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[General Questions and Answers] MerlinOfLore:
I think I may have been unclear.... what I meant to say was is there a program for PocketPC (WM6) that is similar to WhiteNoise for the iPhone?
[General Questions and Answers] BenF1:
Maybe describe what WhiteNoise does? Or link to the app?
[General Questions and Answers] galaxys:
Yep, never heard of WhiteNoise....do provide some details!
[General Questions and Answers] trinest:
http://www.tmsoft.com/iphone-whitenoise.html

Seems to be a media player which plays relaxing tracks.
[General Questions and Answers] ramdroid77:
White noise is static hiss. You hear it when you turn your AM/FM radio or TV set to a "invalid" channel. It's said you can hear ghost voices as well har har, hence movie with same name. It's great sounds! Actually there's a whole "music" scene around it! Well, the application on MS Marketplace is just generating such noise. I haven't tried it but the description says so. I don't know what the iphone app is doing, but if you want white noise then get this app from marketplace.... or what else are you looking for?
[General Questions and Answers] billybag:
I have been looking for the same thing. Something like http://soundsleeping.com/ but in APP form. Their is WhiteNoise by Arkansoft but it costs money. they do offer a trial version though.
[HD2 General] dhaider:
So, in the demo video of the HD2 that comes pre-loaded on the device there are a load of sound effects associated with events. E.g. pinch zoom, scrolling though apps and especially the weather where the rain wiper makes a noise, as does the lightning.

In reality my HD2 is almost silent. I take it these sound effects were just artistic licence and they don't appear in the production model.
[HD2 General] kilrah:
Exact, it's just to "enlighten" the video. Like CSI, where a laser pointer, lamp, screen animation or pretty much anything that doesn't make a sound, makes a sound :D
[HD2 General] dhaider:
Thanks for the reply. I assumed that was the case, but I am surprised about the paucity of sound effects. Not even a nice unlocking sound effect. I would probably have turned them off anyway :)
[HD2 General] rp-x1:
Thats the first thing I do with any new phone! Can't stand stupid noises on every button press.
[Touch HD General] slaming:
hey guys i think i might have found a slight bug enabling usb i mean its not really any hack or anything but i went to boot android up when i clicked haret i instantly re connected usb when it got to the end of the haret loading (not linux) and i now have options for file tranfer but it doesn't seem to work but this is the first time ive seen any sort of usb symbol on screen.

any ideas about this?
[Touch HD General] mcdull:
no usb storage yet, only ADB.
[Touch HD General] slaming:
yeah but it was saying i could use usb storage but that would make no sense because if it was mounted on a mac then android would just crash instantly because its running off the sd card. surely that means usb storage will never work until we are running it from a rom.
[Touch HD General] mcdull:
your finding is known but yes, it is not working.
[Touch HD General] slaming:
oh ok i just wasn't sure if i was the only one to have had this weird error thingy
[HD2 General] Jollen:
Is there any way to play flash games on the HD2? Doesn´t Opera 10 support flash? It would be so great to be able to play any flash game in the browser!
[HD2 General] Shasarak:
You could try running them in the Skyfire browser.
[HD2 General] Jollen:
It doesn´t work. I´ve installed Adobes Flash Player for mobile devices, tried IE, Opera 9, Opera 10 beta 3 and now Skyfire.

Lets say I´d like to play the extremely addictive game desktop tower defense (google it) on my HTC HD2. Is this possible in any way atm?
[HD2 General] bel_z_bub:
this one works for me in IE.. but no way to control it.. maybe with a bluetooth keyboard? I don't know the game..

http://towerdefencegames.com/desktop-tower-defence.html

maybe you should deinstall the flashplayer you installed.. The HD2 has the latest flash lite player pre-installed..
[HD2 General] tonycosta:
i looked ino this a couple of weeks ago with no joy. besti did was find a couple of tower defence games written 4 win mo.
[Nexus One General] veive:
Hi All,

I just ordered my unlocked N1.

It's my first android phone, and I'm trying to look in to what apps I should get for it.

So, what's your favorite app, and why?

Cheers! :D
[Nexus One General] cymru:
Shazam - identifies songs that i don't know for me by listening to it

Google Maps - gets me home

Pkt eBay Auctions - Best eBay app on the market

Pure calendar widget - best looking calendar widget on the market
[Nexus One General] AznPlayR99:
Handcent SMS - i just like the look of it over the normal messaging

Movies - haha I watch a lot of movies so its helpful

Where/Yelp - for restuarants to eat at

Shazam - for music id

google maps - free navigation is awesome
[Nexus One General] galaxys:
PdaNet - able to teather

Shazam - identifies songs

Google Maps - on the road

Act1 - great video player
[Touch CDMA Android Development] umbilicalbungee:
I know this was an known issue on the cupcake build, but I was hoping that it would be fixed in eclair. I've just installed 1.6 on my vogue. The microphone on my HTC OEM wired headset seems to work for voice activated calling and searching, but not when I'm in a phone call. the person on the other end can't hear a thing unless I unplug the headset. Is this still a known issue? I can't find an official list anywhere. Can anyone suggest a fix? Could another build work? Or is there some kind of patch? Thanks in advance for any help. I'll be one step closer to being WM free!

Can anybody confirm that they are also seeing this problem, or counter that they are not? What build are you using?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] masalma:
i experienced the same problem with the donut, haven't tested it with any other build.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] brarsandeep:
I have the same issues with 1.6. I use my phone for work quite a bit and a headset is almost required for the amount of time I spend on the phone. Current, I am going back and forth between WM and Android. ON the weekends I stay on Android exclusively and can't wait till there is a solution for the wired mic issues. At that point I can pretty much say by to WM.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] dzo:
Until this is fixed, you can always use a bluetooth headset, that should work fine.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] brarsandeep:
Spent part of the weekend looking for a decent bluetooth headset...:-)
[Touch CDMA Android Development] umbilicalbungee:
Thanks to everybody for confirming that my problem was not just my own. I may consider buying a bluetooth headset just to use android, but I have a really nice pear of in ear wired headphones, that I use with the HTC OEM wired mic... So I'd just like to add that if a fix was created for this problem, I would be really psyched!
[Touch CDMA Android Development] acegolfer:
Any fix yet?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] jkimod:
i installed warm donut 2-20

my favorite set of wired stereo headphones works fine for music, but the built-in mic doesn't work on calls.:(

they worked great on WM 6.0 and 6.1, but the volume adjustment didn't work on WM 6.5 and the mic sensitivity was very very low where i had to hold the mic up to my mouth (which kinda defeated the purpose of 'hands free' while driving).

if they do figure out how to re-enable the mic for our android, i will be doing flips. :)

edit: ok doing flips. i updated to the 3-26 nbh and it got my wired headset to work properly, i.e. mic sensitivity is normal and in-call volume is adjustable. now it's time to do cartwheels if i can get my stereo BT headphones to play music. i just don't know how to edit my init.rc to include texas 4000000. anyone can help?

edit #2: ok doing cartwheels now. i did the edit to the sysinit.rc file (by adding 4000000 after the word texas) and BT audio for music is working. i had to edit the sysinit.rc file in notepad, copy it to my sd card, then use root explorer to copy and paste/replace in the system folder. i'm sure there's an easier way but i couldn't get astra to hold my edit/change to that file.

a very happy camper here !

edit #3: not a big deal, but now when my wired headphones are plugged in and a call comes in, the phone vibrates but no audio (the ringtone used to sound in the headphones and does the same w/ the BT headphones) but if listening to music the song does stop. like i said, not a big deal. still very happy w/ the latest fixes.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] mssmison:
someone could help us with fixing this.

Someone who's running haret, make a haret log, boot android and try to make a call with the headset.

enable logging in HaRET is to create a file "earlyharetlog.txt" in the same directory as the haret.exe program. The next time one runs HaRET, it will create a file "haretlog.txt" with logging information.

Thank send the log to my email. cpoulton@gmail.com
[Touch CDMA Android Development] umbilicalbungee:
I created the earlyharetlog.txt file, ran android and tried to make a call with the headset. I'll email the resulting haretlog.txt file. I'm no expert, but just looking at it, it looks to me like it just contains boot info and not anything about the call attempt. Maybe I'm missing something. Regardless, thanks for the offer to fix this.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] dzo:
This should be fixed now, try the latest kernel/NBH. I also fixed the volume control for headset and speakerphone.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] YevgenyEfter:
Hello!

I have a kaiser. Does this update to the kernel include the bluetooth fix?

Thanks!
[Touch CDMA Android Development] umbilicalbungee:
Wired headset with Haret.exe Android Install and Boot from Windows Mobile

Awesome! Thanks so much for your work on this. I finally got the headset working today. Here are the steps I had to take: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=648045
[Touch CDMA Android Development] acegolfer:
This might be silly. But which earbud is for left ear: long or short string?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] aleksandar0475:
After two days of playing with my phone,I solved the problem...in fact,there was no problem at all.

The point is,when you are checking for new e mails,you should not open the selected mailbox,because it will only flash,with no sound. It probably notices that you are in a mailbox already,and then only LED is blinking.

But if you check for new mails from the e mail tab on HTC Sense without opening any mailbox,all notifications work perfectly...flash,sound and on screen massage. (On HTC Sense screen,drag your finger to the e mail tab,press right softkey MENU-SEND RECEIVE,and wait...everything works.)

P.S. Of course,set everything in notification menu prior this.

Therefore,no bug. I am delighted.:):):):)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] jaxouk:
I have read many posts where people are asking which is the best rom for my device (and have done myself) only to get abrupt replies with something like "how dare you ask this, chefs put a lot of effort into each rom and its down to personal preferance blah blah" ................"THREAD CLOSED"

Does every one think think this is the best way for xda to be run or is there other people that think this should be allowed to be debated? I know this is originally a developer forum, however I would hazard a guess that there is now more public users that devolpers.

The thing is developers develope roms and yes certainly they put a lot of time and effort into it and are respected rightly so for it. however can the end user really be expected not to be allowed to discuss these roms on the forum only to be told the above mensioned things. It happens time and again over and over. People like myself (the end user) do not have time to flash every rom to find the ones they like. (its a days setting up for myself after a flash) and if its crap (which there is no denying. some are) its a day wasted.

What I think the forum needs is a "ROM USER REVIEW" section where people like myself can go and rate a rom for other users referance.

Surely this is the key to better roms. If one developers rom is poor hes going to be able to see that its poor and will/might take the user rating / comments on board and the next time try harder.... ultimately producing a better rom.

Competition is what makes better products, If handset manufacturers took the same stance as xda we would be waiting for the realease of the o2 xda 2s later this year. and this is the same in all industries.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] hawrai68:
Totally agree, people that make good ROMs should be applauded by some kind of user rating system. same way people can avoid wasting time flashing not so good or buggy ones.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] lpsi2000:
I think the mods should close this thread too. If you don't have enough time to flash them all then take a look at what the chefs have on the menu then take a plunge based on what you think will be good for you.

The best ROMs are combination of various things to various people. I like my ROMs light and fully loaded, I like them fast, stable and I want the maximum internal storage. So how are you going to define this best ROM for me or others? There some great ROMs out there that do not fit my bill but it does not mean there are not among the best ROMs (again my view will be different than yours).

Now the warning about how there are more users then they are chefs is nothing new to developers. If they were not more users then developers, we would not need developers because you would not have the demand. That is simple economics.

To the end if you are not going to try all the ROMs and provide your opinion base on your publicly define logic of what is the best, then this will be another useless thread. This is exactly what others have done by providing benchmarks which are useful if you are into benchmarks. However, I do use the benchmark information to get numbers I am interested in (like internal storage, memory, etc...).

This is not meant to kill your inspiration but your opening comments killed the entire thread for me even though it is only one post thus far:rolleyes:. A little bit more friendly tone could have gone a long way. Either way I am not looking for a response to my comments that way we will see how this thread shapes up.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Da9L:
Well here we go again. There is no answer to which rom is the best. Its your choice.

Maybe you simply love a Ford car, but well others might hate a Ford car and choose a BMW instead. Its all up to personal experience. You use one rom in one way, and maybe that rom works better that way. Then some other dude will find that rom crap because he uses it in a whole other way. Maybe he wants to use his phone for navigation and calling, so he likes the rom a lot as it does what he wants it to, but you might complain that it is a crap rom because there are some sms bugs. The other user dosn't use sms writing so he dosn't recognize these bugs. This is only an example, but i hope you get my point

All discussion to a rom should be within the specific roms own thread.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] antaed:
i don't watch movies, buy stuff, listen to movies, etc because of their ratings given by others. so i pass on this
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ganjaweed:
umhhh. i started a similar thread i had named ,'So who is the Master chef?'.it was harshly closed. never understood why.....
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] KB24@CL:
everyone loves his rom and his chef..can't really have an objective and representative rating system...

I know and undrstand where you are coming from...too many roms and one cannot choose...

with that said...if there WOULD BE a clear cut winning rom...then everybody would flash just that and the rest of the cook can retire...this way every cook has his "followers" and thus we have this large amount of roms and they all get updated and improved over time...

those like me and you that do not have the time...well then they cannot afford to flash too many roms...its that simple...if you are expecting someone to offer you a new best rom every day and then you just come home and flash it every night...well that service won't be happening...

and yes I believe we have 1000s of leechers and only a dozen cooks. xda developers is by far not just a developing community anymore...but then again we could be considered "beta testers".:)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] itje:
I closed this thread, due to the same reason all the others that are similar all over xda are closed on sight.

These kind of threads usualy/always ends up in disputes and flamewars, there is always some hotheaded ppl who burst into flames when someone dont have the same view as they do.

So... sorry, yeah we close :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] terrymc_fly:
Recently I faced some problem when reading movies with video player. either wmp or core the video was not smooth but I find the solution.

I use on my computer an encoder freeware called Free Video Converter.

I convert any video to MP4 and the result is almost perfect, I can say much more better.....

The only thing is that you have to modify audio parameters sometime.

Otherwise no sounds come up from your pocket pc
[HD2 General] fretjes:
I've been searching this forum but could not find a answer to my question:

** Is it possible to connect the Leo to a PC and use the GPS signal in fore-instance, a navigation programme like Route 66 or other software?

Hope there is a solution,

fred
[HD2 General] kilrah:
There's a program called GPSGate, haven't tried it on the HD2 but it used fine to work on previous devices. It can share over several interfaces, filter sentences etc, uses a WM app and a PC app, and is payware.

There's a free alternative called GPS2Blue, allows sharing GPS over Bluetooth or TCP/IP (ActiveSync or WiFi). Over Bluetooth it's easy, over cable a bit less, also needs another program on the PC that creates a virtual COM port bound to the network.
[HD2 General] fretjes:
Thanks very much for the suggestion. I've tried Gpsgate and it worked on my laptop with the Gps from the Htc Leo. The fix was rather quick. I did it on 57600 Baud and any Nmea. I've used Ozi explorer on my laptop.

So oke sofar.

thanks again

fred
[HD2 General] gregwee:
How did you do the connection? Was it through ActiveSync? How did you configure GPSGate on the LEO?

I used to use GPSGate on a previous PPC phone, but I connected to it through Bluetooth from the PC. Now, GPSGate won't work with Bluetooth on the LEO since I get an error message, "[10029] (Manager) Could not find Bluetooth". I'm guessing that GPSGate expects to use the Microsoft Bluetooth stack, but the LEO is using WIDCOMM BT stack.

Any help as to your settings will be appreciated.
[HD2 General] fretjes:
setup Leo

Now I have Ozi explorer running on my laptop. On the Leo runs GPSGate and is connected via active sync (win 7) then it's called something like mobile device/sync center. On the Leo GpsGate has for input Com4 (same as Gps found by IGO 8, it will give the massage "running oke" On the tab output you will find under active output a couple of outputs like Gpsgate, Virtual com3, active sync etc. you can add more via the puldown "select from list"and then press add. But the ports which are displayed have been found by Gpsgate and should do. The advanced tab I have not touched. now in Ozi explorer you go to moving map and start NMEA communication with GPS.

In Ozi expl, files, option you can change things under the tab GPS and Com. You can fiddle around with the settings.

And there you go, you have a fix.

You need both GpsGate for the Leo as well for the Laptop/PC

You will need a program which is able to read the data, like I use Ozi explorer.

Now I'm sure that there are other/better solutions or other ways but this workes for me.

good luck.

fred
[HD2 General] kilrah:
I can confirm the free GPS2Blue works fine on the HD2 over bluetooth, tried with a PC running W7 x64 with default stack as client.

Select COM4 and any baudrate >= 4800 for GPS port as usual, COM1 for BT port (or whatever is shown in BT manager/settings tab/advanced/serial ports as incoming in case it changes from one device to another, but it shouldn't), tick BT, and click ON.

Disregard the "IO exception, bluetooth off?" warning, it will still work.

On the PC side, open your GPS program (or any terminal to check it works), connect to the COM port linked to your HD2 (can be seen by right-clicking on your HD2 in "peripherals and printers" control panel, selecting properties, tzhen services).

And voilà, you should have NMEA appearing in your program :)

Don't forget to turn off auto standby on the HD2, and use a "screen off" shortcut instead of the power button, or the HD2 will go in standby and stop GPS until you turn it on again.

Power consumption in this mode is ~145mA, or about 8hr use out of a full battery (not counting other stuff you could be doing of course).
[HD2 General] gregwee:
Thanks for the info kilrah, your method works exactly as instructed. :D Much less hassle than connecting a cable between the phone and the PC.
[HD2 General] leekuhlman:
kilrah,

I followed your directions and can now say that my HTC Pure (at&T) is taking my GPS over BT without any issues. Thanks for the simplified instructions!

Lee
[HD2 General] m4rc1n:
I head some problems at start (BT doesn't like me); but all an all GPS2Blue works just fine for me. Working on W7HP x64 with AutoMapa 6.5 EU (polish navigation software). Thx kilrah for the instructions.
[HD2 General] iPAQ 6515a User:
Had the same problem ie. iGO8 could not connect/detect gps in my HD2 so I edited system.ini in iGO8\save

[GPS]

port="4"

baud="38400"

that's it

How did I come up with the port and baud data?

Run iGO, get to the settings of GPS, untick 'enable', choose autodetect, if your bluetooth is off, turn it on now, iGO will detect the GPS, memorize the port number and baud rate. Edit system.ini accordingly
[HD2 General] SiL3nTKiLL:
i use GPSGate :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icebergxx:
Well I know it happens, and it happens to multiple people but I haven't pegged an answer why phones will just randomly soft reboot like this.

But more importantly I'm wondering why mine soft rebooted into a boot loop?

Currently reflashing the rom Open Eclair hoping it works cause I don't want to loose all the data BUT it looks like my phone won't go past the G1 screen now.

Hmf.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Icebergxx:
Well what do you know, lost all my data. That's fantastic.

Wipe + Flash.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hiddengopher:
:/ good thing contacts and stuff are in the cloud