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[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nuformzdesign:
I've searched the forums, and maybe I've just not searched correctly, or for the right thing, but I've not been able to find any information specific to my problem.

Anyways, here's what's happening.

Just picked up a new Sprint HTC Hero, followed step by step instructions to root the phone, no problems whatsoever. Made my nandroid backup, saved to the root of my sdcard, no issues there.

Immediately afterward, I downloaded the Black Sense skin, stuck it in the root of the sdcard, renamed to update.zip like instructions said, turned the phone off and rebooted in recovery, installed the update from the sdcard, rebooted, and now is stuck in a boot loop.

I get the sprint animation, the hero logo with the little android guy, and the HTC splash screen, and then just goes back and does it again.... forever. I have not loaded any other ROM or done anything else with the phone, just rooted the phone, dl'd the theme. Now I have heard about loading a different ROM on the phone, but is this required for the Themes to work? If it is, how would I be able to tell which ROM's are compatible with my phone? Sorry guys, I'm new to this, just trying to pick up info as I go.

Most all of the other threads I have found are directed to other phone users who have installed a Hero ROM on a Tmobile G1 or something like that. I haven't been able to find anything specific for my device, so I'd appreciate any help you all can give. I'm sure its a pretty simple fix, any help?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayjt9:
I had the boot-looping problem on my rooted T-Mobile G2 Hero, and I fixed it by wiping everything from the recovery menu. I dunno if this will help you, since I'm not sure what the differences between Sprint, HTC and T-Mobile's version are, but it might be a good start. :S
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nuformzdesign:
thanks

thanks for the quick reply. As usual, I found a boatload of info right after I posted the original thread. I think what I needed to do was to download find and download a rom that is compatible with my version of Hero and android, then find a theme that I like, and then try to update with the theme.

That's about as far as I've got, I'm poring over every bit of info I can find, but its confusing as hell, and poor grammar makes it even harder to understand.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reloaded10:
If you did a nandroid backup? boot into recovery and restore the backup, that should reset everything unless you flashed the skin and then did the backup? in that case download a rom for the cdma hero (guessing thats what you have?) rename it update.zip and put it onto your sdcard, boot into recovery and wipe EVERYTHING!, then flash your update.zip. only install themes for specific roms.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nuformzdesign:
yea, had no problem with making the nandroid backup, and after the boot-loop, I pulled the battery and then booted in recovery to restore. No problems there.

I guess I just didn't get enough info before I started messing with the device. Thanks for the help tho.
[Android Themes] tnt8902:
I know how hard it is to make a theme sence I fail 100% of the time. I want to thank all the dev themers for their hard work. I just wanted to request a white and black scale theme that contains more white than black. There's a lot of dark themes out there and a few bright themes that either haven't been updated for months or just became void space. So if a dev themer can make a bright theme I think it would be great. I messed up my comp trying to make a theme on the pc and possibly changed a system setting and doing so lost my profile and lost the files on my desktop. Please make a Bright theme for cyanogen or super d. Thanks fellas. Thanks TnT8902
[Droid Eris General] kaiya215:
sooooo

since we have had root for weeks now... and theres custom roms starting there way onto the eris..

has anyone... or can someone put together a 2.0.1 or a 2.1 vanilla rom?.:mad::confused:
[Droid Eris General] Android22:
...

I have already asked this question... No one has ported 2.0.1 to the Eris and There is really no point in doing so. There is only Cupcake[1.5] and Ecliar[2.1] available to the Eris as of now.
[Droid Eris General] Framework43:
We can't really do it until we have the 2.1 kernel source code or we successfully fix everything we have on the older kernel used for eris's 1.5
[Droid Eris General] zifnab06:
As far as a theme, its a work in progress. Mostly because, i'm working on it. I"ll post it if I get anything done.
[Droid Eris General] K0CAW:
This is as close as we have so far, thanks to GrdLock:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=658450
[Droid Eris General] hoban_eris:
More Vanilla'ish app (and more up to date) here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=6451268 </endplug>
[HD2 General] tuck4x4:
Im a bit confused... My first time messing with Windows mobile.

I see a lot of references to 2.8 and 2.9, but can i use this ROM with 2.10?

Ive already successfully applied the HSPL, and it says that it worked.
[HD2 General] tuck4x4:
No one knows? Id really like to try another ROM
[HD2 General] nightryder21:
Yes. Energy ROMS are 2.10 compatible. There is a Thread a top of the forums to tell you which ROMs are compatible with the T-Mobile USA HD2.
[HD2 General] tuck4x4:
I see that thread, but the only ROM listed that sounds anywhere near Energy, is the NRG and it says nonTmous.

In the energy ROM thread it says there are TMOUS download versions, but I dont see a link for one.

Its confusing lol
[HD2 General] nightryder21:
he used to make a rom with tmo specific apps.he stop doing that since you can now download them seperatly.
[HD2 General] nightryder21:
All energy roms can be flashed to the US HD2 they just won't have the specific T-mobile apps. Here are the T-Mobile apps: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=653563
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] asiancuta:
little irritated that i just realized that taking the back cover off my tilt2 made for better quality pictures. and i randomly clean the plastic lens cover on the back cover but pics still come out hazey.

anyone have this issue or tips to clean it?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] MCbrian:
Is the plastic cover scratched -- like from rubbing against something?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] jcterry:
Ironically, I am having the same issue. I was just searching for a solution on here last night. It seems to have just happened within the past week. The cover on mine doesn't seem to be scratched.

I tried cleaning it vigorously with my shirt, but the haze wouldn't go away. A little more "cleaning" today and most of it seems to be gone.:D

My buddy fixes copiers, so I figured he might have something that will clean it up good. I will work on this tomorrow and see if I can get it cleared up.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] asiancuta:
nope no scratches or anything. i'm pretty careful with the phone since i paid full no-contract price for it :D i've done windex and rubbing alcohol via q-tip...but no success.

the drastic difference without the back cover is like going from watching standard tv without contacts to watching HD tv with contacts.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] vudu:
yeah, I noticed the same on my tilt 2. The plastic cover makes the pictures blurry. I ended up just removing the plastic camera piece from the back cover. The camera is recessed, so I don't see the need for a plastic cover. Works much better.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] jcterry:
Kinda like this:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] wilkhaven:
I've got the European version of the TP2 - it doesn't have any screen in the back cover - just a hole!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] tjinjer:
big difference..

thanks for posting this....hadn't thought about this issue....

but checked it out...and yep...HUGE difference....

the plastic 'lens cover' looks like a pretty cheap plastic material....

even with the best care and cleaning it will ultimately change....

mine's filthy and scratched a little....

considering popping it out
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] pdong:
I popped mine out and it looks a lot better now. The contrast/sharpness is much better without it. The camera is actually pretty decent now, weird that htc ruins the cam by putting these plastic pieces of crap over the lens!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] asiancuta:
that's

exactly

how my pictures came out. thanks for posting examples.

those of you that have popped that plastic cover off haven't had any dust or foreign debri issues getting in the phone, without it? that's my only concern.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] magnaman750:
Nice find asiancuta the camera is so much better thanks for sharing.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] bwnotredame06:
It's not because the lense is dirty, I tried it the same day the TILT2 came out, fresh out of the box. So it's not a dirty lense, i had the same issue with the TILT 1 , its the protective lense cover, it's just cheap and not clear. so you could remove it , some people even drilled a hole in it. It will allow for dust to get under the cover more, but it gets under there anyways, you can blow it out every once in awhile, instead over removing your cover and having people look at you like your retarded.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] asiancuta:
no prob. figured picture quality was a lens cover issue..went on a hunch. loving the pictures and the phone so much more now

true..i airblow mine once a week at least. dust build up is incredible...pretty much a dust magnet. looks like i'll attempt to drill a hole or take the plastic off completely. picture quality is too d*** good without it :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] degatech:
If you are concerned about dust, when removing the clear plastic piece, place a small piece of gaffers or masking tape (with one end curled over) on the hole. This will create a small flap that will prevent dust from entering. When it's time to take a photo just peel back the tape a little.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] bwnotredame06:
Also No need to Drill a hole, from the outside push on lense protector inward, and it pops right off, if you decide later, you can put it back on real easy.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] asiancuta:
i'm gonna keep the plastic off for a couple of days and see how it goes.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] asiancuta:
side note and another small observation: looks like a slight bad design flaw on HTC's part, for the HTC Tilt 2 if you look at other phones...blackberry, nokia's, and even the HTC Pure..basic keyboardless version of the Tilt2...you can see the lens higher up on the back of the phone. now hold you're phone as you usually would while browsing the web or checking the weather. don't know bout anyone else, but i place my pointing finger along the back of the phone as stable support..unknowingly covering the lens part. that and possible oxidation (the yellow discoloring that occurs on your car's headlights) may lead to the bad quality pictures.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] scariola:
Night and day difference in popping out that cheap plastic lens. WOW, better then my 3.1 digital camera now.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] DebbieNY13:
Yeah, I did that on my Kaiser and it was much better. :D Bought a replacement back cover just for that purpose, but I can't find another cover specifically for the Tilt 2 yet, so I just can't bring myself to do it to this phone yet. ;)

Debbie
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] pf:
I got my TP2 just one and a half week ago new here in Germany. And there was no plastic lense in the battery cover, just a hole.

But the quality of the camera is more than poor. I had an SE X1 with the same 3.2 MP before it -that was goot quality. The TP2's quality is more than poor compared with the X1. Like 1 MP (TP2) to 3 MP (X1). Even at a good sunny day a picture in a garden is without sharpness at the edges and in the bottom of the front. The camera of the X1 I used more and more often instead of my standard digital camera for same easy pictures and it was ok. But the camera of the TP2 ist unusable compared with the X1 :(
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] MCbrian:
FWIW, I took the plunge, too -- popped out the clear plastic lens-cover disk.

What got me to do it was when I realized that the disk isn't keeping dust out of the back of the unit since the speaker grills open to the same area.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] asiancuta:
it's more of a cover for the camera lens. but i've viewed and had other phones..nokia and samsungs that have no cover/protection over the lens and never scratched the camera. i'm taking the plunge and chance this phone will be the same...safe :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] F2504x4:
On the lens, a simple cure, find someone "good" who works with glass, take the plastic lens to them, have them cut you a new lens..I had two of them done for ten bucks..;)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] asiancuta:
lol niiicccee. i was actually searching Ebay for glass lenses with scratch resistant coating simliar to the one that was on my old Blackberry Curve 8900. i dropped that than a few number of times and never scratch the glass covering the lens and flash.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] ultraman69:
how did you pop it out? from the outside in or inside out? i have the tmobile tp2 and my pics looked like the ones posted earlier but after cleaning the plastic lens on the cover and wiping the dust of the camera lens cover, pictures are as good as without the cover now.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] nsheaffer:
strange, I just got my tilt 2 and I cannot tell a difference in the picture quality with the back cover on or off. Looks pretty good either way for me.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] MCbrian:
I removed the cover and pressed on the outside, pressing it in. But if it looks fine with it in place then I guess it's a moot point for you.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Rarebreed:
It'll look great for the first few months. Be patient. It'll come.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] raticus76:
HTC put an anti-fogging layer on the plastic to keep it from, well, fogging when taken out of your pocket on a cold day, etc. The problem is the thin layer doesn't stick to plastic like it does to glass, so it comes off easily. I got all the layer off mine just by rubbing both sides with a coarse cotton shirt. The fuzzyness was gone in about 10 minutes and it didn't scratch the plastic. No more removing the battery cover just to get a clear pic!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] burtonsnow8:
BRILLIANT! improved by 40%!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] p51d007:
To get the "haze" out of something like the clear plastic area on the back cover, if you want to keep it, to protect the lens, you'll have to spend a lot of time & a lot of elbow grease.

Before my eyes started going downhill due to the "arms getting too short",

I use to build scale plastic model airplanes. Sometimes, the clear plastic, which

is used for the windows, would be fogged due to improper injection molding, prepping of the mold or other problems. The only way to fix it would be replace or repair.

To clean it and get it crystal clear, sometimes, you could take some liquid brasso and some fine cotton pads, or cloth, rub some brasso onto a cloth, work it into the plastic, let it haze up, then polish it dry. Other times, you have to use micro sandpaper (more film than sandpaper), starting at 800 grit, going to 1200 grit or more, then use plastic polish to clean it up.

Pain in the butt, but the results are worth it.

Glass would be the only way to fix it, but, popping out the cheap plastic cover is a great alternative.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Thresher:
Hi All,

From my understanding since this is a polymer based plastic or 'other plastic' than you DO NOT want to use Windex on it. Ammonia or alcohol based cleansers will damage the lens.

P51 hit the nail on the head but maybe you could try a trick before the high grit buffing technique...have you tried using a spray silicon on it? Similar to the windows on a JEEP, silicon may reoil (not the technical term :eek:) the plastic and could lead to better performance.

If you look through a 30x jewelers loop Im sure you will see what the issue really is.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] italianblaze:
I have a rooted my G1 (Running the SUPERD18NEXUS rom) , I recently purchased the g1 unrooted off ebay after i sold my mytouch fender LE for $600 on ebay (couldnt pass up the prophet) plus I really was getting sick of no keyboard... Anyway on my mytouch there was a widget called "Facebook Phonebook" where i could just browse my facebook friends phone numbers.. after hours of searching the market with my G1 i could not find such an app/widget for it... Any suggestions ?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] borodin1:
Do you have FB installed? If so, long press on the home screen, choose folders, choose Facebook Phonebook.

Hope that's what you're looking for. Good luck.
[Touch 3G ROM Development] iriassuh:
can't run TCPMP player on WM6.5...anybody can help??
[Touch 3G ROM Development] Xenograph:
had the same problem and had to switch to coreplayer, which is the "unfree" version you have to pay for.
[Touch 3G ROM Development] hwchoi:
Tcpmp phenom

Had the same problem, and found solution link below,

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=511204

or google TCPMP PHENOM
[Touch Cruise 2 ROM Development] Heimerich:
Emmh don't tell me you've never thought about porting application from the iPhone to a Windows Mobile Device. Found out a program is being developed to do this:

here's the news:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee355030.aspx

Anyone think it is doable? :cool:

well thought someone might enjoy the 1/10000000 chance :)
[Touch Cruise 2 ROM Development] Frank C:
Nice catch.....if I read well it is a case study on how it can be done.....since MS operating system is loosing quite some market share vs Android, iphone etc and WM7 is around the corner requiring all new software development....indeed this to happen for us WM6.1/6.5 is 1/100000000000
[Touch Cruise 2 ROM Development] Heimerich:
I can already picture myself playing Plants VS Zombies... :D
[Touch Cruise 2 ROM Development] Frank C:
Ah ok......I am not a gamer.......:D

You could ofcourse buy an iPhone.......;)
[Touch Cruise 2 ROM Development] Heimerich:
Haha only ppl with patience can use an IPhone - tried the other day and got furious - hard to type and get turning the screeen hahaha :mad:
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] velvetleon:
Need help getting this camera and gallery on the modaco desire rom!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] andythefan:
I just realized that the app Music Junk is no longer working. I searched the market and it's not in any search results. Is it removed from the market for you too?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] ywindlass:
I also could not find it. Legal issues or something probably. I use an app called Musiczilla, although I cannot locate in the market anymore either... It's logical that those apps would get legal issues though. I found an app called Music Stuff. check it out.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] andythefan:
That's what I thought probably happened :\ I'll miss that app.

Thanks! I'll give it a try.
[XPERIA X2 General] nguyennghiep:
:(:(:(I'm new for SE Xperia X2 ,I need some Xperia X2 Master training me how to use it , I use to have Xperia X1 ,that can be use Tomtom GPS 7.9 .1.4

but I don't known why I can't load this Tomtom Version to Xperia X2,anytime I try Download the map ,I keep recieved mesage from TomTom .ERROR X2 map can't Download .So ,Please any one out there can give me a lession how to make my X2 can be work with TomTom GPS . if this PDA can't work with TTN.7.9 than please tell me with what type of Navigater GPS, I can easy use for Xperia X2 . Please,TKS. you can Email me " nguyennghiep@hotmail.com ":(
[XPERIA X2 General] Toleot:
I guess Tomtom you are using is for WM 6.1. X2 using WM 6.5. I use garmin XT on my HTC Kaiser (WM 6.1) and my X2 and have no problem whatsoever.
[XPERIA X2 General] nguyennghiep:
SE Xperia X2 GPS

Thank you for the advice , can you tell me ,where I can get Garmin XT,so I can get that to instal .again TKS..:(

Nghiep
[XPERIA X2 General] nguyennghiep:
GPS NAVIGATOR for X2

I Don't think so,because My SE.X1 runing window 6.5 too , but it can Down load the city map and run good with TOM TOM 7.7.9.10 Navigator

only X2 won't work,I fell so bad,can you tell me how to get the GAMIN.XT APP and North America MAP,and how to Install to X2,Thanks you very much.:(
[XPERIA X2 General] Avarell_Dalton:
Since you ask here and not at Tomtom service I take it you have your reasons.

I have tried to install Tomtom on my X2 without MR1 and MR2 without luck. My previous X1, no problem.

Have you had a look at gpsunderground.com?

I've bought and installed copilot ( http://www.alk.eu.com/ ) and it worked flawlessly at mr1. And it is really cheap but navigation is thereafter. I would barely recommend it, but the GPS connects nice.

If you have a look at supported devices at Tomtom you can clearly see that SE X2 isn't supported. If someone gets it running nicely at our X2 i wouldn't judge people who gets it at places as gpsunderground and similar - but hey, that's just me, it's Tomtoms loss and not ours.
[XPERIA X2 General] mtechfan:
You need "GPS Gate" to get TomTom working on the X2, this has been covered many, many, oh did I mention many? times.
[XPERIA X2 General] macr59:
I don’t use GPSGate and TomTom Ver 7.910 works on my X2.

On the X2 – go to Settings/System/External GPS and change GDP9 TO COM8.

Open TomTom and change the GPS Device from Built in GPS receiver to Other NMEA GPS receiver and select COM8.

Make sure you run FASTGPS and download the latest Sat Data.

Hope this helps
[XPERIA X2 General] mtechfan:
That does help :D all this time I have always used GPSGate with it as that was the only fix I heard of. Good to know this, thanks!
[XPERIA X2 General] nguyennghiep:
GPS GATE set up

I did exsacly what you tell me,but it still no work ,I open GPS Gate ,I see GAMIN DeVICE ,but not TOMTOM , I Download DATA From EXTERNAL GPS and

At GPS GATE set up Wizad I see Bluetooth GPS

Wired or build in GPS and GAMIN GPS , no TOMTOM even I do have TOMTOM Soft ware Install

than I give up ,I would die if I known what to do:o.
[XPERIA X2 General] mtechfan:
I'll give you a hint. NO ONE has TomTom listed as a GPS receiver,

so stop looking for it!

Go back and read the posts again.
[XPERIA X2 General] mathiosn:
i'm using destinator 7 and igo8 both work great with the X2, you just have to set com port 3 or 4 on your xperia
[HD2 General] tj05fx4:
Pardon my ignorance, but this is my first WinMo phone and I've only rooted with Android devices.

I followed all the instructions and got the CleanEX ROM installed and it works great. However, I'd like to try the Elegancia or one of the others.

When I extract the Elegancia files and click on the CustomRUU file, the only option it gives me is to update the CleanEX ROM. Am I missing something or doing something wrong? Is there something I need to do in order to be allowed to switch?

Thank you
[HD2 General] zarathustrax:
You're doing it right... the program says it's updating from that rom to whatever rom you're flashing. I think you're just misunderstanding what the update utility is saying.
[HD2 General] tj05fx4:
Excellent good it worked. I was just a little cautious about what I was seeing and making sure it wasn't been screwed up.

Thanks
[HD2 General] wingtytn:
STOP.... ur in and on the wrong thread... goto rom develement and look up hspl2 for tmo hd2........