yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch General] skattrd:
Just got my s/hand T-mobile G2 off ebay today, flashed to villainrom 5.3 using standard method, no radio update or goldcard used, everything working great so far.

Thanks for the guide btdag.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
Nice success stories :) I'm glad to help!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] faisaliqbal:
I tried janhol method and that was the cause, I had to change bootloader driver to MyHTC. Now when I run the update, everything goes good until it reaches signature part and then says "ERROR 131: Customer ID Error". There are some posts about this one but I haven't found a conclusive reason for the error. I don't think there's an error is goldcard as it is being detected by phone and the PC [not mine though, but another Windows 7 PC as I stated above].

Any idea about that 131 error or its workaround? Thanks for all the help though :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
What is your current build number and who is your provider?

An alternative is to try this:

1.76.405.1_R3
[Hero, G2 Touch General] faisaliqbal:
Model Number: T-Mobile G2 Touch

Firmware version: 1.5

Baseband Version: 63.18.55.06FU_6.35.07.08

Kernel Version: 2.6.27-0078c9992 [htc-kernel@and18-2 #821]

Build Number: 2.73.110.26 CL#69351 release-keys

Software Version: 1.0.0.A6288

Will try this RUU and will let you know.

EDIT: Same error [Error 131] with this ROM as well.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
I would like to see this error resolved, but it will involve a lot of effort on your part and some pretty thorough testing. It appears to be linked to T-Mobile devices, but it doesn't affect ones which use the old T-Mobile RRL based upon 1.* builds instead of the 2.* build numbers.

If you want to help, can you try out all the WWE RRU's from this page:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=559622

And just for clarity can you screen shot your Goldcard code and post it up (as in from inside the editor program).
[Hero, G2 Touch General] faisaliqbal:
Ok sure, I can do that. Should I start from WWE ROMs or T-Mobile UK ROM? I already have 110.26 so I guess there isn't any point in trying that.

The goldcard HEX is attached.

EDIT: Tried all the WWE ROMs and none worked. Also tried putting ROM.zip into sdcard and trying the boot into HBOOT but it didn't work as well. Waiting for your reply for other ROMs.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
I meant the goldcard and an image of your sd card (which has been changed to a goldcard) - sorry, just for confirmation that it has completely stuck.

Don't bother with the T-mobile ROM, it is the same. Just use the WWE ones. If you can find the 1.76.110.6 T-Mobile rru try it, but i cant find a download for it.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] faisaliqbal:
Just finished downgrading at last...phew! Somehow goldcard wasn't successful and my first 170 bytes of memory card well zeros. I couldn't check my goldcard initially as my Windows 7 machine stopped showing the memory card [which I just figured out how to enable]. After copying the goldcard again, the 405.5 RUU worked like a charm.

Thanks a lot for all your help. Just one more question, do I need to re-format the memory card or I can just use flashrec which I already have on my memory card?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] shirley:
Thankyou, Thankyou, Thankyou! I am now root!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] faisaliqbal:
Ok, just installed VillainROM 5.3 and its working. Thanks a lot for the guide, it really was helpful and easy to follow :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] lisiuc:
Very nice guide. I am a Hong Kong HTC hero users. If any Hker dropped by, goldcard approach work like a charm. Good rom & thank you!!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
You can leave the memory card as it is, it won't make a difference now, but if you do flash a HTC exe in the future you'll need to follow the process again and a goldcard already setup may help :)

Good to hear more success stories :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] chetermaat:
not workin for T-mobile users

not working for T-Mobile users with the latest 2009 update from T-mobile
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
Sorry what isn't exactly?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] keridel:
it does clearly state, in an aside so it's visible, that T mobile users need to use the gold card method.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] chetermaat:
Re:::

I performed the goldcard method several times.

But when I use the RUU to downgrade my rom. the RUU up/downgrader sees my phone and does reboots the phone. But stays in RUU.usb mode. And after around 2 minutes the RUU updater says could not update. Tho android USB is active on my computer system.

I have the correct USB drivers etc etc and all is fine till the flash process begins. I will try an other Micro sd.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
What error do you get? Check the first question in my FaQ and follow that procedure. I had only just been added :) (and discovered for that matter)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] :
update.zip

Hi

Thank you for this guide.

I have managed to get all the way upto

2. Loading the Custom ROM

5. Once it is done copying, rename it on your SD card to "update.zip".

.

My problem is that I am not sure what I am to rename?

Is it the whole folder? i.e VanillaEclair_1.2.1_signed to update.zip

or a file within it?

I have never played with roms using a SD card ( have played alot wih older WM phones )

some help would be appreciated.

Thank you

Jay
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
A zip file isn't a folder, it is a file :) so you just rename the file:

VanillaEclair_1.2.1_signed.zip

to

update.zip

:)

(you may not see the file extension - the .zip bit - if you have it turned off in your windows options - in that case just rename it "update")

Edit: it is actually not necessary to rename the file (no idea why people have always said to...) so i've updated the guide to hopefully make this clear :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] keridel:
Re: [Guide] Complete Newbie Guide to Install a Custom Rom & Newbie FaQ

Hope you don't mind me linking this guide in my sig btdag. I'll remove it if you ask.

Sent from my Hero.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] btdag:
Definitely not. I really appreciate it :D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] CaptDistraction:
I've had a few changes to the phone, and now can't get a 3G signal. Most happened at same time so I am not sure what to rule out:

1) LCD/Digitizer cracked. I replaced both which requires fully disassembling the phone. Everything went swimmingly, and I don't see any connections in there for antenna.

2) I went from the RhodiumUS rom series to the Cell EVO Leo V5, and updated the radio to the newest rom (I updated the radio rom after first noticing the lack of 3G connectivity).

3) Could be local tower issues, I've not seen any info regarding that.

Overall, even on edge, the phone has difficulty placing calls, texts and data.

I'm about to start a full teardown again, just don't know what I'm looking for.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] CaptDistraction:
Found it:

The top speaker/antenna assembly is held on by two screws, one of which didn't get great positive engagement. Also, there's just two mini "squares" that complete the antenna circuit, but I was able to slightly put a bend in each so that they made better contact with the two contact points on the motherboard. After making these adjustments, I went from 1 bar of edge to 4 bars 3G.
[HD2 General] sch4f:
Hi,

today i've found a new official ROM v.1.72.207.0 provided by O2 Germany, it's brandnew!!

Peace, Andi
[HD2 General] starbase64:
Link: http://www.o2online.de/nw/support/downloads/software/xda/htchd2/htc-hd-2.html

Changelog:

Digital image enhancement: removing the "Red Shadow" for Photos

Improving the SMS functions

Correct display of SIM contacts, in addition to the telephone calls, and Exchange Server contacts

Determine the correct amount of free space on a memory card and an improvement of support for certain memory sizes

Extended functionality of the Calendar application
[HD2 General] Hydrad:
Eh,with the amount of bugs and freezes this phone has, this rom update seems quite lacking.
[HD2 General] Shadowdh:
so is this coming out in an english rom? and would it even be worth upgrading as it doesnt seem to do a lot...??
[HD2 General] Fergus278:
Would expect anything more from O2? For all the time i have had my o2 Orbit the ROM updates for that device were pathetic at best.
[HD2 General] glofiishx500:
I'm afraid I found the first bug in this new ROM :(

After flashing the device my Java app (DB RailNavigator) is unable to go online. Of course I tried several things like restoring the orginal files from backup or re-installing the app from the web.

Ant the network and security setting of the java vm are also ok.

When I tap some online-function within the app it even does not come the point where the java runtime asks for permission to enable online access.

it simply locks up.

Has anyone else here tried to use online-aware java app with this new ROM from O2?
[HD2 General] dameon12:
For me this rom really fixed problems.

For example the appointment bug is solved and the pink flicker or dot in the camera seems to be solved too. the cam now really takes decent pics.

I will stay with this rom as it just fulfils my needs - i only need that damn ereader tab get to work...
[HD2 General] MalekoUK:
I hope it is!
[HD2 General] glofiishx500:
Today I installed JavaFX Mobile 1.2 from the SUN website. Now DB RailNavigator works again online and NEW! can access GPS via location API.

So to me it strongly seems that with the new O2 ROM something changed to the standard Java VM.

BTW: HTC support told me to ask for a new version of DB RailNavigator, but

how could DB know what is the problem???
[General Questions and Answers] clsifford:
hey folks! tomorrow (or hopefully tonight since i'm impatient) i'm finally getting my Tilt 2!!! yay! been waiting a while for this one! i've stuck with my Tilt waiting for the Tilt 2 for a while (no money), but i'm finally getting it! does anyone know if it comes with WM 6.5 or WM 6.5.x?

also, it comes loaded with touchflo already, but i haven't gotten my hands on one yet other than the store model, which isn't even the real phone. anyone know if the touchflo it comes loaded with has weather on the home screen? it doesn't appear to on the box, but i have no clue how close the pic on the box is to how it actually looks out of the box.

and last, but not least, any suggestions for must-have apps or tweaks? i'm no slouch. i've modded the ever-living stuff out of my Tilt. touchflo with custom icons and tabs, all sorts of software, Shifu ROM, etc, etc. just not sure if all this stuff is going to work on my Tilt 2. i assume that depends on the WM version.

i read yesterday that it has dual speakers now and that to activate the speakerphone, you just flip the phone over. does that mean i can play the driving games (and others) that you tilt the phone to steer? i don't bother with solitaire or bubbles on my phone. too boring. but a driving game might be worth having on there! well, time to start ROM hunting so i'll be prepared as soon as i get it. thanks in advance for any answers you might be able to provide me.

Waiting impatiently,

Chris
[General Questions and Answers] prjkthack:
AT&T's HTC Tilt 2 comes with 6.5, and so far, no indication of an update to anything more recent (at least not officially).

The stock ROM's clock on the home screen also does not display weather at all.

As for ROMs, you may want to look at the Rhodium/Tilt2 forums for something that suits your needs: http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=490

The phone does have an accelerometer, so it can detect tilt and motion, and if the game supports that fucntion, can be controller with it.
[HD2 General] ozkaya:
I have this problem that when I want to unlock my HD2, I have to wait like a second or two before sliding, else slider doesn't react, i.e. I can't just press end key and then slide immediately. I'm on 1.66 stock ROM. Any help?
[HD2 General] qwertylesh:
Hi Ozkaya,

For my device, there is a registry tweak that makes the stock unlock instant, Its called Mark Tepper [TWEAK]_Immediate_Unlock

I was looking for the cab to link in my signature anyway, so I'll add it to this post so you can give it a try, its really excellent, should be fine for Winmo 6.1 and 6.5 ;)
[HD2 General] giggio55:
I have the same issue.

For qwertylesh: this cab is only for Hd.

Is there anyone with other ideas?

Thanks
[HD2 General] rkrims:
I had same issue, but gone after installing pocketshield lock
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrWicked1:
kind of new to the android platform is there a way or app i can setup so that when i get a text message saying i have a voicemail, i can setup a certain notification from that number? Like for instance on my phone i have different notifications that say "Email Recieved" "Text Message recieved" can i tie a notificatin that says "Voicemail recieved" to the text message number that tells me there is a voicemail?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] linkinx64:
If you install Google voice app I think it gives you a notification... for me .. it sends me an email, a text message and the google voice app notifies me

Kind of redundant but well is cool ;)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] venumx:
yep the google voice app works REALLY well on these phones and does provide notifications for google voice events. it also gives you the option so that when you make an outgoing call it asks you if you wanna use google voice or regular number which comes in handy. Highly recommended that you download it if you have GV
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrWicked1:
I have it installed but i figured i could just shut off the freq check by google voice to some high number so it doesnt affect the battery. And just set a notification for the text message i get.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] linkinx64:
Yea it is awesome, can't wait until they release it for another languages .. I Laugh so hard when someone leaves me voice mail in Spanish, it translates to this

Hello, My name is that. Can't wait to avoid some accessible. Depending Anselmo, so get the i'm going to put it. Yeah. Anyway, yeah, hope that the cleaning the only thing that some of them and coming up with this month and Hey baby. I'm. Anyways, we had to bye bye.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeMcG:
I went to google.com/voice from my computer and from there you can turn off the email and text notifications so that you only get a notification from the google voice app.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] entropism:
It's not just spanish. My english translations are mindboggling, to say the least. This was one from the HR director from a cell phone company, calling re: a job offer they put out to me.

Jordan, this is why I found. Again, sorry to. I just noticed that it. It appears that you didn't Memphis celery. I can send a resume to the firing manager and everything we need to do that is that it and then tooth and if you you and we they'd he decides to selected for this position so that East dangerous give us permission to do that for me. You should be able to see it in email. Give me a call. Let me know that you are able to complete that progress. My number is (redacted). Thank shoes.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roundaway:
great idea to start this thread. installed gv and all setup. regarding the notifications: set gv to notify via SMS 'cause don't want an email. From a battery perspective and quickest notification is it best to let the notification only come to gv app or is SMS quicker? Just want one notifcation as soon as there's a message. Thxs
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] linkinx64:
basically they are both at the same time
[Nexus One General] temperbad:
Now available on the market for free.... its pretty decent, worth having imo....

If this has already been posted I apologize and mods please delete...
[Nexus One General] timothydonohue:
i just saw that on cnet. i was wondering if anyone has used it yet, and what the verdict was, in comparison to dolphin
[Nexus One General] pjcforpres:
Very, very, very fast server side processing browser... not as rich of an experience as the stock or dolphin, but much faster and does a pretty darn good job. Lots of extra stuff, like good bookmarks and cached browsing.
[Nexus One General] xManMythLegend:
Great option.

FAST browsing. Great homepage/bookmarks , great tabs.

I always like having a secondary browser. Opera IMO is the best secondary browser and if you can deal with jpg compression and alot of "mobile" looking pages its a fanstastic primary browser.

I just wouldnt use it to show off the beauty of the phone.
[Nexus One General] temperbad:
Its about the same as the windows version and yes Hella fast... and has the option to upload pics or files unlike the stock or dolphin, and download files that are not supported on the device....
[Nexus One General] renboy2:
Is there a way to zoom in/out in sites? (maybe it's just too late and I can't figure it out).

Anyway, the hebrew is all messed up unlike the stock / Dolphin / HTC Desire browsers - so I'll have to skip that one.
[Nexus One General] Eclair~:
It is a very nice browser i must admit. For the next few days I will be using it to replace Dolphin. Just as a test drive.
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
I don't like it.

Reasons:

A) When you scroll down a page (that's already "fully" loaded), the pictures show really nasty puke-colored placeholder boxes.

B) The full-screen mode still shows the notification bar. It's not really "full screen" then is it?... ;) (That is by far my favorite feature about the Desire Rom.)

C) There's no way to fine-grained zoom in to how you want. Double tap is either zoomed FAR out, or zoomed to 1 specific point. Why can't I choose my own zoom level?
[Nexus One General] galaxys:
Very fast browser & lite on memory. Will be playing more with it next few days...
[Nexus One General] Goonish:
Not bad for a first release.. I'm impressed.

Looking forward to future updates.. multi touch etc.
[Nexus One General] NexusDro:
Pretty good, especially when you are getting weak signal.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] aniym:
I wasn't able to get Google Sync to push emails to my phone, so I bit the bullet and forwarded my Gmail accounts to my Windows Live Account, because I could then get push email on my TP2 using the Windows Live app.

I assumed that email would be pushed to my device through MS servers, thus saving battery life by not having the phone check for mail every minute. And to some extent, this is what I think is happening. But the battery life SUCKS now! I surf the web on my phone and listen to music for about 4-5 hours a day. The rest of the time, it's inactive in my pocket while I'm at work, and is charged every night.

But with Windows live mail on, the phone gradually gets warm while playing music (Microfi nitrogen) and gives me low battery warnings by 7PM. Normally I could go 1.5 days without a recharge.

Here are my Windows Live Settings:

Sync Options --> Sync Email (ticked)

Sync Schedule --> As Items Arrive

Sync Times ---> Always

These seem to be fairly standard, and nothing power-intensive. Does anyone have an idea as to why my battery life has dropped off a cliff? Thanks.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] token2k6:
don't really know, but I noticed that I had my phone checking G-mail, regular hotmail, and yahoo every 30 minutes. Battery from full morning charge, would be at 1 bar by 9pm. This is w/ normal use, using BT for an hour, 10 phone calls or so.

I thought that the Push concept only applied to MSFT Exchange server. You may be emulating 'push' using the other accounts, but I'm not sure if its the same. I'd just change your sync settings to like 2 hours and observe it, not the best thing, but it'll give you a better idea. Thats what I've had mine at now all day and the one bar hasn't dropped off yet..
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] stevedebi:
Using the push email features means that the phone keeps a constant connection to the Internet servers, transferring data continuously. That eats up the battery. I had the same symptoms when I set up Activesync to use push email from my gmail account. I stopped using push (which worked fine - when gmail got a new message, I IMMEDIATELY got a push email) and went back to manual checking. I don't use my gmail for primary email anyway, I was just checking the capability.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] aniym:
but i thought the point of push email, at least when using a WindowsLive/Hotmail account was that MS servers were doing the work of checking my account for new mail, and then notifying me only when I had new mail to check, kinda like an SMS alert. That is supposed to take the strain of checking continuously off of my device.

I had a BB Bold 9700, and this is how push email is supposed to work. Blackberry's Enterprise servers check all their users' mail accounts for new mail continuously, and push notifications to the users when new mail arrives.

It's very disappointing to know that this sort of system is not possible on the TP2. I switched to it from the 9700 because the surfing experience was better, and I liked the customizability, but lately I've been regretting my decision to switch, seeing as how seamless and fast BB OS 5.0 is compared to WM, which, even after downgrading to 6.1 and disabling, is sluggish to the point of annoyance.

Honestly, I had a Samsung Blackjack II with WM Standard 6.1, and it often felt faster than my TP2.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] stevedebi:
The blackberry is designed fro the start to do push; the WM platform is designed as a portable computer, to which they have added push capabilities. I'm not really sure how the BB connects to push, but I suspect that it is not via what we would normally call an Internet connection. If you really need push, then I'd suggest either going back to BB or getting an extended battery.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] worwig:
It is my understanding that exchange push only connects when it receives a 'wake up' message from the server.

I use exchange push 24/7 and the few times that I have turned it off, I noticed no difference in battery life.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] stevedebi:
I think the issue is with the gmail push system. I suppose if one is using an actual MS Exchange mail system at a company it may work better.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] elliott_stocks:
Same with me when I have it set to "as items arrive" drains the battery fast !
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] dwboston:
I have Gmail push set up through ActiveSync and notice no impact on battery life. If anything, I get better battery life than when I had email set up as IMAP and checking the server every 30 minutes.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] stevedebi:
Wow, I wonder why mine doesn't do that. Are you syncing just email or other data as well?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] dwboston:
Just email. No contacts or calendar - I sync those from my PC at home.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] soaringeagle:
My Touch Pro 2 uses about 2 Meg a day just in keeping the heartbeat alive for Windows Live with only the hotmail service active.

I worked this out as Windows Live runs as a service which is hosted by services.exe. If I monitor the bandwidth usage of services.exe, it works out to be about 2 Meg a day. (Verfied that hotmail was the only thing going through services by turning off hotmail and verifying that bandwidth usage of services.exe didn't increase.

I'm more concerned about bandwidth usage of Windows Live. However, I'm assuming that bandwidth usage = heat and battery life which are issues that started this thread.

Can anyone else confirm that they are seeing similar bandwidth usage just in maintaining the heartbeat?

Does anyone know how to reduce the heartbeat frequency? As that would reduce bandwidth usage, heat, battery life etc.

Thx. Paul
[Click General] xobo269:
What is it with Tattoo and 3D games - why do they run so slow? Does tattoo lack some hardware or is it simply software problem?
[Click General] Duwe:
Tattoo does software acceleration for 3D graphics >.< if I had known that, I wouldn't have bought it....