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[Legend General] kongobongo:
Hello.

I have a small issue.

I have my work schedule as a gif image. I would like to get a shortcut to the picture on any of the 7 desktops.

Is it possible to make a shortcut for a picture on your desktop?

I have a HTC Legend

/ /Kongobongo
[Legend General] ohyeahar:
Use HTC's Photo Frame widget. Select your image. When you tap the widget, it'll open the image.
[Legend General] kongobongo:
It may work, but I do not want it to take the whole screen. I would like to have it as a small icon.

/ / Kongobongo
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] roberto188:
In my quest to make all my widgets tranparent I ran into some trouble with sports tap. It has a whole host of xml files. Anyone willing to tackle this?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] britoso:
I added a transparent google scoreboard widget here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=652661.

update: yeah it is a tricky one. seems to ignore transparency, even ignored a stone i threw in the dark. :)

#was 0x7f080007

.field public static final appwidget_shadow:I = 0x00080007
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] roberto188:
Thanks!

I appreicate your hard work...but myself and many other have problems with google scoreboard. Never displays scores..doesn't update. Sports Tap is the most popular sports app in the market.
[Desire Accessories] jpxdude:
Hi,

I was wondering if this capability is possible on the Desire? Would it be possible in future? It would be nice to connect the desire up to the TV, a bit like the N900 to quickly watch some videos, pictures, play games etc...
[Desire Accessories] quicksite:
Great question, and I'd hate to see this get lost in the shuffle. I'm no pro in this regard, but i know of no external-out from any of these HTC phones other than music, phone, usb data...

But I would love some XDA-dev whiz to write some gizmo that exploits some X factor inside the Desire that magically makes this possible :)
[Desire Accessories] n-j-f:
Unfortunately, I don't think it's possible. The Droid Incredible will have composite output and I think the Evo 4G has HDMI outut.
[Desire Accessories] mtbmtbmtb:
The Incredible and Desire are very similar spec wise and the composite out is via micro usb, I'm still hoping this can also work for the Desire.
[Desire Accessories] Prema:
Would be awesome if we could port the incredible tv-out option to desire.

But first let´s take a look at the hardware side

Could someone please take a look at the desires micro-usb port?

Does it share the same 7 extra pins as seen on this shot of the incredible micro usb port?

BTW "homemade incredible tv-out cable:

http://lanrat.com/android/incredible-video-out
[Desire Accessories] Funkym0nkey:
Nope, Desire does not have those extra pins for video output. .
[Desire Accessories] Whiterin:
Wonder if this would still be possible to do with the normal Micro USB port. Not that is matters much to me as I don't even have a TV, but eh. lol.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] drummingfool:
Alright, here's the story.

I come from the world of iPhone. I ditched the Jobs crapification of the mobile world in search of open source awesomesauce.I am SO happy with my move over to Android, I could kiss Gary Bussey... but I won't. Moving on...

The one thing I do missabout my iPhone is the media player. I listen to music via my phone all day long, and the android system seems to be lacking in the media playback department. Therefor, I'm calling on the masses to help me out.

I'm looking for a music player that incorporates two major things:

1. Gapless playback (No pause between tracks)

2. An equalizer

Is there anything out there for audiophiles like me, or are we stuck with laggy, almost-complete music apps?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] KBizzle:
Have you tried MixZing? I hear alot of good talk about it. I dont know that it has an equalizer or gapless playback but its worth a try.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Bielinsk:
My iPod doesn't have gapless playback. I know iTunes does though.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] drummingfool:
It was built into mine. When I told iTunes that an album was gapless and then synced it to my phone, it would play back gapless on the iPhone.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] beerock:
+1 MixZing

I personally used this for a while now..... I has great widget choices, free, and organizes and downloads missing artwork similar to iTunes. Plus the other features ouare looking for and more... imo better than stock app.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] drummingfool:
Well, with it at 2 votes, I'm gonna give it a shot.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] beerock:
here is a screenie for anyone interested
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] drummingfool:
Alright. So I installed MixZing lite, and I love it so far... but heres an issue. All my music is in a folder on my SD card called "Music", then broken down in folder by Artist, then by albums.

After having MixZing search my library, it completed, and afterwards I added another album folder into my SD Card, but MixZing isnt recognizing that I have new music. Suggestions?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Nanan00:
I would try going into the applications options and purging any saved data for mixzing, then fire the app back up and see if it recompiles the music db.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] mikecoffee:
I like b tunes and also 3 search for rock on, both free on the market
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] david279:
theres a app called "sdscan" that scans the card and it should make the new album folder availible in the app.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] drummingfool:
The only option in there was to clear out the cache. Did so, but Mixzing wont recompile the db. I even tried removing it and re-adding the folder "Music", still doesn't see the new stuff.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] drummingfool:
App is actually called sdrescan. Found it, used it, worked like a charm. :)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] david279:
oh sorry.:(
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] drummingfool:
No problem bro, no problem.

Now I've got another issue, though... I'm trying to use MP3Tagger to edit the ID3 Tags, but its saying it cant load the songs for editing? Weird.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] marcusva79:
i like mixzing, wish it had a lockscreen option like stock. does anyone have a way to make the volume buttons change the music? my brother jailbroke his iphone and they have an app that does that. its a great feature ecspeacially while driving and working out.

Sent from my HERO200 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[HD2 General] Tsury:
Hey...

It might be a noobish question but I just couldn't find a decent answer:

With the release of the HTC Desire, since its very alike the HD2 hardware-wise, is there any chance of it helping with the release of a working Android ROM for the HD2?

I really want to get rid of WinMo 6.5... I hate it...

Thanks :P
[HD2 General] brianb7590:
Has been answered many times before, you should have searched.

Anyway, the answer is no, its not easier. And its not magically going to happen overnight either.

Mods will close this.
[HD2 General] zarathustrax:
Why did you get a HD2 if you hate WinMo? Return it and get an android phone.
[HD2 General] msmith1991:
i dont understand people...

i hate wm, i hate wm,

but yet wm has the coolest hardware available in the states..

"CLEARLY" you didnt understand what i was trying to say...

its like going to buy that new FORD mustang and you realize you HATE FORD but yet your complaining..

so why not just go buy the CHEVY camaro, sense cleary thats more of your liking...

but to my avail its clearly stupid to buy a phone with a OS that you dont like..thats a wast of money
[HD2 General] genibus:
What does having the coolest HW have to do w/the O/S? You might not understand people, but people don't understand you :cool:
[HD2 General] Tsury:
The HD2 is my first smartphone, I bought it because the superb hardware... I didn't know Windows Mobile suck that bad and I also suffered from lack of experience...

Apparently hardware is not nearly enough...

Now that there will be no WinMo 7 no one wants to buy it, at least not in a price I think is worthy...

I thought, hey, if there's a chance I can get Android on this device why not look into it...

I truly hope this day will come; for now I am managing with WinMo...
[HD2 General] Sultan1993:
Flash Custom ROM! of course it will suck on stock ROM
[HD2 General] Tsury:
Well :]

I have a bad case of Obsessive-Rom Updating Disorder....

Flashing every little bit NRGZ28 uploads :)

Currently downloading his Titanium ROM with SPB... Maybe its Sense that I hate so much :)

--

Still... You can just feel how old WinMo is... Everything is so stitched up....
[HD2 General] Sultan1993:
Flash CleanEX and you will see that WM can be fast!
[HD2 General] efjay:
It would have taken a short amount of time (30 mins) to go to a store and demo the phone, or research on the internet, read reviews, watch videos, post your questions BEFORE going out and buying the phone and then moaning how much you hate it.

Society now apparently is made up of people who are unable to make decisions for themselves even when the pertinent facts are readily available.
[HD2 General] Tsury:
Isn't it a little TOO clean? :)
[HD2 General] Tsury:
Meh, you think everyone got 'em fancy stores?

I pre-ordered it... Yes, sometimes there's a hype and people get excited and make emotional decisions... I bet you don't go to the store and research everything you buy...

And there's a long way from moaning about stuff to simply asking one question politely..
[HD2 General] zarathustrax:
I actually research most everything I buy... especially expensive things. It pisses my girlfriend off to no end when I sit and compare different brands or features on things and not just make a quick decision.

I was watching and reading about the HD2 for almost 6 months before I finally got it (as it wasn't released in the US until recently). I love Windows Mobile. I find it to be the most versatile, customizable mobile OS and I'm very upset that MS is changing all that when Windows Phone 7 comes.
[HD2 General] Tsury:
Well, cheers.

I think sometimes too much freedom isn't necessarily a good thing... One can find himself fiddling too much with his phone to an overkill...
[HD2 General] arthurbrownleeiv:
I wish I could rate you up like the comments on DailyTech!

Anyway, I'm not sure I understand all the WinMo haters. I read these reviews of the HD2 saying how amazing the hardware is, but the OS sucks... Yet they don't give any reasons the OS sucks.

Sure, I can see a year or two ago, back in the 6.0/6.1 days saying it is ugly... Still, what does ugly keep you from doing? Showing your phone off to the other shallow people around you?

Then I hear "OOOoo, the Marketplace sux0rs!" and I wonder to myself, how did ANYONE survive before a "marketplace." Oh yeah, search online and find what you want, I remember now. Do that, and you'll find that WinMo has a HUGE application pool to draw from.

Now it is "Oh it sux cause it is dead thanks to WP7." Sorry, another lame excuse. Why? Because all WP7 does for anyone, is give it a fancy interface, that if you don't like it... Well, MS says screw you!

So to the OP looking for Android on your HD2, give your HD2 away and buy an Android phone, or help port Android over to the HD2. Just don't come bawling your eyes out to a group who has lived and breathed WinMo for years and say you hate it because it sucks. Maybe it sucks because YOU aren't smart enough to figure it out.

This says it best:

"I can't tell you how frustrated I used to get at supposedly smart people who couldn't care less about power features but instead chose the "smartphone for dummies" (iphone). In time I realized it was their choice and that people for the most part don't want to think in fact most people spend their day trying to find ways not to think."
[HD2 General] quasi_mojo:
"hello, welcome to apple! oh, so your after a phone? come this way..." :D
[HD2 General] msmith1991:
i completely agree..no one can never give a decent recent as to why windows phone sucks..i been using wm for over a year now and i must i enjoy tweaking it..i can make my phone look completely diff in a matter of mins..i got bored of the adroid os and def got bored of the iphone os..wm is awsome
[HD2 General] zarathustrax:
Agreed. I've been using WinMo since 2003... before they were all phones and were call pocket pcs. And that's what they are... basicly a pc that fits in your pocket. Now they are even more... they're phones now, too. But people need to remember that they are still pocket pcs and have the same type of learning curve a full pc does. They operate just like windows pcs do.

WinMo was designed as a pocket pc originally, not a phone. Android and iphones, etc were designed to be phones from the beginning. They don't have the same pc functionality like WinMo does. It's a shame that WinMo is nearing the end of it's development life by ms. WP7 is going to be a dumbed down phone now just like the rest.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dyndragon:
Hey coders,

I have a question regarding the networking subsystem in Android.

I know that dhclient.conf in linux will allow a "timeout" parameter that lets you set the DHCP request timeout. I'm wondering if there's some way to do that in Android. It's not immediately obvious to me, so that's why I'm asking.

Before, when I was stock, my phone had no issues connecting to my work's wireless SSID--even though it would sometimes take a long time to obtain an IP address, it would eventually connect.

Now, I've flashed CyanogenMod 5.0.5.3-N1, and I can still associate with my work's wireless network, but it appears to timeout the attempt to obtain an IP address too soon. My Palm Pre and my laptop can connect to the same, and I've verified that my stock ROM can also still connect, but when I flash to CM, I can no longer obtain an IP address successfully anymore.

I'm wondering how difficult it would be to modify the DHCP obtain IP timeout?

Thanks everyone!

--Hans
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ionutz6:
same problem here as well also on cm5.0.3.1 and 5.0.6.test2...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olearyp:
Haven't tried modifying it, but you can look at /system/etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd.conf. Here's a man page.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dyndragon:
Doesn't seem to help. I added "timeout 360" to the bottom of dhcpcd.conf and it doesn't increase the time that passes between "obtaining IP Address from <SSID>" and "unsuccessful".

Must be something else in android?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] fwhite42:
Is anyone else having issues with PDANet dropping connection (with no error messages) periodically when on a 2.1 ROM? Mine appears to cut out about once every 20 mins, but always reconnects with no problems if I disconnect, diable USB tether, re-enable USB tether, reconnect.

Seems strange, but before I report an issue to PDANet, I wanted to check to see if it's a unique problem to 2.1 ROMs.

I'm on Fresh 2.0d, and I'm using the full, paid version of PDANet.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Kcarpenter:
My PDAnet has always done this. On for a few minutes, then you have to reconnect to go to another page.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] theresthatguy:
the sprint leak 2.1 allows mns. why not just use that?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] fwhite42:
My understanding is that is only true with certain PRIs and/or certain ROMs.

I do not believe mns is working with Fresh2.0d and several of the other 2.1 ROMs...if it is, I'd love to hear that, too!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ItsDon:
You are correct about it needing a certain PRI, I'm using PRI 2.11 and using MNS tethering right now on Fresh2.0D, works perfect! I also confirmed it works with Damage2.0.7.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] jerry43812:
Link that baby up! Is that PRI better than the 1.70.03 one or whatever it is?

What the hell's the PRI for anyways LOL>
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ItsDon:
Here you go:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=661396
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] jerry43812:
that picture of your ass face made me stare for a while. looks like 2 faces, too!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] ItsDon:
My older brothers used to call me a butthead when I was kid so...... :)
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] jerry43812:
too funny hahah
[Hero CDMA General] gabby538:
is there a way to configure files in the boot directory to get the phone to boot faster???
[Desire General] hwvlover:
Off on holiday next week with both my Desires (wife and phone!!!). As I am outside the UK I don't want to incur any roaming charges so will turn off all mobile networks/automatic updates/roaming. (if I need to turn off anything else PLEASE let me know).

However if I use Google Sky outside a wi-fi reception area am I going to incur charges for using say GPS satellites (in location services)?

Thanks.
[Desire General] xdZKu7:
If you have actively disabled cell-radio (3G, GSM, etc) then I don't see how there should be any way to incur charges. Note however that mobile phones use A-GPS which connects over the data connection to get satellite information. Without this service it might take a while (read: a couple of minutes) to get a fix.

Normal GPS is strictly a downlink service, the phone never talks to the satellites.

I am not sure just how long into the future the A-GPS gets info though, so you might not notice any changes.
[Desire General] The_Stranger:
Google sky maps needs no data or GPS to work. The "map" of the sky is allready on your phone and the location you can alter yourself in the settings. (when entering a cityname, it does need a data connection, but when you enter it before you travel, or use coordinates, no data is needed to enjoy this extremely nice app)
[HD2 General] ariel123:
is there a way i can get the footprints tab on my hd2 without having to flash. i see that its there on navi panel but its just for direction i would like it as a tab on htc sense like the uk hd2 does
[HD2 General] spencer911:
Go to settings>>personalize>>Home screen Tabs>>check Footprints>> click done. Then that's it, HTC Sense will reset itself, scroll to Footprints. That's it.
[HD2 General] ariel123:
lol i totally forgot about that thanks though

question can you add more tabs?
[HD2 General] toreone:
IDK

I have been looking for a way to add more tabs to no avail. Maybe in a custom rom. :confused:
[HD2 Accessories] ariel123:
is there an adapter to listen to music from your hd2 in your car like an fm adapter or something

please help

thanks in advance
[HD2 Accessories] pa49:
I have a bluetooth adapter that has an FM transmitter in it and the car radio will pick it up. Its made/branded by Nexus and called the Blue Ultimate Pro.
[HD2 Accessories] freshabp:
How is the sound quality from it?
[HD2 Accessories] pa49:
As good as phone + bluetooth + FM will allow.

Theres slight induced hiss but its listenable.

Plus it allows use as hands free when theres an incoming call.
[HD2 General] kweiss10:
This has been posted before but the thread seems to have died out for some reason.

Is anyone else facing this problem coz before i send my phone in for a 3 week repair, maybe i could get it fixed my self.

so any ideas guys?
[HD2 General] kweiss10:
anyone have the same problem?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Breakthecycle2:
A friend of mine flashed Kumar's latest and now for some reason is stuck on the T-Mobile screen, but can get into bootloader. How can he flash a new rom?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] djchubbs:
Search is your friend.

This must be brought up 100 times a day
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Breakthecycle2:
Right. Except we cannot reflash because there because no connection can be established (obviously). How do you flash through bootloader? Same way?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] ClydeB1:
Yes, put device into bootloader, when usb shows up at the bottom of the screen flash as normal. And as was suggested above, a search would have shown you that the problem is not the rom, because the next one you flash is likely to do exactly the same ;) (HINT: Radio)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Breakthecycle2:
Thanks. I figured it was the radio.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM Development] Breakthecycle2:
Got it now. The radio seems fine with the new rom. Thanks!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] jackal424:
I hate having to remove apps everytime I flash a new ROM. So here is what I've done and I'm sure others too.

1) Open notepad in Windows.

2) Add these lines in it:

adb remount

adb shell rm system/app/*Stock*

adb shell rm system/app/IM.apk

adb shell rm system/app/*Facebook*

adb shell rm system/app/Flickr.apk

adb shell rm system/app/Mail.apk

adb shell rm system/app/htcmailwidgets.apk

adb shell rm system/app/Sprint_Navigation.apk

adb shell rm system/app/Sprint_NFL.apk

adb shell rm system/app/Sprint_Nscar.apk

adb shell rm system/app/HTCNew.apk

3) Save it as RemoveAPK.bat on desktop.

4) Double click this file to run it. (This will only work if SDK tools directory is in system path)

If SDK tools is not in your system path, you can place this script in the SDK tools folder and double click in there.

so now anytime a new ROM comes out, connect your phone, and double click. They'll be removed in literally a blink of an eye.

I'd attach this to the thread, but *.bat files are not allowed as attachments.

another suggestion that's awesome too (thanks to daryelv):
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Wasney:
Good idea! I never thought of using a bat...I just had a text file I copy and past the commands I use alot...this will save me some time!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] wtphoto:
great idea. me personally I use the autosign.bat and just unzip the rom remove all the stuff I dont want, add all my tweeks and customizations in and then resign it before I flash it but that becuase I have stuff I add in so thats the easiest way for me to do it. plus then all my stuff is there right at boot.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] jackal424:
Yeah. but then you have to unzip. That's too many clicks for me lol. I like the signing part though. You know what you can do. You can probably modify a script to do all that for you.

for instance not worry about modifying a zip, but after it's installed, just run a script that would remove apks, add your themes and apks that you'd want. So you dont have to unzip and re-sign. Unless you end up re-releasing your ROMs to others.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Kcarpenter:
Bat and Cmd files are AMAZING things. Everyone touts VBScript like its a god send, but good ole Bat never fails me.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] N0J:
you could write a batch with a menu system to give various options.

I used to write those all the time until I switched to VB and added graphics.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] kyouko:
What does the "HTCNew.apk" contain?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] wtphoto:
I dont plan on releasing any roms anytime soon since everything I do is theme stuff but by doing that way makes it a lot easier if I fubar something bad with a new mod becuase then I just reflash with the base that I know is good. that and I do it so much it only takes me a bout 1.5 minutes to unzip remove the stuff I dont and drag everything in then resign.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] jackal424:
makes sense...
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] tejasrichard:
Hmm. I'm with wtphoto on this one, but I can certainly think of other applications for this. I've never messed with this kinda stuff before. Quick couple of questions:

1. If sdk is in my system path, does that mean I wouldn't need to move stuff to the tools folder to resign it, push it etc?

If so:

2. How do I do this black magic?

I know, I know my inner n00b is showing again :D
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] jackal424:
if sdk tools directory is in your system path, that means any app in that directory can be called from anywhere in your computer, including push.

The directions are in the first post for auto remove script if you need.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] 4SidedDie:
Or you can purchase Root Manager for a dollar and remove the apps that way..
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] tejasrichard:
@jackal424:

Good to know! Now I just need to figure out how to put sdk in the system path. I'll Google it later.