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[HD2 General] jakem:
If you're wondering whether the phone hard resets itself when it loses power then you don't need to worry. This hasn't been a problem since Windows Mobile 5.
[HD2 General] dexterslab:
excellent news thanks!

must admit, i've not been involved with WM devices since, well... a long time ago!
[HD2 General] Susasama:
**moved please delete this**
[Off-topic] djteotancolis:
I wanted to know if imei changing is il-legal in the us? I traded a phone with some one and he told me he is changing the imei for some reason to save money for the phone plan…so if anything wrong happenes with the phone…would that be my problem…or is it the persons problem who changed the imei
[Off-topic] BenF1:
Its pretty much illegal everywhere..
[Off-topic] djteotancolis:
so if the phone break...m i liable?
[Off-topic] Mr. Clown:
Agreed with khsbenny.
[Off-topic] BenF1:
Yes unless you can prove otherwise, which wont be too easy.
[Off-topic] djteotancolis:
what i meant was...after he changes the imei...the phone bricks or something...then am i supposed to take the phone back and cancel the trade
[Off-topic] BenF1:
Well after you have traded the phone becomes solely your responsibility unless he puts it in writing some sort of warranty. So you would have to send it back to the manufacturer or try and repair it your self.

If you send it to the manufacture it's likely that the change in IMEI number will be found out and they will probably seize the phone and may investigate.
[Off-topic] josefcrist:
or "they" might have better things to do.
[Off-topic] djteotancolis:
sorry you didnt get me yet...i'll explain....

i traded my fuze for his tp...he is into changing imei....so now if he changes the fuze imei...and becasue of the that the phone goes bust...am i supposed to cancel the trade and return his tp back for the broken fuze or is it his responsibility
[Off-topic] AdrianK:
There's no clear cut answer. If you buy a phone a brick it, it's your problem. He can't force you to trade back and if he bricks it it's his problem. So as long as you've traded for the phone you want it does matter what he does.
[Off-topic] nicknyhk:
sorry but "it does matter what he does" or "doesnt matter what he does" ..im a bit confused...personally i dont think you have to trade it back...its like me trading phones , spoiling it and asking for a trade back because i ruined the phone...
[Off-topic] josefcrist:
maybe you should just find someone else to trade/ buy from.
[Dash 3G, Snap General] mshvarts:
How can I add new background images to my hts s511?
[Dash 3G, Snap General] traihanoi:
View your images and set as home wallpaper
[Dash 3G, Snap General] mshvarts:
I tried to put them into album but it didn't work.
[Dash 3G, Snap General] Jalom:
Put the image you want into :

My documents\My pictures

or on you SD card :

DCIM\100MEDIA folder
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] bbtt123:
Every 2.1 rom I have downloaded on here does not have google talk in it, now I know this is asking for a noob response but...where the hell is it? I use to to talk to friends who dont have unlimited texting on verizon so its kind of an important thing.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] dfbonney:
Its in your drawer... should just say talk, instead of google talk... all of the ROMs that I've used have it.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] tzbf2006:
I did the same thing. The app name is now called Talk instead of Google Talk or GTalk.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] scott2020:
It is called Talk as mentioned. I also wanted to share my experience with Talk. Some of the ROMS have aggressive memory killing settings, and Talk would die. I had to back down to moderate settings to keep Talk running right. You might also be able to exclude Talk somehow but I'm not sure.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Gio512:
Hi all, guys. So, the problem is the following...

I need to hard reset mi topaz, but the VolUP + VolDown + PowerON method doesn't work. The 1234 method can't be performed since I can't access start menu. I didn't try the VolUP + VolDown + RED button when Topaz is turned on.

I think it's strange that method 1 doesn't work. It boots normally, like ignoring I'm pressing the two Volume buttons...

Any suggestion, solution, guys?

Thanks in advance!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Gio512:
The RED button method worked, but It's strange why the VolUP + VolDown + PowerOn method is still not working...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Bruce Inman:
the soft reset and power buttons do the same thing, it just reboots the phone, and while phone starts to boot, before splash screen appears, is when you have to hold the volume keys.

So it would be;

Power on, THEN hold both volume keys immediately before device starts to boot,

or

Hit soft reset, THEN hold both volume keys immediately before device starts to boot
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] ArtieQ:
Did you do exactly this?

To perform a Diamond 2 hard reset

1. With the device turned off, press and hold the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons, then briefly press the POWER button.

2. Continue pressing the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN buttons until you see this message on the screen:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] timsah:
This doesn't work. I think you got it mixed up.

ArtieQ wrote the correct way. ;)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Bruce Inman:
No, it works, you just aren't fast enough.

It's just different ways to get to the same place. :rolleyes:

The point is, volumes must be pressed as device begins to boot.

I just soft reset and press them and it

always

works for me.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Gio512:
That's right! Thank you Bruce Inman, IT WORKS!

But the ArtieQ method is the one I always used... and the one that usually worked... but anyway, NOW IT WORKS! Thanks Bruce again!
[HD2 General] ApplesNoranges:
I know you guys have seen a million of these threads, i thought my thoughts on this phone would change. I have taken a lot of your suggestions. I have Flashed the phone, to try to get rid of the laggyness and freezing. I am running RSTG Sense UI rom, and while the phone is a little faster. I am still getting freezes,restarting, it never properly updates facebook/twitter/weather, without freezing. I really want to keep this phone, but the allure of the nexus One is starting to become too much, especially after watching my buddy pick up a Droid and playing with it.

I just want to know what i am doing wrong, i haven't installed any programs on this, i have a few albums, the pictures that came with it, basically what i am getting at is, i did not put anything on it, to make it this sluggish, 15 mins before i decided to type this, my phone froze, i tried to check an SMS from the GF, and couldn't get past the unlock screen, it just keep freezing.

I am open to suggestions, i want to keep this phone, but it sounds like Android for the HD2 will never happen, from what i heard, its still a good year away, and even with the release of the EVO, we still aren't promised to get an android release for the HD2. I am able to deal with Winmo, i have a touch pro and a fuze, hacked/flashed to death. So it's not entirely winmo.

I just need to know whats a good ROM to run, i have the utmost respect for all the devs that cook these ROMs, and put the time and effort into making them, but i need one that is going to make my phone stable, and not crash. I went through a lot to get my Dream phone, only to find out, its been a nightmare since getting it.

So i am turning to you guys, what can i do to make this phone a little more stable. Please spare me the usual crap talking. I am asking because i really want to keep this phone, and i have tried the flashing. This phone should be butter and not hiccup this much.

Any help is appreciated and wanted. Thanks for reading, and i hope i was clear enough. I read these forums everyday, so please don't tell me to search, hell my GF hates that i got an HD2, cuz i lurk here 24/7, i wake up and go to sleep reading XDA lol.
[HD2 General] sn95chico:
Get a nexous one

get the nexous one
[HD2 General] vplaza96:
The HTC/Sense SMS app is the cause for most of the problems of this phone. Disabling it completely and using the Windows SMS app would prevent much of what you're describing. Regardless of what ROM you use, if you use the HTC/Sense SMS app, you're asking for trouble.

I have the Kumar Premium 1.5 and don't have issues. Once in a long while, the phone will slow down, but then it's back to normal. I also use MMTaskManager and cleanRAM regularly to make sure I don't have lingering things in memory that could take up resources since I've been downloading and installing apps more than usual.

But, that said, I say get the Nexus One. If you need someone else to convince you to keep the phone after you've had it for a while and already tried a few things, then my guess is you'll find some other niggles about the phone that will irritate you down the road. Better to cut your loses and get the Android phone.

Good luck!
[HD2 General] dallastx:
Well Divx movies, 4.3 inch screen and its a phone that you can browse the internet...Is it perfect.....Hell NO!!!!!!! Does it have to be restarted all the time..Probably 5 times a day if your running apps. It freezes all the time. I run custom roms. Is there a better phone? Not until EVO with android. By that time Skyfire will be out of beta for flash support and maybe the kernal further along supporting more video formats... I had the NEXUS loved it.."i lost it".but to slow on tmobile. Now i have a 4.3 inch screen i cant go smaller only larger.
[HD2 General] ApplesNoranges:
I will try to disable the SMS setting and use Windows, and i agree, once you have a screen this big, its really hard to go smaller, thats why i posted here. I just want some tips on how to make this thing run properly. A phone with these kind of specs, should not have these kinds of problems. A little slow down here and there is understandable, but the constant freezing/restarting is annoying.

I don't want to just get rid of it, maybe i should try another rom after i change those SMS settings.

Any other suggestions on how i can make this phone perform the way it should be performing?

i really want to keep it.

Oh and i always use task manager.always.
[HD2 General] mystik610:
That's what she said :D

try another ROM, and try disabling some of the tabs in sense you don't use. Sense is the biggest culprit to crashes in my experience. No matter how powerful they make the HD2, if you keep a resource hogging piece of software running perpetually, it will slow things down. I close the tabs I don't use to minimize the performance draw. You can also try turning off the weather animations and the weather screen altogether. The weather animations are only fascinating for about a day anyway.

Trying another ROM is always a good route. I've used Kumars and Energy so far...both are very stable for me, and hardly ever crash.
[HD2 General] ApplesNoranges:
Thanks for the reply, i was thinking of using Kumars, i keep hearing great things about it. I don't want to turn off the weather animations cuz they always amuse me lol.
[HD2 General] nhan12:
i am using engery rom the apr 9 regular 21898 very fast and stable rom for me so far.

after use it for 2 days just find out most the crash was cause by opera mobile 10 so i either change to the opera mini 5 which almost the same with the opera mobile 10 or i need to EXIT it competely. and by the way did you hard reset you hd2 after flash to the new rom? it will help for the lacking issue too
[HD2 General] addicus:
Turn off the security code on the lock screen! That thing mucks the phone up and slows it to a snail. My wife's was constantly freezing with that option on.

Also search here, download and install QuikMenu 2.8. Set the XButton to close on short tap and minimize on long hold. Then set it to close Activesync. Then go to pg 2 and make the size 16 or greater to make it pretty. FYI QuikMenu only works with roms that have the Start Menu on top. If you use one with the Start Menu on the bottom use Xtask. Having these programs will eliminate tons of programs running in the background but give you control over which ones will and won't.
[HD2 General] vplaza96:
If you're going to try Kumar's, he's coming out with a non-HTC Messaging version of his 1.6 soon. I'm waiting for that and his Titanium version that doesn't have Sense at all to try.

I've heard that the Elegancia w/o HTC Messaging may be an option as well.
[HD2 General] Reignzone:
Well, if you do decide to eventually sell it...

I'd strongly suggest investing in another Android handset. Perhaps the upcoming, myTouch Slide. It's quite a marvel in comparison to the original fan-favorite, the G1.

The build quality is excellent too, most likely it will feel, "less fragile" and easy to snap than our HD2. LOL! :p
[HD2 General] ApplesNoranges:
^^lol no i am okay, think i will stick with the Nexus One, its the phone i always wanted, just decided to wait, because i knew the HD2 was coming soon. Thanks for all the tips guys, i did get an interesting offer, a Nexus One and 200 bucks. it;s tough, thats a nice chunk of money and a good phone lol. Still thinking about it.

I do know i need to try another ROM, this one is slowing my phone down like crazy, i haven't have to do 3 restarts in a day, in a very long time, since my early TP days. but i will try everything you guys recommended first.
[HD2 General] androidd:
I hate to say it but I have the exact same feeling about this phone... I'm Sitting on the fence between selling it and sticking it out. I really just bought it for hardware reasons thinking it was gonna slap it to my TP2 but I'm more into the Android OS. Granted Windows can DO a lot, Android has a market place that I don't have to waste that much money on. In A lot of ways I wish this was a nexus one lol

Currently I'm using the T-Mobile My Touch (rooted) / TP2 - NRG ROM / and now the HD2 - NRG rom blah blah blah
[HD2 General] ljwnow:
HD2 is the best phone ever. If you are really into it you will feel its power. I like cooking ROMs myself and I really enjoy the feeling of tweaking the phone just like it was made for myself.

Well, to be honest, HD2 is not suitable for everybody. If you want a cellphone that is easy to use, then it may be good to get an Android phone or an iphone.

I bet people who love HTC and Windows Mobile mostly are not afraid of software issue and willing to conquer all the problems. They will eventually make this phone work for themselves.
[HD2 General] tuppaacc:
I remeber testing my frieds winmo 2003 back in high school and getting my first HTC wizard, winmo was beautiful back then I have had 7 winmo phones and You get use to reseting the phoene 5 times a day and dealing with other crap

however when the android came out and it completely change everything Now there was another option (I hate the iphone I think its over priced for a stupid friendly phone that's missing a lot of things that ny PPC2003 was already capable of doing) soon I have to go back to android

YOU SHOULD DO THE SAME unless you can deal with the laggingnes rebooting 5 times a day apps that are not compatible with every winmo phone all on asuper expensive phone (lol with the same money you can get a N1)
[HD2 General] ariel123:
i dont understand why everyone keeps saying this phone lags i have had this phone for 2 weeks now and has only frooze up on me once. the only time my phone reboots is when i install a program that is recommended reboot after install. i dont get any laggs what so ever i am a power user from web to games to music videos pictues gps on a daily basis and trust me i know what it is dealing with lagg is because i hated the tp2 it would freeze up everyday take for ever to load programs always error this error that. so i think maybe you should exchange it for another one maybe its that phone.
[HD2 General] ariel123:
also maybe it could be that when i 1st got the phone i did all does registry tweak that boost the performance on the phone in the general thread. maybe you should do hard reset and then the registry tweak.
[HD2 General] mystik610:
That's a very good deal. I'd be all over that if I weren't using my HD2 as my work device. Hell if I ever ran into a Nexus One for 200 bucks, I'd sell my iPhone in a heartbeat.

Honestly, unless you really need WM functions, and if you can live with a smaller screen, the Nexus One is the way to go. The screen on the Nexus One may be smaller, but that AMOLED screen is lovely....very deep blacks, even though the colors are a little over-saturated. Can't wait till that technology comes over to full sized TV's.
[HD2 General] wfoski:
It was quite a change going to the HD2. I sat in the store playing with one for 2.5 hours before I decided to get the HD2. I knew it was going to be a learning experience coming from an iphone to WMobile but I could see straight away the amount of personal customization this has over the iphone. I personally cannot see how anyone can even compare it to the iphone as some do.

I spent nearly 15 hours in the first few days getting to know how to navigate through the phone and the file structure and redoing itunes. I read some great tips on this forum, such as formatting SD card and making all songs Mp3 so as the music player would not freeze and it's not locked up once. It's like a personal computer in my hand next to the iphone. Since I was still on a 2G iphone, the HD2 is so much faster, it's not even funny. No lock ups unless I do not restart after software install or mods. It seems that I have the latest tmo manila. My phone works great and the screen is incredible. It doesn't fit in my pocket like my iphone did but until there's an organic flip out holographic screen of some sort, it's the price I'll pay for the size of the screen.
[HD2 General] ApplesNoranges:
Took off RTSG(sp) ROM and installed KUMAR's, i must say, Kumar, you saved this phone, your ROM is amazing, i haven't had any problems with it besides a little lag when i go to the home screen from time to time. Man this made me love the phone even more.

Did get an offer off, 400 dollars and a Blackberry 9700 brand new in the box. I was tempted because of the money, but in the end decided to keep my HD2. As long as it keeps running like this, i am satisfied. It's nice when everything is working the way it should be. thanks kumar, and thanks to the rest of you guys who responded to my thread.
[HD2 General] vicstarman:
Yep, I will NEVER go WinMo again. Android all the way! So simple. So easy. So many LESS layers / windows / sub files / hidden files, etc.

I feel the same way. Loving the shere landscape of my new HD2 screen (Tmob). But HTC Sense makes is lag a good bit. Not as bad as yours. Hints I've used successfully:

Disable HTC Sense 2.5 sms interface. (tho I want it back now for other reasons).

CONSTANTLY use task mgr to close ALL running programs (they all stay running once activated, whether you press the x to close, or select exit... they keep running in the background).

Mine has other issues daily. today's suprise issues are:

1. My pop acct (yahoo) just RANDOMLY, about 10 min ago, finally pulled in all my old messages upon latest update. Up until now I only had access to the messages that have come in / gone out since initializing the phone on Mar 24th.

2. No attached pic or other files sent in emials will open. A friend has sent me several attatched pics to my yahoo inbox (file size less than 100Kb), and I get an error msg that the files cannot be opened.

3. Most importantly: get cleanRAM from pocketnowpc.net for FREE and run it a lot. It makes a massive difference, it's quick, and it is free (donation).

Random. Stupid. Even when it DID work, I'd have to select to open the file and wait until next send/receive for them to come through completely.

Stupid Windows!

Unrelated: If you DO keep it, get Opera10. You can use youtube with it. Made this phone a little better IMO
[HD2 General] addicus:
Use this and it will close programs when you press the x button. Read what I wrote above to make it work properly. Stop crying about the layers of file folders, etc... That's why you can do so much with the OS.
[HD2 General] reocej:
Been using romeos latest rom for bout a week now and love it. You should give it a try also. Also try spb shell. I'm liking it better than the sense ui! This phone is so vesatile! Yes it has some issues and there are some things I like better on android and iphone, but overall this phone is a true powerhouse. If you think this phone lags, jaibreak an iphone so it can have multitasking and see how well it performs.
[HD2 General] brownhornet:
It just amazes me that people are willing to pay that much money for a phone that constantly freezes, lags and deal with it.. or say just try another rom. I SHOULDNT HAVE TO!!!!! This thing should be great out of the box for the price, point blank! I mean.. I cant wait for the evo honestly because the hardware is fine its just that winmo now is just...SMH...
[HD2 General] vplaza96:
There are many different types of people. Those who like to tinker with their phones and those who don't. Those who want to work on their phones and those who want a phone that doesn't require a brain to use. Get over it. You obviously feel you don't have to, but seriously, get off your soapbox and realize that not everyone feels as you do.
[HD2 General] zarathustrax:
I feel if you pay that much for a phone, it should be versatile and customizable... and it is! I feel an iphone costs way too much for an OS that I can't customize and use the way I want. Androids alot better than iphone, but still not a versatile as WinMo. Occasional freezes or hiccups are the price to pay for such a versatile OS. Most people here can deal with them and work around them to have an os that does and works the way they want. MS is fixing all those freezes and bugs with WP7, but the solution is locking down the OS like apple does. I wouldn't have bought this phone if it didn't run WinMo.
[HD2 General] ApplesNoranges:
I am having no issues with it now. Thanks soo much guys.
[HD2 General] TIGGAH:
I have not had to do anything to my phone and it's nearly perfect. I don't get lag or freezes. Only issue I have is sometimes the music player loses it's mind but that's it. I have not applied a single rom or anything.
[HD2 General] Deathwish238:
The hd2 should no lag given its specs. The evo 4g will probably make out easier to port android over to the hd2, but I would just sell it and get a nexus one or desire.

Sent from my Nexus One using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[HD2 General] Deathwish238:
What features does winmo have over android?

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[HD2 General] ApplesNoranges:
is the desire on tmo?
[Click General] quackor:
Just recently I rooted and flashed a MoDaCo Custom ROM. Excited to take advantage of my new powers, I downloaded the OverclockWidget to see what I can squeeze out of my phone's Qualcomm MSM 7225 heart.

Fresh after installation. The "Min" and "Max" CPU speed bars in the widget only go up to 512MHz which is the actual speed it's ticking away at.

Going into "Advanced Settings" of the widget I defined "my own" frequencies, I checked the box to "Use your frequencies" and then tried to set the Min / Max values to something higher. I granted the super user access each time I was setting it, but the speed displayed on the widget never actually went above 512... what's even stranger - I could see the Min / Max values being set to something completely different (lower) than what I set it to in the first place.

Another thing I notices is that the "Detect frequencies" option doesn't seem to be doing anything. As in, I click it - and nothing happens.

Does anyone know if I'm doing something wrong, or missing something? I would really like to get this going, so any suggestion is greatly appreciated.
[Click General] sheik_yerbouti:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6076506&postcount=3
[Click General] dom_b:
any chance will this be rolled into the 2.1 build?
[Click General] quackor:
So it looks like there are no ROMs currently available that have this perflock disabled?