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[Touch HD General] lorin616:
I just bought a second hand Touch HD apparently running win6.5 + with additional software on. At present the phone appears to have a number of software "issues". Texts don't always send or get received, I cannot access the deleted messages folder, it appears to run quite slowly, and has frozen a couple of times (there are more but cant remember them all).

Unfortunately I am not in the slightest bit knowledgable about how to flash ROMs etc. I have read many of the threads but simply do not understand the instructions or often even the jargon.

All I want from my phone is for it to run as quickly and reliably as possible without any glitches. The only additional software I need is the TomTom which is installed and if possible it would be good to be able to download some of the available apps if I wanted (though not vital). I also use it to send/receive emails, as a modem for the laptop occassionally, and for simple web browsing.

Is there anyone out there who can sort a phone for customers - anywhere I can send my phone and pay someone to wipe the phone clean, install a decent ROM, and reinstall the TomTom?

Any help or advice would be much appreciated
[Touch HD General] stuntdouble:
While I would love to say, "I'll do it for you" I think the expense of posting stuff wouldn't be worth it in the end. It's really not hard to flash as long as you do a bit of reading. And it's a rewarding experience. May sound odd but it feels good to make a device your own, even if it's for someone else.

Theres are only one step I recommend to everyone to ge them started and that's to HardSPL a device. This basically makes your device so that if you make a mistake on it, 99.999% of the time it's fine and can be re-done and sorted out.

If you havn't tried another sim card in it to see if its unlocked or not, then best to do that, or ask in a phone shop.

From what you describe about the phone, it sounds like someone has already flashed it before so you will need to check if it is HardSPL'd already or not. To do that hold down the bottom volume button on the side of the phone then press the power button on the top. It says SPL-something. If it's 1.56.OliNex you're good to go. If not, go here. Then I would recommend flashing a rom from the "roms" section, there are many to choose from there, but I recommend Topix 3.5.5. Then just install Tomtom and you're set.

While it looks like a lot of reading, there are some great guides there, and it's definitely worthwhile and very easy. Just run through them in the order I listed and you'll be laughing after you've done it, wondering why you were so hesitant before.

Good luck.
[Touch HD General] lorin616:
Cheers stuntdouble,

At the risk of sounding totally incompetant, I tried what you said but holding the volume down button and pressing the power button appears to do nothing except turn the phone in and out of standby. I also tried it with the phone off and it simply turned on again.....

The previous owner has installed win6.5 and the interface from the HD2 (apparently) but it doesn't appear to work properly. Hence my wanting to sort the phone. I will hold out hope I can find someone who will do it for me.
[Touch HD General] MasDroid:
In order to check your current SPL version, you need put the phone into Bootloader mode. To do this, you need to press down on

both

the bottom volume button and the power button simultaneously for a few seconds, you will see a tri-coloured screen - the red section at the top tells you what SPL version you have. To exit this screen, just remove the battery cover from the back, remove the battery for 3 seconds, and then re-insert and power on the phone again to return to normal.

I suggest you follow this guide, it tells you exactly what you need to do step-by-step when flashing your phone.
[Nexus One General] redlenners:
So I'm relatively new to the flashing, rooting, hacking android scene, but I've done some reading.

I accidentally installed Google Voice and now I simply can't uninstall it. I am offered the option of uninstalling the updates, but if I do that I can no longer 'Open' or 'Uninstall'. If I uninstall the updates I can no longer open the app and the icon disappears from the app menu.

Whilst I don't want to root my phone, yet, I would like to restore it to a completely stock image.

The "Settings > Privacy > Factory data reset" doesn't do what I want. After doing this, Google Voice is still shown as installed in the marketplace - even though it isn't.

So, can I completely reset my entire phone?

Would I be correct in thinking that if I booted into the skateboarding android screen (via volume down and power) and I applied the 'update-nexusone-ERE27-signed.zip' update from 'android.modaco.com' - this would completely wipe my phone and put it back to a stock, unrooted factory setting?

Do I need to 'wipe' my phone before I apply the zip mentioned above? If so, how do I wipe?

If anyone could tell me how to get rid of Google Voice in another way, I would also appreciate that - without being rooted.

Thanks in advance for the help.
[Nexus One General] Rusty!:
You can pick up a complete stock ERD79 from MoDaCo, the ERE27 update wont do as it's an update not a complete ROM.
[Nexus One General] redlenners:
Hi,

Thanks for taking the time to reply, and so quickly!

If I go and get the stock ERE27 ROM from MoDaCo, will I be able to apply this without rooting?

To apply the ROM, do I boot into the skateboarding androids screen? Which options would I choose to perform a wipe and then apply the update?

My understanding is that I will need to rename the ROM to update.zip?

Apologies for the noob questions.
[Nexus One General] Rusty!:
Hang on a minute, I've mis-understood what's going on here :D

So you've not unlocked your boot loader, which makes everything I previously said invalid :o

Can you find Google Voice in the list of installed apps in the Application Manager (under settings) and filter it to all?
[Nexus One General] redlenners:
When I got the phone I made the mistake of installing Google Voice from the marketplace - no point as I'm in the UK.

Somehow, it no longer appears in the app menu but does still show as installed in marketplace. The only options marketplace offers 'open' and 'uninstall' are both greyed out.

If I browse the file structure of the phone with Astro to '/system/app' I can see a googlevoice.apk entry, with the google voice icon. There isn't a googlevoice.odex file however.

The phone still works, and works normally - it just annoys me that it is on my system and shows in marketplace and I can't get rid of it.

I was therefore looking for a way to completely restore the phone to a factory state (like you could do with the iPhone with a restore).

I am not rooted and would like to stay that way.

I hope that clarifies, and thanks for your continued replies.
[Nexus One General] redlenners:
Oh, and it doesn't show under manage applications in settings.

Out of interest, are you on a vodafone contract, SIM only or PAYG? I'm looking to switch from O2 but I want to ensure that I can still get full HSDPA speeds on a SIM only deal - I tried out T-Mobile SIM Only but I needed to have the £5 extra for W&W plus as their standard internet doesn't give full HSDPA speeds.
[Nexus One General] Rusty!:
Hmm that's a bit odd then, must admit all I can think of is boot into recovery and perform the 2 wipes that are available, or... just ignore it ;)

As for Voda, it's a SIM only 12 month contract that I got from retentions... 300mins, unlimited texts & web for £15p/m, however 11 of those months are discounted by 50%.
[Nexus One General] redlenners:
Thanks for bearing with me. Unfortunately I can't ignore it... what can I say, I'm just one of those people :D

I'm guessing that it simply isn't possible for me to do a complete restore to stock without first being rooted?

So, the last few stupid questions:

If I do the two wipes that are available, will that leave me with a completely blank phone that I will then need to flash a ROM to?

What are the two types of wipe, how do I get to them and what is each supposed to achieve?
[Nexus One General] Rusty!:
No it wont leave you with a blank phone, it will be as if you'd just switched it on when you got it.

You need to get into fastboot (trackball and power on as you know) then into the bootloader, then recovery. At the picture of the Android and the exclamation point, you hold down the power button, the hit vol up.

Here you can use the trackball to select what you want.

What does each one do? **** knows, I can't even remember what they're called at the moment lmao
[Nexus One General] redlenners:
Much appreciated.

I'll give it a go this evening and let you know how I get on.
[Nexus One General] Ryanmo5:
Please refer to this link for restoring to original shipping, thread closed.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=614850
[Nexus One General] karthikjr:
Here's the deal. I can't remember how I partitioned the SD Card in my Nexus One

at the time of setup. I have an 8GB card which I pulled from my G1, formatted it

via Amon-Ra and got my N1 all set.

This was in January.

Now that I'm looking to try out the Sense ROMs, I need a swap partition.

And I don't know now if I'd added a swap partition or not :)

I know that I can use a memory card reader, fire up Paragon

Partition Manager (or boot into Ubuntu) and figure it out.

But is there any way to figure out my current partition layout

without swapping out the card

?

_
[Nexus One General] grainysand:
Boot into recovery. AmonRA's recovery allows you to partition/restore the SD card--think it's the third option down the list or so.
[Nexus One General] karthikjr:
Yes, I'm aware of that. As I've noted in my rather long and rambling post,

I used Amon-RA to partition the card, back in January.

The question now is, how do I figure out the partition layout

withOUT repartitioning the card?

EDIT: Thanks, grainysand. I took a look at the wording of the first post

and have changed it, so that it's more specific about what I'm looking for.
[Nexus One General] vonapets:
I suggest getting a microSD to usb adapter and plugging it into your computer then getting partition magic. This shows you any partition on any device. It also lets you modify them. Otherwise if you use linux, get gparted.

Hope this helps.

Vonapets
[Nexus One General] karthikjr:
This wouldn't work, because the USB mount (via regular prompt or Recovery)

option mounts the FAT partition only. And this is what the Partition Manager

would see.

Or am I barking up the wrong tree?
[Nexus One General] karthikjr:
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[HD2 General] EddyOS:
Just been taking a look round my HD2 network settings and it's been set to 'Proxy Internet' since flashing Miri's ROM (might've been before but don't think so). Having changed this to Contract Internet things seem better connection wise.

Should I use Contract Internet or Contract WAP?
[HD2 General] rp-x1:
I'm not sure, but WAP might be restricted to particular ports/speeds/proxies for WAP browsing rather than 'full' internet access.
[HD2 General] EddyOS:
Thats what I assumed - not to worry, got 'unlimited' data anyway
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Nilzor:
Have anyone done this? I'm talking about making the phone into a Windows file system server so that you could browse it from your home computer using the \\ip\share -syntax in explorer over WiFi. Wouldn't that be cool? :-) Can it be done?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] skyegalen:
Like this?

WiFi Remote Access-http://www.julien-manici.com/windows_mobile_wifi_remote_access/
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Nilzor:
No, that one uses a web interface. I'd like to browse the file system through explorer (not internet explorer)
[Windows Mobile Software Development] skyegalen:
MyMobiler has ftp capability, and can run over WiFi

http://www.mymobiler.com/

Is there a specific reason to do this?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Nilzor:
FTP is useful aswell but the scenario I was thinking of was this: You come to a friend and he has a computer hooked up to the stereo. You want him to listen to a new song you just downloaded to your Win phone. You can just give him the ip+share name and he can browse and play directly from your phone without installing any adittional software.

Actually for this scenario the first tool mentioned in this thread comes closer. But it lacks the possibility for drag-dropping. Say you want to drag 5 songs into a playlist in winamp or something...

I'm thinking simplicty for the user here, and offering something no other phone platform has yet.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] skyegalen:
So, you would like to find a way to make your phone into a Wireless NAS?
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Nilzor:
Yeah I guess you could call it that
[Windows Mobile Software Development] bh77a:
I'm kind of surprised Resco Explorer 2010 doesn't provide support for this, the Palm OS version has supported SMB for quite a while:

http://www.resco.net/palm/explorer/faq_network.asp#_Toc170193941
[Nexus One General] bpmorris:
Hi Everyone.

I am not sure how best to describe this but I am curious if there is a setting to disable the clock from fading out after a couple minutes. Basicly I am in Aus and am currently unable to easily obtain a dock so would love to have to clock screen continue to be visable whilst on USB charge when at my desk at work. Am I missing something simple here to enable to keep the clock\dock visable?

Cheers

Ben
[G1 Android Development] danfootitt:
ive had my g1 for about a week now and it is still runnning 1.0.

ive tried various ways to update it.

can anyone help me??

my phone is a uk g1, and when i go to settings>about phone there is no system update.

thanks in adavance
[G1 Android Development] Firerat:
Hi, if you want to go down the rooting path to install non-official custom ROMs

the best place for you to start would be here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=567610

later on, if you feel you want one of the 'bigger' ROMs be sure to read and understand this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=625886
[G1 Android Development] danfootitt:
how can i get a legit update without rooting my device?
[G1 Android Development] seaweeduk:
I remember when I first got my G1 on T-mobile here in the UK which was still on 1.0 I did something to force the phone to check for an OTA update because I didn't want to wait around ages for it to find Donut.

I can't remember what I pressed though nor have I had any success with google. There is a way to force an OTA update check on old versions though, I'm sure someone here will remember it...
[G1 Android Development] danfootitt:
cheers, this is what im looking for.

on my about phone it has no system update. but if someone knows this, this would be great help
[G1 Android Development] gophergun:
Is this at all helpful?

http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=OTA_Updates

You should be able to use these without root.
[G1 Android Development] seaweeduk:
yeah I remember I had no system update section either when I was trying to force an update, the option appears after 1.5 I believe.

I've been trying to find what ever I did to force an update check but it's been a while now and anything I can find on google refers to more recent updates.

What network is the phone on by the way? I'm not even sure any one other than T-mobile pushes out updates for the g1
[G1 Android Development] mike565sd:
I found this over on phandroid.com

You can ask your G1 phone to do a force “Check for Update”

You need AnyCut app from the market.

Create a shorcut on the desktop using AnyCut

- Select Activity

- Select Device Info

On the desktop select the new shortcut and scroll to the bottom. There is a button that will check for an update

Hope it helps
[G1 Android Development] seaweeduk:
:D I knew someone would know here, this is what I did on my 1.0 G1 to force an OTA update
[G1 Android Development] danfootitt:
it said checkin success, what happens now should it jsut start downloading??

sorry to be a pain
[G1 Android Development] paulb_nl:
You can use this file if you don't want to wait:

android.clients.google.com/updates/kila_eu/signed-kila_eu-ota-15632.a5e2aac2.zip

This is the euro full update to 1.6.

Copy to your sdcard, rename to update.zip and flash in recovery.
[G1 Android Development] danfootitt:
that link isnt working, nothing seems to working to update my phone.
[G1 Android Development] t_rob76:
link worked fine for me, don't try to download it on your phone (if you are), use a computer
[G1 Android Development] goldenarmZ:
Is this a new G1 bought directly from t-mobile, or did you buy it from someone?
[G1 Android Development] danfootitt:
i bought if from someone, starting to think this was a bad idea tho
[G1 Android Development] goldenarmZ:
Are you sure it hasn't been customised already?

Start the phone with [camera]+[power] then [home]+[power] and post what you see.

Also.. do you have a data plan?
[G1 Android Development] danfootitt:
i get unlimited internet on my device.

on and pwer:

drea110 32b

hboot-0.95.0000

cpld-4

radio-1.22.12.29
[G1 Android Development] danfootitt:
when i press power, home it says

e:// cant open/cache.....

maybe thats y the sd updates arent working
[G1 Android Development] danfootitt:
omg thank you so much everyone, it finally managed to upgrade via that link you gave thank you so much love you.
[G1 Android Development] mattv888:
ohhh try searching google for "any cut force update" or something like that. I used anycut to check for updates. It's how I updated to cupcake before I rooted =)
[Android Software Development] veneziana:
Is possible to disable sim1 or sim2? and How?

thanks to all
[Android Software Development] gjizaqin:
move to androidspin.com forum there is a special part for DSTL1 with many discussions and there you'll find the answer :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CFKILLERS:
the stock message app that came with cyanogen to work it keeps freezing phone. i have reinstalled latest rom with a clean wipe. i have cleaned sd card and repartitioned it. what else can i do. when i reboot i also get removed sd card. the only way to be able to reuse phone is to remove battery.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadowch31:
Have you tried flashing a different rom to see if that fixes the issue?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CFKILLERS:
nope ill do that. trying to hold onto this one untill i have funds for nexus one. wife dont see the logic of 500 plus for a phone.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shadowch31:
I'd try Enoms v2.6.1 for testing as its stock.

Then if all is fine take a look at Super D, beats cyan hands down in my book.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] seal:
HI All,

I have done a few searches on this and found nothing...

Sometime when I open the dialer, the bottom half is missing, the part with the numbers, makes it really hard to make a call :)

I have tried several roms and all the same story, have to reboot to fix the problem.

Anyone know a fix.

Cheers
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] GodsGift:
I too have this problem

I seem to remember that its because the HTC Dialler was compiled for Win Mo 6.5.1 and not our newer cooked Win Mo roms.

We need a new HTC Dialler

Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong as I'd also love a fix for this problem!

GG
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] fards:
try unzipping this to windows and rebooting..

I reshacked it the dialer as I was getting annoyed with it..

this is the latest 210 leo one if you want to try it.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] GodsGift:
dude thanks...

have installed this and seems to have done the trick!

Many many thanks...

I'll monitor it and keep this thread updated but ... so far so VERY good!

GG
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] appelflap:
Is this really working. If so, you're a genius!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] seal:
Thanks heaps for the quick response, I will give it a try, I will need resco explorer won't I as the normal explorer won't let me override the original file?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] mazzarin:
Amazing work. Thanks!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] GodsGift:
Following on from my previous post .. this dll has resolved all my dialler problems.

A HUGE thanks.

GG
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Maroon:
Can I ask what concrete you have done? "res-hacked" or "re-shacked"?

Just curious... :-)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] David Balfour:
Cabbed for those who dont have resco or Total commander

Again thanks Fards this has been annoying the hell out of me
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Durv84:
My Dialler keys, such as hold, speaker, keypad, mute, end call, etc, dont work during the call. Will this cab fix it? If not can you help?

Thanks.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] fadytabar:
I had the same problem

Hi,

I am using Miri rom and had the same problem with my keys while i am in a call.

I've fixed it by disabling the "Tap Time" in BsB tweaks, just turn this option off and soft reset.

Please tell me if it worked.

Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] romskii:
cab doesn't work
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] flowinglight:
thanks a lot, it is really helpful!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] namor:
Dailerfix.cab does seem to work for me !

No issues in a couple of days now.

Big thank's !!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Incarniac:
As a little heads up, I have tried various workarounds for this issue since it started happening to me, and put a summary in this post.
[HD2 General] Antimus:
Is it possible to get the lock screen background to change automatically? It would be great to have it as a slideshow of sorts from your photo album.
[HD2 General] Antimus:
No takers? I used to use S2U2 which did this already but I'd rather the WM6.5 lock screen had something similar :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrPadie:
Hi all.

To get to the point, my Hero picks up the wrong current location for all applications, including the weather, homescreen clock (when set to current location) and even Hoccer when set to use my mobile network. When it is set to use WiFi, there is no issue, but when it is set to use the Mobile Network, then it seems to believe that it is in Dubai. I am in South Africa at the moment, and more specifically, Cape Town. Obviously using WiFi, I get the location right down to my suburb.

This leads me to believe that obviously the local tower that my phone uses in the area is a reference to another location on the location servers. Now, I have two questions:

1) Does anybody perhaps know a way to solve this?

2) If there is no direct solution, is there a way to either A) manipulating the phone into reassigning the correct location number if it is getting signal from the tower that puts it in Dubai. In other words, IF tower ID is 452(Tower that gives out Dubai), then SET tower ID to 123(Another tower in the area). B) Is there perhaps a way to loge a fault for whoever controls the location servers to perhaps fix this issue?

Thank you for your help!

Padie
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyuk:
What rom are you using?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bonesy:
Just set your location maybe? Instead of using the auto detect
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morgoth6:
Same problem

Hmmm, it seems I was hit by same problem using MrBang ROM (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5767289&postcount=347)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrPadie:
I have discovered that it is actually ROM independent. I have tried Modaco, CKDroid, KaguDroid, and MrBang. All the ROM's have given me the same issue.

I do set my location for weather etc, but I cannot set my location for programs that use the phone's current location, such as Hoccer. If I use my GPS, then it will chew battery, and take too long to acquire the location.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyuk:
it might be that your network is not programmed to give out a location

Edit: have you actually turned the location enabler thing on in the settings?