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[Windows Phone 7 General] Shasarak:
To be fair, another very frequently asked question is:

Q: lolz, why u wnt WP7S on HD2, it sux0rs, u r all idiots, no wun eva sed HD2 wud have WP7 n e way why don you all just sht up?!?!?! lolz

or words to that effect. The answer would be something like:
[Windows Phone 7 General] zaferaxu:
I think it's name must be VistaMobile not WP7
[Windows Phone 7 General] nanoo-eg:
Very good all these, but Microsoft didn't ask HD2 owners if they want to run series 7 at them devices:D

Me and meny other owners we say NO, WE DIDN'T LIKE SERIES 7

We prefer our Leo like it is, with windows 6.5 or 6.5.3 and the HTC Sense which it is match more practical than the blue doors of series 7 and has better graphics.

We prefer to have copy paste, multi tasking, unlocked os, so as to put anything we want.

I had iPhone 3g and 3Gs before. I come back at WM because of these stupid restrictions, which they are only to make as to buy stupid apps from them stores.

If I must accept something like that, I prefer to original, I mean apple:mad:

MS the last years lost the most of the smartphone users. Only powers users continue with WM because of HTC no because Microsoft.

With series 7, they open the door for us also.

We are not at the them target plan, but they are not also at our plan.

The new users which they will come at the smartphones, they will have to choice between a new windows os and a famous iPhone os which after 3 years experience and millions sales will be better.

What you thing they will choice?

Microsoft made a big mistake. If they had an other way can win very easy all the disappointment iPhone and droid users, and after that the most of the new users which they will follow the new wave.

We will see after some months who is right.
[Windows Phone 7 General] eyc:
Windows 7 --> EVO 4G

Forgive me for my ignorance on the issue. Based on the info posted here, I understand that one of the impediments to WP7-->HD2 is the lack of WP7 drivers for the HD2.

Then, is it safe to say that WP7-->EVO 4G will be in the same boat? Or will it be even worse off? Does it matter that the EVO 4G is an Android phone? Will that make it any harder to install WP7 on that device? Or would it present the exact same difficulties as installing WP7 on the HD2?
[Windows Phone 7 General] rouzb3h:
+ 1. I couldnt agree more ...

I like to try wp7 for a while, but I'm pretty sure that i'll stick to 6.5 for at least a few years until microsoft improves it
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmarks:
Hello all,

I have a G1 which, I assume, was originally German as the physical keyboard layout is QWERTZ instead of QWERTY.

I have set my Locale to Ireland and the Z and Y keys work as I would expect them on a QWERTY keyboard (I can ignore the legend on the keys) but my problem is the keys that need ALT pressing, they are mapped to, I assume, the Locale (Ireland) but the legends on the keys are not. So, If I press ALT and E the keyboard legend is the Euyo symbol but I get an underscore. I assume that on UK or Ireland QWERTY keyboards, the legend printed on the key is underscore.

Most of the time this is not a problem but editing documents or using terminal is a real pain!

Is there any way to change the mappings so the symbol I gewt is the same as the legend on the key (without changing my locale to Germany!)

Hope someone can help (by the way I am an Android Newbie having spent many many years on Windows Mobile) so please go easy on me!!!!!

Mike
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmarks:
anyone can help????
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borodin1:
I personally have no idea how to do this but I think I can point you to the right people.

Check out these threads

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=642518

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=551344

PM original posters of either thread and they should be able to help you out.

Also, some alternative input methods on the market have the ability to map keys as well, you may want to look into it although I don't know which ones are good.

Good luck.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] EddyOS:
Need something similar to the WiFi toggle, but for 3G/2G.

Anyone?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] EddyOS:
Bump...

Anyone? I can't be alone in wanting this??
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] artukas613:
Hi,

You can always toggle it in CommManager.

:)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] EddyOS:
Yeah but the point is like the WiFi toggle - it's easier to have it on the home screen quicklinks rather than having to go into the comm manager
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] artukas613:
Looks like no one find it yet.

There are numerous requests on xda, but no real solution:(
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] aceo07:
I'd be interested in this too. The 'Advanced Network' program lets me change it, but it also says that I need to reset the device after I change the setting.

I'm looking for something that I can just quickly toggle a few times a day when I'm not actively using 3g.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] damnshah:
you can use WMLongLife from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=478519

OR

check tip 49 and 60 from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=583638
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rjj1976:
I am using the stock radio. This has been confirmed by others as working also.

Seems as if there is some sort of bug with with Cell standby that causes the phone to lose signal which in turns just kills the battery. To verify that your set has the problem, check the Cell standby info in the Battery Use info. If the Time without a signal is higher than 0% (50% seems to be the norm) than you have a problem.

One solution, at the moment, is to follow these steps:

1. Plug in phone charger or into USB.

2. Put phone in Airplane mode

3. Put phone to sleep for a minute

4. Turn off airplane mode

5. Unplug phone

My Time without a signal is at 0% for over 16 hours now. The battery life is much better and the phone didn't die on me last night while i was sleeping.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] crunchybutternut:
I am using the new Radio and mine was @ 58%. I will report back with any change that this makes.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KBizzle:
Also testing. Mine was at 32%.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] wjason:
Didn't work for me

I am running the stock radio and after following the instructions cell standby was at 0%. 5 minutes later, I am back up to 46% so I guess it didn't work :confused:

Tried it twice with the same result.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KBizzle:
Ok, followed your steps. Using the new radio, after 2 min with the phone in standby, I checked again. Shows it sitting at 40%. So I dont know.....
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 4redstars:
same here...it's back up to 48%
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ElAguila:
I tried this and after 10 minutes of standby mine has dropped from 56%% down to 30%. What exactly does this fix do and does it have to be done after every reboot?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tamburylar:
Well i tried it and thus far it's had no effect my cell standby is back up to 40% was at 50% it's been climbing steadily.

Perhaps someone can correct me but it was my impression that "Cell Standby" was NOT time without a signal but rather cell time spent doing nothing but communicating with the towers. Since the phone is always communicating with the towers then it's going to show a high percentage of battery usage.

I imagine the reason you are seeing less % with Cell Standby is not because your saving battery but rather other applications (I don't think they all show) are using more battery time.

Anyway I don't know this for fact, but it makes a sense to me. Perhaps someone else can comment on this.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rjj1976:
You need to press on Cell Standby to see Time without a signal , this is what kills the battery.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abcdfv:
Were not talking about cell standby, were talking about time without signal, which is a huge battery drain, and is under the cell standby category.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KBizzle:
Myth busted!!!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] tamburylar:
Thanks for the correction, however I did go under Cell Standby and I do not see the settings you are referring to. Perhaps there is a ROM difference (damagecontrol 1.0) or maybe I don't have any time without signal.

Here are some screen shots:
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 4redstars:
I did it one more time and it worked this time.

I'll keep my eyes on it until tomorrow and see if there is a difference.

OP, do you have to do this after every reboot?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rjj1976:
Mine also looks like that without showing Time without a signal for a while, at some point it will start showing 0% otherwise is will show like 50%.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] jonnythan:
That's a pretty big assumption. One that's unsupported IMO.

My "time without a signal" has been exactly 50% since I installed DamageControl. My battery life is no worse than it was with any 1.5 ROM. I don't think this is an issue.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rjj1976:
I can tell you that my battery life for 18 hours yesterday was better then it has been. I also know that if you have no signal the battery drains like a mother. I don't know if all phones have this problem but I have a phone "without Google" on it.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Sporkman:
ill give it a shot i was at 50% so cant hurt
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ElAguila:
I have noticed that eventhough my cell standby time has decreased the time without a signal is still at 50%.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Kcarpenter:
HAHA Well without any fix at all Cell StandBy = 5% - Pretty good if you ask me.

BUT

Street View is at 89%- ROFL I haven't used Maps.Nav in 2 days!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] crunchybutternut:
My Time Without Signal was at 58% before doing this (the Cell Standby was somewhere around 60%).

After doing this 1.5 hours ago my phone does not display a Time Without Signal.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] daoliverio:
since flashing new radio and changing to cdma only my time without has only been 2%...battery life still sucks tho
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 4SidedDie:
Well are you getting better signal, or seem to be? (txt's coming in quicker or calls coming in more?)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KBizzle:
Ok, I tried again and it seems to have worked this time. 18 min and 0%. Will see if it helps battery life.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Sefferdog:
Just rebooted to see and on my phone it does not stick, I will have to do it on reboot, but no biggie. tHANKS TO THE op.

Also, the OP said to have it plugged into USB, but there is no need. After I rebooted I checked and it said 50% time with no signal. Put it into Airplane mode for a minute, came out of airplane mode and the percentage of time without signal is rapidly dropping towards zero.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] clamknuckle:
I was on the updated radio at 48%. After following the instructions, it doesn't say zero, the category just went away, which I'm taking to mean 0. Thanks for the tip OP.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] daoliverio:
My texts and calls were just fine b4...actually i haven't noticed a bit of difference
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bwshockley:
I seem to be doing ok. I am running DamageControl v1.0 and radio 2.41.05.02.03. 14 hours with 0%.

Just to let you know. Most the time I have good signal, but at a certain location, which I spend about 8 hours a day, I have horrible signal, and I have watched it often drop to no signal, or switch to roaming...so my connection I know isn't great 8 hours out of the day.

EDIT: I did not do the process mentioned in post one. Never have. So, not sure why I'm doing ok. I have had outstanding battery life with DamageControl v1.0
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mroneeyedboh:
Hey where do i find the time without signal at? I lookoed under battery usage and under spare parts. Thanks
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KBizzle:
You have to tap on the cell standby option.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] bwshockley:
While in battery usage, touch the "Cell Standby" line.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rjj1976:
Settings - About Phone- Battery - Battery Use - Cell Standby
[Hero CDMA Android Development] KBizzle:
Ok after you follow the steps, you have to give it time to register the signal. Once it does appear, tap on it and that percentage is what you want to be 0.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ph0n33z:
I just verified this. My cell lost signal was at 50%. I did the trick and it reset to apparently 0, as it no longer displays a percentage. I was wondering why my battery was so much worse after the update. I will report back with my observations as to how this affects battery life.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] zmk76:
I believe what we are seeing is the counter is just resetting and after a while the % is going back up. I read somewhere that when you plug in or disable network it resets.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dmc971989:
so... i did this and my time without signal is at zero, but my lockscreen now has an Emergency call button that it never had before

Edit: im using the clear 2.1 lockscreen on DC v1.0
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rjj1976:
It will reset it but mine stayed at 0% for 18 hours after I did this.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] 4SidedDie:
First time Ive seen more than 2 bars on damageless v1
[Hero CDMA Android Development] crash447:
If I go Settings-About Phone there is no option for Battery. There is an option for Status and then within it it will show a lot of information including Battery Level. However no where is there anything for Battery Use or Cell Stanby.

Also I am running stock 1.5.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chfields:
You won't find that on stock ROM...it is part of damage ROM....
[Hero CDMA Android Development] black7:
Works great! It helped with any ROMs I've tried. Before I started using this 'trick' I was geting the 50% on Time without a signal as well. With moderate usage (mostly email/text/web and a few phone calls) I was getting 14-15 hours (a day at work) from 100% charge to ~25% charge. Now I'm still at ~45-50% of battery life after 14-15 hours. Today, I've been 8 hours without charging and I'm sitting at 74% battery life.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Tipharet:
I also agree with this. This seems logical to me. Unfortunately an perceived increase based on daily usage is not a benchmark. Usage DAILY is going to always change.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abcdfv:
When you're roaming your phone is looking for Sprint towers, preventing the radio from sleeping. When you're don't have any signal, your phone is looking for any towers, which also prevents your radio from sleeping. My time without signal is at 0%, and I can go for up to 20 hours with heavy usage until I need to charge. This is with DamageControl 1.0, with the .03 radio update.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stricklerjosh:
Is there any way to do this on a non 2.1 rom? I am running Pancake 1.5...where is this option?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] notasimpleway:
This does actually help. Strange. Hopefully we can find a permit fix.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abcdfv:
If you're talking about switching the radio mode, I couldn't find it in any 1.5 ROMs. (probably because 1.5 wasn't designed for CDMA)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] stricklerjosh:
I meant the fix he is talking about?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abcdfv:
Oh yeah, the time without signal isnt in 1.5 either.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chococrazy:
What are you guys using to see your battery usage and free mem?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mercuryhayes:
this works and makes damagecontrol damn near perfect

its been 5 hours and im at 99% with data on, and texting like crazy

for comparison purposes, i wouldnt be doing anything and it goes from 100-90 in less than an hour.. before this fix.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] beyondinferno:
The OP is on the right track, but i've gotten closer to the actual problem.

For whatever reason, on damagecontrol v1 the default radio is set to GSM Auto (PRL). This means the phone is constantly searching for a Sprint GSM network (which doesn't exsist). Sprint uses a CDMA network. If you go into the test menu (dial *#*#4636#*#* in the dialer) the go into phone settings, at the bottom of the menu it shows the

"preferred radio" as GSM Auto. If you set this to "CDMA Auto (PRL)" then time without signal drops to 0 very rapidly. Since this is a test menu, a reboot clears the setting and it reverts to GSM (even though in some cases the setting remains the same in the menu).

I'm looking into how to make the setting stick, but i'll keep you all posted!

PS. After I changed this I'm getting about 40 hours standby where before it was about 12.

This may not show as big of an increase for other people, so don't come crying to me if it doesn't help that much!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] d1msum4lyfe:
Mine default is CDMA Auto (PRL)

That's on damage's 2.0 with updated radio
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abcdfv:
So it doesn't stick after a reboot... That explains a lot. Wish I knew more about the inner workings of radios, so I could build a new version that defaults to CDMA (autoprl)
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mercuryhayes:
i wonder why some users had gsm auto and some had cdma auto from the beginning of the rom

Mine was on cdma auto from the jump. whats the difference between auto cdma and cdma only?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] beyondinferno:
DamageControl 2.0? It's in version 1...... wrong rom buddy.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chfields:
I did this about a week ago, when I first checked it said CDMA auto prl, I changed it to CDMA only. I have rebooted numerous times since then and it has stayed the same. It didn't fix the time without signal tho.....Nor do I notice any difference in battery life.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] beyondinferno:
The menu will remain unchanged visually, but the setting doesn't stick. in that menu press the menu button and hit select radio. It'll FC and reload the menu, then it'll show GSM auto. If you change it to CDMA auto then and don't reboot it should work.

Let me know what you find!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] mercuryhayes:
try cdma only
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abcdfv:
Worked for me.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chfields:
It doesn't say "select radio" anywhere.............
[Hero CDMA Android Development] beyondinferno:
Why? I tried it and it made no difference that I could tell. And I'd rather it use the PRL.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] beyondinferno:
HIT THE MENU "BUTTON" while in the phone info screen....
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abcdfv:
Are you on a 1.5 Rom?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] notasimpleway:
Trying to change the radio from the menu also causes me to FC and goes to GSM. ODD! This has to be a visual glitch. Maybe it is saying I'm GSM even after switching and rebooting. Hopefully the official 2.1 will address this. But the OP's fix has worked for me. 0% searching. And a huge difference on battery.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] chfields:
I'm on 2.1 damageless v1.0
[Hero CDMA Android Development] beyondinferno:
you have to hit the hardware menu button in the phone settings screen.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] d1msum4lyfe:
sorrito buddy

i meant 2.1 :p
[Hero CDMA Android Development] beyondinferno:
welp, I just pm'd gbhil about this so we'll see if i can put together a fix!

Wish me luck!
[Hero CDMA Android Development] skhonda:
I can testify to this little trick. Thank you soo much for the information. Soon as I changed it to "CDMA auto" I started noticing the "Time without single" parentage dropping.

I have also tired the "Airplane Mode" trick earlier today but "Time without signal" returned to 50%
[Hero CDMA Android Development] YoungAceAtlanta:
i dont see how this works.. I did the steps.. and my time with out signal went up to 100% i was at 50%..

Or is it because im always on wifi?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abcdfv:
I've been on WiFi for about 10 hours and I'm at 89% without signal. That's a good possibility.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nimitz87:
subscribed...interesting thread.

Chad
[Hero CDMA Android Development] beyondinferno:
...... That's REALLY F*ckin wierd.... I'm gonna start going through the code tomorrow but I can't make any promises, seeing that I'm pretty new to linux and don't have a ton of free time.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dmc971989:
i can hit "select radio", get the FC, and change to CDMA auto... but if I hit "select radio" and do the whole thing again my phone will be right back at GSM auto when it reloads?

has anyone else had this issue?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abcdfv:
When the debug crashes it reverts back to default
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kellybrf:
i switched to cdma from gsm via the test menu and my time without signal was at 2%, but my battery dropped from 94% at 9am to 23% by 5pm, with not much more use than normal. typically i will be around 40% when i go to bed around midnight
[Hero CDMA Android Development] dec3ption:
Interesting..I'm on damagecontrol 1.0 and when I go into the menu I see CDMA Auto (PRL), but no matter what I cannot hit Menu and select a radio (FC every time)

Is this happening to anyone else?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] Tikerz:
rjj1976 - What do you think now about both of your fixes? Which one seems to really work?

This was the other one - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=646335
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abcdfv:
It should be happening to everyone.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] ElAguila:
Mine is defaulted at CDMA Auto PRL. There is a drop down arrow on the right side that I can press and it brings up a list so that I can change it. If I use the hardware menu button I get a force close and then it shows the settings again but defaulted to GSM. So to sum it up mine is defaulted to CDMA Auto PRL. If yours isn't, select the arrow on the right side. It is a like a dropdown box and then select your network.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] abcdfv:
It only says CDMA, its a visual glitch
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nimitz87:
where are you guys seeing the CDMA Auto PRL stuff?

I did the fix last night and loss of signal is @ 2%, I'm at 86% battery 10 hours in, mostly stand by over night though...still hell of a lot beter than anything from 1.5!:D

edit: running flipz 2.02b w/ the new radio.

Chad
[Hero CDMA Android Development] rjj1976:
It's in the test menu. To get into the test menu dial *#*#4636#*#*
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nimitz87:
thanks rjj I saw that other thread you linked, I'm set to CDMA auto PRL have 2% loss of signal in almost 11 hours.

I'm running an the 60660 PRL, and 1.70_003 are there any updates for this and if so how would I go about doing it?
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kkruse:
That was answered here

Basically you need to downgrade to a 1.5 rom that PRL updates work via 'settings'. The only one that works on Sprint network ATM is the 1.5 Roms. I keep something like fresh 1.1 on the SD card in a nandroid backup just for this occasion.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] regaw_leinad:
and there is an update... 60662,

so go ahead and do what the kkruse said to do.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] nimitz87:
thanks, I guess I should of done that last night I don't want to go thru all that again...what are the cons/pros to running the older PRL?

Chad
[Hero CDMA Android Development] kkruse:
Newer PRL will give you a better more up to date list of towers to use possibly helping signal and battery life.
[Hero CDMA Android Development] notasimpleway:
You don't even have to dial that. Go to the market and download "Network". Easy. :D