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[HD2 General] Bababooey:
I bought my HD2 on release day and I also came from a android phones ( G1 and then a Mytouch 3G ) and the only thing I miss is all the apps I have for android but other than that I love my HD2 !

:cool:

I owned a euro HD2 for a couple months before the t-mobile version came out and the euro one ran even better and had the wifi router app which t-mobile did not include and the euro one was a bit shorter than the t-mob. version.

So when the day comes and I can run android on this I will be in gadget heaven .....;)

I do want to flash this however and see the difference between them as I will be closing my t-mobile account and going to a different carrier for a text n talk plan for $50 cheaper than I am paying for the t-mobile unlimited hat trick now and will have to reply on wifi only but I can pick up a open signal pretty much every where I have been so far with my HD2..
[HD2 General] cu2cool:
The large screen attracted the average consumers like flies to a bug zapper. :eek: Lol!
[HD2 General] steve austin:
Yes. Their marketing was very appealing and broad. Their glorification and touting of the sense UI would make the average consumer say “wow”. Attempting to use sense (like I have) and seeing how erratic it is is blowing me. For all the people - God bless them – who have not experienced any problems and for all the WM veterans, this phone is probably and electronic wet dream. But for those who are in the middle it is nightmare (of sorts). There is just too much to do to get it to function right.

This is not including the fact that I know about most of the sites that have forums and usually my questions don’t get answered. Not that people are not trying to help. Most people don’t have a fix for a lot of other people’s major peeves. More importantly HTC and T-mo don’t know what the hell to do either. Like I said, I am not giving up…yet. I just wish that the process of getting to like the phone was not, well, a process.
[HD2 General] adamhlj:
Issues with my HD2

I don't want to admit that I don't like this phone, but every day I find a new problem.

1. Last night, the only way I could get my music to sync was to pull out the SD card, put it into an SD card adaptor and stick it in the computer. Otherwise, windows media would sometimes see it and sometimes not when i connected the phone directly into the computer.

2. There seem to be two different clocks running. I finally found the selection to show the clock in the upper right hand corner so you can see the time in all programs, but it is about 20 seconds slower than the clock on the home screen.

3. Sound quality isn't that great when i connect it to my car audio.

4. People talk about registry editors, but when i look for them, they all cost money.

5. Flashing the ROM just seems so complicated! I have done updates to blackberries and jailbroken iphones, but it still seems scary.

I don't know what to do :(
[HD2 General] mutantblack:
1.

I use nitrogen and just drag and drop my music file to sd card. Can't be easier than that.

2. 20secs. Is it really a big deal? I think you are nick picking on it.

3. Agree. It's good enough and nothing outstanding.

4. you haven't search hard enough. I google Windows Mobile registry editor and this is the first link I got. It's a well known program on xda as well.

http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/phmregistryeditor.shtml

5. If you have done jailbroken and stuffs in the past, there's nothing hard about flashing a rom. Same procedure. As long as you got the Hardspl installed appropriately first time, the rest is just download the rom of your choice(again choose rom that's compatible with your phone) and flash away. I been flashing rom since my first htc phone 8525 and never ever brick a phone yet.
[HD2 General] adamhlj:
Does nitrogen keep all the album art synced up? Yes, I am nitpicking. Its just how I am, I guess. Which must be an idiot because I swear I looked for a free regeditor and they all cost money! lol. Thanks!
[HD2 General] KidTech:
No, possibly the worst device i have ever owned. To many bugs with Sense U.I and more problems are starting to occur on day to day basis.
[HD2 General] geronemo:
i am a big fan on htc and sense UI and winMo, but i have to agree with alot of ppl. here,

back in the days when i had the 8525 and still have it lying around with a custom ROM it was understandable to have bugs and all.

This beast has a 1Ghz processor and for the brief time i had the hd2 before it showed a dead pixel, well it is buggy and slows down when 6-7 processes are running in the background, i am sure if htc try abit harder they can tweat the sense UI so that it will run smoothly.

I just have a feeling that if they dont start tweaking sense UI to run super smooth, they will still have bugs even when they come up with a 1.5Ghz device.
[HD2 General] digitallysick:
Coming from a rooted android phone, the answer is NO

I am fairly unhappy with it, I thought I could deal with winmo , but its worse than symbian. I can find far more apps (useful apps) for Nokia than I can for winmo, they just don't exist for winmo.

I feel bad for buying into a dead platform, no development etc

I miss my free Navigation , turn by turn with android

The only plus are the camera and video recording abilities , but for me this phone is hardly a smart phone , its like a dumbphone with a big screen
[HD2 General] gnash.s:
Hi, just out of curiosity... What makes it a smartphone to you? 50k apps of which you would use a maximum of 100(0)?

Ofcourse, Free Navigation is not available in any other phones other than Android, but I'm pretty sure they're going to release it for winmo pretty soon.. and you can always buy CoPilot for under $30 and have preloaded maps!
[HD2 General] digitallysick:
Actually I used many apps on Android , here is a small list

Google skymaps

pic say

Google translate

Ringdroid

cardarr

last.fm

evernote

and many free translation apps

I know its easy for you guys to just claim that all apps are trash, but they are clearly not, it is what makes a "smart phone"

A phone with internet and few apps, is not a smart phone

Once android gets better video and picture formats /codecs I'm done with this garbage , app less phone
[HD2 General] geronemo:
dont hate the player hate the game ;)

its winMo's fault not htc, although i do agree HTC should do better with sense UI to make it run smoother, i mean if they cant do it with 1Ghz processor than they wont be able to do it even with core i7 :D

the only advice i can give you is ask ppl. what softwares you need or their equivalent before buying the phone.

and about the dead OS will i am sure you already knew about that even before buying the phone.

personally i would feel blessed if xda ported android on hd2 anytime soon ;)
[HD2 General] davefried81:
Love it!

I own an iphone, a G1, an Eris, HTC HD2, and I have messed with the Droid(mother owns it). SO far, the HD2 wins me over. The stock version out the box is OK, but a few tweaks here and there make it a great phone. OK ok, we al know the iphone has great apps, and a great interface. But that is all prety much. I myself have always liked PC's, and the HD2 is great for any Windows dude. I like the ability to just drag and drop media, and files directly to the phone with no BS software aka itunes. People are complaining about freezing issues, and MAJOR bugs. I have yet to have had my HD2 freeze. Are these people who have freezing phones using the Task Manager at all?? Without using this program, you could be running 20 apps and not even know it, causing the phone to be slightly slow regardless of the 1 GHZ processor. I love my HD2, and I preach about it to all the people I work with at Office Depot headquarters in Florida. I havent messed around with custom roms, and anything custim except co0kie's home tab(AWESOME). With Co0kie's customization tab, the phone is EXACTLY like the droid, and iphone navigation.

What is not to love? :) I can thank HTC for re-booting Windows mobile. Without them, who knows where the OS would be now.

PROBLEM: Windows 7 non upgradeable??? Come on Microsoft and HTC!! MAke it official- Regardless, every person on this forum will upgrade their HD2 to Windows 7 probably before it even comes out in retail! peace yall;)
[HD2 General] gnash.s:
okay, let's see.. I don't know why in the world I'm doing this in the middle of my workday. I'm not trying to defend WM or I'm not denying Android has 50k apps. My point is how many are really useful.

pic say - have you ever heard of Resco PhotoManager (has much more functionalities)

Google translate - Not as good as one in Android, but you can try http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-google-translator.html UI is pretty basic and it is in basic version.

Ringdroid - Try MP3Trimmer (it's not all file formats tho') and there are other ways to set ringtones. Not sure if this supports other audio file formats

cardarr - there are similar apps, search for car locator

last.fm - search for Pocket Scrobbler

evernote - it's available for WM too, you can try OneNoteMobile too

One thing I couldn't find is "Google Skymaps", which I think will be released for WM pretty soon. yeah, you're right, this is not trash at all.. I can see how many times I'll be pointing my phone towards the sky everyday and I can't imagine living without this app.

Good Luck and please go back to Android!
[HD2 General] brownhornet:
Google navigation (free turn by turn gps with voice)

last.fm (pocket scrobbler is nowhere near as good and i've had both wm & android)

facebook & twitter with live notifications (interface is tons better on android)

Google goggles

nba league pass

loopt & urban spoon

Pandora (that you can actually use without having to have a qwerty keyboard)

photoshop mobile

mp3 download (huge database to directly download to your phone)

sports tap

tapatalk

weather channel

And these are just off the top of my head. App wise its not even a contest..and even the apps that both OS have the interfaces are way better on Android and the apps are updated pretty regularly. Apps is an area WM terribly lacks in and itll only get worse the closer it gets to the release of WP7.
[HD2 General] Raadius:
I miss this app sooo much on my iPhone, I can't believe there is no equivalent version for HD2, especially when Tmobile sponsors the NBA!!!!
[HD2 General] truDanki:
Try waze 1.8 for free with turn by turn navigation, plus it offers speed traps, red lights cameras and other useful stuff.. for free music try using nanogroove you just look for the song you want and it will stream it to your device when its fully buffered you can go on your sd card and rename groovy.mp3 to the song you last listened to obtain the song.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tarpit_Carnivore:
I tried searching for a how-to on this but apparently I'm searching inclined.

From what I can gather is it as simple as just dumping the zip onto the root of your SD card and doing:

3. Make sure phone is off then hold Power button and Call Button.

4. The menu opens quickly press the power key over the hboot option.

5. Follow onscreen instructions to install the update. the phone will reboot a few times.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WalkingTaco:
you dont even need to search. go to the development section and then look at the top few, it will have very detailed instructions.

:eek:
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tarpit_Carnivore:
I guess I should have elaborated more and said I don't have my phone rooted and really don't want to go that route. I was just getting confused because everything i was finding on here was people running root but I came across a few things where people said the 2.1OTA Leak was just a straight upgrade, so that is my confusion.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rheally:
Are you asking how to install the 2.1ota leak? Just flash it onto your phone?

Curious, why do you not want to root your phone?

Root is much more flexible, and there are roms that are based off that leak. If you're worried about your warranty, it's going to void it either way, lol.

Good luck :)!
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Android22:
but if you have root you can do the downgrade back to 1.5 :)
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rheally:
Oh right, I forgot about that, duh :) It just seems like root would be a better choice.

But to each his own. :)
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tarpit_Carnivore:
yeah that is my question, can 2.1OTA just be flashed or does your phone need to be rooted?

I just feel like with root I'll be more likely to kill the phone but I'm going to check into it more again.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rheally:
If you flash the 2.1 OTA leak onto your phone you CANNOT root your phone. It hasn't been figured out yet.

Root really isn't that hard to do. There are several threads over in the development forum.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tarpit_Carnivore:
yeah I was just reading the thread on going from stock 1.5 to rooted 2.1. Can you give me some of the major benefits of rooting? I'm trying to find really practical stuff, not just the "Well it's cool cause it's like being root in Linux".

And just to clarify you can just flash to 2.1OTA? I'm skeptical of doing that now because I was reading some people think 2.1OTA has a time sensitive date on it.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marisa:
Future developments will likely be easier to impliment if you root. The ability to run different (and potentially more stable) ROMs. Support for future software not designed for the Eris. Post rooting you can also make Nandroid backups and as long as you don't somehow screw your bootloader you can actually fix your phone.

Also, and this is pure speculation, should Verison decide to discontinue support for the Eris entirely, non-rooters may have issue getting new Android versions since they're limited to signed code.

EDIT: there is also little reason NOT to root. It does everything that you can do unrooted and more. All this plus the fact that you may never be able to root again but could always unroot at your leisure.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tarpit_Carnivore:
Can you point me to a good nandroid tutorial? tried searching for one but if you know of a good one I'd appreciate it.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marisa:
I was trying to find a nandroid guide when I did it the first time, but once I discovered that Amon_RA's recovery has it built-in, I decided to wing it and see what happened. It was a lot easier than I expected to be honest.

Reboot your phone into recovery (VOL UP + Power), you should have a short list of options, one of which should be Backup/Restore. Trackball into it and select to make a backup. Let it do it's thing, should take a few minutes. Congratulations, you've made a backup of your phone. You can make as many as you like, they're given names based on the date and time they're created, but you can rename without harm (barring a few characters keep it A-Z a-z 0-9 and you should be good)

Restoring to that backup is as easy as entering the same menu but picking restore instead. You need to have made a backup first in order to restore something.

NOTE: I've written all this by memory, and while it should be fairly accurate, I can't turn my phone off currently to double check that the wording is all correct.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tarpit_Carnivore:
I'm a bit confused on the Amon thing. I found the the link here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=648025

Do I just dump that IMG file onto the root of my SD card and that's it? Will it know to always use his recovery or do I need to do more?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ECLIPS3:
I have an application that I write to make going from 1.5 to root a lot easier with a gui application. It will be released very soon for everyone to use. Take a look at my thread for more info. Link is at the top of my signature.

Sent from my Eris using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marisa:
If you followed Ivan's guide to the very end, you already flashed Amon_RA's recovery to your phone. To enter it, shutdown your phone and then hold volume up and the call end button (power), you should boot into the recovery.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tarpit_Carnivore:
AWESOME! Thank you I am doing it right now.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tarpit_Carnivore:
NM: got it
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tarpit_Carnivore:
Well I got 2.1 on but I did something wrong and can't load rooted 2.1. I get "signature verification failed" message when I load the zip file.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] KyleIsTheBeast:
Ok, so has anyone been able to get a custom bootscreen on this ROM? Me and Regaw tried working on it with no success. If you look into the ROM, you will see that there is a bootanimation.zip file inside the \system\media\ folder. Some say to just delete it and then flash the new bootscreen... Does not work. Some say to delete it and push the bootscreen folder into the media folder... Does not work. I have even tried taking the bootanimation.zip file and editing it around to get a new bootscreen... Does not work. So, has anyone found success on a custom bootscreen with DamageControl?

UPDATE: FORGOT TO ADD "THIS PROBLEM IS JUST ON NON-SPRINT CDMA HEROES!!! (I AM ON CELLULAR SOUTH)" You can see this in my BitterSweet ROM thread (It is based off DamageControl!)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] CarbonKang:
You should just replace the bootanimation.zip with your signed .zip of what ever boot screen? If you havent tryed it yet go find out.

Ugh here let me look into it..

I wasn't going to but now i will.

I will come back with an update.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] KyleIsTheBeast:
Yes, I have tried that. Reading is fun ;D
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] CarbonKang:
Yeah i know you have i just repeated it to make sure you knew what you were saying buddy... His new file is weird as ****... Its seems as if he doesnt want you to open 1.7 lol
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] grifforama:
I deleted everything within bootscreen folder and replaced it with the matrix screensaver files.

It works
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] CarbonKang:
Okay I have it.

since the bootanimation.zip is not working for you..(is for me)

I would recommend doinging the pain in the ass way and getting the iamges put together you want and putting them in the folder "sprit"

System, Media, Sprint.

and of course there you can change the sounds and all that ****.

If it doenst work that way I have one more idea.. But there is NOWAY it will not work that way..

Hope that helped
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] grifforama:
To clarify.

I have the bootscreen folder within the system/media folder, and it has the following files in it.

boot.mp3

boot1.gif

boot2.gif

boot_animation.xml

no zip file.

works like a dream
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] CarbonKang:
Oh wow you just helped me out.. Never thought it would work in a million years that way. Thanks buddy
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] KyleIsTheBeast:
Ok, first off

That makes no sense considering the fact that there is no bootscreen folder. Re-think what you just posted. We are talking about DamageControl

And secondly

The bootanimation.zip file WORKS when I flash DamageControl. It has the HTC quietly Brilliant and then the Sprint animation, then the HTC quietly brilliant screen again. It works 100%, BUT I can not put a custom one there. Nor can I edit the bootanimation.zip file and it work again.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] CarbonKang:
Are you going to make me put screen shots? Come on dude.. Look its in there just change the attached pictures.. It has no other choice but to work if you do that..
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] DJAscendance:
rm bootanimation.zip

then flash your own custom boot screen?

/system/media/bootscreen/

files inside /bootscreen/ directory:

boot.mp3

boot_animation.xml

boot1.gif

boot2.gif
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] KyleIsTheBeast:
CRAP. I forgot to add that it is a NON-Sprint CDMA hero problem. Your avatar reminded me.

THIS PROBLEM IS JUST ON NON-SPRINT CDMA HEROES!!! (I AM ON CELLULAR SOUTH)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Papa Smurf151:
i was able to get the boot animation file that i wanted onto damage control. it was the same one the regaw used on 2.0.7 r i think. the android supernova one. all i did was removed the boot animation zip in system/media through adb shell then flashed the new boot animation.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Jedis:
I have the matrix bootscreen on my DC v2.06 rom.

Flashed the bootscreen, then deleted bootanimation.zip. It worked on next reboot.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] DJAscendance:
so basically the non sprint cdma hero is looking for the bootscreen in a different place?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] KyleIsTheBeast:
in a different place? What do you mean

Edit: Oh you meant the NON-Sprint hero is trying to get the bootscreen from a different file location? Well, I am not sure. That is what we are trying to find out. I know that boot screens work with other ROMS, its just Damage Control that is doing this (I THINK!!! I am going to test a lil later and see, but from what I remember, that is correct)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] wrx4memp:
Yeah, that wont work... bootscreen.zip same rules don't apply... bootscreen.zip is ment for large animation sequences... fyi... individual pics as frames put into sequence by numbers in their names... gifs layered as frames with a embedded script to tell the drawing appwhat to do ...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] danaff37:
If you want, pm me, and I'll send you the folder I use so you can try it. Delete the zip and place the folder there, works great for me.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] wrx4memp:
if hes been working with regaw... im fairly certain it would have worked if it should... there is some underlying problem... with non sprint cdma hero's or with that particular phone... ill try to cook up something for you to try... as soon as i have some free time...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] djjenso0n:
bootscreen

did you look in /system/customize/resource ? i've foune a second copy of the bootanimation.zip file in there...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] MrDanger:
So... any solutions??

**Edit** - I finally got around to playing with it and got a custom boot screen by changing the inner workings of bootanimation.zip.

http://www.lostsync.net/2010/04/07/how-to-install-and-create-a-custom-boot-animation-on-android-2-1/
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ogboot:
How did you change the inner workings? The screens i've been successful with are PNGs with a dat type descriptor file, but I want to use one of the animated gif type bootscreens.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] joko132:
I hope you like it...

Installation

1. Install Co0kie's Home Tab 1.6.1

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=625483

2. Restart

3. Install Advanced Home Tab Standard!!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=659089

4. Restart

5. Install joko_theme

6. Restart and have fun
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Gilbertinho:
tmobile hd2?

hi i am new to the htc hd2 i barely got the phone today and was wondering if this home tab will work on it since the tmobile version of the hd2 is slightly different from the european version.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Azzura:
Hi Joko

Can you share me your slider plz :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] joko132:
@Gilbertinho

hm... i think you have to try it...

@Azzura

i use the dusk theme... but the slider i can upload for you...

And the icons i upload too....

Sorry for me bad english.

Joko
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Cizzo85:
Hi,

I would bind only the analog Clock into the original Theme of Co0kie HomeTab.

How does that work?

I have only the Home Tab installed.

Thx
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Abedia:
Hi. Does it also work if Co0kie's Home Tab 1.6.1 is already installed in the ROM like in Touch-X ROM? I tried but I din't get the new look with the clock. Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] joko132:
Try tab on the free place under the windows start button on the left side.

I think that will be help you ;o)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Abedia:
yes, it did help! Thanks.