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[HD2 General] wacky.banana:
Starfury,

This sounds familiar. I'm sure there is a thread or post somewhere on here which had tracked this problem down to shorting between the 3mm jack on the headphones and the socket on the HD2.

Apologies, don't have time to search but try seeing what you can find.

Cheers

WB
[HD2 General] Starfury:
Yeah I thought I saw something too but I'll be damned if I can find it.. :(
[HD2 General] Starfury:
Nope can't find the post anymore... Anyone else able to help out?
[HD2 General] Starfury:
I've mailed HTC support about it, lets see what they say.
[HD2 General] jonyid:
what did HTC say? this happens with me sometimes and it is very frustrating!
[HD2 General] craigpyro:
Any joy on this? I also use HD25s and having exactly the same problem. Not only is it irritating but embarassing whne i have to explain people why I keep drop calling them!
[HD2 General] Starfury:
Here's my exchange with HTC:

ME:

HTC HD2 - When using my own headphones, which are a pair of Sennheiser HD-25's, instead of the included pair (if you are an audiophile you'll know why I dont use the included pair) then I sometimes get some odd behaviour from the phone when listening to music via the music player in the SenseUI and/or a player called Nitrogen. What happens is the phone will randomly dial the last number I have dialled whilst its in my pocket or in my hand and I have not touched the screen. As you can imagine this is rather annoying. Other behaviour is song's going into fastforward mode on their own. I believe its something to do with the inbuilt headphones having 4 "poles" due to the extra functionality in the controller where as my headphones only have 3 "poles" and the phone not properly recognising that only a standard pair of headphones is connected instead of a pair with the controller. Is there a hotfix available for this or do you have a new ROM in the pipeline that will resolve this?

HTC:

Dear <snip>, Thank you for your enquiry about your issues when using your Sennheiser HD-25 with your HTC HD2. Answer Have you performed the ROM update that is on our website? There is no hotfix available. I am not aware of any planned new ROM although I am sure that Microsoft is working on one. If these steps have not helped, please let me know by responding using the link provided and I will be happy to check again for you. Best regards, <snip> HTC

ME:

I have been on 1.66 WWE from HTC for ages now and I know others are reporting issues as well. I also very much hope that HTC will be releasing more ROM updates as I am aware of 1.71/1.72 as well as the 2.x range of ROM's that are in testing currently. Maybe a hotfix to detect how many poles are on the 3.5mm adaptor and if there are only 3 then it disables the control module dialling, or even if there was a hotfix to switch the control module dialling off/on manually and that way I can at least stop it from dialling out itself...

HTC:

Dear <snip>, Thank you for your reply. I have not heard about this issue before but will of course report it. Updates are always worked on. I will not have any knowledge about it before it is released. Best regards, <snip> HTC

ME: (Feel the sarcasm?)

Thank you I guess...

HTC: (Feel the facepalm?)

Dear <snip>! Thank you for your reply. You are welcome. Best regards, <snip>. HTC

_____________________________________________________________________________________

All I can suggest is if you are having the issue then report it as well, they require x number of reports before logging it as a bug to be fixed.

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[HD2 General] craigpyro:
Thank you starfury. How do I log my issue with them?
[HD2 General] craigpyro:
lol
[HD2 General] Starfury:
http://www.htc.com/uk/CS_Mail.aspx

Thats the UK one... you can select your country from the form there too..
[HD2 General] Starfury:
Nail.

Head.

On.

The.

Hit.

LOL :)
[HD2 General] craigpyro:
Done. Thanks.

btw - which ROM are you using? I wonder if this has anything to do with the issue as I'm sure I didn't have this before?
[HD2 General] Starfury:
Check my sig...
[HD2 General] attig:
This sounds like the likely cause to me.

I am having the same identical problem but with a different setup. I have a intercom system under my motorbike (starcom). It operates as a bluteooth headset but I also plug the HD2 via a 3.5mm cable for long journeys as music/gps sound much better than through the bluetooth.

At one point it was dialling the last number constantly. I was going crazy till I discovered that the 3.5mm cable was loosely plugged on my intercom system. Plugging it tightly solved the problem.
[HD2 General] shagster69:
Same problem... sometimes

the 3.5 jack in my car never does this, but the analogue jack to my HT receiver is always calling people.

i actually think it just a tiny difference in the spacing of the jack contacts that is the problem... but not sure how to prove that.
[HD2 General] craigpyro:
I'm still baffled as to why this only happens occasionally.

I have wondered if there are certain radio signals my headcable cables pick up as I've noticed it happen when a platform announcer uses the PA in an underground station - where there's no other radio singals.
[HD2 General] busterdan:
I had exactly the same problem at the weekend when I had my headphone extension cable connected between my helmet and the hd2.... really annoying especially as I was trying to follow a route with CoPilot at the time.
[HD2 General] SMS92:
just a quick message to say that I had this exact problem whilst having my hd2 connected to my car via a 99p auxiliary cable, 3.5 to 3.5mm. its interesting to note tablehat I have not been able to reproduce this since upgrading to a cleanex rom (which is based on 1.72 I believe).hours of listeningin the car this week and no glitches.

everyone who experiences this problem should include their rom info in the post.
[HD2 General] craigpyro:
Durrys HG Ultimate V1.7 WWE
[HD2 General] Jack E:
I'm getting with my Sennheiser CX400 IIs as well :(, I'm on Dutty HG 1.9
[HD2 General] Dennycool:
I have the same problem even with the original HTC headphones :confused::confused:

i'm useing Miri Steve0007 Elegancia V2.5 ROM

and it's so embarrassing !! how to explain calls in the middle of the night :P :rolleyes:
[HD2 General] AjaySachdeva:
Hi!

Does your phone dial the last number when it is on external power source?
[HD2 General] Jack E:
yes, on external and running off battery :(
[HD2 General] Jack E:
Does anyone have a solution for this, maybe there is a way to disable the driver that controls the buttons? :S
[HD2 General] rishishah:
I spoke to an HTC UK Escalations Manager (Mike B) today who claims that HTC UK have never head of this and as he was the escalation's manager he would be the first to know.

Its clear that many people have reported this to HTC UK via the website but HTC simply chooses to ignore it.

I have forwarded this Thread's link to him so that he understands that there are a lot of people with this problem and hence simply claiming not to know about it is not the answer.

I have this problem on the Stock Rom too.

:D:DIf you have reported this to HTC, can you kindly paste your Ticket Number here. This way the Escalation manager will know that there are a number of calls into HTC that he as the escalations manager has somehow missed. And that his statement of HTC has not had any such reports is incorrect.:D:D
[HD2 General] rishishah:
Had a Handset replacement from O2 UK, but it still has the same randon last number redial problem.

Pete W a suport engineer at HTC has written back to me stating that the problem does exist and HTC are looking for a fix. Mike B (HTC Escalations Manager) his manager has stated that no such problem exists for the HD2 and so there is no fix.

I have now asked O2 UK to replicate the problem.

Lets see if any of the organisations do actually care.:mad::mad::mad:
[HD2 General] djdavedoc:
Im having this exact same problem... its driving me up the wall! Was using Nitrogen today to listen to music on my way home then it cut out and started dialing my mate at random!! I hung up and it continued to do so time and time again!

Latest Rom update that is available on the HTC site is installed on my device and im using a generic 3.5mm Cable into my Stereo to use it. It doesnt happen all the time but it happened a lot today.... any advice? Its simply not good enough if it keeps making calls when I dont ask it to!:mad:
[HD2 General] djdavedoc:
Just to add I have emailed HTC Support about this..... Other than this annoying Glitch and that the battery life isnt the greatest this phone is awesome!
[HD2 General] rishishah:
O2 UK have finally stated that there is an issue with the HD2 and that HTC and O2 know about it. They have no idea when a patch will be avaliable from HTC as yet but for now have supplied me free of charge the HTC Adaptor that allows you to plug in any other headphones into it (HTC HS U350 Audio Adapter Cable ). As this adaptor has a 3 pole plug (unlike a 2 pole plug in a standard headphones) it doe snot caused the last number re-dial issue.

So yes this is a known issue which HTC may not assist with, but if you are with O2 UK they may assist you.
[HD2 General] Tann San:
I got fed up of waiting and tried a few different things to work around this problem. In the end I bought an adapter from ebay for £2.50, I can't post the link but if you search for "iphone 3G headphone Handsfree Adapter Converter + Mic" you should see loads of them. It's one of those cheap unbranded jobs. I took pictures of it all on my site. Can't post links as a new user but if you google "HTC HD2 Dialing Last Dialed Number Problem" it should be one of the top results. The images are near the bottom of that post.

If you don't want to buy anything extra (I pay more than £2.50 to get the bus to town) then the best tip I can recommend is to dial 0 before you start using your headphones. This means when it tries to auto-dial the last number it will dial 0. On my Orange sim this means the music kept stopping for 1-2 seconds and then it would resume. On my O2 sim it takes over 10 seconds. Still it was better than calling my friends up randomly all the time. Since getting the adapter I've not had the problem re-occur again.
[HD2 General] southie:
Although the thread is quite old (according to last post date) but I had the same issue on my hd2 i.e. dialing the last number automatically when listening to song with original stock earphone. After some time I came to know that if there is any last number dialed on your phone then quick double pressing the middle button on earphone (just like double clicking on you desktop or laptop) will cause the hd2 to dial last number in your phone call history. You can check it out.

I am going to copy and paste the same comments on another thread where simillar issue is mentioned.
[HD2 General] Mogfiles:
still ongoing

This "issue" is still affecting the HD2 when using a 3-pole plug set of headphones or aux cable. I am currently on-hold to the tech support team at Orange UK having suggested the "U350 fix" and waiting for an aswer.

Moggy
[HD2 General] felixdd:
Not sure if anyone's mentioned this...

I have had a similar issue too...not only with this phone, but with other devices in the past that use a similar method for button presses (e.g. putting a 3-pole 3.5mm plug into a port designed for 4-pole plugs. But since I tend to transplant my preferred earbuds onto the stock wiring, I very rarely get into this situation. Even if I do use generic 3-pole plugs, I very rarely get this issue.

From what I experienced, this issue to be more prevalent in the winter (esp. in drier climates), due to static electricity. The short is occuring due to the static electricity shorting out the relevant poles 3 and 4, causing button press events (pinout diagram here, for the iPhone earbud, which works for the HD2)

Someone can try this -- put the 4 pole next to the 3 pole, and map out where the mic pole (pole 4, closest to the base) would be on the sleeve of the 3 pole. Use a very thin strip of tape, or even white-out (don't worry you can remove it with nail-polish remover afterwards), to cover that exact spot only. This is delicate and minute work, and you have to be exact.

I'd imagine with tape, the most efficient way to do it is to actually put one layer of tape surrounding the entire plug, then take an exacto knife to carve out the area that you don't want covered, and just peel that off to leave the thin strip of pole 4 masked. Remember -- keep the layer of tape thin so that the plug still inserts fully (otherwise your L channel will not contact). This is why white out may work better.

This may prevent pole 3 and 4 from shorting each other, while still maintaining your connection with the ground (essential for good audio quality). I suspect the major problem would be that the phone won't detect the headphone, depending on what type of TRRS port the HD2 uses (e.g. presence/absence of an actual mechanical switch, versus measuring impedence across poles, etc.)

If the above doesn't work, try masking pole 3 instead using the same method (although I wouldn't be able to explain why this would work).

It would be more useful for someone who has this issue consistently to see if this works. I would do this to see whether it works, but I'm at work right now. Also, this issue happens too intermittently for me, so it would probably take me months of usage before I can conclusively say that this method prevents inappropriate button presses.
[HD2 General] cliffordlee:
For a full solution, you'll need a 3.5mm male trrs (the one with the extra ring in the centre to support remote/microphone fundctions) to female trs converter!
[HD2 General] felixdd:
Obviously, but that's extra bulk and hardware. If my solution works, all you spend is a few minutes and a small strip of tape/a drop of whiteout =P

Furthermore, the adapter you suggest to buy probably does the same thing anyways: Pin 4 (the microphone) is left unconnected...which is what we're achieving with the mask
[HD2 General] cliffordlee:
Haha didn't see your little mod there! Well I'm a little paranoid about the tape residue getting stucked on the pins inside the HD2 though but it's definitely a workable solution! If it were me I'd just completely desolder the trs cable from my headphones and solder on a trrs cable if I wanted to avoid the bulk! (;
[HD2 General] felixdd:
Yeah I did that too =P

I personally would prefer doing white-out...if there is white-out residue...u can just put a little acetone to dissolve everything and wash it out. Don't think acetone would work for tape residue though!
[Nexus One Accessories] tsouza:
Hi,

I've just bought a skin from BSE (it didn't arrive yet), but today something happened that made me a little bit worried. I live in a country with high temps (Brazil) and today, coming to my work while listening to online radio and reading some news, my N1 temps got a little bit high, in a level that caught my attention.

I have SetCPU (with profiles enabled to scale down CPU when >40C) and it was displaying 42.1C as my battery temperature. So I was wondering if anyone knows if a skin may block heat spreading and so it would be harmful for the phone in this high temps situations...

Regards,

Thiago Souza
[Nexus One Accessories] scote:
not sure about the phone but exposing the battery to high temperatures will shorten its useful life.

http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm
[Nexus One Accessories] tsouza:
Well, I'm not really worried about the battery, because this one I can replace...

But the phone is another story, I'm worried about hurting the processor or any other component that may start degrading due to high temps...
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jswill100:
Hi guys,

My X1 has developed a really annoying fault. It seems the enter key (the optical joystick button) is getting randomly pressed, which totally messes up my texting (it creates a new line) and my calls (it puts the phone in and out of hold).

This is not fixed by using the "disable optical joystick" option, which just stops the joystick functionality, and not the actual press Enter functionality.

Is there some way i can fiddle with the registry etc, perhaps with Total commander, and stop this key doing anything at all? it really is life or death for the phone.

Thanks for any help you can give.

John
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsip:
If it actually is a hardware problem that produces that input you could use an application like AEButton Plus to make that key only press enter when you press it three times in a row, or long, and to do nothing otherwise. That way you could actually still use the key.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] SweeT EviL:
Hi,

Just wonder why use custom rom on the milestone 2.0.1

What it gave me, I understand that this roms is not stable..

And what rom you reccomend I saw the Pulsar that is nexus look-a-like.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] arturobandini:
Google just released Google Earth for android 2.1 and it's pretty impressing.

This program would be just fantastic on our HD2...:):rolleyes:

Check the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuvltlZRzxE&feature=player_embedded
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] oneshotaz:
+1 For this! I wish it could be done!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] gordaneewz90:
+10 for this app!!! its an awesome app for our HIGH SPEED\LARGE SCREEN hd2:)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] fards:
google have been pretty good with their support for winmo over the years so lets hope so!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] arturobandini:
naive question... did anybody already succeed to adapt an android application to WM in the past?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] oldbonesmcgee:
would love to see this also. As mentioned above google have been pretty good with supporting winmo, my only concern is that they have been slowly dropping things, like Google Navigation, and the Augmented Reality app. I reckon google earth may be one of those "special" apps that they want to keep for they're own OS. A shame really because it looks great.

Dan
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] jswill100:
Hi guys,

My X1 has developed a really annoying fault. It seems the enter key (the optical joystick button) is getting randomly pressed, which totally messes up my texting (it creates a new line) and my calls (it puts the phone in and out of hold).

This is not fixed by using the "disable optical joystick" option, which just stops the joystick functionality, and not the actual press Enter functionality.

Is there some way or App i can use to fiddle with what this key actually does? Im a newb at all this kind of stuff, but it really is life or death for the phone.

Thanks for any help you can give.

John
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] Fr@:
Give AE Button a try, could probably help you.

(Do not remembre if it is still free, however the idea is: search the forum for a button mapper program)
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] emiliano7:
Xfavore cucinate una rom build 28205 con manillaaa!!!!...

Please cooked build 28205 Rom with Manilla!!!!
[JAMin, XDA Neo, S200 ROM Development] Aju Joy:
This link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=542451
[Desire General] JTHM:
Hi Everyone,

Tell me, why would anyone actually choose an iPhone over a Desire/N1?

As I see it, the only thing an iPhone has over the Desire is the volume of apps, but can you give me a list of what the Desire/N1 has over the iPhone?
[Desire General] fuzzmo:
Speaking as someone who has had WinMo, Nokias etc. I can honestly say that my iPhone 3GS is the best device I have ever had. User interface is functional and simple and I can find an app for everything - plus the apps are mature. JB adds a new level to it, and provides the customisability that I love to do.

What I don't like about the iPhone is the restrictive nature of it, with the extreme control that Apple has. Ofc i have jailbroken the iPhone but Apple are making it increasingly harder to do this and I fear we are not far away from them making it near impossible to do so (hell you already have a situation with the newest phones having a tethered jb - i.e. they need to re-jb if their phone loses power, or is rebooted).

That being said, and my heart being in Linux land, my next phone will hopefully be the HTC Desire. I love the customisability of Android, the less restrictive nature, and for someone like me, I reckon i'll get more fun out of it.

The Desire's hardware beats a 3GS hand down. Android is getting there but is not as mature (obviously) as the iPhone OS, and nor are its Apps. But they are getting there. The Desire is a good enough handset that in a years time, Android really will be competing with the iPhone and your hardware will still be capable.

My wife will get the iPhone....:D
[Desire General] orlandojumpoff:
because the iPhone has the best apps. when it comes down to it, that's all the average smartphone user cares about...
[Desire General] JTHM:
And that's the discussion I keep having with my mates. With the Desire's hardware and Eclair+Sense, the only real thing that the stock iPhone 3GS has going for it now is the apps. My argument there is that once a developer has perfected their app on/for the iPhone they'll likely(/hopefully) then be seeking the challenge, and the revenue(?), from launching it on the Android Market. The Desire's/N1's/Droid's hardware specs and Eclair's open customizability and capability would then allow them to take it to the next level.
[Desire General] raynerape:
1. Better UI controls. Android has great homescreens but when it comes to app UI controls, it lags behind Android.

2. More and Better casual applications. Many more games. Can be purchased around the world in 70+ countries. Much more free/promotion games compared to Android.

3. Better camera than the camera of most Androids.
[Desire General] ohyeahar:
A couple of things the Desire has going for it vs the iPhone:

*Camera: 5MP w/ flash vs 3MP w/o flash

*Screen resolution: 800x480 vs 480x320

*Battery: I can't back this up but I'm guessing the AMOLED display will drain less juice than the iPhone's traditional backlit LCD. Also, removable battery is always better than non-removable.

*Multi-tasking vs no multi-tasking

*Non-obstructive notications

*Useful information on homescreen vs just a bunch of icons

*File explorer

*Text reflow in browser

*Hardware buttons!
[Desire General] Luthermax:
On Iphone run a Graphic Engine. Android can runs only a java application.
[Desire General] Daemos:
what? This post makes no sense what so ever.

you mean it has a GPU? And are you implying that android phones do not have one?

Maybe you should read up on programming for android:

http://developer.android.com/guide/basics/what-is-android.html
[Desire General] raven2000:
I went from Nexus One to iPhone 3G S because of iPhone has much better quality apps. Apps make sense as they are thoughtfully designed and hence are easy to use unlike some Android applications which have every feature under the sun but are unintuitive. A good example of this is Astrid.

The good news is 2Do developer have confirmed they are working on 2Do port for Android. Then you will all understand what I am trying to say.

Also, iPhone has much much better games then Android.
[Desire General] Daemos:
I just find the iphone very limited, I've had the 3GS for a month and I'm terribly bored of it. The only reason I still use it over my old touch pro is because it's faster for web browsing.

Android sounds like the kind of OS I want, very customizable very flexable.
[Desire General] Ace42:
Exactly I love the apps and games I got on my Ipod touch but I wouldn't buy an Iphone cause I dont like that Att crappy service.