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[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nicknyhk:
cheers....Thx mate!
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tweedie:
Don't seem to have that firmware download option in villian5.2 custom rom

Anyone any idea where this is?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sHaHiN786:
Thanks. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayjt9:
Not only is your username the same as my last name, but I too am wondering this.

Where are the firmware update settings in Villain 5.2?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r.boeters:
If you're on a custom rom, OTA is disabled. ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tweedie:
Thanks r.boeters for clarifying that.

It wasn't you that outbid me for a tweedie car reg plate sometime last year at the dvla auction?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayjt9:
Not me, but I think we should hunt down whoever it was and reclaim it. :p

So will all us Custom 2.1 people have to reflash the original RUU before we can get the OTA update?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kendong2:
if you want to unroot your phone forever then do it. you can as well install the 2.1 RUU once it is out. it will happily stay on your hero until the display turns off for the last time...

now you just have to ask yourself why you would want to do such a terrible thing...
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayjt9:
Haha, that's true. I plan on waiting until there's a custom 2.1 based on the official one which will allow root access, but I have a friend who will only use official firmwares for some reason.

Maybe I should steal his phone and root it without him knowing! :p
[Desire General] Stephen88:
How to import sms from windows mobile on htc desire? Help please
[Desire General] stefh:
maybe you can export them to xml format which can be read by the android sms backup/restore app called "SMS Backup & Restore"
[Desire General] gogol:
I used this:

http://www.spritesoftware.com/products/migrate/how-does-it-work-

It worked flawlessly ! FREE $0
[Desire General] leducbao:
Check out "SMS Migrator" on Android Market or http://a.baole.org/home/sms-migrator
[Desire General] SousukeUK:
yeah I used it to transfer all my sms (500+) from my touch HD.

works like a charm and free too
[Desire General] KrewCial:
tried sprite migrate when i got my desire and it didnt work for me, my image file was "corrupted".
[Desire General] anhhai:
1) Backup your contacts with PIMBackup (in case something goes wrong)

2) Set up a Google account

3) Setup ActiveSync with settings of m.google.com as exchange server

4) Let contacts sync to your Google account

5) Setup your Desire with the same Google account and voila, all your contacts and photos.

Hope you found this useful :)

Nevermind. I've been drinking all night and read it wrong. I'll still leave this up for those who are interested in migrating contacts lol
[Desire General] lnoormohamed:
the google thing did not work for me.

i synced it up with office outlock then exported them from outlook to a file. then uploaded to gmail then it synced it up
[Desire General] ritdaw:
I recently moved from a Hero to the Desire, its an absolutely awesome phone because of the speed!

My biggest annoyance is that my phone continuously turns on in my pocket, I do have a lock pattern set but I took my phone out the other night to find that the lock pattern had been attempted 5 times.

I'm not quite sure how I am managing to unlock it, has anyone had any similar occurrences?

Once we get root, I guess we may be able to have trackpad wake too.
[Hero CDMA General] imekul:
I'm wondering if anybody else has had problems with the compass being a little less accurate in these custom ROMs than in the stock Sprint Hero ROM? It seems to generally point in the correct direction, but is a bit off.

Anyone notice this?
[Hero CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
re-calibrate your screen because mine works fine.
[Hero CDMA General] imekul:
I recalibrated the compass by moving in a figure-eight pattern. Is there another way to calibrate the screen?
[Hero CDMA General] sierpinski13:
I have noticed this to some degree when running dc 2.07. It's off by about 10 degrees even after calibration.

one thing to check is where you are using it. since it is based on both internal calibration and gps and cell signals, using it indoors can lead to a misrepresentation of the directions. I noticed it is more accurate when the signal is strong.

there also could be a difference between true north and magnetic north, but I'm not an expert with that stuff.
[Hero CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
under your phone settings you should calibrate.
[Touch HD General] k36madman:
hi,

how can i disable the rear speaker while listening to music with headset.

because, if the phone rings or any phone notification apperars, the speaker becomes active. so the music playing on player on speaker with the notifications. this is very disturbing..

thanks in advance for your suggestions
[Touch HD General] osamaali:
you cant

thats not possible, simply because nokia has this feature on some N series where when headphones are connected the speaker will not ring only the headphones will sound, this bacomes a problem if you lose your phone in loud places and no one can hear it. also, the alarm doesnt sound.

you could always put your phone on vibrate!?!?
[Touch HD General] k36madman:
thanks your reply, but after call the notification sounds on speaker. is there a way to turn steaker off after call?
[Touch HD General] k36madman:
i solved my problem changing hkcu\\controlpanel\soundcategories\ring\speaker value to '0' and soft reset :) now When the headset is plugged, if the phone rings speaker dont active.
[Nexus One General] king_dani:
dropped my phone from barely 2feets , the outerlayer and the digitizer seems to work fine but it had 2-3 curved cracks along the display, and from the sides of those two , display started to become dark , pixel by pixel they just turned dark.

my question is : i live in London UK , i was wondering if i should send it for repairs to USA?Taiwan? or Slough? i have sent a couple of emails to google and HTC , it was over weekend so no response from them yet. mt second question: if anybody might guess how much repair fee are we lookin at?

cheers
[Nexus One General] CodeMonkey:
My understanding is that HTC have a repair centre in Milton Keynes (based on posts I've seen on other forums)..
[Nexus One General] king_dani:
thnx , i have already contacted them , but since it's sunday i guess i have to wait another day to hear from them. i assume after 4 months of its release , HTC europe must have repair parts in stock , since it was officially launched for UK as well.

anyway i am going to update this thread by what happened. in the meantime , anyone has any other suggestions for repair? ebay still has nothing on it
[Nexus One General] Dorick:
so many broken screens... any luck on getting it replaced yet? i don't dare to unlock mine
[Nexus One General] king_dani:
it doesn't matter! when your screen break, HTC is extremely reluctant to repair it for free, and it makes sense , if you , like me , let it slip on concrete , there is nowhere in manual that said it is suitable to be thrown, and they have every right to charge you for repair. so don't worry and unlock it:D
[Nexus One General] king_dani:
it doesn't matter! when your screen break, HTC is extremely reluctant to repair it for free, and it makes sense , if you , like me , let it slip on concrete , there is nowhere in manual that said it is suitable to be thrown, and they have every right to charge you for repair. so don't worry and unlock it:D

by the way , i have been contacted by HTC UK first thing in the morning , asking me to call them and the estimate on repair is 64 pounds.yay. i however think the price would go up.anyway , you should call HTC hotline for UK to arrange for pickup.
[Nexus One General] bradyonly:
I broke mine yesterday, it was a sad day indeed. But HTC agreed to repair it and whether they charge or not doesn't bother me. It's still at least 1/5 of the cost of a new one.
[Nexus One General] king_dani:
ordered pick up by UPS yesterday , they picked it up today , but not in time slot they were suppose to : before 1pm was mentioned by HTC , and i had the guy around 5pm at my door. anhyhoo , the HTC hotline is really really busy and they almost never reply to your emails.so you have to call , wait for half an hour to speak to someone, but they are very polite and cooperative, although at times they might not have a clue( they sent me back and forth when i called to ask why device hasn't picked up to UPS)

i'll report on the rest when i get an update

cheers
[Nexus One General] king_dani:
today i received an invoice by HTC via email , asking to to pay for charges. it is said that since it was determined that your device was broken because of you and not the device, i have to pay for it ( duh! ) , and guess what , the part (AMOLED) costs like 40 pounds , another 30 pounds for plastic something ( i assume it's the gluing back the digitizer to display or something) and like 15 quid for worksmanship and the total of 122 uk pounds!

damn it , it is still a fraction of a new device, so i paid it immediately , in hope of having my device over weekend. though i don't think it will be back to me.

by the way , they charged 8 pounds for delivery as well. it is not that bad, considering it is handled by UPS
[Nexus One General] king_dani:
now the repair tracking website of HTC says the device is ready for delivery , i should be getting it tomorrow, i hope. 122 pounds for a sorry mistake.
[Nexus One General] CodeMonkey:
Ouch. Makes me glad I'm covered for accidental damage under my house contents insurance..

Hope you have a happy reunion with your N1 tomorrow..
[Desire General] abc27:
Assuming we have root access by then (I really hope we do) will you be waiting for HTC to release the Sense version of it or are you going to upgrade to stock Android in the meantime?
[Desire General] tuntang:
pure

after having experienced android being, modded by htc and then buggered by orange, i'm hoping we can root the desire as i'd like to go straight to a pure android o/s
[Desire General] lnoormohamed:
same here i hate what orange has done to the rom it descusts me since this is my first branded handset for about 5 years now and i am used to the generic version got very good and the flashing process on winmo now stuck on android v.confusing.
[Desire General] gogol:
Don't hold your breath :) Read this:

http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...s-in-may-require-froyo-we-have-sign-up-links/

If this is true ... FroYo (the next Android OS build iteration) will be next month together with Flash 10.1.

Then we can pray every night to have root access + write permission to the system partition !
[Desire General] abc27:
I really hope we do have root access. Not having proper flash is really bugging me.

Either we get root or HTC Have a sense version very quick after the FroYo release.
[Desire General] brummiesteven:
Doesn't the HTC Evo 4g have froyo? Would be ported over.
[Desire General] abc27:
The 2.1 update for the Hero still hasn't been released despite 2.1 having been released a good while ago.

But then again, the EVO 4G and the Desire have the exact same level of processing power so I don't see why HTC would delay the update in any way.

Let's hope HTC don't let us down.
[Desire General] mcgon1979:
whats the problem with the Flash thats on the desire? I have not had any non-loading flash sites at all yet :)
[Desire General] abc27:
It gets bogged down by heavy sites. I want flash to work just aswell as it does on my desktop.
[Desire General] RaptorRVL:
New flash version will most probably have hardware acceleration, and all the functions flash 10.1 has on the desktop.

And -hopefully- it will be a fully optimized version of Flash. So it's actually doable on a mobile device. But I guess that is the only way for it to be succesful.

And just to be prepared, I'm programming all my new flash applications to be able to run on mobile devices (min resolution of 800x480). I'm going openscreen project, multiplatform, multi os, multi mobile devices! :D
[Desire General] Naughty_Ottsel:
If the rumors about the change in how the OS will update then I cannot see too much trouble sorting out Sense for it as it will only be compatibility checks with the core components and allow for any new core features.

Plus going by @gogol's post there will be a lot of pressure on HTC to release Sense quick smart for it with full Flash support. For all we know HTC may already be working on it just because we don't know whats coming with Froyo doesn't mean the companies haven't got a pre-release ROM
[Desire General] abc27:
They more than likely do as they are releasing the EVO 4G with FroYo in about 2-3 weeks.

I'm guessing that Android 2.2 will be released within the next 2 - 2 1/2 weeks and that HTC will either release the Sense version of 2.2 at the same time or at the very very latest at the same time as the EVO.
[Desire General] manks:
Forgive my ignorance but will htc upgrade the android os on the desire to froyo when it is released or are we stuck with eclair unless we root the device?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] unCoRrUpTeD:
I din't see anything about the META-INF folder with update-script to make it flashable. I don't use Fresh kitchen so I'm not sure if it does it or not. I would visually include the layout of the folders before zipping.I might have missed something you typed.

/system/app/

/system/framework/
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] chubbzlou:
Looks right. :) But my name is chubbzlou. :D
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] wtphoto:
sorry cubbz was trying to do it from memory but its fixed now. :p
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] kyouko:
Thanks for the how-to write up :D
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] chubbzlou:
No prob just busting chops. The how to looks good. Now we need a how to for the .9.png images.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] wtphoto:
I didn't add anything about META-INF because the pre kitchen adds it but that's why I added the link to the other way of signing it explains all that

@chubby that is also why I put the link to the other post I think its a pretty easy to understand guide for the .9.pngs

Sent from my HERO200 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] wtphoto:
added to wiki
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] okcppcnut:
This is just what I have been looking for. Thanks for putting it together. :):)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] xsys:
I have read through many discussions and reviews, and I'd like to confirm and clear a couple of things with experienced users of TP2.

What I need is WM and QWERTY. It leads to HTC TP2, SE Xperia X2, Samsung Omnia Pro B7610. SE and Samsung doesn't fit me for some reasons, therefore I ended up considering TP2. Here are my questions regarding TP2:

SMS stuff: is it possible to have saved plenty of messages [more than 1000]? Does that slow the device or SMS operations down? Is it still lucid and easy to keep overview in sent/received/drafts? Is it possible to send one message to more receivers at once? Is it possible to save SMS as a text file to memory card? And what about full-text search on messages?

audio recorder: is it possible to start it by one or two touch and same easily save it? Does it save mp3 or wav file to memory card?

does it allow schedule power off/on?

What else makes me pretty nervous is the fact that WM6.x is dead system no more supported by MS. Isn't it similar to buying PC with Windows 98 today? In one year time most likely there will be only apps for 7 and no more new apps for old 6.x. If it was phone for 200$ I wouldn't care, but when I pay 500$ [as sold here in EU], I expect such phone to stay useful for a good couple of years. I don't want to go for WP7 as according to MS ads it is intended as a mobile interface for Facebook for bored teens. And what's more, it'll take year or two since those apps used by me will be 7 compatible...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] MCbrian:
Dead system? Not supported? Who told you that? Remember: just because somebody posts their opinion doesn't make it true. :rolleyes:

And no, not similar to buying PC with Win98.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] sirphunkee:
+1

xsys, there's still far to broad a userbase for the traditional windows mobile platform for Microsoft to pull the plug on it. You can expect to see support and development both continue on it, likely under one of the suspected names of "windows phone classic" or "windows phone enterprise"

For some of your other questions:

-The SMS module in WM 6.x (and even earlier versions) is known to bog down noticibly with the more messages you retain, and would probably be rather significant by the time you got to 1000. That's honestly one of the top 10 achille's heels of this platform.

-Yes, you can add multiple recipients to SMS messages just like with an e-mail.

-I don't know of any way to archive SMS as text file(s), but it's possible that one of the available 3rd-party SMS clients might have that capability. However, microsoft's free MyPhone service/client will back up all your SMS's and other important info (contacts, call logs, pics, etc) to the cloud each day, where you can access them through a web interface from anywhere. Using this is a great way to keep your SMS inbox trimmed down to the few active threads you're using at any given time, which can sidestep much of the native issue in WM6.x

-Again, I think full-text searches of SMS's would require some 3rd-party client, though I can't say if any offer that.

-HTC and other dev's offer a number of voice recording options, most of which can be as simple as lauching the app, then just hitting record. Some can do .wav, some can do .mp3 and others, and all can save to your SD card. I'll also note here that there's a great free key remapper for the TP2 available in these forums, that would allow you to map the recorder app of your choice, to any button on the device, for easy opening if you use it frequently

-I don't know if there's a way to schedule a power on, but I think I've seen a solution here somewhere to schedule a soft-reset (the standard simple reboot procedure). Maybe someone more familiar with it could point you to it.

Let us know if you have any more questions!

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[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] xsys:
thanks for your responses guys. It seems dead system from MS point of view. They are now only on WP7 and stopped all work on WM6. Even TP2 is more than year old device and question is if there will be TP3 or something similar, soon. When it comes to memory and processor TP2 is kinda outdated piece of hardware. Though keyboard is outstanding, as well as some other functions. It is actually main reason for me to buy.

I hope that the community will keep this device alive :) Though, it is not so famous as HD2 what has much more users, and developers too.

My phone service seems to be nice one from MS :) it could solve my problem.

So, all the info I'm getting online makes me go for TP2... Now I just hope I'll get a good piece, as I heard some have problems and had to go for repair a few times...

Which ROM is the best - Heineken or Pilsner ;-)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] codf4ther:
There are still builds leaking from MS so someone is developing on the 6.5.x branch. To be honest, as a business user, there is no phone OS out there today that can match the features of 6.5.x. As long as MS has business users I don't see them stopping development on 6.5.x
[HD2 General] Raadius:
It's the phone. The phone is having a considerable amount of issues. Some people are getting good, fine HD2s, other are getting bad seeds. Take it back, exchange for a new one.
[HD2 General] NickPDX:
Thank you for the input. I will add more to the story.

Both phones started charging at the same time. One (mine) was done charging in about 1.5 hrs. The second (my wifes) took closer to 2.5 hrs. I swapped the batteries and my phone turned on without problem, with my wifes battery in it. While hers seemed to have trouble getting going, I had to take the battery out and replace it before I could get it to boot. They are both up and running, with similar services running as well. I will continue to observe throughout the day to see how they drain in comparison to the other.

Is it possible that the phone is not charging the battery properly? If this is the case then my wifes phone would have worse battery life with my battery in it, but it would actually be my phone that would be the problem. I think that I am going to have to take both phones through at least one more charging cycle to see where the problem lies.

I am certainly leaning toward exchanging it for another though. What is the time limit for returning without question at T-Mobile US?
[HD2 General] NickPDX:
I have been watching both phones this morning. I have noticed that the signal strength on my phone bounces all over the place while sitting still on the table. My wifes phone sitting right next to it will generally hold a steady 2 bar 3G signal. This bouncing around of the signal strength and the searching for a signal is probably what is causing the battery drain. Just as I sit here and type this my phone has gone from a 1 bar EDGE signal to 3 bar 3G signal.

I have come to the conclusion that my phone is messed up and I will return it. I think that I have 14 days to make this return but I am not sure.
[HD2 General] deckardbr09:
here are some battery saving tips that helped me, I hope the work for you without having to do a return

Turn wifi off when not in use, the 3g connection seems to use far less battery power. Also make sure establish data connection is turned off.

Turn off push and anything that auto downloads like weather and email.

Before locking the phone, open task manager and close pretty much anything open.

That should improve things greatly.
[HD2 General] NickPDX:
Thanks ... most of those I have done but it still continues to have the problem. I am not sure about the "establish data connection" though. I assume you are talking about the toggle in the wireless settings for "data connection". What exactly does this do? If it is switched off I assumed that it would not make a data connection at all. Does it instead keep a constant data connection when turned on?
[HD2 General] Susasama:
14 days is exchange without question/problems.
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
It's just a switch to change states whenever you want to manually...if 3G is activiated by some program, the switch moves to "on", and you can go in there and switch it to "off" if you want to kill the 3G while it's not needed. It will stay off until either 1) you use that same switch to turn it back on, or 2) some app/process (weather update, gmaps, etc) turn it back on. There are cabs available if you want to keep 3G switched off to the point where even apps can't switch it back on, and they're forced to use EDGE.

And yes, any time that switch is "on", you're maintaining a live data connection with the network, which is a battery drainer even if you're not actively passing data for an app.
[Desire General] jbej:
After pairing my "Nokia SU-8W" with my desire, I run into a problem. They wont connct to each other. The Desire does not seem to recognize the SU-8W as a HID device (Keyboard), and I have no options to specify this. The only option I get (from a long-click) is to unpair the devices againg.

Hope someone have the solution.

//
[Desire General] contatonetmg:
try this:

"product Overview: BlueInput is the only Bluetooth HID Driver available for the Windows Mobile platform. Using our driver, you can easily connect bluetooth keyboards or mouses to your Pocket PC"
[HD2 General] ezee_gee:
Cannot believe this. This stupid phone did not recognise my password despite the hint popping up so i know 100% i was entering the correct password. i had to factory reset my phone on 2 occasions du to this and lost all my messages and contacts. I do not understand why this flaw happens and hope there is a fix for it. hate not having a pin protected lock when waking my phone up :(

anybody else experience this?

OS version - 5.2.21869

Manila version - 2.5.19211619.0

ROM version - 1.48.405.2 (71294) WWE

ROM date - 11/18/09

Radio version - 2.05.51.05_2

Protocol version - 15.28.50.07U