yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 General] mjheimhe:
is there somebody can help to find a web browser that can play video without using Youtube..i've been searching all over here in the forum,i tried to use opera that i downloaded here but its all the same it will ask a flash player try & try to download,install but nothing happened..so please im desperate:confused:

HEEEELLLLPPPP!!!!!
[HD2 General] ddavtian:
I have put fonts on the smallest size (through HTC settings tab) but would like to decrease them even further, especially for email. Is there a registry setting that I can change?

Thanks in advance!
[Desire General] ronnyuk:
Has this been removed from the tmobile phones? i cannot get it to work, have downloaded the latest version of google maps, but when i double click on a street i got a magnifying glass and thats it?

Any ideas?

cheers
[Desire General] Ed-UK:
Same Here, I know it was working on T-Mobile WinMo on a Compact IV/Touch Diamond. Have upgraded to Maps 4.1.0 and still no joy. Wait and see I guess.
[Desire General] evildead4eva:
nope. press and hold on the location that you want to view and then click street view!
[Desire General] Karolis:
It's working fine. Maybe you just don't know how to turn it on?

Press and hold anywhere on the map, where you know StreetView is available, the address bubble will be loaded, press that, then select little human figure - voilà! :)
[Desire General] ronnyuk:
Thanks you 2, lol this takes some getting used too :)
[HD2 General] hoss_n2:
i have heared on pocketnow that tmobile us hd2 can download with 10mb/sec speed but EU hd2 can download up to 7.2 mb/sec is the 3g hardware better in tmobile us hd2
[HD2 General] hoss_n2:
bumping:.........
[HD2 General] lude219:
How are they achieving 10mbps when the majority of them get tossed around between crappy 3G and EDGE? ;)

Kidding aside, I think TmoUS is all smoke and mirrors. With the parent company trying to sell off the brand and with the so-called HSPA+ coming (it's always coming but never HERE) in the far distant future, I feel bad for their users. Enticing would-be customers with pretty phones and 10 thousand different kind of plans when the network is dead last in the US says something.
[HD2 General] hoss_n2:
i also got surprised of these news in pocketow
[HD2 General] lude219:
I'm surprised too, but it's probably the least surprising if they're testing this out on a very small market. If that's the case, then we should note that AT&T, verizon, and sprint had successful test runs of their 4G/Wimax/LTE with +20mbps.

Nobody gives a crap when these speeds happen at a very small market scale because that doesn't speak for the 99% of their other customers who has to deal with dropped calls and signals. Hopefully tmoUS can pull a rabbit out of a hat with all of these promises before they get a nail in the coffin.
[HD2 General] chaoscentral:
You do realize they went from a Nonexsistent 3G Network to a 200-250million Possible Subscribers in under 2 years right? They only launched their 3G network around this time 2008. ATT has had 3G since 05 and their network is only at about 300 million possible subscribers, so T-mo is catching up, and I do believe Deutche Telekom just said they aren't spinning off T-Mobile US and it is here to stay.

With that said I love me a bit of competition, and if it wasn't for AT&T not getting a signal at my house I probably would still be with them. ;) But T-Mobile should be rolling out that HSPA+ this year and hopefully LTE not too long after.

I am waiting for LTE to take over though, then we can choose the carrier based on service not phone since ATT Verizon and Tmobile will be going LTE for 4G. :)
[HD2 General] hoss_n2:
my question now does original hd2 support same speeds supported by tmobile hd2
[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
HELL is our 2.1 update? the droid is getting theirs today. what the heck is sprint doing here? sorry but this gets me upset. :mad:
[Hero CDMA General] gthing:
You bought an Android 1.5 phone. Consider yourself lucky that it's coming at all.
[Hero CDMA General] tatonka_hero:
really? Because one single phone has been updated to 2.1 when the company's aren't even contractually obligated to provide an update, you think there's a reason to be upset?
[Hero CDMA General] dwertz:
Droid does not have Sense UI that needs to be integrated.
[Hero CDMA General] aauussttiinn88:
this thread belongs at android forums.....wait theres allready 16 of them there too
[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
what do you mean?
[Hero CDMA General] smittycg:
flash a 2.1 rom then I've been running functional 2.1 for a while now.
[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
i see, well id be happy without sense as i dont run it anyways. ;)
[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
i have but id rather wait for the final then a custom rom. i just don't know whats taking sprint soo long?
[Hero CDMA General] Pyro8:
dont do that use subject again.. like this "where the....." please use full subject so we can read it and avoid to go here... This is testing side not whining site.. what a waste!
[Hero CDMA General] smittycg:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=655171

vanilla android 2.1
[Hero CDMA General] dwertz:
DC 2.0r2 is based on the Official Sprint Rom. I am sure this leaked rom is on the final stages right before the official release.
[Hero CDMA General] smittycg:
smoother2010 [OP]

Senior Member

Join Date: Mar 2010

Posts: 110

post less, let the devs do there thing. less clutter = easier to find stuff.
[Hero CDMA General] mountaindont:
Simmer down people, this site is for more than dev. Hes perfectly entitled to express his frustration.

On that note

WHERE THE HECK IS 2.1?!

I kid, I kid.

Patience is a virtue, jealousy is not. Screw the droid, I like my Sense :-)
[Hero CDMA General] smittycg:
my bad just get frustrated trying to navigate around here lately.
[Hero CDMA General] mountaindont:
Understandable. March has been a crazzzzzy month for xda.

Good things come to those who wait.

The best things come to those who stfu and wait.

Jk
[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
no offense but this isn't just for development. if so we need a cdma hero general discussion section. ;)
[Hero CDMA General] aauussttiinn88:
there is its called androidforums.com
[Hero CDMA General] smoother2010:
we need it on xda.
[Hero CDMA General] akijikan:
hover your mouse over the thread title to read the first line of the post.
[Hero CDMA General] akijikan:
Not to mention the traffic for the CDMA hero is usually equal to or near the total for the GSM forums. Its about damn time we get ours divided up too.
[Hero CDMA General] someonenewhere:
TRY FINDING THE 2.1 UPDATE!
[Hero CDMA General] Darkshneider:
I found Waldo, no update though... :(.
[Hero CDMA General] djsplitimage:
:d lmao.....epic :d
[Hero CDMA General] superlinkx:
I found Waldo, the Wizard, and Waldo's hat, but no update... That was epic though!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] clashcity:
I really like the 2.1 Facebook integration within the contacts list. It's nice to see someone's last FB update when you view them as an individual contact, but why not their last Twitter update?

Long pressing a contact's picture icon opens up important shortcuts linked to them (Call, SMS, Mail, gTalk, Maps, and FB), but why is there no Twitter shortcut? Obviously there's no default Twitter client on the vanilla N1, but even with 3rd party apps there seems to be a lack of this integration.

Would this be a restriction of the firmware's framework? I believe HTC's Sense UI uses HTC Peep and integrates Twitter a bit better, so why hasn't Google done something similar right out of the box? After all, FB was a no brainer to integrate into their new OS.

Is this something that can be added to WyContacts?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Casao:
This would require a Twitter client that registers as a Sync Provider. It's entirely possible, but absolutely no one has done it yet because it's specific to Eclair+ right now. Sense-Eclair seems to use a different method from a cursory glance, but that's nothing for sure.

It can be done, but it's not a case of modifying an existing app, it's a case of writing a new twitter client to do exactly this using Google's APIs.
[Nexus One General] dahui9:
I like watching youtube a ton, and lately I've grown tired while at work after every video switching back to HD.. does anyone know where to find the coding for the youtube apk and get it to do HD by default? Sorry if this has been covered.

-Charlie
[Nexus One General] aiinjylls:
I used the app that removes the clock from the status bar.

xUltimate-v1.2.4.zip

One of the options is a patch to make YouTube HD the default.
[Nexus One General] jp_macaroni:
it's not showing up in the market. got a direct link?
[Nexus One General] aiinjylls:
Sorry. You can search this forum it Google. It's a PC app. It requires adb, but the process is done by the app. I'll try and find the link and post later, today

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5882460&postcount=22

Download link is here. The YouTube patch is in the FIRST advanced menu (there are 2)
[Nexus One General] dahui9:
thanks I will be trying this tonight, not to much could go wrong lol

-Charlie
[Nexus One General] jz9833:
is there a patch so that it doesnt take forever to load a video?
[Nexus One General] x986123:
Yea, get AT&T 3G.
[Nexus One General] codito:
LOL the ultimate irony
[Nexus One General] PacoL250:
Well that depends on where you are, and they are rolling out more 3G coverage as we speak.

And if you see some of my posts, I'm pretty darned critical of AT&T, so no fanboyism here.
[Desire General] laserhenrik:
I am getting very interested in switching my 3gs (and hero) to this beauty but I need to know if the screen/ buttons works as I hope. Does the desire stay locked during a call if you use a bluetooth headset?

I found this very annoying on my hero that I constantly hung up on people while on a call..

Is there anyone lucky out there who knows?
[Desire General] XDAgeek:
If you are using the secure lock with 'password' it stays locked.

If you are using only the keylock, it does not stay locked.

BUT...

The phone has a proximity detector which is enabled during calls and turns the screen off _before_ anything touches it, so there shouldn't be a problem.
[Desire General] laserhenrik:
Ok great news. Are you anledning to hang up With Any of the hardware buttons?
[Desire General] XDAgeek:
Non comprehende :-)
[Desire General] laserhenrik:
Oops haha iPhone dont like me writing english.. What i meant was are you able to hang up with hardware buttons during bt Call? With My hero i believe the trackball could hang up a Call. Then again hero has answer/reject buttons but desire dont. Thanks alot for info!
[Desire General] fuzzmo:
At the moment my question probably only concerns T-Mobile users but of course is open to anyone on any network. Namely how much were you charged to upgrade to the HTC Desire and on what price plan were you on, and what did you go to?

I ask because the lady in the Orange shop just quoted me £100 for the handset on a £35/month contract. I have been with Orange for 11 years and am currently on a £45/month contract, so I thought this was outrageous. I'm pretty sure there are a lot of T-Mobile users who got free upgrades and I'm curious to hear the details as I need ammo for when I call retentions.

Thanks in advance for your replies...
[Desire General] HoneyBeFly:
Was on a 25 ppm plan with T Mobile (usually never go over with the occasional +2/3 pounds extra charge). Upgraded to a 25 ppm contract, free handset, 18 month contract, 600 mins, 500 texts, flexible booster (currently set to unlimited texts), unlimited internet. I know someone who was on the same plan as me got the same deal for 20 ppm :mad: Although apparently I will still have some leverage for upgrade when this contract runs out unlike those who are paying peanuts currently :D
[Desire General] evildead4eva:
Phone was free, 18 month contract, £15 a month, 600 minutes, unlimited texts, web 'n' walk max option included.
[Desire General] blackfox888:
Free phone - 24 months contract

Flex30 £30p/m (with Friend&family discount I will be paying £15p/m)

£180 allowance

50% of allowance goes towards international calls if you wish to use it.

free internet cap at 3GB

free voicemail within allowance

free calls to 0800, 0845, 0844, 0843 numbers within allowance
[Desire General] bruzay:
My plan was the old t-mobile 750min off peak plan at 11.99 pounds.I went to the cpw for the upgrade n I was quoted 280 pounds if I want stay on the same tariff.they later rang t-mobile upgrade dept and I was offered flex 35 which includes 225pounds worth of calls ,unlimited text and unlimited internet with free HTC desire at 29.48pounds excludingvat.plus vat is 35pounds.so it works out to be 1125min anytime call plan.the handset is already unlocked.
[Desire General] skanj:
ring the orange retentions they'll sort you out with a much better deal.Did the orange shop actually have stock?
[Desire General] SousukeUK:
mate you might wanna call them to cancel rather than upgrade.

What I did as I actuallly wanted to move to Vodafone after seeing a 12 month deal on mobiles uk site with £40 p/month and handset for £40.

so when I did call t-mob to cancel service, they give me 12 month contract with £35 per month Flext 35 + Web'nWalk 1GB 300 min and 200 txt, handset cost £20.

cheers
[Desire General] Teppic24:
You're right. That is outrageous

On the Vodafone website:

Free phone

18 Month contract

£35 per month

600 Mins - upgraded to 900 mins if ordered online

Unlimited texts

500Mb mobile internet if ordered online.

Throw that in Orange's direction and see what they say.

If Orange try the same line with me as they did with you I'm telling them to shove it, especially after I've been with them for 13 years.
[Desire General] jannen:
T-mobile rocks!

I was on £21/month plan (100 txt, 100 min + unlimited web) with my Compact IV. I called the upgrade team to get the HTC Desire - but they (like always) gave me the same offers as there were on the website for new customers - they could max knock of £9 from the handset price.

I went the 'correct' route - I called the cancellations dept and told I wasnt treated right by the upgrade team and I want to cancel my T-mobile contract. Boom Boom and I was offered a 24month deal 100txt - 100min - unlimited web - 60min free calls to eurasia = all for £10 month!!! Handset price is £90 on my next bill. To me 24 monhts is bit long, but i LOVE the £10 a month (wont matter if go bit over my allowance!).

Total is 24x10 + 90 = £330. Not bad!

I was offered an early upgrade to HD2 in december... they wanted £350 for the handset! LOL
[Desire General] fuzzmo:
Wow - many thanks for your replies - you guys are getting some cracking deals on T-Mobile - what's it like as a network? What is their internet access, and coverage like?

Yup will defenitely ring retentions - that being said Orange are the worst now for retaining customers - they don't care. Is it possible to ask for your PAC code in the last month of your contract? The vodafone deal sounds good for £35/month....

Orange apparently run a credits system - how I haven't got enough credits to get the phone free after 11 years (and my next bill will be circa £130 - although that is NOT typical - a typical bill is £51) is beyond belief....
[HD2 General] eenbox:
I was checking with Tmobile rep today on what kind of deal they may be able to break me as I am interested in getting the phone plus getting a contract and here is my choice:

As 5-year Tmobile customer (currently on Even More Plus family plan) I was offered no additional discounts, promo, etc is given - I was offered $199.99 price for HD2 plus plan of at least 500mins (39.99) and web data plan of $30.00 and two year contract - simply exactly the same offer off-street person would get for the first time (not happy with it). Anyway, I asked that makes me actually go to Amazon.com and get lower price for the phone ($99.99) alone plus all the things (69.99 500mins and data plan).

Now, not being happy I went on AT&T to check iPhone's (not that I am fan of iPhone and MAC) but just to compare. AT&T is offering iPhone 3GS 16GB for $199.99 plus plan 39.99 for 450mins w/rollover and web data for $30 = 199.99 plus 69.99 = same price as HD2 plus plan with T-Mobile...

At this point I have decided NOT TO PURCHASE or go with T-Mobile as I think they are little bit ahead of themselves... HD2 is a nice device BUT compared to iPhone not really that nice... (btw I am no fan of iPhone to say that again)... plus on the top of everything, plans and prices being the same for pretty much everything the same - WHAT? Tmobile must have gone mad with their prices... I did not expect this from Tmobile and will definitely determine different carrier or decide to get retail version of HD2 and hack Web2Go which I currently have on my phone and that's it...

TMob pissed me off so much GRRR :eek:
[HD2 General] :
you save a lot on a family plan on t-mobile.

you can use a hd2 on att...:/ but only edge.
[HD2 General] skylinepigeon:
well obviously, you can't compare a non contract plan with a 2 year comittment at ATT.
[HD2 General] eenbox:
I have compared actually contract plan I would take with Tmobile which is 69.99 (39.99 + 30 500mins and web data plan).

My current plan is the best for me (2 lines for $49.99 and 750mins plus $10/mo for web2Go) BUT would not keep it if I am taking HD2 under contract for discounted price.
[HD2 General] BlackAccord:
exactly my thoughts.
[HD2 General] marik1234:
I'm confused, this is my first WinMo phone but I've been reading around and I've read that my radio needs to be 2.07.0000 or 2.08.0000 to be able to flash HSPL to flash custom ROMs and not brick my HD2...but does that include 2.08.50.08_2 or just 2.08? Thanks, wondering if I can flash HSPL, gonna get to flashing it tonight if I can.

Btw what ROM would you reccomend for HSPL and which is the best IYO?

Also is it possible to install that Cookie Home Tab Mod on the T-Mo HD2/HSPL or a custom ROM for the 1024 HD2? Thanks, it looks really cool and useful.

Does flashing a custom ROM or a specific one also make the virtual Sense keyboard more responsive or faster and lag free btw? It's pissing me off, the virtual keyboard on my Nexus One was completely lag free, sometimes even faster than me, it was so smooth and the whole phone/OS itself. Why does the HD2 have some lag/slowness sometimes even with that Snapdragon? Those 2 things are probably what I dislike most so far, and the browsers after that, neither IE or Opera or Skyfire are really that nice...wish they were better but I can stand Opera 10 and Skyfire is nice for Flash. And also is it possible to customize the lock screen wallpaper and what's a good place to get more apps and what are some really good or needed apps IYO? Thanks a lot.
[HD2 General] marik1234:
Oh **** sorry I read it wrong, read SPL version as radio, just checked in the bootloader screen and seems my SPL is 2.08.0000. :D
[General Topics] NexusX:
I understand that 2G and 3G has more to do with data speed. However does the voice quality differ between the two??? I can't find much consensus on the subject. Thank you.
[General Topics] Rudegar:
unless your operator have strange equipment it would be 100% the same
[General Topics] poetryrocksalot:
A wireless communications guy who is a fanatic with cell phones on youtube (aka absalon3) once said that his Nokia E90 kept dropping calls because it did not support the U.S. 3G frequencies at his carrier.

So yes, if you don't have 3G access or subscription, than your phone is more likely to have a weaker signal--hence the dropped calls.
[General Topics] josefcrist:
i dont think so. gsm 3g devices can have simultaneous voice and data connections 3g and voice are totally separate.
[General Topics] poetryrocksalot:
Check out Absalon3's video:

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

He says that the lack of 3G hardware meant that he got dropped calls.

On another video he claims to have a degree on some sort of communications thing. I haven't looked for the video because I don't know which one it is on the top of my head. Anyways it sounded as if his 'degree' made him an expert on cell phones.

I also have a Nokia E90 and the reception isn't as good as my North American version of Xperia X1. However, I do understand that reception is also determined by the other hardware factors.
[General Topics] NexusX:
Well thank you guys, this is why I had trouble finding out definitive info on this. It seems that there are no hard fact, just anecdotal evidences.

I am trying to decide whether I have to go with a higher price Telus HTC Hero (3G on ATT), or I can stick with a cheaper price HTC Hero (2G on ATT). I don't give a crap about data, however, voice is very important, after all it is a phone.
[General Topics] Rudegar:
"gsm 3g devices can have simultaneous voice and data connections 3g and voice are totally separate."

not just gsm 3g devices

gsm since gprs (1g) have supported simultaneous voice and data

that is if the operators equipment support it too

had simultaneous data and voice on all my 1g gsm smartphones
[General Topics] xaccers:
Many 3G operators have their 2G service provided by another operator in low coverage areas, so when moving between 3G and 2G and vice versa there can sometimes be line drops.

The actual voice quality between a 2G phone call and a 3G phone call is no different.

Research your desired operator's coverage in your area for both 2G and 3G, then decide.
[General Topics] br4nd0nh347:
From what I've seen, and also from the maps on their websites.

If you have a phone with 2G and 3G you have the most coverage.

Now if you have a 2G device you will only have coverage in the 2G area, so if there are places that only have 3G in their area, you will get a dropped call.

This is practically useless for the large decent carriers like AT&T and Verizon who have a lot of coverage. But maybe it's a problem for some other carriers.

Also from the maps it looks like most 2G area have 3G.

Just my .02, I have nothing really to back this up. Best thing you can do is make sure you have good coverage.

ATT's Webpage for Coverage

There are other places where you can find a carriers coverage.
[Desire General] nintendolinky:
Its not great yet, but im getting there. I now have the stock, android 2.1 working but not 100% functional, I also have 5 homescreens. So what you will see in the youtube video soon is a bit out of date.
[Desire General] kobz1973:
keep us posted
[Desire General] nintendolinky:
im uploading a video to youtube, shows some of the things.
[Desire General] evildead4eva:
whats launcher 2?
[Desire General] SGTDavePwnage:
Am i missing something?

We have had it working for days now!
[Desire General] Karolis:
If I understand it correctly, that's the launcher (app drawer) from Nexus One.
[Desire General] evildead4eva:
would like to see 5 icons across rather than four. But not sure what else it does lol
[Desire General] nintendolinky:
How have you had it working, i.e. in the sense that it looks and acts like a nexus one.
[Desire General] SGTDavePwnage:
We have already found that you just pull the apk from a nexus1 rom and install it onto the desire.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6002164&postcount=80

Then you goto applications and remove htcsense from being default and force close it. when you next go to the home screen it asks which one you want to use (htcsense or launcer2)

EDIT: You can also install Gallery3d from the nexus this way
[Desire General] Karolis:
But if you just install launcher2.apk from N1 it's not functioning properly -- icons are small, etc.
[Desire General] SGTDavePwnage:
Works fine here, everything looks exactly as it should
[Desire General] Karolis:
Maybe I had the wrong APK. Can you share the one you've used?
[HD2 General] Saricorleone:
hello guys i got my htc hd2 3 days ago and was just wondering how to install a theme? I dont understand the icon sets what do i do with them :(
[HD2 General] optimus82:
anyone else notice lag when you have opera 10 running in the background?

i get noticeable lag then i get a message saying there is not enoigh memory and try closing some. if i exit opera then all is ok.

somtimes i want to go back to the previous state i left it in with whatever tabs open but its impossible without a full exit.