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[Dash 3G, Snap General] wcampagne:
Hi, can anyone tell me how to get the device into bootloader mode? i have followed the steps, but getting it into bootloader mode and then letting it hardspl from the sd is not happening :-( THANKS!!!
[Dash 3G, Snap General] Benzin:
Can't find clearsecurity.cab. Can anyone tell me where to find it?
[Dash 3G, Snap General] roger.higginbotham:
Attempt to answer questions lol

Benzin,

Type in google "clearsecurity.cab download" and find the mediafire link

If you have problems please let me know. Maybe XDA-Developers already have it posted.

wcampagne,

So you are getting into bootloader right, its just not picking up the MAPLIMG.nbh file. You have renamed RUU_Signed.nbh to MAPLIMG.nbh. Also a train of through if you have tried applying previous Roms before hand I suggest you go to %TEMP% file and remove anything that is there that has reference to RUU_Signed or the rom at all. You are probably uploading the wrong file as it might be cached. As I said its just a train of thought. If you have any more problems please feel free to post up and I will figure out a fix for you.

Ookba,

Ebay is your best bet. I got my handset for $150 AUD brand new on bid.
[Dash 3G, Snap General] nobi98:
Works great for me and I thank you so much!
[S740, S743 General] greatbal:
Hey Rose lovers! :)

I got bored with my Rose since no one is still coming out with a WM 6.5 ROM for our Roses. So, upon searching about how to bring a new life to this little beauty, I came across this:

http://community.pointui.com/topic/smartphone-without-touchscreen-supported#post-37071

It's not working 100% (as some applets only work with touch screen), but it's working pretty well.

Love my rose even more now. :)

Default Theme:

With PointSense Applets:
[S740, S743 General] ghekua:
Rose will have cook rom soon bro !

All of us are working for it :D
[S740, S743 General] greatbal:
I'm keeping my fingers (and toes) crossed. :D
[S740, S743 General] Corduroy-21:
Looks very good, but I'm somewhat afraid of trying it on.

Have you been using it for long?
[S740, S743 General] greatbal:
using it for 3 weeks. why afraid? it's a commercial application and completely safe which you can uninstall if you don't like it. I didn't do any hack or something. it just works on WM Standard.
[S740, S743 General] loco09:
where can i download pointsense?

on my install of pointui home (free) is no app under applications and also no possibility to make any settings. is this ok???
[S740, S743 General] greatbal:
I've downloaded the latest Home 2 Pro Build 2.1.06c. You can choose the version you want here.

The latest PointSense 2.0 is only applicable for Touch-screen phones. I'm using the older version, PointSense Suite 1.1.0.1. I just use the applets, not the bottom bar (which is usable for touch-screen devices only).
[S740, S743 General] loco09:
Hi

Thank u!

But it does not work well on my device.

When i choose pointsense on customize theme

it reboots pointui but the old theme is still there.

Also the previously mentioned prob are still present.

i use

pointui home free 2.x

pointsense 1.x

currently the best choice is still original htc rose theme of htc.

small - fast - everything is on view.
[S740, S743 General] strykme:
How is the battery life with pointui? anyone using s743? I've used pointui a few months back (actually I am the one who posted the fix for Settings button - michaeln) on my s743 and the battery life was bad. Normally my s743 lasts for about 2 days with casual use, with pointui it would last about 10hrs. I've tried different applets that helped some what but really nothing that would make me continue using poinui. was disappointed, really nice interface, but battery life was more important than good looks.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Zadara:
Haai guys,

Does anyone know how to start a HTC Magic Vodafone without a sim? I can't find anything on Google.

Thanks,
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Super Jamie:
Turn the phone off. Open the phone and take the SIM card out. Turn the phone on.

With Donut and later you can choose to skip the Google Sign in until later, setup wifi then sign in if you want to. If you already have your phone signed in and setup how you like it, it will just work.

Obviously you will not be able to make phonecalls, set your time or location from network (GPS still works fine) and only access data via wifi.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] hendrixus:
You can't. You get two option, the change the language and the make an emergency call. Then it jumps to the home screen with a emergency call screen activated.You cannot do anything until you insert a sim!
[HD2 General] pathologo:
You manage to request the closure of your thread, but you don't manage to request the deleting of unnecessary posts by mods in that thread?

What a lame move!
[HD2 General] MAMeingast:
What?

Maybe you should explain what you are talking about - because if you don't, your thread is useless as well! ;)
[HD2 General] ArtieQ:
I need to know what manila file to open to change the date format on the home page. I know it's "2c89bd29_manila" for en-us but which one for en-se?
[HD2 General] ArtieQ:
No one knows? :(
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goatistuta:
Hi,

I've just bought an unlocked Orange-branded Hero which has 1.5 installed. I need VPN in order to access mail and calendar at work (which I did quite successfully with my Touch Pro 2) but I see that there is no native VPN option on the Hero menu. I understand that v1.6 software onwards has this option but as a complete novice to Android I'm not sure where to go from here.

As an aside, if I download the latest Orange software upgrade form the HTC site will the phone become locked again?

Apologies if I'm repeating previously answered questions but I can't find answers to these questions after an hour's searching.

Thanks for any help.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anarchyuk:
firstly the sim lock and the phones os are totally seperate so once unlocked you wont be able to relock without a HTC service centres touch.

VPN wise, the market has a few different option, you will need a rooted rom on most, have you thought about installing a rooted 1.5 rom, or if you can hold on the 2.1 offical rom will be out within the next month (if they dont put it back)

If you put the latest orange rom on it may hamper rooting, so you are best installing a customer recovery image that sits at the very beginning of your phones rom, this allows easy installing of new roms that are signed zip files.

Hope this helps.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goatistuta:
Thanks for the reply, very useful.

I did try and install a 1.6 ROM last night after following the novice guide on one of the other forums, but I had to downgrade the existing ROM first. Unfortunately I got a 171 USB connection error (even though the sync works fine) with a bootloader timeout message.

Not sure where I go from here as I doubt whether I will be able to upload 2.1 when that is released without this problem being resolved.
[Desire General] StuMcBill:
If I was to (Potentially) root an o2 subsidized phone and something was to go wrong, would o2 be able to charge me for anything (apart from repair of the phone)?

What I mean is could they "sue" (for want of a better word) me?

Stu
[Desire General] sh500:
It would invalidate the warranty if they found out (and prove) that you have altered/change something on the device that you shouldn't have.
[Droid Eris Android Development] denonlake:
I have my phone set up the way I want it with all apps email settings etc.

My question is which backup should i use NANDORID + EXT or NANDROID.

I would like to install other roms for testing etc but i want the option to return to my preferred setup without having to install all my apps and settings again. I store my apps on the phone not sd card if that makes a diff???? Any help would be great. Ive searched the boards and google and still cant come up with a clear definition of the difference between the two... Ive only been able to rule out a BART backup.

Thanks
[Droid Eris Android Development] pkopalek:
the +ext part errors out for me.

Plain old nandroid seems to work great.

I've done it and restored it many times. The phone seems 100% normal after a restore. All apps, settings, icons, scenes ,and everything.
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
The ext portion of that backup applies when you have a partitioned SD card (1 part vfat, 1 part ext2/3), and you are storing stuff in the ext partition.

I am under the impression that apps2sd works best if apps are stored in a file system with owner/group attributes, because apps are supposed to be compartmentalized by unique user IDs. If you merely copied apps to the SD card in the regular (fat/vfat) partition, that info would get lost.

Presumably, apps can be run directly off the SD card if they are in a mounted ext filesystem.

I don't know this for a fact; I am guessing. But I think it's a good guess ;)

Don't partition a SD card with anything on it you value, BTW.

bftb0
[Hero CDMA General] emenny81:
Now I believe this is something that has been happening since 1.5 and its a little annoying, I wanted to check with you guys to see if this too is irritating to more people.

now to send a new Text msg, I type the first couple letters of the name and wait for the possible contacts to show and select, now what irritates me is that not only do the mobile numbers show up but also their home numbers, now I know that technology has gotten better and that on some cases home numbers can receive text msgs(verizon fios customers I believe has this feature). but 99.999% of the time you are only texting mobiles.

so the 1 million dollar question, can this be modified so that it only shows mobile numbers ???

I've looked at the settings for messages and didn't find anything there, if you guys have found something please let me know.

im running dc 2.1 rom, but I've seen this on all roms used on my hero.

Im trying to remember if aosp has the same issue, maybe some aosp guys can check for me.

I had the g1 before the hero and I dont remember having this, but well its been a while.

Thanks.
[Hero CDMA General] smw6180:
I believe it just pulls up all contact information for the contact you're entering. It WOULD be nice if it had a smart feature to just show the mobile number, I agree. But I don't believe there's a setting for it.
[Hero CDMA General] Jason kiDD:
Handsent has this functionality in the settings...
[Hero CDMA General] smw6180:
Yeah, but I think he's talking about the default messaging app.
[Hero CDMA General] energizer1389:
I dont know if everyone is aware but Sprint has text to landline. Anytime you send a text message to a landline Sprint leaves a message. Ive been using this feature for the past 6 months. It works in english and spanish. Not perfect but good enough. Im guessing its included on the simply everything plans Because I did not request any service like this. Anyway:

The Default messages app is limited to 10 contacts at a time

There also an issue with spanish characters like ó,é,i,ñ, etc. Well, its not a android issue, is that most other phones do not support these characters and the whole text message gets messed up

If I was you I would switch to Handscent.
[Hero CDMA General] emenny81:
Looks like Im gonna try Handscent...
[Hero CDMA General] subliminalurge:
You'll like it much better.

Amazing that it's free. I'd pay 5 bucks for it just for the voice input alone.
[Hero CDMA General] energizer1389:
Handcent is a little intimidating at the beginning. Play with the options for a while and you'll get the full potential.
[Hero CDMA General] networx2002:
This is because Carriers supports Text to landline now, were you can send a text to a home phone.
[Hero CDMA General] scirio:
But you don't have to. Works great "right out of the box"

Might just want to enable notifications from handcent and disable notifications from the Messages app.
[Hero CDMA General] energizer1389:
I agree. I meant intimidating because the amount of options that are available for modification.
[G1 Android Development] dglowe343:
I have a g1 running cm 4.2.15.1 and I've been having issues receiving MMS messages, but can send them just fine (pictures, videos, etc) My notification led comes on and it shows "unknown mms received" but when i pull down the notification bar it disappears. I have no problems with SMS messages sending or receiving. If I remember right, I've been having issues with this since CM released their latest set of stable roms post Google hassle.
[G1 Android Development] G1ForFun:
Really? Why would you create a new thread for this?

Post it here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=567610

A little reading in that thread and you will find a lot more info on it.
[HD2 General] wolfyx:
moving this to the app area as its more appropriate there

Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts suggestion on an ebay application for windows mobile.

I have searched through the site but I haven't come across something which will work for UK and US version of ebay (maybe i missed it)

But it would be great if anyone could develop it.

Regards

Wolfy
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] wolfyx:
Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts suggestion on an ebay application for windows mobile.

I have searched through the site but I haven't come across something which will work for UK and US version of ebay (maybe i missed it)

But it would be great if anyone could develop it.

Regards

Wolfy
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Sneez:
Sorry to spam your thread.

But for German users there is an application ( www.myspike.de),

perhaps some devs can have a look and modifiy/build their own app

for ebay.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] wolfyx:
No worries mate but I did come across this app but no use for UK or US.

Anyone has any suggestion?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] jaqubek:
have you tried wap.ebay.co.uk or m.ebay.com ?? that is mobile web sites and it works for me so far
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] wolfyx:
Yes I have but it would be so better if you have an which gives the functionality without going into a browser like the youtube app.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] rayjt9:
Hi there.

I've been lurking here for a while but I haven't posted anything until now.

I signed up for a T-Mobile G2 Touch contract on Sunday, and while the guy was going through the procedures for setting it up, he was telling me how awesome the Android OS is (which I already knew, having a G1 and all,) and he happened to mention they'll be launching a "huge update" at some point within the next few weeks.

If he's for real, this is some pretty sweet news, since it coincides with the leaked update schedule. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] David Horn:
Strongly suggest you use your 14 day cooling off period to return the Hero and pick up a Desire instead. Infinitely better phone - don't forget that the Hero is nearly a year old now.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] PulpzillA:
maybe he got a really good contract deal? the desire will be at the highest tariff possible and will probably be for 2 years.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
I second that! If I was taking out a new contract now, the Desire would definitely be the way to go,... But as PulpzillA said, if your getting a deal you cant say no to with the Hero you can always sell a few months down the line.

Just make sure you put a screen protector and gel case on it on day one so you get a good re-sale value.

As for the update, your guess is as good as anyone else's,.... Hopefully we'll get it before May.

I bought mine knowing it had 1.5 on it, and am happy for now. I'm sure all bugs in the cooked ROMs will be ironed out before long, and I dont plan on keeping mine for more than 3 - 6 months.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] rayjt9:
Haha, that's true, the Desire does look way better... Having said that, I'd be paying £35 for 2 years instead of £25 for 2 years, which is a bit steep IMO.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
So is that the deal you got?.... Are you in the uk then?

How many minutes etc do you get?.... Did you pay anything for the handset?

An alternative is to buy a used Hero,... and take a look at SIM only deals,.... O2's are very reasonably priced, you can either have the option of 30 days notice to cancel whenever you want,... or a 12 month contract which is £5 cheaper per month than the 1 month ones.

http://shop.o2.co.uk/tariffs/simplicity/12_months

Have a look.

P.S,... I think Its better to get the Iphone SiM only tariff, as you can also use BT Cloud and BT Openzone Wifi points where available, just dont tell them its not for an iPhone.

P.P.S... I dont know what other networks offer as SIM only deals.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] rayjt9:
Yeah that's the deal I got. :)

I'm in the UK and I got 900 minutes and unlimited internet with an unlimited text booster thing, and the handset was free. It's a 24 month contract, but month-by-month I think it's not too bad for £25.

The problem is that I got it in store, and they have said because of that I don't have a 14 day right to cancellation which I would have if I got it online or over the phone.
[Desire General] lambrospower:
Hey guys, does anyone know if there is an app for the android phones where i can access my shared folders from my windows desktop ??? (the folders which are shared using the right click method in windows xp pro specific)

i can make them accessible through ftp but i use sharing with my laptop and i want to use it with my phone if possible!!!
[Desire General] vman81:
Estrongs file explorer does windows shares/ftp/bluetooth browsing and streaming. Its free
[Desire General] lambrospower:
hmm nice one, i found it on cyrket but it seems that avi files cannot be opened yet but good one...i won't be watching movies over my pc any way cause of the slow connection. thanks vman81 :P
[Desire General] farnsbarns:
Are you asking for the ability not only to share the files but to stream media files from device to PC?
[Desire General] shaneaus:
I love Dropbox! Super easy and you can access your files from your Android device or ANY computer.
[Desire General] gogol:
Ehm, EStrong File Explorer is very interesting ... Anyone is using it?

http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.estrongs.android.pop/

If yes, do you think that we still need to have ASTRO? Because I read ASTRO is a very good file manager and app manager, but it does not support this kind of network access (browsing shared folder).

And I dont like to keep 2 similar apps, if you know what I meant.

Thanks :D
[Desire General] AudunXetrov:
I think ASTRO is mostly for doing stuff like installing apps you have downloaded on your computer, though I dunno whether the other mentioned file explorers give you the possibility to do that as well.
[Desire General] Kiiv:
In the other hand, you can just install an other application manager if you don't want 2 file managers :)

http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.lindaandny.applicationmanager.market/

http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.curvefish.apps.appmanager/
[Desire General] brummiesteven:
It's a file browser, they're not really going to be that different. So the answer is no, if you want to use the EStrong one you wont need to have Astro installed too.
[Desire General] AndroidId:
Try AndroXplorer v.3!
[P3400 ROM Development] psychocyst:
hey there...i was wondering if anyone could take a sec to help a n00b out...

i've been working on a rom (6.5 build 23544) using Ervius visual Kitchen for gene by BesFen for a few days...i've finally found all the packages i want and made a few ones myself...i made a test rom and its running well...

but there's still one huge hole left in my finished build...so i just needed some help i.e. needed to know a few things

1. where do i change the the default splash screen (the orange windows image) that pops up after the boot screen

2. where to replace the startup gif image and wav sound

3. how to set an external theme as my default and removing the inbuilt themes that come bundled with the 6.5 builds

4. how to change the default icons (i have an icon pack as well a cab file of the same)

5. if there is a way to set up a shutdown animation and splash screen in the kitchen before creating the rom

6. edit any other settings and tweaks while still in the kitchen phase

7. change the start menu icons for the softkey buttons and start menu

8. edit the taskbar and softkey bar to make it transparent on the today screen as well as inside the menu

9. remove default ringtones and replace them with our own

i tried searching the net and going through the posts here but i'm drawing blanks...

i'd appreciate any solutions that come my way!!
[P3400 ROM Development] psychocyst:
solutions!!

found a few solutions myself...a lil' help from the boards...

if anyone else is interested in them, here they are-

1. the splash screen can be changed by replacing the welcomehead.96.png in the "SYS\28230\dpi_96_resh_240_resv_320\COMMON\Redist_dpi_96_resh_240_resv_320\" folder file with your own

while you're at it, you could replace the complete.96.gif file too

*but make sure that you have edited your images to the correct format and resolution before making the changes

2. the animated.gif and bootuphtc.wav files in the "kitchen\OEM\OLDGENE\COMMON\OEMOPERATORS" folder can be replaced with your own

4. add your icons in the "kitchen\SYS\28230\dpi_96\COMMON\Base_DPI_96" folder thereby replacing the default icons

*make sure that the names of the icons you add to this folder is the same as the default icons

6. to change the rom's date and give it your own name, make changes in the "mxipupdate_OEMVERSION_100.provxml" file in the "kitchen\OEM\OLDGENE\COMMON\OEMVERSION" folder,

this can be done by opening the file in notepad and making your changes in the 'value' section

do correct me or suggest an easier method if known to you

as for problems 3,5,7,8 and 9...research and testing is underway...hope to get past that hurdle soon...
[P3400 ROM Development] vaibhav_batra_the_techguy:
use the attached folder and put it inside OEM

solve your ringtone by editing the *.rgu file and initflashfiles.txt file available in this folder

solve your theme problem by editing the *.rgu file and initflashfiles.txt file available in this folder

Note: I have used two different mp3 file for ringtone n message notification
[P3400 ROM Development] psychocyst:
tried it out and yeah it works...thanx!!

any idea about gettin transparent task bars and menu bars??

i wanted to make them completely transparent, not transluscent...

i've gotten transluscent ones working in the start menu but i can't do anything about the today screen!!
[P3400 ROM Development] saurabh88:
i am also searching how to add new theme...but i found this is..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=650463&highlight=theme
[P3400 ROM Development] psychocyst:
you could just add the theme you want ( in .tsk format) in the kitchen\SYS\Themes_Lang_0409_DPI_96_RESH_240_RESV_320 folder...

tried it out and worked well...

all you have to do is go into settings\today\ when the phone starts and select which one you want...

as for setting your own theme as default...clueless...

guessing you have to extract all files from the theme and place them in the kitchen\dpi_96\COMMON\Base_DPI_96 folder and edit dsm and rgu's from somewhere to set it as default

personally...i've found a loophole to the whole theme problem (pardon the pun) so i don't bother with it anymore