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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] animation:
Hello everyone,

HTC is about to release the official Android 2.1 Rom.

I would like to ask whether I can still root the HTC Hero if I upgrade to that official Rom. :confused:

Any comments are welcome. Thankyou very much. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] chushev:
Most definitely not. Wait for a rooted version of the rom here on XDA.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] prodygee:
This was discussed before. You cannot. But it will not take more than 10 minutes for 'hackers' to change the official update so you can still have your root on the exact same day as it comes out. At least, this is what they promised.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mrbubba999:
Will the hacked version be the same as the official HTC one, but with root access? or will we have missing things and things that don't work (like some of the current 2.1 roms :) )
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] crazzym:
You won't be missing anything :).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Lennyuk:
the current 2.1 roms are only missing things (although barely anything at all) because they are either based on leaks or based on roms from other devices.

Once the official 2.1 comes out there will be loads of official but rooted roms available, all that will be done is to preserve the root access nothing else will be changed.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] inertiax3:
A proper, up-to-date GSM HERO kernel would be nice.. that's what we are missing the most now ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] adwinp:
Run the RUU, DON'T confirm flashing, search for update.zip or rom.zip in your temp folder, unzip, add/replace su to /system/bin, add superuser.apk to /system/app, rezip, sign, flash.

You might need to add the appropriate certificate to /system/etc/security.

It's as easy as that.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fredphoesh:
current 2.1 roms are not really useable

Well if that is true I am growing less excited about 2.1's official release because in general I am VERY unimpressed by 2.1 for Hero. Ive tried almost all cook's roms, and every one of them starts off perky and becomes VERY sluggish after a few days... to the point that I cannot even answer a call sometimes because the phone rings and rings and is not responding to my pressing the Left key or dragging the lock screen bar down to answer. Very frustrating and a bit scary to imagine the current crop of Roms are close to the release version.

My current rom is my favourite but just missed a call from my wife this afternoon...REALLY annoying considering the phone had been in my pocket doing nothing for hours!

Mark.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Ian_4614:
' missed a call from my wife this afternoon'.... thats WHY i have the roms... hehehe
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fredphoesh:
yeah yeah, but *most* the time i acutally DO want the phone to be able to pick up!

ive had to restrain myself from slamming it against the wall sometimes...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nortynort:
Does the stock roms not have the answer lag then? Flashed to a custom Rom pretty much same day I got the phone so Im not sure
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] daenney:
That really is your own fault. You can't judge 2.1 for Hero by the unofficial ported ROMs from other devices and hardware bases and then go on complain about the fact that they aren't up to par since they can't be up to par.

They're hacks, attempts at trying to get a working 2.1 built as best they can until HTC releases a fully functional and optimised build for the Hero.

If you can't deal with that, then get back on a MoDaCo ROM based on the official 1.5 firmware and wait for an official rooted 2.1 ROM.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Phoehtaung:
wait for modaco 4! :-P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] PulpzillA:
have you not tried restarting the phone every once In a while?

Sent from my Hero using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] nolimit966:
i have that same issue, its rediculously frustrating. are you using the BeHero rom? i have so many problems its untrue. it hangs all the time, keyboard sticks whilst typing and apps take ages to load as well as not being able to abswer calls properly

Sent from my HTC Legend using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Phoehtaung:
By the way..

I am using ChapaTop<?> or something like that ROM its in French language.. you can change the rom language after you set up..

so why i use this rom?

its base on Legend

got eclair lockscreen!!

Roise

fast quite fast. <not to an extent of that Villain5.2>

the rom zip file is only 85+mb which means after you install you can ample mobile phone space

want to download already?

http://www.multiupload.com/S33R1MO1O2

the installation steps are the same as normal ones.

NANDROID

FULL WIPE

FLASH

BOOT

ENJOY.
[Touch HD General] tabasco:
Device is on, but...:) no display, HTC sound hearing (without simcard), green LED blinking and it ringing by itself periodically about 2-3 mins. I can't enter bootloader also... If somebody meet this problem, please give some advice what it can be.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] oblus:
hi, I was looking for answer on forum but i dont even know what to looking for so I post new thread...

I have in my TP EnergyROM with Coockie and Sense 2.5 from march 8 and I reinstalled EzInput 1.5 keyboards with polish lang pack cab...

my problem is that when i go into people->all people/add favourite->search field and start typing I'm kind of lost focus on first character - it marks itself and in a moment it unmark, then when i press another letter key it type automaticaly 2 characters at once and then unmark again - on text field is now 3 chars but i only tap on 2 keys?!?!?!?

example, to imagine what am I talking about:

1. in text field press "k"

k

2. then i press "o"

kkm

I use "phone kyboard" (and i really want to use this keyboard and not qwerty) with t9,

but when I disable t9 it does another stupid trick - I tap twice to get "k" [jkl] and he gives me jk in text field ?? :/

I also disable all t9/word completion/substitution in Input Options and in "Phone Keyboard" Options - reboot and still same behavior

when I am writing sms message or in the notepad there is no such behavior

and there is no such behavior when making appointments or typing in Internet serach text field....

I have also installed FingerKeyboard2 if this is important....

btw. sorry for my bad english...
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Snake_A:
Is there any way to create a file or something , for example in Start menu in order to Enable / Disable Data Connection ??

Thank you!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] pfq615:
Are you looking for something like the "NoData" app?

The last version can be found here:

www#modaco#com/content/pocket-pc-software/246171/new-free-utility-nodata/

Works fine on my device!

(Please exchange the "#" thru "." since I am not allowed to post an external link yet... :()
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] mattygdot:
I installed Diamond Tweak (http://montecristoff.webs.com/diamondtweak.htm) in the settings has an option for Data (GPRS/EDGE/HSDPA) Disconnect After... I have mine set to 1 minute. No problems with browsing or Voice connections.
[Desire Themes and Apps] simondavo:
Can anybody recommend an app to monitor my data connection ?

Similar to SPB Wireless on WM.

Any help really appreciated.
[Desire Themes and Apps] EroThraX:
3G Watchdog.
[Desire Themes and Apps] joeboyc2:
I got a widget off the market called data counter, simple front end that sits on my home screen with lots of stats and options in the background, works good for me

Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Desire Themes and Apps] Steven__:
NetCounter is also a good one, free on the market.
[Desire Themes and Apps] dpk:
I use, and would recommend this too.
[Desire Themes and Apps] Karolis:
I use NetTraffic.
[Desire Themes and Apps] gogol:
http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/net.jaqpot.netcounter/

It seems some users said it does not work on HTC Desire.
[Desire Themes and Apps] abats:
Seems to work fine on my Desire.
[Desire Themes and Apps] FloatingFatMan:
Doesn't work for Wifi on mine, and the cell counter is WELL out as well. I've been downloading quite a bit via 3G over the last week, and it reckons I've only downloaded 1.24MB...
[Desire Themes and Apps] fuzzmo:
+1 for 3G watchdog - does what it says on the tin. Very pleased with it...
[Desire Themes and Apps] gogol:
I just tried the "3G Watchdog", but I cannot see any option to "disable" it.

Once I activated by setting it, I saw the icon ets ... but I cannot de-activate / disable / turn it OFF.
[Desire Themes and Apps] EroThraX:
Only way I know of to do it is to close it under running services and then open the app again next time you are going to use mobile data.

I just keep it on as I keep my phone on mobile data unless I need to browse the web at home as the wifi is crap for notifications, they hardly seem to work when the screens locked on wifi.
[Desire Themes and Apps] LOADSABEER:
3G watchdog is great!

Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[HD2 Accessories] [★]:
I just got silicon case today and it came with a screen protector, lets say I have it on for a month then decide to remove it, will the screen be a sticky mess?
[HD2 Accessories] jagger2k:
No, it will come off clean.
[HD2 Accessories] RKnight1983:
Yes I as well can confirm that it will be fine. I have Invisible.Shields.on all of.my devices and I actually removed one from my Moms Palm Pre when she sold it because the guy did not want it installed. I was thinking the Invisibe Shield was going to leave some sticky residue, however it left nothing on the screen.
[HD2 Accessories] dicksonjoe:
I am using momax screen protector, japanese well made material. The protector came off with no residue left on the screen. Check out momax and good luck :D
[HD2 Accessories] [★]:
:D I applied it but I did it really badly so loads of bits got stuck on the screen lol, so Im gonna buy another one and get a specialist to apply it
[Desire General] ragmanchu:
When I use the default browser, there is always an initial pause before the browser loads the site I have requested. Is there anyway to stop this from happening?

The pause can take up to 10-15secounds before it decides to load the site and its very annoying.
[Desire General] macuser:
I´ve also this problem.

Fix?
[Desire General] Phil750123:
Is this on Wi-fi or 3g? Or both
[Desire General] m2te:
I've had a similar experience in the past while using 2g/3g. Concluded the DNS servers used by some mobile networks are very slow resulting what you are seeing.

It may be posible to specifiy an alternative DNS server to speed it up??
[Desire General] macuser:
Both 2/3 g and wifi..

Any solution for this?

Thanks
[Desire General] Phil750123:
If its wi-fi and 3g it wont be a dns problem, you tried clearing

some cache maybe??

Just a guess at a fix,

or try using a different browser?
[Desire General] macuser:
Already tried both solutions... thanks anyway..

Anything else?
[Desire General] Phil750123:
Which rom you using?

t-mobile, orange, or stock?
[Desire General] Dunbad:
Its odd, mine sometimes does this. Mines sim free on a stock rom. Does it on orange or o2. Does it on different browsers too. It gives me the first few millimetres of render across the top bar then occasionally it just sticks for maybe 15 seconds. But it always does it at that first bit of loading the page. Most of the time it just moves like **** of a shovel from start to finish. Its not just on the very first connection either. You would possibly expect that first render to not be as snappy but theres no reason as to when it happens. Nothing major just something slightly annoying.
[Desire General] CorrieM:
I also see this, WiFi and 3G.

Been using Opera mini 5 beta, the last two days, it is lot better/faster that the standard browser.

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Sent via the XDA Tapatalk App
[Desire General] macuser:
Ok.. i´ve just solved this problem regarding 3g browsing* but wifi browsing remains.

Any comments?

*Open the Phone dialer and type in *#*#4636#*#* (note the symbols are backwards)

Tap on Phone Information

Scroll Down and set your Preferred Network Type to GSM auto (PRL) - NOTE this does not disable 3G or HSDPA! Speed tests still show I am receiving speeds up to 2.4mbps - NOTE there will still be the 3G and H icons in your status bar

This has fixed the connection dropout issue for me, please let me know if this hasn't helped for someone else.
[Desire General] Dr Doom:
Have just tried this and things do seem to load faster. Why would it have been set to WCDMA as defualt do you think?
[Desire General] Dunbad:
Hmmmmm didn't cgreg 92 originally post this? Cut and paste is great and all but credit where credits due! Anyway ive done this already, thanks to cgreg92. But the occasional delay still happens on all connections. Its not regular, just an occasional pain. A fix would be good?
[Desire General] macuser:
True... copy and paste... but didn´t assume credits..just pointed to a parcial solution to my problem.. now that i´ve cleared that... any solutions out there to slow wifi (with strong signal)?
[Desire General] Dunbad:
This is a partial solution. It certainly calmed down my internet connection by 90 odd percent. But this slow occasional, sticking still exists on all connections. Interestingly, my internet connection now sticks about as often as it use to crash out. Its almost as if this method somehow forces the connection through. But like I say, it does occasionally still get stuck. I done this trick weeks ago now, and its still there, just alot better.
[Desire General] Staticsoul:
Is it possible with the htc music widget to select in which folder iet should get it's music from?

Cause I got some tunes from my gps software and it also shows those tunes in the music player
[Desire General] munkey:
Try creating an empty file named .nomedia in the folder you don't want the media player to use, if your using copilot this will be the /sdcard/copilot/ folder, you will also need to reboot after doing this
[Desire General] Staticsoul:
Thx i will try it immediatly
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] poor_red_neck:
When I try to replace the default "DroidSans.ttf" files to change, fonts, FREEEZE

So after reading a theme thread, I tried to change the font.

I simply took a font file I liked from my PC (a .ttf) and copied the text file and renamed them all to the default text files in the /system/fonts folder.

I didn't know which font is used for what, (DroidSans, DroidSerif, etc) so I just copied my new .ttf 5 or 6 times and renamed each copy to the old original DroidXXXX.ttf file.

However after pushing via ADB and re-booting the phone just freezes on the htc screen, so I went to default.

Is there a particular font I toyed with I shouldnt have or is the ttf not compatible?

Im running fresh 2.0d
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] srkmagnus:
Where did you get the .ttf's from? If they were straight from the theme thread then pull the fonts from the phone via ADB:

adb remount

adb pull /system/fonts fonts

(copy the new .ttf's over the ones pulled from the phone and make sure the names stay the same)

adb push *Directory of the font file on your computer goes here* /system/fonts

adb reboot
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] pseudoremora:
Well, your problem is that you changed all the default fonts names, which is NOT correct. The only two fonts that need to be changed are: DroidSans-Bold and DroidSans... DO NOT change ANY other font names, leave them the way they are.

Here's some instructions::

1) Find the font you want (Should have two variations: A regular non-bold font and another bold font).

2) Then upon opening /system/fonts folder -- you should see these two font names: DroidSans-Bold and DroidSans

3) Change the font you have chosen to the names above and then copy them over to the /system/fonts folder -- this action should prompt you to overwrite the changes, you'll say yes and that's it.

To verify that you did infact do it correctly, you can double click on the DroidSans-Bold and DroidSans and both fonts will open up (Windows only) and at the top you will see the font name -- if it matches what you've chosen, then congrats. Now all you have to do is either adb push the fonts back to your phone or the better solution, would be to create a .zip file for easier convenience and of course to share with the XDA community. Good luck.
[Desire Accessories] n-j-f:
I mentioned in another thread that Easy Devices have docks on pre-order for the Desire, the only place I have so far found any - with or without a second battery slot and with or without an additional battery, including an enhanced one with new back. Look at my previous post for the links to the four types.

I placed an order myself for a dock with the bay for the second battery.

Easy Devices picked up on my post and have asked me to pass on a free delivery offer.

"We have decided to offer free delivery on all orders of the Desire Cradle with 2nd battery slot or cradle bundles placed from XDA Developers forum members for orders placed with us before 23rd of April. Could you post and advise the forum? We have amended your order with free delivery and will ship goods as soon as stock arrives. We have been advised that stock should be with us at the end of this month.

Can you ask them to either e-mail sales@easydevices.co.uk with their order number and say that they came from XDA developers or to post in the comments box when placing the order."

Any questions about the offer should be made to Easy Devices.

I'm not sure all options are on the same timetable so you may want to check with them first if you are going for a different option.

Just to emphasise I have no connection with Easy Devices, other than as a customer, but it is always nice when sellers offer a special deal to XDA members.
[Desire Accessories] FloatingFatMan:
Very nice and generous offer of them, though I do prefer to only other when things are either in stock, or a firm delivery date is known...
[Desire Accessories] Guitarfreak26:
Anyone bought from these?

http://www.morpethmobiles.co.uk/proddetail.asp?prod=//_AD_HTC_Desire_USB_Cradle&cat=627

Messaged them, asked if this dock was suitable they replied saying yes it was micro usb or w.e.

but then i read on ciao that they never send items out!
[Desire Accessories] villiankknd:
u might want to pm "hasanybodyseenjc", he says he works for morpeth mobiles...well he just joined tho and only got 1 post lol......

just try and see if you any reply
[Desire Accessories] zippyioa:
I've bought a few things from Morpeth Mobiles in the past through eBay. If I remember right the contact was Chris (might be wrong there!)

It was years ago, but they were fine each time I used them, with quick and well priced delivery.

Hopefully they are still the same several years on :cool:
[Desire Accessories] zippyioa:
Oh yeah, I don't work for them and I am a bit of a veteran here. I hope that makes my comments more valid :D
[Desire Accessories] n-j-f:
My guess from the photo is that they have the same supplier as Easy Devices, where it is cheaper and post free. Haven't read the reviews on Morpeth myself, but if they have a bad reputation, then I would avoid them.
[Desire Accessories] albert_htc:
I've bought a few things from them for myself & for my work.

We had an issue with 2 cheap Nokia chargers ( we bought the really cheap ones ) and they replaced both with decent nokia branded one.

Very helpful.
[Desire Accessories] jah:
Pre-ordered from Easy Devices and hopefully will get free P&P :-)
[Desire Accessories] bridgstfer:
I wonder if phones with a skin will still fit in the dock? (looks quite snug) or phones withan extended back for larger battery too?
[Desire Accessories] n-j-f:
I think the photo cannot be taken too literally as I doubt the final manufacture has been made. I am hoping that the Barely There case, mentioned in another thread, will fit in the dock. I hope Casemate agree to make it, in which case I will order one.
[XPERIA X2 General] hertell:
I kept up a list of issues on the Esato.com forums that really pissed me off with the original X2 with the factory defaults. Now i have installed the new MR1 update, and things got even WORSE!

I have now created a Facebook-group for us unhappy Experia X2 users. Please join it here if you feel so: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=110270035673269

I can't find enough of swear-words and curses how much this pisses me off, so I start to keep a new list on this forum.

The phone boots slowly. The update did not decrease boot-time. Still it's like watching paint dry! This sucks especially when i have to reboot the phone almost every hour..!

Crashes, crashes, crashes. As soon as the screen get's turned off (powersave etc), the chances of the X2 to die complete is more or less 100%. It has now crashed within the last 2 hours 5 times. Calling the phone, it rings 2 seconds, then it dies totally! Do I have to tell more? This SUCKS!

PIN-code. First thing after startup, i enter the secuity-pin. After this, i get a status-screen with info about email, wlan-status etc. Where the f*ck is the PIN-code screen?? I have to klick on Phone-button to get the PIN-screen in front of me! Being busy with work, you can't sit and wait for this screen to appear. Very often i realize 15minutes later that i still have not entered my PIN-code!

SIM-Contacts. I have contacts backed up on my simcard. I have used a tool to hide these, but still some alls/screens display these contacts. It's a STUPID limitation of Windows Mobile that I hate! Please fix this stupidity

Poking around the phone, reading forums and tips, i installed the spb 3.5.2 package with the panel-launcer. removed other spb-appd etc. At some point i removed almost all spb-apps, and i noticed that the speed of the phone seemed to be extremely fast. It looks to me that the SPB-apps somehow waste the phone's memory and resources even if they are not in use. I think that one of the big resource-eater is all the SPB-packages. They are nice eyecandy, but they are definitively not optimized for the Xperia X2. I think that SonyEricsson has to force SPB Software to optimize their bloated code!!

searching and dialing contacts is just a PITA! (Pain In The Ass). Cumsy user-interface, and not all functioning. The lag after picking the contacts number makes me often belive that i have not succeeded in hitting the number to call.. This results that when the phone finally figures out that i punched a number to call, in the next screen it get's hanged up, cause it registers a click on the red hangup-bar..!

I will update some more issues when i get some more time!

Cu!

René
[XPERIA X2 General] ring-bearer:
Try to get this picked up by Engadget. Send the editors a tip or something.
[XPERIA X2 General] hertell:
Well, your advice are definitively meant for people concidering buying the phone now. I already bought it when it was released in sweden, and there where no updated reviews available at that time

The hardware and specs should be enough, but i did not think that Sony Ericsson could mess up the xperia x2 this bad!

Next week i'm going to bring the phone to the sony ericsson service, and if they can't fix the phones stability then I'm concidering bringing the phone back to the shop where i bought it from, and demanding my money back! Seriously!

An expensive businessphone that does not work as expected, is not worth ****!
[XPERIA X2 General] anothadave:
cant say i noticed it booting any slower after the mr1 update. or any extra crashes.. try removing anything you definately dont need. panels and software.

the main annoyance i now notice is the keyboard lag in the sms application. was fine before!
[XPERIA X2 General] Killer2006:
Try change MicroSD to a new, or from other device:)

I changed memory card from Xperia X1, restart device, and all problems gone:) I'm also with MR1...