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[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
rc3 on first post

rc3 uploaded - final bugs fixed:):)

wallpaper selection now working on home tab

album updated to latest 2011 - facebook upload working

31mb free ram on soft reset with sense.

ps - on softreset with manila running open the phone pad at first opportunity and sense starts fine on this build.

far as i can tell this seems to be bug free and everything running. please feedback and let me know?

enjoy it

Chris
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] huntervu:
great job, will try it soon
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
Hi Chris,

Flashed and working fine.

Only remaining issue I can see is that "Open online album (Facebook)" from the address book doesn't work properly.

It opens the HTC Album app, and shows a list of the Facebook albums belonging to the contact you selected. However, when you go to view an album, the thumbnails don't load, and when you choose an image, you just get a black screen. Occasionally this also seems to cause the phone to crash.

But... I've never used a ROM where this worked anyway - I was hoping Sense 2012 might have fixed it. Perhaps caused by the Diamond's lack of RAM?

Its not a huge problem (we have the MS Facebook app too). I don't know why I want it to work so badly, probably just because I know Sense is supposed to do it, but doesn't :)

Cheers,

Steve.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
Damn I'm supposed to be working, but then I had the day off on Friday and worked most of it, so I suppose its OK to fiddle for a while!

I have now fixed the "Show online album" Facebook issue:

- Installed the CAB from here http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5816714&postcount=18 (to change the location of the Album cache)... not sure if this is necessary, but people were saying it fills up the phone's storage otherwise.

- Installed the "Facebook online album fix" from http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5176642&postcount=4

It now works perfectly :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] jirka20:
Now I am able to start Sense :-) Testing...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] huntervu:
Best rom eva :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
cheers for the feedback folks, much appreciated.

Steve i'll cook in the fixes in the next update.

one thing i'm considering. these last bulids have been a little 'reigional' due to the extra apps i've installed. i'm considering removing them. any thoughts?

Chris
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] longice:
I would prefer removing pretty much everything that is not directly related to Sense :D That way the storage available will be increased and people can install their preferred apps.

Keep Total Commander and cleanRAM since those are necessary for doing basic stuff.

How about cooking in this WM threaded SMS skin (of course the Manila skin)?

Haven't flashed RC3 yet. Is landscape mode removed completely or can I activate it using G-config?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
i removed landscape support as it eats RAM. won't work with G-config. sorry

tbh it's not something i use and i WOULD notice if the RAM went down.

i'll release a 'clean' version without the extras as the next build - they are all available in CAB form anyway:)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] longice:
Thnx, looking forward to the clean version :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
All I've been using on mine, apart from Sense itself and related apps, has been the Microsoft Facebook app, Opera Mini and Internet Connection Sharing (only because my stupid broadband connection seems to spend more time broken than working!).

So other than that, remove what you like ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
i've put together a lite version. Facebook and opera are available in cab version. soon as i've tested i'll upload.

damn, the album fix cab doesn't work... will have another look tomorow
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
RC3 lite

lite version uploaded - link on first post

fix for the facebook album is attached to post 2

i've not tried this for the memory. all i've doen is removed the extras. i'd be grateful if someone could report the free storage and Ram on soft reset (with and without sense) so i can add to the first post

regards

Chris
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] djfuego:
Bad luck.

I'm finding these new roms are a bit like winning the lottery.

The start button doesn't do anything on this rom.

I mtty and flash then reset. Same way I do with other roms.

Fails.

Hang on it works now. I have to press for like 2 seconds and I get the home apps.

WTX! Where is the settings shortcut? WTX!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
you need to press and hold the start key. it's down to AMEBA - the software tweaks the bar so the X closes apps.

sense overrides the settings. the shortcut is there if you press start but it will default to the sense tab.

on this tab press menu then all settings and it takes you the the windows one:) it's the way sense works mate:)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] huntervu:
Report : Sense 2.5 works on 1st boot, but next boot it cant load, have to disable - reset - re-enable.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
lol, it's the only niggle i've got.. but it's so minor i've not really looked at it.

got about 4 weeks left with the Diamond (unless i put back my upgrade) so i'll try to get this sorted before i sell it.

Chris
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] huntervu:
Report : Alarm not function.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
i'm using it? that's strange

did you use manilla?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] huntervu:
I'm using sense 2.5 2012.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
ok, are you trying to set the alarm by pressing the clock on the sense home tab and using the htc menu? or are you trying to use the alarm option in the windows menu?

i've removed a lot of the build in sounds to save space so the windows menu may be showing sounds i've taken out.

setting the alam using the sense menu works fine
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
This problem seems to be caused by the phone becoming overloaded with activity during the boot sequence (ie. Windows is still busy starting stuff whilst Sense is also trying to load).

My tip on this one is to install Gen.Y DualBOOT (dual-boot app to choose between Windows Mobile/Android when the phone starts).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=623792

It doesn't matter whether you are using Android (you don't even have to have it installed), but it usefully pauses the Windows Mobile boot process by about 5 seconds.

This allows Windows Mobile to sort itself out before Sense loads.

I have the latest version of Chris' ROM installed, together with this app, and Sense starts perfectly every boot.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
rofl... youv'e mentioned this a few times...

it's in the next build due this weekend;)

ps, would like a view on the following.

i've tried the new Opera 10 and not having any out of memory issues. anyone want it cooking in? i'll go with number of votes.

regards

Chris
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
Its easy enough to install it from a CAB afterwards. First thing I do :)

Happy to try Opera 10. Opera Mini is way better than the stock IE browser (even the newer version in 6.5).

Cheers,

Steve.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
@stevesuk

did you mention you had got android running on your diamond?

i've been having a play and getting not getting very far. may i ask what are the exact packages you used to get the boot? and would you post or pm?

cheers

Chris
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] huntervu:
it works, your rom is now nearly perfect :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
i try ;)

thanks for the feedback and hope you enjoy
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
Format the 4Gb internal storage of the Diamond using Windows to FAT32.

Then follow this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=601751

Basically, you need to download this:

http://htcandroid.xland.cz/XDANDROID.01.03.10.7z

And extract everything to the internal storage drive of the phone, then copy out the appropriate startup.txt file from the "startup config" folder, and run haret.exe to launch (the Gen.Y Dual Boot app can run haret.exe at system startup if you have it installed).

Would also recommend this tip:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5863113&postcount=4995

Every day or so, new versions of two of the files are released, rootfs.img and zimage. You can download the latest versions from the links in post 2 of the thread I linked to above and replace the existing files on your internal storage to update.

Although it is working, its still a bit of a toy. No camera or GPS for starters, and battery life is pretty bad (especially on the standard Diamond battery). But its nice to see what's being done. With enough effort (optimising all the drivers for better battery life, and getting the camera/GPS working), it could be a viable OS for our phones.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] chrisd1a1:
it's something to consider for the future, i'm not happy about formatting my drive as i've got my tomtom etc, on this. i'll leave for the moment..
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] stevesuk:
What I did was to backup all my existing files (including TomTom) first. Then I formatted it, and copied the files back over again.
[Nexus One General] michael_h:
Hi,

I know it might be an odd question but:

Is it possible to flash an HTC HD2 ROM on the nexus one there by changing the OS to Windows Mobile?

I'm asking this because I see that the HW of both phone are almost the same but the nexus one is cheaper.

I want to buy the nexus one but if i don't like the android OS I wanted to know if I can change it to Windows Mobile with the sense interface?

Regards,

Michael
[Nexus One General] mgear356:
coming from htc diamond to g1 to magic and to nexus one,

HEll u will love the android interface..

WM is crap.

So i think i answered yr questions :P
[Nexus One General] Driskol:
No,

Bye! :)
[Nexus One General] mjwatmough:
I don't think I've heard of anyone coming from Windows Mobile to Android and wanting to go back.

When I started using Android from Windows mobile it was like going from swimming in mud to swimming in Evian.

Try it, if you live in the UK you have 14 days to return anyway (I think).
[Nexus One General] ironcrotch:
Something like this sounds like it'd break the time space continuum or something. Wasn't the HD2 skin made to look like the Sense Android interface in the first place?
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
Actually, Windows Mobile is the ONLY mobile OS that can play pretty much any video file I can throw at it; DivX, Xvid, avi, wmv, etc. And they played flawlessly. That's one of the things I sorely miss during my move to Android :(

And before you say it takes a lot of power or whatever to do this, I did all this on my Samsung SCH-i730, about 4 years ago. http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/samsung-sch-i730-verizon/4505-6452_7-31313312.html

I see absolutely no excuse for Android or the iPhone for not having this. :(
[Nexus One General] pjcforpres:
It isn't a matter of power, it is a matter of someone making an app to support it. The big names on WM are starting to take a long hard look at Android and developing for it. As well, the SDK has gotten much better and increased overall support for this and that.

I would be willing to bet that by Summer we have coreplayer, or something similar. As well, IIRC the actual HTC version of this phone with SenseUI has support for all of those video formats, except for maybe wmv. And those features and what not will be ported over to the Nexus One when that day comes.
[Nexus One General] stewart1988:
Might as well install the iPhone OS while your at it :)

CorePlayer will hopefully make its way to Android soon... :)

http://forum.corecodec.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=2885
[Nexus One General] n0ahg:
You may find out that the price difference between the Nexus One and the HHD2 Touch is the license for windows mobile. If you want to run Windows Mobile then pay your license!
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
Hmm, almost 6 months...
[Nexus One General] iVisionX01:
Just wait for a Sense Rom to hit the N1 then you can have the Sense interface and have android functionality.
[Nexus One General] pjcforpres:
Yeah, if you read through(not sure if you did or not) it is pretty clear the delay isn't because they can't make it, it is because they are waiting for and SDK/NDK that supports everything they need, since they want it to be a universal app.

From the sounds of it, Google is working on allowing them to include their libs natively in the near future, and when they do that they should be where they need to be.
[Nexus One General] ashrafalikarmali:
WM6.5

Yes there should be a suitable rom, for Nexeus One.

And why not its a lot of fun having dual boot or may be tripple boot using Ubnuntu.

Ashrafali.

HTC HD2
[Nexus One General] Jack_R1:
Waking up old threads isn't good for health, they eat your brain.

And if for 10 months nobody cared enough to make such ROM - there's your answer. Because it's worthless waste of developer power. Want one? You can always try to do it yourself. I'm glad the developers work on other things, that are the future, and not the past.
[Nexus One General] smachine:
At least here in the US the HD2 is really cheap, while the nexus is holding its price really well. In my local craigslist a hd2 costs around $170-250, while a nexus is $300-450. You may want to check ebay and just buy a hd2 for cheap and ship it to your country. However, i doubt you will be disappointed with android so nexus would be a better bet.
[Nexus One General] ashrafalikarmali:
OK

Help me learn how to make one I will be glad just show me the way, few links and I will pick up, trust me I like to do this .............

Ashrafali

HTC HD2
[Nexus One General] ROM_Guest:
I came from Windows mobile to Android recently and too gush at the interface.

The only reason I'd go back to Windows mobile is for activesync functionality, mainly with outlook. (I have tried all the tricks btw)

Would the Sense ROM be a dual boot like the 4g phone has? Will it sync nicely with outlook? ;)
[Nexus One General] djn541:
Roadsync works perfectly with outlook. I get my outlook emails on my phone before I get them on my computer.
[Nexus One General] ap3604:
What type of sick individual would do such a thing?! :confused:

JK buddy I had the Hd2 at one point but I'd much rather have Android any day of the week ;)
[Nexus One General] jakeneal22:
I think it is dumb that people are attacking the author of this topic just because he enjoys using windows mobile. Personally I used to have a mogul and it was a great phone to me. I don't think all you android fan boys need to be all aggressive like that. I personally like android more just because of its rapid updating and ui. But that doesn't mean that other people wouldn't like windows mobile better. But on the other hand I might switch to windows mobile 7 it looks really nice and i'm sure they will get it together with some developers.
[Nexus One General] Jack_R1:
I don't think you know what or whom you judge. As I wrote earlier, it's the matter of developer time and efforts - going to advance Android with open source and ways to do it, or going to port crappy, old, and completely irrelevant OS with closed source. And again, by the lack of ROM or efforts to port one since the beginning of this thread back in February - it's clear that the developers prefer doing smarter things. And anyone who doesn't like that, is welcomed to learn the required stuff and port WinMo.

On a side note - 2 guys at work have HD2 given to them, both curse the phone, one already runs Android port only, the other wants to give up his phone for any given Android one. I guess there's a good reason WinMo didn't appear on Nexus, or maybe a dozen of them.

Now would you let this thread return to the depths of the forum, where it belongs, please? Thank you very much.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rfgamaral:
Hi,

I'm trying to convert some of my Google Contacts in Phone Contacts because of bugs like these that take ages to be fixed: 5046 3879 4147 3870

Anyway, I've tried so many apps and methods but I can't manage to do what I want. I can't find a way to have some of my Google Contacts be converted/copied/whatever to the "Phone Contacts" instead.

Does anyone have any ideas that might help me solve this situation? I didn't want to input all the needed contacts by hand as "Phone Contacts", that would be such a pain in the ass to do manually...

Any ideas people?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhedgehog:
two methods.

Log into gmail on your pc

export the contacts to CSV file.

Import that CSV into Outlook

Sync outlook to your phone using HTC Sync

delete all contacts from google

second method:

Open people

select a contact

press menu

select more

select save to sim

repeat for all contacts

then, wehn all contact are on SIM, menu, Import

select Phone instead of google

delete all contacts from google.

There may be a third party app from the market that would do it, but i've never bothered trying as the photo thing does not bother me. if it's a little pixelated, i don't care, just as long as i know who it is.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rfgamaral:
Second method looked nice until I tried and realized that long names are truncated. It also doesn't save e-mails and birthdays. These make this option not feasible.

As for the first method, are you sure that syncying contacts with outlook using HTC Sync will sync them to the "Phone" and not "Google"? I don't want to have all the work of installing Outlook if it doesn't work... Just to make sure before I start.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhedgehog:
yes, anything synched using HTC Sync goes into the Phone group.

As the Google apps are not open source, HTC Sync cannot inject contacts into the Google group and so instead puts them all in the phone group.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rfgamaral:
Thanks, I'll try that then :)
[Nexus One Android Development] gentoo22:
hi i was compiling 2.6.32 from the git repo

with oldconfig from my nexus one but camera doesnt work

has anyone a good 2.6.32 .config and could attach it
[Nexus One Android Development] Driskol:
As said here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5395561&postcount=47

% export ARCH=arm

% export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-eabi- (assuming the standard android toolchain is in your path)

% make distclean

% make mahimahi_defconfig

% make
[Nexus One Android Development] gentoo22:
with that conf it gives

SYMLINK include/asm -> include/asm-arm
CC kernel/bounds.s
cc1: Fehler: nicht erkannte Kommandozeilenoption Â»-mlittle-endianÂ«
cc1: Fehler: nicht erkannte Kommandozeilenoption Â»-mabi=aapcs-linuxÂ«
cc1: Fehler: nicht erkannte Kommandozeilenoption Â»-mno-thumb-interworkÂ«
kernel/bounds.c:1: Fehler: Falscher Wert (armv5t) fÃ¼r Schalter -march=
kernel/bounds.c:1: Fehler: Falscher Wert (armv5t) fÃ¼r Schalter -mtune=
make[1]: *** [kernel/bounds.s] Fehler 1
make: *** [prepare0] Fehler 2
[Nexus One Android Development] olearyp:
Sounds like the build process may not be looking at the right GCC. The -m* options are specific to a particular architecture.
[Nexus One Android Development] gentoo22:
ok now works here but wireless doesnt
[Nexus One Android Development] swetland:
If you replace the kernel, you need to replace the wifi module as well.

The kernel build leaves it here:

drivers/net/wireless/bcm4329/bcm4329.ko

You need to copy it to /system/lib/modules/ on the device.
[Nexus One Android Development] gentoo22:
have done it in recovery, wile system is up it says read only filesystem with adb

then compiled in kernel not as module but doent work
[Nexus One Android Development] swetland:
Currently userspace needs the wifi driver to be a module (it expects to insmod it to start things up, etc, and gets confused if it can't). This will be fixed in some future version of Android. For now, you must replace the wifi module in /system/lib/modules if you update the kernel.
[Nexus One Android Development] Driskol:
If any one makes a update.zip with the 2.6.32, please shere it here, i want to give it a try :)
[Nexus One Android Development] staulkor:
There is already a good thread on 2.6.32 development, no need for a second.
[Nexus One Android Development] Tom Servo:
Can I assume that in conjunction with what Brian posted on lwn.net, i.e. 2.6.32 is intended as base for Froyo, that an official ROM with this kernel will only be released when Froyo's ready (probably not on short term)?
[About XDA developers] konsta819:
Has anyone ever considered adding some re-directs to the xda domain, to allow quick access to whichever forum is relevant to the user?

As a Nexus user, I have to wait several seconds (even on 8mb connection) for the entire entrance page to download and render (using xda's bandwidth), and then rapidly scroll to a point about 4/5 of the way down.

Bookmarks are all very well, but most people use more than one computer on a regular basis...
[About XDA developers] Fallen Spartan:
A new 'jump to' option has just been implemented allowing users to be able to jump to specific device forums. Located under menu buttons at top of page
[About XDA developers] rahulelectra:
Thanks Xda is even more better.
[General Topics] omid_pcworld:
hi all ..my p3300 needs JTAG .. and i just need the JTAG Pinouts on the board..so if any one can help me , do it please..!
[General Topics] david_davood:
hi

please test this
[General Topics] ravichandrabr:
Technical guide available at michchannan wesite check it out buddy
[HD2 General] ftr2k8:
Hi there,

On my old HTC Diamond I installed everything to phone memory and so when I flashed it I just reinstalled all my apps. However, this time I have installed a large amount of them to the storage card. I don't remember my Diamond's storage card being flashed - so thats not the issue (I will probably remove the card before doing it anyway) - but my question is will my phone still see the installed apps on the memory card and put them in the start menu etc? Or will I be better off just uninstalling everything and re-doing it from scratch?

Also, is the new HTC Rom available in the UK yet?
[HD2 General] ftr2k8:
bump?

surely someone can tell me :P
[HD2 General] rlydiard:
Check your HTC site in the UK to answer your own question.

Perhaps you should read more about how a flash works before you try with your HD2. Think of it this way: You have two hard disks in your computer, C and D. With Windows XP on C you installed all your programs on D. Then you decided to install Windows 7 on drive C, which copied over your XP. Do you think that Windows 7 will run the programs in D? The answer is obviously no.

The situation is similar when you flash a new ROM. With a file manager you could see the programs on your storage card, but that is all. You would have to reinstall all the programs for them to work.

Take care and understand everything you really need to know before you do decide to flash.
[HD2 General] ftr2k8:
That's why I was asking :P

Thanks for the info.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Accessories] anagarika:
Hi,

I got my Kaiser Screen broken. The phone still functioning, even touch still working/responding. There're cracks & part of LCD darkened & I worry it might get worse by time/use.

Question:

HTC no longer sell devices in my country. What is the reasonable price + shipping? Any reputable seller that ships to my country & payment method?

Thanks for tips.

Edit:

Got the screen replaced & working perfectly!

Use the 4 screw method, without opening the base, took me 20 mins only :D

Thanks to Mike Channon, Erwinpiero & many others that fixed themselves & posted on this forum!