack android (i know i can test and trial out a lot of these apps before i buy on windows due to the great internet, but can you also do it to android and iphone)?

Thanks to anyone who can help clarify this,
[General Questions and Answers] articoceanic:
guess no one knows :)
[General Questions and Answers] galaxys:
Hi, Android has over 20,000 apps and counting. It's also open source & has been hacked a pleanty ;)

Check out the "google market" for more info...
[HD2 General] Redeyedrichard:
1) ...screen rotate on web browser. Sometimes when I turn my phone sideways it rotates then jumps back to home screen. It's getting annoying. It doesn't do it all the time, but enough to certainly be an issue.

2) ...XT9 not working. Sometimes, even when the option is selected for it it will not work. Why is this??
[Palm Treo 750] cpm30:
Is it possible to install a cooked rom on a Treo 750 without a miniSD card?
[Palm Treo 750] davidquetzalcoatl:
flasher1

download flasher hermes and a wmROM (bin) and replace the file

remeber: hard slp first
[Palm Treo 750] prasathvishnu:
Yes, I just did that yesterday.

I have used Hermann v3.0 ROM by using the data cable.

Create an Active Sync Connection with your PC. After HARD-SPL, you just need to execute the RUUWrapper.exe which will update the ROM.

Regards,

Vishnu
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yingjai:
I realize there are numerous threads about the phone, but I have several questions and I don't think they fit into any single thread. Merge this if necessary.

First of all, the phone in question ran on Dwang's rom using EBI0 root hack. After the 911 bug thing with Rogers, they disabled the internet and the phone did not have data and sms. I found out about Cyanogen's radio update trick and proceeded to try it. I flashed the latest Cyanogen rom first, then did the radio update with the EBI1 kernel patch. The phone boot up normally.

Several days later (haven't used the phone), I realized another problem. Data and sms came back, but now I can't call or receive. Has anyone any idea about this problem?

[edit] Realized it is a temporary issue (one of many) with Rogers as other people I know can't call either.

I also pulled the battery out for some reason and noticed it was bloated/fatter/expanded/etc. Went to Rogers store and they were going to replace whole phone instead of just the battery. They're probably doing that to ensure I get a phone with the unrootable update.

Question is: Will Rogers realize if I send the new phone back with the old battery?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bubonik:
Yes due to IMEI, but if they ask just say you didnt need the phone.
[General Questions and Answers] kaal123:
My tilt Is conneted to computer and the ACTIVE SYNC say Not connected

i tired reinstalling the sync but nothing works .. help please

Tilt 8925
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] muxaxo06:
hello, I have a problem with my topaz GSM network, when I call or they call me the communication is choppy and eventually ends up cutting the call. Only happens with GSM, 3G operates luxury. I'm tired of changing radio and rom but no solution. Has anyone had this problem with the topaz? What should I do?

Thanks for answering.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Bruce Inman:
Would have to be a radio issue.

Almost sounds like a mismatched RIL.dll for your radio....

Keep flashing radios until you find one that works.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] muxaxo06:
thanks for answering so fast.

I am looking for information about RIL but not what you mean I could do from there, could you explain?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Bruce Inman:
I haven't messed around with Topaz radios so I'm not sure how they are extracting them, but on the Raphael, they split the RIL.dll.

I believe the RIL.dll is only an issue if you have flashed a radio from a different device, being CID unlocked of course.

So, I'm not sure what all you've flashed to your phone.

Worse case scenario, flash back to stock ROM, see if you still have the same issue and take it from there. remember to hard reset after you flash a ROM as well.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] muxaxo06:
I have no idea if this has to do with the CID, but the phone was Vodafone. The release by IMEI. Today I'm learning new names xD. Thanks
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bubonik:
In the process of migrating to a new gmail account and would like to retain my purchases. Has anyone figured out how to do this?

I figured I could retain a nandroid of this account, but that is beyond inconvenient.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Macrophage001:
Why dont you just back up your paid apps?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bubonik:
That isnt the issue specifically, because I have already done that and installed it on the new account. The issue is arrives when updates come along and I cant download them via the account I am logged in under. Hence why I have retained a nandroid of my previous log in so I can update the paid apps.

As anyone who is imagining the process can see that it is inconvenient to do it in this fashion.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Macrophage001:
Ah I see. Well im not sure if youre gunna be able to do that or not but you could always just search up the apps on the internet to see if you can download them for free.

thats just an alternative though until you actually do find a way to retain your purchases.

Sorry I couldnt be of more help but im sure someone else can :D
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junkdruggler:
SwitchRom

I dont think a nandroid backup saves your apps... maybe if you dont have an ext* partition... Im not sure... You want to use the switchrom script to really back up everything... It backs up data and all

to backup your apps.. find out where they are in your phone..

/system/sd/app and system/sd/app-private is where mine are..

go to terminal and type: hit enter after every line--

mkdir /sdcard/backups

cp /system/sd/app/* /sdcard/backups

cp /system/sd/app-private/* sdcard/backups

then just use linda file manager to install them

Mods I dont think its against the rules to tell someone how to back up thier own stuff but if this borders piracy let me know..
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Macrophage001:
I think what he wants to do is keep the purchase information that he has on his old gmail account and move it to his new one.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bubonik:
Thats exactly what im searching for. The rest of the discussion I have already taken care of. Nandroid does the same as switchrom, if your using RAs newest recovery. It handles ext as well.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Macrophage001:
why dont you try using your new Gmail and connect to the old one via the email app?

Maybe google has some sort of instructions on how to redirect all your purchases to your new Gmail account?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bubonik:
Yea I've been browsing Googles "support" forums, but failing miserably. If there is a method, its not well known.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Macrophage001:
agreed. Im looking as well but cant find anything. I'll keep searching and let you know if I find anything about it.

This might help.

http://knol.google.com/k/changing-your-gmail-username-or-email-address#
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bubonik:
Thanks for the link. I have taken care of all that already. Last thing I need to take care of is GV balance and Checkout history over. GV is easy, but checkout is turning out to be a chore.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Macrophage001:
Well im sure you'll figure it out dude =)

and no problem :D
[HD2 General] SASSBS:
Hi All,

I did search and found hundereds of threads, but I could not see an answer so appologies if I missed this.

I have moved from the default T-Mobile UK Rom to the 1.66 WWE rom that has been released, since then I seem to be having some issues with the social media applications.

If I try using the account manager to login I get the Connection Error message.

If I try using the icon for YouTube or Twitter in the start menu I also get this error

If I try using the icon in Start Menu for Facebook it works!

Any ideas why suddenly I am unable to login to twitter and youtube? these both worked on the T-Mobile rom.

Appreciate the help
[HD2 General] LeeMc:
Hi , i have done the same as you but i only get connection error on Twitter, which i'm not too fussed about as i dont use it, i used to get it with facebook but i updated it and it seemed to work, and Youtube has worked since the word Go..
[HD2 General] SASSBS:
Thanks LeeMC, I have managed to force a connection in Twitter, but youtube still wont work oh well sure I will figure it out eventually.

Thanks for the help
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] appelflap:
From a chinese custom rom based on the TMOUS 2.07 rom.

The cab only contains the executables Opera9.exe and OperaL.exe. These will be installed over the "old" opera executables in the \Windows directory. The cab can be uninstalled and the "old" rom files will be restored.

No new functionality etc. just a maintenance release.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] pongster:
Nice one! Any speed improvements so far?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] appelflap:
I think this build is remarkable faster then the previous ones.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] pongster:
Will try it out...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Whumpscut:
Turbo Mode does not keep activated

Looks good so far,

but the Turbo Mode doesn´t keep activated...

Any suggestion?

I upgraded from Opera Mobile 9.7 35461, Turbo Mode was working there...

Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] barty22:
Impossible, you will have to revert back to an older build where turbo mode works.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] balane:
Browser initialization to opening page rendering speed has noticeably improved.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Whumpscut:
Latest 9.7er Version without Turbo Mode?

That´s crap..

Rest seems to be very fast...:-(
[Nexus One General] Eclair~:
Out of curiosity, because my mom has a Sidekick LX and the trackball has been tainted with makeup. I always thought it looked kinda ew, so I was wondering could this happen to phones that share a trackball? I do not favor imperfections.. and this imperfection would be very blatant.

I'm 14, just to clarify, don't want people thinking I'm some old creep who lives with his mom lol
[Nexus One General] BrandonG777:
Have something against old creeps that live with their moms?
[Nexus One General] pjcforpres:
Yes, any phone that has a trackball, this will happen to it. The best way I know of to keep a track ball clean is to use a lint free rag and wipe it down once a week simply by placing it over the trackball, then moving the track ball around a whole bunch for a minute or so.
[Nexus One General] gibosn6594:
If I was your mom, I'd have the Nexus and you'd have the sidekick.
[Nexus One General] Eclair~:
My mom is just that.. a mom, and I don't believe the phone appeals to her that much. If she wanted a Nexus, she would buy her a Nexus, not that much to it. And if she doesn't want, she doesn't lol. Wish she was into technology like I am ._. guess I have a dad for that :D

And, thanks for the replies ^.^ well one of them..
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] wcgbmd:
Any app(paid or free) won't go past the "Download Starting..." Status. It has been driving me crazy for hours now. I've restored the phone with the latest RUU 3 Times now, I've tried the stock rom, modaco, and TTG. Its a Google Phone w/ Recovery 1.5.2. I'm getting annoyed with the phone and I'm about to through it out, It has been working nearly perfect(random slow downs and crashes) until today.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] brian2220:
i had the same problem

i had to do a total wipe of the phone to get it back to normal :(
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] wcgbmd:
I flashed it with the RUU? Isn't that the way to "fully" wipe it?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] HERNANDEZ4LIFE:
Same here. I did ruu then flashed fresh 1.1 and gumbo kernel. All my apps were in my downloads but they wouldn't download to the phone. Stayed stuck at application downloading. Did a nandroid backup and that fixed it.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] wcgbmd:
I completely wiped everything, with these commands:

wipe /
wipe -data
wipe /data
wipe -all

I don't know which commands worked for doing what but I couldn't even boot into android or recovery.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] azyouthinkeyeiz:
Um..

Its a market wide issue... No reset is gonna help.. It was just circumstance that you thought that...

I'm a Sprint Tech, and it has been brought to my attention all day, whether you have a Hero or a Moment, its sporadic outages.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Rootwind:
Did you use a task manager or anything that disables apps on start-up?

I had that problem until I figured out disabling Google Talk from start-up gave me that problem. Opening Google Talk, magically fixed the problem for me. May or may not be the case for you, but something to think about.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] wcgbmd:
That sucks, the day I choose to reflash the market is down. Oh well. Anyone know how to do a FULL Wipe or were my commands right?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] fireboy6275:
Need to open google talk and sign in.

That fixed it for me, and a few of my friends! :)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] abcdfv:
I experienced this problem, and found that A2SD is the cause.

Not sure if you're using it nor not.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] zippy-man:
Try this LINK HERE

Read post #37 by me and try it this should fix the issue without doing a wipe
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] wcgbmd:
I've fixed the issue, I had to boot into fastboot and manually delete everything on the phone(directory "/") and used the latest RUU. I manually rooted the phone and installed the 1.5.2 Recovery. I did a factory reset, deleted dalvik-cache and boot-cache and installed a custom rom. I couldn't get service but a reboot fixed it. I have 150mb free space on my phone and market works without problems.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] theresthatguy:
or could have just signed into gtalk...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] fireboy6275:
Has anyone tried signing onto gtalk?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] wcgbmd:
Signing into gtalk wasn't working, it kept giving me errors when I tried to sign in.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] networx2002:
There was an issue yesterday were any phone that was reset wouldnt download for hours:confused:
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] theresthatguy:
Sound like your problem wasn't just a market problem.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] jonnythan:
All you actually had to do was change your Gmail password. The phone will then force you back through the Google account sign-in process. This fixes most Gmail syncing issues and Market download issues.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] cincij:
Didn't work for me. Still stuck on "Starting Download".
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] theresthatguy:
are you using wi-fi to download the app? I never had much success doing that myself. always had to use EVDO.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] cincij:
Using EVDO myself. After opening Google Talk the downloads start and gmail syncs.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] theresthatguy:
.....thats what i said to do before.....
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] cincij:
...and seriously annoying every time I want to download an app...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] lutherz:
I had sprint ready to send me a new phone, hard reset is actualy when it started, did another hard reset and still couldnt download apps, logged out of google talk as someone said this in another thread, it worked for me
[Nexus One General] fcasoli:
I would like to disable timeout to disable screen, as you can in Windows Mobile, is it possible?

The setting offers different delay but not "none".

thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Charlos_OOO:
Hi every one,

Im looking for a possibility to view 3D-Content on my Mobile...

In office we are creating 3D-Pdfs of our architectural Project as little help in discussion,...

lot of Polygons but small in size (about 3MB as PDF, in Vrml it is about 30MB!!!)

Any Idea, which tool and format to use for viewing on my mobile (HD2)?

Maybe someone could help...

Thx.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] J Arcane:
So, I went through the guide here to install HardSPL and a custom ROM (djkoa's 6.5) on my Tilt, mostly in preparation for wanting to give Android a shot.

It mostly went alright, I hit a snag with CID/SIM unlocking, in that I'm not sure whether it worked or not. The first time it ran it did some thing at least, popped up a program on my Tilt which I allowed to run, but I think there was an error or something, and since then attempts to re-run the unlocker just give me an "incompatible device" error.

But I considered it not worth much worry since I can't get a decent plan for this thing around here anyway. AT&T doesn't sell here, Sprint's too expensive, US cellular doesn't use SIMs, and I'm not sure T-Mobile's 3G is compatible with it anyway, unlocked or not. I just use it as a Wi-fi PDA basically.

What is worrying me though is that somewhere in the process I seem to have broken my 4GB SDHC card. Despite doing my best to follow the instructions in the guide on when to take out and put back the SD card, it got corrupted somehow in the process, with everything showing up as gibberish broken files that couldn't be removed.

I downloaded StorageTools, looking for a way to format the card without a card reader. I ran the Verify first and it did tell me there were errors, but rather than tell it to repair, I figured it be safer to just format the thing and start fresh.

So I formatted it, which took a while, but then when I went to copy over the android files, I got an error telling me the device was unavailable in the middle of copying one of the files.

So I decide to run another verify and repair, to make sure the install went OK. The same scan that had taken me a minute before took over an hour. It didn't throw up any errors, but since then everything I do with the SD card takes for goddamn ever.

Did I break my SD card somehow? Is the ROM/Radio(1.70.19.09) I'm using just have terrible/broken SD support?

How do I fix this, or do I just need to get another card?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] J Arcane:
OK, I seem to have solved my SD card issue. I think it was just a poor ROM, as I switched to another 6.1 ROM and now it runs fine.

I still have no idea if I successfully unlocked it though, nor do I know how to check.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] stuntdouble:
Read the stickies.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] iarapilot:
Is there a program so that when your screen is locked, you can assign one button only to wake your screen and have access to the unlock slider? Now, if any of the 4 hard buttons are pressed, it brings up the unlock screen. The problem is, when the phone is in my pocket, any one of the 4 buttons, if accidentally pressed, wakes up the screen. Then of course, I hear my phone in my pocket clicking because the heat from my leg is "tapping" the screen. I just want to have the right hard button wake the phone up.

I cant find an option in the settings for this, nor any threads that discuss it.

Thanks.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] henninghh990:
I really admire you if you're able to slide the slider with the phone in your pocket.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] iarapilot:
LOL. No, I dont slide it. Just that when in my pocket, when any one of the 4 hard buttons are pressed(accidentally), i have to press the power button to lock the screen again. A pain in the butt. I what the phone to have only one hard button, not 4, that will shut off the screen when the phone is locked.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] d4v0r:
I'd like it too.

Maybe even some old school unlocking shortcut that uses hardware key combination (e.g. Home + Vol Down), rather than slide.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] iarapilot:
The Diamond, or was it the HD, had a button on the top to wake the phone up. That was nice because it was hard to accidentally press that button when it was in your pocket.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] les_paulde:
I use pocketshield for automatically unlocking my phone when the light sensor senses light coming in. An added benefit for this is that when the phone is in my pocket and I accidentally press any button, the screen will automatically shut itself off again after 10 seconds since there is no incoming light. This tool has really made my life so much easier as it gets rid of the stupid slider thing as well; you can use the lightsensor, the motion sensor and an old school sliding mechanism to unlock your phone- brilliant stuff!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] dudu7559:
Iarapilot might have meant something else indeed. Most of WM6.1-WM6.5 have a tab in the Start->Settings->Buttons screen that allows you to choose which kind of wake-up you need: waking up by pressing the Pw-ON button or waking up pressing whatever button you want. Sudden power-on is very boring, even thought you can't make your device work as you need to slide the screen. But this is a power comsuption anyway and I wonder why previous version had this chance regardless the home screen features. I do want it!! :)

I think it's a matter of regkeys, somebody of us who's used to "playing" with regkeys should figure out how this feature could be resumed.

Hope you help us!! :-)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] iarapilot:
Maybe I didnt make my point very well. I just would like to have only the R hardware key, when pressed, wake up the screen so as to be able to slide to unlock. Not 4 buttons, that when any of those are pressed, wake up the screen.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] p7822:
I also have the problem, I only want to have only one key to wake up not other key

Please help us
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] ephestione:
Since it's free, I add myself to the request queue :P Having the screen wake up only on powerbutton press could be useful to reduce to 25% the probabilityof screen turning on by accident when buttons are pressed inside the pocket. Battery saver for sure.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] creed:
Same here. I've been looking for this since I first got the phone! My old kaiser could do this, surely it wouldn't be too hard to implement on the HD2?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] endursa:
edit: nevermind, posted in the wrong thread:D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] pckshd:
I don't think any software can control that as key presses send electrical signals direct to the chip/power unit, where the "power on" circuits reside. What software can do is turn it off again if not unlocked within a specific amount of time, so battery is saved. Screen touches shouldn't be an issue either if using a lock screen.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] xardus:
and doesnt create any problem in normal use? u ask because if u are in call and let some other app start while talk (maybe with earphones) its quietly impossible use portrait mode because left hand always cover light sensor and screen shut down.. its the same with that app?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] vernonius:
Did someone already found a solution? I would like such a option too. wake up only by centerbutton for instance....