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[Windows Mobile Themes] Tozzy2:
Well, I was actually thinking of trying to flash a custom ROM, but then after reading this thread

Source:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=654674

I am totally put off. It only takes for the phone to hang as it's installing or something and that's it, there's no way of getting back onto the homescreen again. Have thought about it, not worth it to be honest, I'll wait for an official release (if ever ones becomes available). As it is, ROM Extractor has buggered up my device it seems :(. Was using it last night to extract some EXEs and this morning, the start button was totally inoperable. That's literally all I did :(. Haven't modified the original ROM files in any way; like anyone could anyway,. they're completely hack-proof.

Thanks very much for the link, but unfortunately, I created this thread after trying this out lol. No offense to the guy who created it, it looks nice visually and clearly resembles the windows 7 theme, but it just doesn't have any functionality. Once you load up a program, as always, you're out of the desktop environment and the taskbar at the top becomes visible again. I think, someone really needs to fix this issue and then the problem will be solved (well almost). As for moveable windows and such, I agree it would make navigation quite awkward on the small screen, I guess that's the beauty of windows mobile, but I just wish there was more software available like in the desktop versions.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audiofx:
I've been out of the phone market for a bit, making due with a cooked Windows Mobile 6.5 on T-Mobile because of not being able to sync my corp email on Android.

Got an email today and seen the new myTouch 3G Slide. I had a Sidekick 3 a few years ago and love QWERTY keyboards on phones. I have an iPod Touch and not sure if I could use a virtual keyboard with all the texting/emailing/ircing I do from my phone (I work in IT). Just from the picture, I immediately thought this would be my next phone.

After further research, it looks like the myTouch 3G Slide is geared for consumers/family while I would consider myself a power user. Compared to the Nexus One, it has a scaled down CPU (600mhz) and has the Expresso UI, which I think I would rather just have a stock Android. But it does have a QWERTY keyboard!

I started looking at the Nexus One. Faster processor, stock Android but no QWERTY keyboard.

I'm trying to decide which phone is for me. I would like to stay with T-Mobile. I tried Verizon for a day, bill was $40 more per month and they had IRC ports blocked. I want to be able to multitask and IRC/AIM from my phone, with IRC constantly connected in the background.

Also, I do not live in a T-Mobile 3G area. I would be on the Edge network and not sure how either of these newer phones would perform.

After some time, I could probably reload the Slide without the custom UI, but I'll be stuck with a 600mhz processor and that bothers me.

With the Nexus, I would have a better performing phone but no QWERTY. The QWERTY might be the deal breaker but I'm not 100% sure.

Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aberrati0n:
The Nexus One is the first phone I've owned without a hardware qwerty keyboard and I thought it was going to a really tough transition. Then I got the swype beta. I still prefer hardware keyboards, but I wouldn't trade my Nexus for anything else on the market right now.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veldargk:
Having used the MyTouch3G and now using the Nexus One, I'd have to say N1. Especially if you're an IT guy and wish to do multitasking and moreover wish to multitask without facepalming every 5 minutes. There is NO comparison in speed between the MT3G and the Nexus One. The N1 is snappy every minute of the day no matter what I throw at it. The MT3G can still do all the same things, but honestly, it's slowwwwwwww... Go Nexus One and get yourself Swype. You'll never need another hardware keyboard again.

Don't disappoint yourself!

Edit: Unlock your bootloader and load whatever UI or custom ROM you'd like on your N1 :)

Jim
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Paul22000:
You must be kidding?

Smaller screen

Lower resolution

Slow processor

Weird custom UI

Low developer support

Most likely locked to T-Mobile

And a bit ugly

You can get used to using an on-screen keyboard. And there's more than a half-dozen of them to choose from.

You can't get used to small, slow, outdated, crappy hardware.

If you REALLY want a physical keyboard, at least the Nexus One is unlocked and has extremely high resellability. So when a Snapdragon-wielding physical keyboard phone arrives, you can make the swap easily.

There's just no contest here.

At least wait for the LG Ally to get released before you make any decisions.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/t-mobile-mytouch-3g-slide-official-android-2-1-qwerty-coming/

http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/03/lg-confirms-android-powered-ally-coming-may-20th/
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uansari1:
Here's my two cents.

A smartphone without 3G BLOWS...you won't enjoy the full capability of the device.

If I were you... I'd go with Sprint. Chances are they have 3G in your area. The Evo 4G is the device you want. If you're really a power user, you'll want to shoot yourself if you have a slower device than you need to... and I'll be honest. I had a G1 prior to the N1. I was weary of not having a hardware keyboard, but typing on a large screen makes it much easier... the Evo will probably be even easier.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ap3604:
LoL haven't seen that line linked to a phone before ;)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audiofx:
I know exactly how that feels so I can relate! :D

So with that being said, I think it's time for me to get off T-Mobile since they do not have 3G in my area. I liked T-Mobile because they are an underdog and I have a grandfathered unlimited Internet package for only $20/month. Sprint and Verizon do have 3G in my area. This has been a non-issue with my old phone since I mainly used it as a texting/email device.

While looking at the new T-Mobile phones, the HD2 really caught my eye. Large screen and it just looked good. I did not like the idea of still using Windows Mobile 6.5.

I looked into uansari1's suggestion at the Sprint EVO 4G. This is the phone I am going to get! The EVO 4G has the same hardware as the HD2 and the latest Android build! It's time for me to stop worrying about the qwerty keyboard and move on.

I am not under contract with T-Mobile so I'll be visiting Sprint soon and hopefully get a pre-order.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Eclair~:
IgpI say go with the LG Ally. I can't exactly find how fast the professor is, but it is official that it will feature Live Wallpapers - so it can't be that bad. It runs Eclair (Android 2.1) and has a slide out QWERTY keyboard as you want. Oh wait, though, its coming to Verizon.. and you said you just switched from that.

Well, in that case definitely go with the Nexus.

Bigger screen than the Slide, faster processor, it is Google's phone, the developer support is high, it is easy to root - and I can type as fast as I could on my G1 with the HTC_IME keyboard (the keyboard that HTC Sense features, that can be installed on the Nexus). Really this was one of those duh questions, unless you really need a QWERTY keyboard, the choice is simply too obvious.

Though, if you like Espresso (the custom version of Sense that the Slide possess), you could easily root your device and install an HTC Desire ROM. It's not exactly like Espresso, it may be better, or equal to, to some.

Oh your going with the Evo, that's good. T-Mobile can't be an underdog, I wouldn't think an underdog would be the fourth largest carrier in the US. That's not first, second, or third, but fourth is not entirely horrible.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uansari1:
I think the biggest issue for the OP is the lack of 3G, which will limit his ability to enjoy his phone. If the N1 still goes to Sprint, he'll have that option as well if he goes with that carrier.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ap3604:
Man, you weren't kidding about being able to come up with the sex analogies! ;)

You got any more analogies you could come up to describe a non 3g experience? I love em' :D
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spazoid:
did you seriously ask this...N1 all the way. Mytouch slide looks like trash
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uansari1:
It's a gift. ;-)

I'm sure you'll see more from me eventually about stuff other than 3G as well.

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Sent from my Nexus One
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ohgood:
would att have 3g coverage ? the nexus one is available with att service. not that I'm promoting att... oh god.

if you love hardware keyboards, you'll miss it on the nexus one. i have.

i haven't personally seen the slide, so i can't comment on it's cpu speed... but if it's similar to the g1, i don't see it being a problem.

can't answer your exchange question either, i never touch the stuff.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djpingpong:
I work at Tmo and have gotten to play with the Slide. I also own an N1 which between the 2 I prefer my nexus. I love the larger screen, longer battery life, and faster processor. the slide is a good phone and better than any android selection you can find at a Tmo store at the moment. The ui on the slide us very smooth and very impressive because the processor is not that much faster than a lot of the androids Tmo currently has.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zippa71385:
Nice analogy! lol I do have to agree... I have to use wifi where I live, but I work in a 3g/HSPA/HSPA+ market... at home I feel like what I assume a junkie feels when they are in rehab and are forced to use smaller amounts of juice! I think the HSPA runs as fast as wifi and the plus is like ungodly faster than sprints "4G"... Nexus is HSPA and under, but no confirmation on H/H+
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zippa71385:
I find it very upsetting that my faster N1 has twice the battery life of my slide...:confused:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iluvmymytouch:
AGREED!!!!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Darston:
How about... It's like masturbating without thumbs. Sure it still feels good but it just doesn't get the job done.

I am also trying to decide on the N1 or the MT3GS. Leaning toward the N1
[HD2 General] jeewadj:
hi every one im thinking about buying a tmous htc hd 2 cause of the 1gb rom 576 mb ram:D , im just wandering if the phone will work in australia 3g , vodafone , i found out download band for voda is 2100 and upload 900

can some one shed any light on this should i buy :confused:the tmous htc hd 2 or t8585

thanks in advance
[HD2 General] onslaught86:
The TMOUS HD2 is actually the least useful of the three varieties to you (TMOUS, Telstra, European/international) - I use a TMOUS in New Zealand, and the gist of it is that it will work absolutely fine once unlocked, but it has a useless second 3G frequency - you'll only be able to use 2100, since the TMOUS uses 1700 as (I think) rather than the more standard 900.

The Telstra variety has 2100/850, and the European HD2 has 2100/900.

So, if you just want the extra ROM space, go for the TMOUS. But if you want better 3G coverage, it depends whether you want Voda or Telstra as a service provider. :)
[Desire General] matttytn2:
anyone else noticed this?

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[Desire General] farnsbarns:
the gaps between the optical pad and the menu button (left) and the back button (right) are equal on my device.

Not sure I know what you mean
[Desire General] redrazr7791:
There seems to be a little gap between actual trackpad button and the edge of the hole it sits in. If I am thinking the same way you are, look at the pictures -

http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/image.php?m=Articles.Images&f=name&id=28531&caption=&title=Image+from+%22MWC+2010%3A+Live+Report%22&kw=&popup=1

http://www.gsmarena.com/showpic.php3?sImg=reviewsimg/htc-desire/review/phone/gsmarena_002.jpg

http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/image.php?m=Articles.Images&f=name&id=28526&caption=&title=Image+from+%22MWC+2010%3A+Live+Report%22&kw=&popup=1

Now I don't think it is a factory defect because mine doesn't sit "right in the middle".
[Desire General] eViL D::
Yeah, one of the first things I noticed. *shrugs*
[Desire General] redrazr7791:
Thank goodness I am not the only one :D

Also...now that I am thinking about it, couldn't people living in the U.S. now get some sort of warranty help through HTC U.S.A.? Since U.S. Cellular is going to be carrying the Desire, it would only make sense that the United States division of HTC could possibly offer some sort of warranty help :confused:

(I remember reading through the white warranty booklet that came with my Desire, and it said that HTC offers a 2 year warranty)
[Desire General] jannen:
No gap on my Desire.... :/
[Desire General] farnsbarns:
Obviously this is down to manufacturing tolerances, if you make sure you always push it slightly to the left when ever you "click" It'll probably be central after a couple of weeks
[Desire General] samsanchez88:
Mine is in the middle too. Tolerances....
[Desire General] SousukeUK:
my one got a gap too.

but I hardly ever use the optical trackpad other than taking picture so don't bother me much.

I think its bcoz of the chin design the button is a bit misaligned.
[Desire General] flitjes:
Got no gap here, i'd think its manufacturing tolerance to.
[Desire General] The_Hawkster:
Mines got a slight gap on the left as well, seen two other Desires which have the same, no biggie really, it still works fine and is only ever really noticeable when in a dark place and the backlight is on.
[Desire General] matttytn2:
my optical has now malfunctioned see my other post
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] vhollo:
Hi all!

Any 6.5 roms (que, josh, darkvision, tai, etc.) I installed on the Hermes do freeze ActiveSync on my pc after a few minutes. Even during file transfer or idle. Then AC turns to "not connected" and I can reconnect only after rebooting the pc.

In this "freezed" state of AC I cannot connect with my other pda's too (a wizard and a touchpro).

Any ideas?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] joshkoss:
Moved you over to General man, since that was a rom dev area and you're issue was no really dev...

Peace,

Josh

My 2C, if it's happening to you on multiple rom's, sounds more computer specific.
[Hero CDMA General] JynxRD:
I'm just getting around to posting this so first I searched this forum and a couple others. I haven't been on the forums in a few weeks so I was sure it was buried somewhere. I then did a Google search on it as well and found nothing. This has to have been brought up though.

We all know Chloe is using the HTC Hero on 24. The rest of the cast seems to be using the Palm Pre which I love just as much. However this past Monday's episode did everyone notice Chloe plug the thumb drive into the bottom of the guys Hero to copy his information and then give him back his phone while pocketing the thumb drive?
[Hero CDMA General] Tipharet:
Im guessing we could also project with out cameras one of those fancy in air GUI's used on CSI. ;)

Its a tv show.
[Hero CDMA General] JynxRD:
Oh I'm sure its not accurate, its all meant to be entertaining and I'm sure they don't expect the casual viewer to really question a small clip like that. Most times you'll notice when there talking on the phone that the screens are on something entirely different. Last season Jack used the Instinct and it would ring and he would answer but it was still the home screen. I was mostly just surprised I couldn't find anyone else saying "Did you see that!"
[Hero CDMA General] Tipharet:
Ah I gotcha, yeah I actually dont watch 24 and never have but happen to watch a few minutes and see the scene you were originally talking bout.
[Hero CDMA General] Kcarpenter:
just speculating on possibilities here.

It is possible but not probable

They could have used one of these and coupled it with a micro drive of some kind.

Now the question that arises is: Is the OS capable of mounting this as a partition and writing or reading from it....yes...it probably is...but it would take some kernel level code work to get it to work....

What ever government agency it is that 24 is based around has the knowledge on hand to do this.
[Hero CDMA General] JynxRD:
If a silly post like mine could actually turn into someone skilled enough to mount a USB drive to the bottom then hey awesome. Hopefully it says "Thanks to Chloe, 24 and Jynx" lol.
[Hero CDMA General] thedudejdog:
this is off topic, but have you ever tried plugging your hero into your computer then using the "boot from usb" BIOS option? your computer will show the "htc" screen. the android kernel has all the drivers for usb/cdrom/hdd keyboards mice blah blah.... you need to compile the drivers for a external usb drive (i think some people are working on this) but then you could totally use a external usb drive on your hero. maybe for torrents?? maybe for????
[Hero CDMA General] thedudejdog:
have you tried saving them off your phone onto a usb external hard drive attached to the bottom of your phone?!
[Hero CDMA General] thedudejdog:
that was off-off-off topic
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] readonlyp:
Locale doesn't seem to do this, but I would like to have my phone automatically forward to my home when i get nearby, since I don't have tmo service at my house. Is this possible?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] GNja:
Locale and the google voice plug in can do this.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amrosorma:
CM 5.0.6/iR's 5/6 925mV CFS kernel

I know there are dozens (more like thousands!) of these threads out there on the internet, but is it supposed to be this bad? With GSM Auto PRL, automatic brightness, GPS/WiFi/BT on, and browsing on HDSPA for just five minutes, I dropped 4% in an hour according to JuicePlotter. It's way worse if I'm listening to music via Bluetooth A2DP (I dropped 20% in an hour).

What should I be doing? I keep hearing people have amazing battery life results with iR's custom kernels, but I haven't seen much luck with the 4/29 AVS one or the last couple 925mV CFS ones. What should I try next?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rori~:
4% in 1 hour is not bad at all!!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amrosorma:
Really? Well, I guess you're right. 100/4 = 25 hours :]

Is 20% in an hour normal when I want to actually do something with my phone? :(
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Macmee:
Mostly everyone moans about the battery, and it doesn't last like a G1. Then again think about everything you're probably doing. Live wallpaper, so much push services, android 2.1, background apps, that 1ghz processor and wvga screen. Just be thankful you don't live in the middle of nowhere like me and lose your battery in an hour with your one bar!
[HD2 General] sneak3:
Hello guys.

I got an HTC HD2 and I dont know if its a regular issue but my battery decreases like 10% in about 1 hour (LOL).

Dont know if maybe it's some program running in the background or something like that.

I got the following programs installed:

EasySetOwner

BSB Tweaks

touchscreen tweak

PHM Reg editor

G-Alarm

Microsoft NETFRAME 3.5

and some HTC hotfixes (which i guess wont mess up with the battery at all)

Help? :X
[HD2 General] Zentury:
Is wi-fi on all the time ? Switch it off when not in use.

Is bluetooth enabled all the time ? Switch it off when not in use.

Is push mail or similar apps set too frequent to get update ?

Is the phone band set to 3G (UMTS) or GSM ? 3G drains battery faster than GSM.

Use Taskmanager to see what other apps are running.

Just some pointers I hope that can help to conserve/stretch battery life.
[HD2 General] jeewadj:
3g

it s most probally beacuse of you r 3g connection try installing a auto disconnect cab or edit the reg ,

try the following below , worked for me when i had my leo

the cabs are not my work all credit should got to the orginal creaters :D
[HD2 General] Wunderwaffe:
Mine too. Is your's new? I've only done a couple of charge/discharge cycles, so I'm hoping that it gets a little better with time.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] consolation:
is there anyway to get the new multi-account gmail from eclair onto cyanogen 's cupcake based rom?

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bunu:
1) From 4.2 to 4.2.15.1 it is the donut series. Anything below is cupcake.

2) If it was possible, I'm sure that Cyanogen would have included it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] consolation:
Don't we get our Google apps from the old defanged base? So, maybe it's just that since he cant include new apps on his rom we are stuck with the old ones? Can't we use a newer rom to get the apps off?

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] evilkorn:
No, requires 2.x+
[Desire General] matttytn2:
it keeps moving up a line or icon like a ghost is moving the optical button up is it faulty all of a sudden nothin changed just installed y5 that's it :(

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[Desire General] matttytn2:
tried recovary got a pic of the phone with a white optical button and a red triangle with ! in the triangle. wow it just all went wrong all off a sudden wtf!!! :mad:
[Desire General] farnsbarns:
That's what happens when you go into recovery mode, try a search and you'll find out more.
[Desire General] matttytn2:
right think i am the first person with this hardware failure its defo the optical button my fone loads and works normal for a minute till i use the optical button say if i go to apps menu and scroll down with the optical the app icons highlight as u move accross them with the optical button if i then stop and dont touch it it starts moving up 1 app at a time to the top left corner grrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!! not dammaged not dropped did it while surfing away on here last night totaly out the blue also does it in text msgs

is there a way to disable optical button i can not believ its gone wrong already!!!!!!!!!!! :( very mad waited 2 weeks for it and there out of stock and will have to post it back and wait apx another week for my replacemnt god damn it!

i have cleared storage reset to factory etc to no avail