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[HD2 General] cgrec92:
Hi and welcome to XDA fellow tmobile uk user :)

tmobile blocks changes to the registry, there are 2 solutions to this

a cab file is a simple installation file for your phone, people here will make these tweaks into cab files, download them from the device and install them onto your device and restart the phone

the other solution is to flash your phone to another rom, either stock rom or custom rom makes no difference

i am currently using artemis 5.5 and it is 10000x better than the tmobile stock rom

hope this helps! :)
[HD2 General] Bandare:
hi Mr CGREC92....

If you do flash the rom, say, to the latest official HTC updated ROM, does this create problems with your warranty on the Tmobile phone?
[HD2 General] RobLion:
thanks cgrec92,

any problems in flashing an new radio or rom on uk tmobile? how about getting tmobile setting ?
[HD2 General] cgrec92:
Bandare and RobLion, flashing the first time may be a scary thing but I assure you its much easier than you think and the whole process lasts about 5 minutes.

The phone and text messaging settings are on the SIM card, not on the phone, flashing a new ROM will not affect this.

As soon as the phone turns on for the first time after a flash, it prompts you to connect to the Internet using your data connection. Select your operator from the list as Tmobile and the phone will do the rest for you.

To summarize, nothing changes to your phone, text, or internet settings.

You will however need to perform a hard reset after a flash which wipes data from your phone such as your contacts, photos and text messages. A simple backup program, I use Microsoft MyPhone will back all this up in a couple of minutes, and after the flash you can re-download them.

After that all that's left to do is add in all your little shortcuts to the People Tab and Internet Quicklinks etc

Job complete

The flashing will void your warranty, but you can return to how the phone was in a couple of minutes, thus getting your warranty back, i'll explain

To flash your phone, you will download a little program from the first post on this forum called HSPL which modifies the bootloader of the phone allowing you to install any ROM you want

If you send your phone off for repair, the first thing these people check is your SPL, if they see it has been changed to HSPL they will not repair your phone. But by flashing your phone with the original tmobile rom that came with the phone (downloaded from the second post on this forum) through the microSD card will restore the SPL and your original ROM, voila your warranty is restored

To flash your phone, you will download a program called CustomRUU and a .nbh file, put these both into the same folder and connect your phone by USB to your computer, do not flash through the microSDcard unless you are trying to restore your warranty because this will change other settings on the phone, unlike the USB method will simply install the new ROM. Connect your phone through Active Sync, then run CustomRUU and follow the instructions

Your phone will then install the ROM

Hard reset (As soon as you turn the phone on, hold down VolUp and VolDown)

Your phone will now be nice and fresh with your new awesome ROM :)

Hope this helps, it's much easier than it sounds, follow the sticky threads for installing a Custom ROm and HSPL for more detailed info
[HD2 General] cgrec92:
Oh and let's not forget the advantages of this

Instead of that crappy Web'N'Walk you will have Opera

You will have the YouTube app

You will have more freedom and a MUCH MUCH MUCH more stable and fast ROM
[HD2 General] RobLion:
cgrec92,

I can not thank you enough for taking the time to give advice. I'm thinking of installing EnergyROM....what made you chose artemis?
[HD2 General] cgrec92:
no problem mate, ive been in your situation not a couple of weeks ago :)

flashing is the best thing you can do for your phone in my opinion

and after a bit of flashing you can familiarize yourself with the MTTY process and make the process even faster! :)

energy rom is very good, its one of the best out there, I have however heard there are some issues with fast battery drain? but above all its a very good rom

i use artemis 5.5 because it is almost identical to the original rom that comes with the phone, with tweaks to make it more stable, MUCH faster and smoother, everything updated, has a document reader tab, in my opinion it's the most stable

I have been using for some 5 days now and have found NO bugs whatsoever :)

as opposed to the odd 80 bugs in the tmobile ROM

its all a matter of taste my friend, if you dont like the energy rom, install another one!

theyre all being constantly updated with the latest updates, builds, and tweaks

flashing is fun! :)
[HD2 General] cgrec92:
oh and I forgot to add that some custom ROM's require a specific radio and this must be flashed before the ROM is installed, this is dead simple and takes half a minute

let me explain

a radio is a piece of software which controls communications such as phone calls, text messaging, 3G, internet etc. different radios have different effects, for example better signal, better battery life, better data handling

if i remember correctly the t-mobile rom comes with radio v 2.04

at the moment there is a radio v 2.08 :) again it's a matter of preference, find which one gives you the best signal and battery life!

to install is simple, the radio comes in a .nbh aswell, usually about 25mb which is very small

just like installing a ROM, put this .nbh in the same folder as the CustomRUU and flash the radio using CustomRUU, just like flashing a ROM!

you will not need to do a hard reset, when the phone restarts your new radio will be installed and ready to use :)
[HD2 General] RobLion:
I guess i'm going to become a flasher now!

Thank you for advice. i'll post any further questions in ROM forum after i decide which Rom to go with.

thank you.
[HD2 General] Daveyg99:
HI,

agreed I have a t-mobile hd2 and it's the best option flash a new rom, also I sent my phone back under warranty and fwas ully fixed no quible just had to back out the hpsl as pointed out earlier in this thread it all works...
[HD2 General] RobLion:
thanks daveyg99,

i guess you both know its a big decision to make your 1st flash.....gulp...brave pill taken.....just chosing radio and rom now.........
[HD2 General] cgrec92:
good man

any problems just post back on xda youll get answers within a couple minutes :)
[HD2 General] RobLion:
sorry cgrec92,

question......im looking at HSPL......it says check spl version is 1.42.0000 check by holding volume down button and reset....

how do i do this?
[HD2 General] cgrec92:
turn your phone off

press the button to turn your phone back on again but hold down the VolDown button

it'll bring you to a 4-coloured screen with a bit of text

it should say spl 1.42.0000

take the battery out and put it back in and turn your phone back on normally

job done
[HD2 General] RobLion:
thanks done it....1.42..ok.. I hadn't turned the phone off first doh!
[HD2 General] RobLion:
hspl done :)
[HD2 General] cgrec92:
great work

now all you have to do is choose your ROM :)
[HD2 General] RobLion:
ok going for energyROM 21892 with cookie...the more stable one......dl now......42min left...
[HD2 General] cgrec92:
good choice my friend

the download file will include a .nbh file, make sure to rename this file as RUU_Signed.nbh if it hasn't been done so already

the download might include a CustomRUU which will be used to flash the ROM

if it doesnt then this can be downloaded from the sticky threads aswell

let us know how it goes
[HD2 General] Bandare:
great with the updates. I feel excited for him too now! Excuse my pessimism and concern but what happens if the phone breaks for whatever reason and you can't get to put the original stuff on it before sending back?

Or am I just being a killjoy!
[HD2 General] RobLion:
if it goes t*ts up....i'm going to say the phone was nicked and claim a new one on insurance!
[HD2 General] Bandare:
hahaha!! That brings me to a question... what have you done for insurance?
[HD2 General] cgrec92:
even if the phone can't get past the boot screen this is easily fixed and i can walk you through it

you can never really harm the phone by doing this, it is only software, the hardware is never affected by this

there is always a way to start again
[HD2 General] RobLion:
nothing.....its covered on my business insurance........still dl 22 mins to go....
[HD2 General] cgrec92:
the only reason this could happen is if youre using a wrong radio with a rom which specifies a specific one

make sure you are using the correct radio version
[HD2 General] RobLion:
cgrec92,

i've looked through

|L|6.5.5|ROM|WWE| ★ EnergyROM 23542/21892 |Feb 26| ★ NEWLY BUILT ROM! ★

it doesn't say about a specific radio......can u give me a 2nd opinion please....
[HD2 General] sbirsen:
Nothing against flashing, but just wanted to add my 2 pence. I still have the stock UK T-Mobile ROm on my HD2, and have absolutely no problem whatsoever to install cabs.

So I doubt that you need to flash just to get cabs to work. What sort of cabs exactly are you trying to install ?

Tom
[HD2 General] RobLion:
cgrec92.....

rom 2.08 included in download....! do i flash radio or rom 1st?

sbirsen......hi....just about every .cab.....most tweeks, cookies app, themes...im looking for more functionality that tmobile removed from rom...so updateing rom was always on the cards....
[HD2 General] cgrec92:
hi, if its included in the rom then flash the radio first

make sure it's names RUU_Signed
[HD2 General] cgrec92:
Once the radio installed, make sure in the About of the phone the radio version says 2.08, if all is correct, then install the ROM after that, again make sure its named RUU_Signed

when installation is complete, MAKE SURE you hard reset the phone otherwise there may be some files left over from the previous version

let me know what happens

as soon as the flash is complete and the phone restarts by itself, hold down both Volume buttons, and then press VolUp when prompted

the phone will restart again, go through the setup wizards

once everything is complete, restart the phone one more time for luck :)
[HD2 General] RobLion:
running the customrru.exe in the radio directory....radio renamed RUU_Signed.nbh it says update ROM from 1.43.xxxxxx to 2.08xxxxxx but my old radio is 2.04xxxxxxx?
[HD2 General] cgrec92:
that's fine, it's just how the application perceives it

the application is used for ROM upgrades not radio but it works for radios if that makes sense

thats fine continue with the upgrade :)
[HD2 General] RobLion:
thanks....doing the radio now........
[HD2 General] RobLion:
radio done........ ;)

now at 2.08.5xxxxxx thank you.

now going for Rom
[HD2 General] RobLion:
image file corrupt......left at hspl screen on phone......will down load rom from site again...takes about 45 mins...... ;(
[HD2 General] Daveyg99:
keep going, I sh1t myself the first time I did all that recently , hpsl and rom stuff.. you will find roms are very much personal choice, whats good for one person maybe not for another I am on my 4th rom and it's great there's so many clever people out there cooking these roms up. have fun
[HD2 General] Bandare:
Come on Rob.. you can do it!!!!!!
[HD2 General] RobLion:
trying a different rom now........dl last one again but i think 7zip is corrupting them. using a rar version this time.......

anyone want to buy an expensive brick?
[HD2 General] RobLion:
all done and ok......wow....very happy now.....thank you all for help especially cgrec92.

time to have fun now.........
[HD2 General] Zeftron:
Erm... speaking as someone who has a t mobile leo, there is an option in bsb tweaks that allows you to install unsigned apps. Sometimes it's easy to get too caught up in flashing the latest and greatest without looking for the obvious first.

Anyhoo, good luck getting a working download. I was lucky with my first flash, but them I was also chicken and just stuck an official unbranded ROM on (1.66)

Edit: rats, too slow.Congrats on getting it going.

Zef.
[HD2 General] davemazo:
I too have a UK T Mobile HD2 with 1.43 rom and couldn`t wait to start flashing, done it loads of times with my HD and Touch Diamond.

But I have to say I havent found any problems with the current rom, it seems fast enough, everything seems to work fine, I`ve installed the Youtube app and loads of other tweaks, cabs, software, so I`m wondering whether its actually worth flashing.

What are the bugs mentioned in this thread?
[HD2 General] cgrec92:
congrats for the flashing rob

no problem im glad to have helped, im sure youll find the custom rom to be much much better :)

when you have time do some reading on the MTTY thread, if you choose to flash another ROM this tool will help you considerably

if you ever have any issues, the people here will always be happy to help :)
[HD2 General] pa49:
Just a few additional points to remember.

In case you encounter a virus warning, turn your anti virus off or add the ROM folder that you are flashing from to anti virus exception list.

Also, you may encounter very differing battery power consumption levels with the various ROMs that you flash.
[HD2 General] cgrec92:
good point pa49

but you must remember to try out the ROM for a few days before judging the battery because your phone is not use to the new software and radio etc

if after a few days of fully charging the phone the battery drain is really bad, try a different radio!
[HD2 General] RobLion:
thanks ps49 good point.....i'm not sure why i had problems but the rom images d/l was 150mb but un zipped 36mb???? it did scare me but .......

wow......................its great to have all this additional functionality........

bsbtweaks will let you install unsigned apps....but you have to be able to install that first (comes up as unsigned!!!!!).

I now have the BEST phone in the world !

thanks all.......cgrec92 thanks again m8.

rob
[HD2 General] RobLion:
for info....

battery drain is better with energyRom .....but its the wifi connection that eats battery. maybe its the 2.08.5 radio that helps.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] dipeshb:
Hi People,

I had a problem, I wanted to read a book and browse web sites on my N1 at night, whilst girlfriend was trying to sleep. The Nexus One even on its dimmest setting is quite bright at night and annoys said gf, so I was looking for a way to get the screen dimmer than stock levels, similar to the night mode functionality.

Turns out the job was far more technical than I first thought, and beyond my capabilities. PM'd Cyan, but as you might expect he seems too busy with other projects to help, no surprise there!

The help came from my Android Fandroid mate Richard over at Geekyouup!

He has kindly created an application that will reduce the brightness of my beloved Nexus one to level 10 (the default minimum is 30) from what ever brightness level you are currently on. Click the icon again, and it will restore your brightness to previous levels.

Unfortunatley, due to Android fail safes, he was unable to get the level below 10, (yet) but its a step better than stock minimum for me.

I have attached the apk for your night time pleasure here.

ALL the work was done by my man Rich Hyndman (@geekyouup)

You can also get the version here:

http://geekyouup.com/dimmer.apk

P.S I love the slightly off balanced light bulb icon Rich!!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] iamhl:
very useful

thanks!:)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] mikebeatrice:
Just tried it, works great. I've cursed under my breath about wishing I could lower the brightness.. what a wonderful idea.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Wysie:
Hi thanks for sharing. However it does not work when auto brightness is enabled. Is it possible to suggest to the author to support it as well?

On: Toggle off auto brightness and dim.

Off: Toggle on auto brightness.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] geekyouup:
Wysie - could do, I'm here. I know about the issue when Auto-brightness is enabled, working on it right now....
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] geekyouup:
ok, version 1.0.2 is attached, now supports Automatic Brightness toggling as per Wysie's suggestion. If Automatic Brightness is on it disables and sets screen dim, second press re-enables Automatic Brightness.

Also available in Android Market and at the web link in dipeshb's post (as a 'Juniour Member' I can't post links)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Abbsta:
Downloaded from the market and it works great. Thanks mate.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] laskarface:
LASKARGLOSS (Wm6.5.x Theme) + SLIDER

It' my first Wm6.5.x theme (Based on pureblack3 by m.caroll)

CHOOSE "LaskarGloss" in Start/Settings/Today

Some screenshots of my today

LaskarGloss Slider

Original png is not mine;)

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[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] quoler:
Good job, Laskarface, thanks :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] laskarface:
Thx bro ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] seatone:
Very nice, thank you :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] addiamond:
Looks good, I'll try it thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] thorfr:
Is there a chance to attach the sense slider selector ? :o
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] malhznoi:
thank you for sharing your theme :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] laskarface:
Soon with my sense theme;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] KB24@CL:
my man strikes with another piece of great art :D

thank you Laskar...this looks amazing like all your other stuff too.;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] laskarface:
Original png is not mine but...

I give you an offer ;)

Slider is available in first post ;)
[HD2 General] z|P74:
Hi guys, currently only able to have one on at the time using the usb connection...anyway to have both using USB connection?? The only work around I can think of now is to have active sync thru USB and using wifi router for laptop...or USB for internet connection and bluetooth for active sync (mymobiler)...
[HD2 General] z|P74:
anybody can help??
[HD2 General] kilrah:
Can you be more precise? Are you trying to share the laptop's internet for the HD2, or the opposite?

If you're using your HD2 as a modem to access the net with your laptop then no, there's no other solution.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] grievousmachine:
Fixed the issue :D
[HD2 General] thegios:
I have pushmail with gmail, weather check every 6 hours, facebook enabled but neither twitter nor rss feeds nor any other apps automatically connecting to internet.

Still sometimes I see that wifi is turned on automatically o.O

This usually happens at night, when I disable the data connection using something like nodata.

weird...
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] Branwen:
So I spent forever trying to sort this out, and didn't get very far, I tried using the auto colour changer, and various other methods, and got nothing, but I just found this youtube video, and it shows how to make the changes really (REALLY!) clearly, and its taken me about 10 min to learn.

Hope this helps anyone else with the same problem:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiExjt7nGt8

[this is not my work, go make nice comments on the youtube page!]
[Touch HD General] dana007:
Currently i using energy rom "Leo", but the device is constantly very slow, I have tried many other rom-s and the device is still slow, divix films block, move the icon is slow, the whole device is slow. and thus already one year. I do not know what to do more, ask for help. thanks :confused::confused:
[Touch HD General] kphang:
best solution = downgrade to wm6.1
[Touch HD General] mightbme:
reflash stock

Try reflashing to a stock ROM and then to a custom one again.

I'm running Dusk-Evo and it flies.
[Touch HD General] skodann:
Try Blackdragon rom or Cloudy those two are very fast roms
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] LazPL:
Anyone know of a facebook app that allows you to post to facebook fan pages that you manage? The MS one of course does not...

I realize that you can mail in posts to fan pages that you manage but it doesn't seem to work very well (horrible delays).

Thanx!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] howudoinn7:
I'm not too sure what you're looking for exactly, anyhow here's this link that may help you....

This link is too some free Facebook Clients, check to see what works best for you....

http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-tag-facebook-1-dnlds.html

:)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] LazPL:
Thanx, I'll look into that...
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] LazPL:
... seems none of the apps you mentioned handle facebook pages.

To clarify - Facebook pages are not user accounts per se - they're company pages, like facebook.com/cocacola etc. Administrators can post to their walls. That's what I want to be able to do.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] mlacomb:
try using m.facebook.com in opera. The facebook app is way too limited in my experience as well.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] LazPL:
Guess that's right... Too bad about the app lacking this simple feature... Thanks!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] earthling:
how can I deliver all sms and email messages to the same inbox? so that all the sms and email are displayed together in one inbox on wm6.5??

thanks
[Hero CDMA General] casperlt1:
Just read this piece of information...

http://www.thisandroidlife.com/2010...om-infected-iphones-and-android-handsets.html

I've always thought about this ever since a buddy of mine coded a little bot to do about the same thing to an online game.

Anyway,the real question I guess is, What can be done to prevent these types of thing from happening? What do you think?
[Hero CDMA General] Negrito:
Doesnt Android tell you everything a program is going to access before it's installed? I ALWAYS read that.
[Hero CDMA General] pseudoremora:
The only thing that this article is trying to point out is that non tech savvy users, which are probably a lot of Smartphone users won't really understand or care to know the "details" of the apps and what its all going to do, as such; they're more prone to installing these malicious apps. On top of that, they were showcasing that right now, they've only taken the GPS coordinates from the phone, but if they wanted to - passwords, messages, etc could be taken from the phone without anyone ever knowing.

I think this is good, it makes people more aware and allows us to be more cautious. Not mention, it's becoming obvious that Mobile data/traffic is easy to target and probably even easier to trick users (than on computers) because of lack of security and the notion that ones' phone cannot be "hacked" or what not.
[Hero CDMA General] feefeeboomboom:
hm

i had to go threw SlideMe.org to get a app because my bank blocked Android Market lol anyway. They sent out a server wide warning that app was bad last night.
[Hero CDMA General] willy900wonka:
BTW is there an app which logs where and what your phone sends? Like "littlesnitch"?

http://tinyurl.com/o9568k
[Hero CDMA General] kmartburrito:
There's not much that can be done about this, and it's a perfectly legitimate threat.

Yes, the app DOES tell you what it will be doing, but nearly any app that has Network access and Fine Location, especially if it does grab your GPS coordinates for something in the app itself, could send stuff behind the scenes and you'd be completely unaware.

I definitely don't think this will be the last time we'll hear about this sort of malicious app.
[Hero CDMA General] casperlt1:
Of course but you don't know EXACTLY what the app is doing with the info(unless you tear it apart).Like in the example a weather widget,of course its going to use gps.So what if another app that can access your phones info that would typically need to, but is broadcasting that info to a remote server.If you get what I'm, trying to get at.

Edit: What kmart said...lol