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[myTouch 3G, Magic General] chrissooo:
Hi all,

now i am a owner of the HTC Magic Vodafon (32B) and will to try to tune its up a little.

I have already spend some time to read much in this forum. I have found many roms and now i am not sure what is the best for me. For example i read and found the ROM with Android 2.1 for my 32B but in this case i have no 3D for example but this is needed for Video, right?

What is a must for me?

- all functions must be work (Video, Wlan, Maket,...)

- i will have Sense

- the speed must be good

- Its must be stable, no crashes or something like this

Have someone a idee for me what is the best for me?

Thx for answers and sorry for my english
[Legend General] Symanz:
Hello all!

Is it possible to use the phone as a web camera?
[Legend General] Mavamaarten:
Sure. There are a lot of apps (I believe some are free) which allow you to do that. You can find them in the market.
[HD2 General] jdzialak:
I'm using Missing Sync to backup and sync my HD2 to my Mac.

I read that I can add my own ringtones to the notifications (SMS, email, etc) by putting the mp3's into the Documents folder, or maybe the Windows folder. When I try to drag mp3's into those folders (using Missing Sync) i cannot complete the task, and get error messages.

Anyone here have success with their Mac doing this?

I was able to drag in mp3's to my Ringtone folder for the phone ringtones...

Joe
[HD2 General] greg1fraser:
yeah i did exactly what u said and i get sms tones using missing sync too ill check it out dude try m.zedge.net
[HD2 General] jdzialak:
Thanks. I'll try it again. Windows folder?

Joe
[HD2 General] jiggahj:
dude its easy

just plug in your hd2 u usually have it on the data sync the secong opiton not the active sync then the card comes up on my desktop and just drag your songs on to your "drive" aka fone and it will be in your card at the bottom of the list
[HD2 General] jdzialak:
Thanks, worked great.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Clinch:
Hey, new to this site...

Well, i got the Spb mobile shell a few months ago, and I just found out that you can switch between the mobile shell and touchflo 3d. I downloaded the ms3 toggler and i click on the toggle spb thing and all that shows up is the default wallpaper back ground with 'Phone' and 'Today' on the bottom 2 panels. the 'Today' button doesn't even do anything

How do I fix this?
[HD2 General] emailmasteruk@yahoo.com:
Hi Experts.

is there any hope for hotmail.co.uk emails or yahoo.com emails to be pushed or received on HD2 in uk on t-mobile? I'm so disappointed with my handset as i have not been able to send or receive any thing since i switched to HD2 from Xda Exec.

it seems HD2 is the only handset on T-Mobile uk that doesn't send or receive hotmail.co.uk or yahoo.

any help will be greatly appreciated.

sorry for possible miss spelling.
[HD2 General] qazax:
i couldnt help but notice how your email is "email master" :D

try using the windows live program to sync your email. i had issues when i tried to use the build in email config in sense, but windows live worked fine. once i had set it up in windows live, the email section of sense worked like a charm.
[HD2 General] adamo86:
r using tmobile sim aswell

if u r using tmobile sim go to connections then manage existing connections and untick proxy .im using hotmail.co.uk
[HD2 General] emailmasteruk@yahoo.com:
anything to do with hotmail.co.uk or in fact any thing to do with uk does not work
[HD2 General] Canaan:
I'm on t-mobile in London and have gmail, yahoo and hotmail working just fine. Hotmail you have to setup via the windows live app, then it shows up in sense. Remember to tick the box "sync email" in windows live. Hope this helps.
[HD2 General] emailmasteruk@yahoo.com:
i went and unticked it then synced winlive and yaleloya it worked. thank a million you people are really developers.

just wondering why you are developing xda rather than designing your own handset. i'll post this question in an appropriate room later this week.
[HD2 General] emailmasteruk@yahoo.com:
and thanks to every single person who replied.
[Desire General] franklinvv:
I'm having difficulties when using a WiFi connection on my Desire. It has no trouble connecting to different access points and the reception is decent, but the connection is really flaky. When I try to ping the Desire from within the same network, packet loss peaks at 85%. Applications start shouting about connection errors and whatnot. That happens with any WiFi network I connect to, even when I'm just a couple of feet away from the access point.

Is there anyone else having troubles like this? I will have my device replaced soon because of this, but I'm still wondering whether anyonce noticed this behaviour.
[Desire General] th3:
I have huge ping and packet loss problems since the second week on having this phone. I mean, even 5ft away from the router. Initially, the ping was around 60-80ms and 6.8Mbps dl, 1Mbps upload (speedtest) but ever since it fluctuates at 200-350ms and 1-3Mbps max at very good access points, let alone weak configs and signals.

Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Desire General] franklinvv:
What's your packet loss then? I don't recall having any problem with the round-trip times when pinging my Desire.
[Desire General] th3:
50-80% using this phone, never lower.

Sent from my HTC Desire using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Desire General] franklinvv:
I got my Desire replaced by Vodafone. The new unit does not suffer from this problem. \o/
[Desire General] poldie:
How were you calculating packet loss?

And what's the deal with the power button? I thought it was just doing the display, but if I keep my laptop pinging my desire and I press the power button, the ping drops from 3ms to almost a second. Also, it seems to have an effect on how fast webpages load (ie kick off a page, press power, wait a few seconds, then press power again and look at the page. I've assumed I can press the power button when I want to leave my phone doing stuff when its in my pocket (so buttons don't get pressed by accident) but perhaps this isn't the case?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] kpazzo6:
This link for Swype is not working... found it in the "Software worth installing on the TP2 *Continuously Updated, links in thread*" thread..

p.s. This cab file must work for my TP2 for Sprint
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] JGuinan007:
Thanks I was looking everywhere for this
[HD2 General] Knucklessg1:
Please post some game that are great for HTC HD2,

1. Xtrakt

2. Teeter

3.

(Some Mario Games are recommended)

(Also post MULTITOUCH GAMES)

(Include games with accelerometer support)
[HD2 General] zarathustrax:
I love playing Final Fantasy 7 with fpsece... or any playstation game for that matter. Supporter version has multi-touch and g-sensor support. Plays most games at fullspeed.
[HD2 General] GHOST99K:
may i have the ps1 EMULATOR please and a link to ff7.thanks
[HD2 General] Knucklessg1:
Omg, i need your help with fpsce, i installed the driver spch1001, and i run it, but after a while i crashes on hd2. and it gives me an error. Do you mind posting a video or something showing Step by step install for this, (please do not use the video that included that bluetooth controller because it didnt help at all)
[HD2 General] Knucklessg1:
I dont think i can give you (warrez) sites on here, i am still a noob on here, but i am pretty sure that isnt allowed >_>
[HD2 General] GHOST99K:
jus PM me the site if u can
[HD2 General] zarathustrax:
The PS1 emulator is fpsece... just google it and you'll find the website. There's a free version.... but for the HD2 I recommend the supporter version you get with donation. Supporter version includes multitouch support for onscreen controls, g-sensor support, and realtime saving ability.

The PS1 iso files you can find on the internet or torrents easily.... or you can rip them from ps1 games you own.
[HD2 General] GHOST99K:
who has the support version i will donate
[HD2 General] zarathustrax:
Go to fpsece.net and you will find donation links there, along with forums and all the info you will need about fpsece.
[HD2 General] GHOST99K:
thank u so much will do
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ganii:
Anybody knows how I can change/add other languages to

my HTC Hero Apps?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ganii:
Nobody knows this?

Maybe even too difficult for a beginner :o
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nenn:
do you want other locales or do you want to type in another language? as far as i know, which isnt much, unless the app supports the language in its display it will be in english, or the native language its written in.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ganii:
I want to type in more languages,translate to other languages!

Example:

I have the Wuzhenhua_Player_4.1_EN.apk installed at my Hero.

Someone has added english language to this app,original it`s only

support chines language!
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ganii:
Nobody can help?
[Desire General] cormie:
Hi,

I recently purchased a HTC Desire Android phone and I'm looking for a way to keep a simple, basic contact list updated and synched with my Gmail account.

The problem with the default way on my phone is that it will sync every contact on my Gmail. This is a problem as I only want to have contacts from my phone book synched to one gmail group and vice versa. There is an option to "disply only contacts with numbers" but I still don't like the idea of having every contact on the phone. There is also the problem of the extra empty groups I won't be using, can these be gotten rid of?

I basically just want one list and it to be my default list with all contacts and not have to go through an array of menus to get to that one list on the phone. I don't want that list to be populated by contacts who I may have only emailed once and will never email again. I don't want any gimmicks in between, no gtalk contacts, no facebook contacts, no default gmail contacts and I want to be able to then export this group to a CSV file to use with spreadsheets etc.

This seems to be possible on Android stock and even on HTC Hero Sense UI according to here: androidheadlines.com/2010/04/tidy-up-your-contact-list-with-a-custom-sync-group.html

but in the Desire Sense UI, when you go to people/groups/menu, it only gives the option to delete or add.

Seems this guy is having the same issue, he has the sync group option but his friend doesn't, both using the same phone :confused:

androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/47533-no-sync-groups-option.html

There are reports from this thread that some users have had this same problem. Some have a "Sync Groups" option when they go to People>Group Tab and click menu, most don't have this option however and I'm yet to hear from a desire user with this option. Also from this thread (google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=0ff2b08f98943ccb&hl=en) one user reported that a "hard reset" gave him the "Sync Group" option. I tried this but had no luck, still the same menu as before.

I've been trying to sort this for days and have asked on multiple forums. Hopefully somebody here can help and I'd appreciate any feedback at all!

:)
[Desire General] cormie:
If anyone has any idea please share, I've posted this on 5 different websites to try and get it resolved but still no luck. Would it even be possible to use the android "contacts" app as opposed to the HTC DESIRE "people" app at all? I still have my sim card in my old phone until I sort this out and need the phone for work so would really appreciate any help! :o
[Desire General] sawfoot:
If you use exchange to sync your google contacts it will just sync my contacts and not all contacts
[Desire General] cormie:
Thanks for the reply. I haven't tried exchange yet. Is that a separate system to Google or what is it? How does it have access to Google?

I actually want another group I've made, not "My Contacts" synched witht he phone. Would this still be possible with exchange?
[Desire General] PauloJ5:
No need for all that.

Go to HTCs program "PEOPLE". Press the hard menu button. Press the soft VIEW menu. Click "only contacts with phone numbers".

Your welcome ! :D
[Desire General] cormie:
Thanks PauloJ5, I know of that option already but it's still not suitable for my needs. I need the "Sync Group" option that's available on other android and HTC sense systems unfortunately and it just doesn't appear to come on the Desire system :(
[Desire General] cormie:
Just a quick, hopeful bump :o
[Desire General] cormie:
So according to this thread: http://android.modaco.com/content-page/305926/htc-desire-root-update/page/120/#entry1253966 it seems the MoDaCo founder has rooted the Desire. I wonder will this help at all in being able to resolve this issue?
[Desire General] sawfoot:
In the sync options in Android, there is an option for exchange sync. Google servers support exchange sync, so you can add your google account. In the options, put in your google email as username, along with your password. Put m.google.com as server.

I would then disable google contact synchronization, and enable exchange contact sync. You might want to delete all the google contacts on your phone that have been previously stored to get rid of them (use the view option in the people manager to select just these). Not sure what this will do to your google contacts on the servers so I would back them up first (use export in google contacts on the web). Then do an exchange sync.

This will just sync your "my contacts" and not "all contacts". It won't let you sync specific groups.
[Desire General] cormie:
Thanks again sawfoot, but if it can only sync mycontacts and not other specific groups I choose then it's not a solution for me unfortunately :(

It's just funny that the solution I need has been on other versions of Sense UI and also on the Android Stock but they seemed to have taken the most important function for me away from the phone I decided to go with :(
[Desire General] cormie:
Just thought I'd give this another quick bump since the Root method and instructions for the desire have now been released. Perhaps a solution can be had :)
[Desire General] cormie:
Just thought I'd give this another hopeful bump in the off chance of somebody who may have solved the issue on the desire (now that it's been rooted) seeing it :) I'm still waiting on HTC to get back to me too!
[Desire General] cormie:
So with the extensive help of partyatmygaff over msn, I was able to root my desire and I finally got the contacts app working on it! :) I saved the chat transcript as it may be helpful for anyone else wanting to install from Windows XP. This is an ultra dumbed down version. I made sure to ask as many questions as possible, even if I was 99% sure of the answer myself :D

Some of the files were sent to me over msn like the market enabler etc, but these should be easily found online anyway. Also, the program I use for the commant prompt is called "command prompt here" I think, but you can just type in the address of the folder in DOS if you know how anyway!

You can see the transcript here: http://www.vantasks.ie/xpdesireroot.html

There is a good bit of filler, but it really covers absolutely everything you need to know so once you get to the bottom of the page, your desire should be rooted and ready to go :)

So I got the contacts sync thing working anyway, I can now sync with my chosen group from Gmail, but I can't believe it, if I have this group selected and I save a new contact, it wont save to that group, but just the "all contacts" group even though that's not selected :(:eek:

Always something! The guy in post 10 here: http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f9/add-or-edit-contact-groups-12668/ seems to have got it going, but as you can see in my reply, post 11, it's not saving to the desired group for me!

:o
[HD2 General] Knucklessg1:
1. Can the sense UI be somehow positioned into landscape mode with a .cab?

2. How do you get into the registry? All visible is HKM? no HKLM files found anywhere...

3. How to search for specific threads under one phone on xda.
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
1. Yes, use attached cab. It will rotate the display when you rotate the phone into portrait. I only know this to be working on the HD2.

2. What registry editor are you using?

3. Navigate to the forums for that model, and any of the subforums there that apply to your question, and then use the "search this forum" button in the top right, immediately above the list of threads.
[HD2 General] Knucklessg1:
Thanks ALOT, you dont know how much this helps, also i am using RESCO for registry, but i think i found a youtube video for that. Thanks alot, if i could award you something i would, (if there is, please do tell as well) (like a thumbs up, or +karma, or whatever this site may use if any)
[HD2 General] Knucklessg1:
ok so for the landscape cab, do i need a soft reset, and would you happen to know if cookies home screen mod works with the hd2 landscape? also, how do i find this app in the start menu, when i soft reset my phone, nothing happened when i switched my phone to landscape, any ideas?
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
I'm afraid that I have no idea if this works or not alongside of co0kie's mod. A soft reset after running the cab should be all you needed to get the rotation working, there's no app to run (or icon for it) after that, it just runs in the background.

You can try one more soft-reset (I think mine took 2 to kick in), and I would also go into settings and calibrate your g-sensor if you haven't already.

Also...are you rotating it the right way into landscape? so that the hardware buttons end up to the right of the screen? This cab will only do the rotation in that direction, and back.

I'm afraid the only officially-sanctioned expressions of gratitude here are the ones issued by the treasury...but this small bit of assistance isn't even worth the time it would take, so your words do the job just fine ;) Pay it forward (here at xda, if possible!)
[HD2 General] S_M_E:
FYI:

It does work with co0kie's mod but it replaces some of the menu items while in landscape. I can definitely live with that, thank you for the awesome app.
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
You're very welcome, glad it's working for you :)

For anyone that hasn't seen that tweak before, you'll want to check out the thread I found it in, there's a bunch more very useful stuff in there:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=584415
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] petsasj:
Just tried this. If it works i'll kiss you.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bad4ss:
Well in that case I don't know whether I want it to work now, LOL, unless you're a fit babe.:p
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] code72:
I went back to 1.5 for battery problems, let me know if it works so i can go to 2.1 roms :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] xangma:
This is just using 2g instead of 3g, isn't it?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bad4ss:
Like I said in the first post GSM (auto) PRL gives you 3g/hdspa but not as brilliant battery as GSM only, but is better than before.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] petsasj:
I am now unplugged from fully charged. Will report back in the morning and throughout the day to let you know if this works.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] SpHEROs:
About PRL, here's what some telecom website says:

So I guess it's useful?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] petsasj:
Suppose so. :P
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] hjaltih:
I am on a fairly small operator in Iceland and my phone started roaming when I did this.

I lost 3G connection and went over to Edge...

Switched back to the WCDMA Preferred.... My provider has a little limited coverage but has no roaming charges on the GSM network.

Any ideas what setting I should use for my phone other then WCDMA preferred :confused:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] skimminstones:
Yea mine is on Wcdma preferred when i go into it. Im on t-mobile uk. Ive left it for now as dont really know how long this battery is lasting. Going to give it a few days to see an average
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bad4ss:
I'm on T-Mobile UK and GSM auto (PRL) gives me 3g/H and GSM only gives me gprs. Like I said, both give me loads of battery time (GSM auto PRL is a bit less than GSM only though).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kieranc:
Interesting, I may have done this accidentally a few days ago...

I just checked and it was already on GSM auto PRL, I'd changed this in my build.prop last time i was fiddling:

ro.telephony.default_network = 0

I thought that would give me wcdma preferred but apparently not...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] 160bpm:
I'll have done your tutorial :) ... will wait till end of day what happens :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jeremy89632:
Definitely helped battery life.

Thumbs up! :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] frederikk:
In fact i can be wrong, but this tip only disable 3G access... only GSM and Edga.. so it save some battery for sure.. but you will navigate slower if you have a real 3G or 3G+ access.. am i wrong ?

Ciao

Fred
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] btdag:
Surely this does the same as the button in the options to just use 2G?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bad4ss:
Correct me if I am wrong, but isn't HSDPA faster than 3G?

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Speed_Downlink_Packet_Access

in which case you would get your faster browsing using GSM auto (PRL) - giving you HSDPA. I certainly get a H showing at the top of the screen while browsing and it isn't constantly connected when I'm not browsing, which it was doing (connecting and disconnecting all the time) before I chose this setting, and thereby my battery life was extended a lot.

Edit: Just try it - if it doesn't work just put it back to your original setting, it has worked for me - There are other settings in there but I have not tested them out yet.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bad4ss:
It may be, but not if you choose GSM auto (PRL) - also make sure you have the correct APN settings from your service provider. I did notice that the standard APN's on the phone have always been a little different from the ones on the T-Mobile UK website.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] anarchyuk:
This is not a fix for the battery issues in 2.1 roms, althought it may help as 3g doesn't use the same amount of battery as 2g. But i think everyone knows that anyway. Much easier having the 2g/3g toggle on the home screen and changing it to 2g only when you are not using the web browser etc

ps: before people say other wise this menu has been known for ages and every rom I use is always on GSM.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Bad4ss:
So what if this menu has been known about for ages? - some people are not aware of it - and I don't pretend to have discovered it as i reference where I got it from. Anyway well done for knowing about the menu before.

FYI my phone, when I went into it the menu, was on GSM/CDMA auto (PRL) before I changed it. So it may or may not help others. Some people have found it useful.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] CitizenLee:
I went from SenseHero 1.4 to SenseHero 2.1 last night (amazing ROM btw!) and then did this once it was all set up to my liking.

My phone was fully charged at 8am this morning and it's now (@12:45pm) on 79%. It's been on HSDPA the whole time and I've sent a few SMS but haven't been using it too much apart from that. Not sure how that compares to normal (usually got about 24hrs between charges - using browser, making a few calls, sending sms etc) but I'll keep an eye on it and see how it goes over the next few days.

Either way, I'm pretty much used to the Hero having crap battery life anyway :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] arshad14:
I don't believe you're right. Telus in Canada does not have a GSM fallback or a regular 3G network. We only have 3G+/HSPA/WCDMA connection and with the suggested GSM Auto (PRL) setting, I still get perfect reception with full browsing speeds and MUCH better battery life. :) I have my GPS turned on and in the last 2 and half hours I only went through 2% of battery life. That compared to before is AMAZING on a 2.1 ROM!