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[Desire Accessories] Jdukey:
Sorry to dig up an old thread, but things have moved on with this accessory! It is now available for order (although it is still £65.99!) from htcaccessorystore.

The question then is, is it worth £65.99? Other than auto-loading navipanel what does this give us over a standard mount and car charger?
[Desire Accessories] ximonx:
If somebody buys one and works out what triggers dock mode it would be sweet!
[Desire Accessories] cdbandit:
I have recently acquired one of these and it does not activate any software within the phone. It does switch on 'car mode' which allows the speaker-phone to activate when a call comes in. I have contacted HTC support and was given this reply,

"Dear xxxxxx,

Sorry for the delayed response. I have investigated the issue a bit further - the Desire does not come with the "NaviPanel” software, as the manufacturer claims, and there is no download available for it. There is a “Navigation” app, which you can find in the list of all apps, but I am not sure if it is the same. Alternatively, you can go to Android market and search for “Car Home” or “Car dock” and try out some of the 3rd party apps available, but please be aware HTC does not produce those, so you will be using them at your own risk.

To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and your ticket number xxxxxxxxxxxx.

Sincerely,

Viktor"

I am somewhat annoyed that HTC have stated in the car holder instruction manual and in the original press release, that the 'Navipanel' is activated when the phone is docked. It was a huge selling point for me, as I use the phone in the car more than anything and this feature would have made it easier to operate the phone in the dock.
[Desire Accessories] ximonx:
Have you instaled navi panel, you can find it on here somewhere.

I'm thinking of getting one of these, but only if it works properly!
[Desire Accessories] jimlad:
so no one bought this?
[Desire Accessories] brrrbaybay:
I've bought the car kit and just received the shipment. I have to admit it looks really nice and feels robust. I'll be trying some of the third party Apps for the next few days and will keep in touch...
[Desire Accessories] _dGs_:
Hi,

I have one question, Does it recognize the charger as USB or AC ?

ThankU
[Desire Accessories] brrrbaybay:
None of the third party app's I've tried could convince me that Car-mode is a great and usable feature. Maybe that's why HTC decided to discontinue (or never started working on?) this feature?

Also,

Using or holding (and even touching for that matter) a phone while driving is illegal in The Netherlands and will cost you about 150,- Euro. Even if it's only being used a a navigation device.

I personally think Google should improve Voice search and release a Dutch version soon;)

@_dGs_

Previously, when using generic car chargers and running CoPilot, my battery still slowly drained. I've noticed that since I've got the official Dock, this problem doesn't occur anymore. So I assume that it'll show AC. I'll have a look at it when driving home today to make sure.
[Desire Accessories] 66mustang:
From experience with my Touch Pro and Kaiser, the generic adaptors do not deliver enough power for a phone that is making calls, a Bluetooth connection and GPS. These generic devices seem to deliver USB levels of power. Look at your wall charger and it is rated at 1 Amp. A genuine HTC car charger will give the correct level of power (until the battery gets too hot and shuts off charging) - this hasn't happend on my Desire yet, but would do so on my Touch Pro, even with the AC vent directed at the phone...
[Desire Accessories] brrrbaybay:
a little bit later then promised, but: When connected to the official HTC CarKit, the desire says it's connected to an AC power source.
[Desire Accessories] brrrbaybay:
After I bought the Desire I also also bought a 1200mA (max output current) generic USB charger for use in my car. Friends of mine who have an Iphone were using this charger because this phone also has the problem.

The 'funny' thing is that this charger didn't solve the problem on my Desire. Perhaps HTC chargers identify themselves as some sort of "high current charger"- USB deviceClass, or use a slightly different voltage (e.g. 5.5V instead of 5V?) to identify themselves as AC charger?
[Desire Accessories] fredfox_uk:
No, it's the fact the the middle two contacts are bridged. There's several posts about it in http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=670702
[Desire Accessories] brrrbaybay:
Thanks! That sounds really usefull:)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Donaghey:
as the title says, my touch diamond 2 has become faulty and my insurance is sending out a replacement for tomorrow but, i really want to backup sms, e-mail, contacts etc....i've tried using MyMobiler to install PiM and make a backup but i need to ok the install of MyMobiler and with my touchscreen not working it's a bit difficult to say the least.

is there anything that someone can suggest or am i just out of luck?

cheers
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] georgeono:
try via ActiveSync. You can save contacts and notes that way. As for messages, your alternative would be Microsoft MyPhone, but without touchscreen, I don't know. You can try thouch, MyPhone has a different version for non-touchscreen phones and you might just succeed. Hope this helps. Cheers!!! Let me know if you've managed to save your data
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] alfabirdy:
there is one aplication, that controls your phone like "VNC" for computer, just can't remember name - it is in aplication section of the topaz forum

and IF your touch failed the same way that my did, than use a piece of scotch tape to "un-touch" screen each time you press it....low tech but works
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Gian #15:
You can use My Mobile to control the Topaz with the PC.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] alfabirdy:
that is the APP I was talking about
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] Donkiee:
Donaghey,

It can be that your touchscreen is not working because the 2 layers of the screen touched each other. Use a little tape and put this on the spot where your screen is "glued".

Pull on the tape very softly and the screen will work again.

Good luck
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] thisisallen:
whenever I try to send a BT file to another person's phone it fails, even though the person can send me a file without any problem. The phones are paired.

Sometimes I receive the error message that the receiving phone does not have the services required to receive the file I am trying to send. Does not make any sense to me. And any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
[Networking] bartdereu:
Hi all,

i have a problem here that i'll try to explain as good as possible. I'm running a program that acts like a server on one of my computers. My internet provider does not allow me to use port 80 as acces port. So i have been using port 8080 and for a while that worked on my HTC TYTN2 with a GPRS connection. Now i have an android phone and i can't connect to the server anymore trough GPRS, but i think it's mostly because i changed my abo .

I use :8080 after my home ip and my router forwards it to the correct computer and server. Over a Wifi connection everything works ok

Nevertheless, other people now want to use this server but i need to make sure that people can connect to it.

Does anyone have a similar problem or hopefully a solution ? that would be a life saver !

thanx in advance :-)
[HD2 General] ajitlimaye:
I am a Noob , and do not know much about the expert stuff most of you guys write about. Please help me solve a problem which I am having with my T-Mobile USA HD2 which I am using in Qatar.

It used to work well without any problem until yesterday when I was trying to load some of my old software (calligrapher, bridge, chess etc which I had purchased for iPaq a fewyears back). The bridge and chess worked fine, but after loading the old version of calligrapher, the screen froze. Soft reset 'red' button did not work, so I did a hard reset using volume control+power button and reloaded earlier software except calligrapher. The phone has started working again, but I started frequently getting an error message stating that "there is a problem with DocumentParser.exe" .The HD2 tries to connect to the Microsoft server, but then the screen freezes. I have to remove the battery and restart, but the suddenly when I am in the middle of something, the screen freezes again. There is a 593kB "DocumentParser.exe" file in the Windows folder of the phone. Will the problem go away if I replace this with another (maybe non-corrupt) file? I did a google search, but could not find the file on the net.

Can anybody please help with finding the file, or maybe suggest another solution?

Your advise will be greatly welcome.

Thanks and Regards
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Arceon:
I've been lurking in this forum for a while now, and given HTC's "We're not updating the Hero until we've milked the market for every last Desire/Legend upgrade" stance, I've decided to take the plunge and put a custom ROM on my unbranded GSM Hero.

There's just a few questions I wanted to ask before I go ahead, and was hoping some of you would be kind enough to help:

1) If I install a custom ROM, is it possible to go back to factory state? I know some of the FAQ's say its possible to go back to the stock ROM, but does that mean EVERYTHING returns to stock? I know this is apples and oranges but when I flashed a couple of PSP's you have a recovery mode at startup, is anything like this left behind when returning to stock?

2) Is it possible to brick my phone? If so, is it recoverable?

3) Can anyone recommend a fast, stable ROM? I was interested in Damage Control but obviously thats for CDMA Hero's not GSM.

4) I see a lot of people with quite complex issues like radio frequencies and battery problems, what are the odds of having something like that happen? Is it quite rare? Also are radio flashes undone by returning to stock?

Thanks for your time guys, I'll be updating here with my progress/Issues later this evening :p
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
1) If I install a custom ROM, is it possible to go back to factory state? I know some of the FAQ's say its possible to go back to the stock ROM, but does that mean EVERYTHING returns to stock? I know this is apples and oranges but when I flashed a couple of PSP's you have a recovery mode at startup, is anything like this left behind when returning to stock?

- Yes, you can return back to stock state. You are correct, we do use a 'custom recovery console' to flash custom ROMs but this is easily removed by applying one of the official RUU .exe files found at Official HTC Hero RUU ROM Links. Connect phone to PC, run .exe, DONE!

2) Is it possible to brick my phone? If so, is it recoverable?

- I personally have only heard of people bricking handsets when, (1) Installing CDMA ROMs onto GSM handsets (you already know the difference so this shouldn't be a problem now), (2) Interrupting the radio update process (when applying update, phone may reboot a few times, do not touch untill you get the lockbar to pull down to unlock).

Iv had mine for about 3 months now and started as a complete noob but my phone is still living.

3) Can anyone recommend a fast, stable ROM? I was interested in Damage Control but obviously thats for CDMA Hero's not GSM.

- Im using MCR3.2 since day one, its fast and stable, what more could I ask for (apart from android 2.1).

4) I see a lot of people with quite complex issues like radio frequencies and battery problems, what are the odds of having something like that happen? Is it quite rare? Also are radio flashes undone by returning to stock?

- I assume its quite rare, again, Ive had no issues whatsoever. I dont know if running the RUU .exe will roll back to a previous radio or not but you can manually rollback, just use the radio update.zip first, then run the .exe if you need to.

One thing I would recomend,... Make sure you'v charged your battery 100% via the mains adapter (not usb through PC) when applying the custom ROM.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] kendong2:
ruu contains a radio upgrade. or downgrade, depends on what you have installed and what ruu you are attempting to install.

you can brick your hero by flashing either a wrong radio or a wrong spl, or by flashing the correct ones of either and interrupt it during flashing.

if it was recoverable it wouldn't be bricked, the definition of "bricked" is that it serves the same purpose as a brick. however in most cases there is the possibility of reviving it via jtag, which is a highly complicated process that involves opening the phone and manipulating with the components directly (you could say "solder in a new processor" to express it in laymans' terms). so usually not worth the effort.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Arceon:
@ddotpatel

Thanks for clearing all that up for me :)

One thing though, with the official RUU files you linked, do you always just pick the latest one? Also do I need to worry about the "No Driver" description, or is it just run and done?

@kendong2

What would consitute a "wrong radio"? Are they not region-free? Or do you mean if I install a lower version than the one I already have? Also I guess seeing as I don't know what an SPL is I don't need to worry about it? :confused:

As for the Bricked term, yes your right. Its just coming from the PSP scene they use the term bricked to describe when the firmware will no longer boot, but the hacked in recovery console will. Bad habits and all that ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
I dont think the nodriver thing is anything to worry about.

Check the ROM your currently on through the settings menu so you know which one to go back to should you need to. I suppose it would look odd if you tried to return a handset for repair and it had an older ROM than the one it shipped with.

If you use this link HTC Hero Radio ROM Links you will be fine. They aren't region specific, I just used the latest one.

I think what Kendong meant was to make sure its for the GSM Hero not CDMA.

And SPL is the ROM I think, so again, as long as its GSM you're good to go!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Arceon:
Thanks ddotpatel :)

One last question, on the Recovery ROM thread linked to in the "Complete Newbie Guide" it says in rather large red writing "This recovery is NOT yet fully compatible with the new apps2sd method!".

Does this mean if I install A2SD as in the newb guide it will cause issues/break?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
No, no,... If you follow the instructions in BTDAG's guide to setup apps2sd all will be ok.

The warning is referring to CM5.0.7 which I think is a HTC Dream / G1 ROM so that doesn't affect us guys.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Arceon:
Oh good, bid red text has a tendancy to put me off somewhat!

I've plumped for SLIDEVILLAIN 1.1.0 RC, and have a shiny new 8GB class 6 card on the way, should help with the craving to upgrade to a new phone for a while :)

Thanks for all your help, I'm sure you'll see more threads from me in the not to idstant future :D
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ddotpatel:
Don't suppose you could send me a link of the memory card you'v ordered,... I think I'm gona start researching prices, speeds etc and get a new one myself.

Best I found so far was an 8gig Class 6 Transcend for £14 off Amazon but it doesn't state read/write speeds so am a bit reluctant.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-m...USDHC6/dp/B001IAMME8/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

Yeah, Iv had mine 3 months, initially bought as a temp handset to replace my Nokia 5800. Was planning to sell it on again this month and get myself a Desire for my birthday. But you know what,... I'm still really really happy with it. I think I'll be keeping it for another 6 months or so, at least until we get something similar to the HTC Evo 4G or the HTC Incredible in the uk.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] Arceon:
I ended up ordering the Samsung one:

Urgh I can't post links, search for "Samsung 8GB Micro SD PLUS memory card Class 6" on Amazon

The read write speeds are in the comments, but to be honest I didn't pay that much attention to them knowing that the class 4 was the recommended speed and that class 6 is 50% faster.

Pretty much the same here, I was happy with it until the boss ordered a Desire and I had to set it up for him. The screen size combined with 2.1 was seriously making me consider one, but I realised if I could just have 2.1 I could hold out another few months.

And yes the Evo is awesome, can't wait for something like that over here, If it doesn't come then I'll be holding out for Froyo instead :D
[Hero, G2 Touch General] cauli:
SPL is the secondary program loader. Think of it as the bootloader. You don't need to touch it unless you want to replace the initial static bootscreen image.
[TG01 ROM Development] hardmusicfun:
Hello Guys... Please, can someone make a ROM with an old version of TOUCH FLO 3D... i like it more then sense, and it is faster, than sense. thanks a lot
[TG01 ROM Development] c0rE1337:
100% agree :) that would be nice !!
[TG01 ROM Development] xander122:
It is greath things.I wait for this rom :D
[TG01 ROM Development] DoGGToR:
I think this was only for QVGA devices?
[TG01 ROM Development] xander122:
HTC Rhodium wvga and have touch flo :)
[TG01 ROM Development] souljaboy:
it would be faster yes , but it would be still buggy and need patches all the time , like non all htc phones with htc ui cuz of the missing htc album , browser etc ... go check some other phones touchflo rom thread , its the same complaint/bugfest we have in our sense thread :rolleyes:
[TG01 ROM Development] xander122:
you have right,but touchflo wos bin better and fasted than sense
[Windows Mobile] Limited69:
Hi @ all,

DEVICE is HD2 German o2 Edition. :-)

my Question today i try something around with the TMOUS Manila in my Kitchen

my Question is, which Packages do i need 4 a good work.

at this point i only changed the manila packages are there some others that i have to change?

There are some facts that i should know because of language problems (0409 to 0407)

StartIconLoader_2_5_20113129_0

TMOUS_Manila_Core_2_5_20121412_1

TMOUS_Manila_Music_2_5_19224026_0

Manila_Calendar_2_5_20111823_0

Manila_DocumentBrowser_2_5_20121926_0

Manila_Home_2_5_20113626_2

Manila_Mail_2_5_20121822_0

Manila_Message_2_5_20121820_0

Manila_People_2_5_20113030_2

Manila_Photo_2_5_19224023_0

Manila_Settings_2_5_20121231_0

Manila_Twitter_2_5_20112427_0

Manila_Weather_2_5_20121525_0

that is my config today, so it works, but if i install CHT + CHTEditor + NetCF3,5 and i reset my device, that manila freezes at startup :-(

i dont know what to to. can someone of you help me maybe with some ext packages that will work for me?

I think it is because NetCF 3,5 cab but i need this cab for the CHTEditor.

secound problem is:

if i activate the document tab ext package in kitchen the tabs will NOT be displayed @ manila

the manila hidden option is set to 0, is there some other trick?

:-(

EDIT

The problem is the people tab. If i add a contact as favorite. -> Manila do not came up at next boot.

At Home will search the problem... :-)

But, why manila do not display the document tab???? arg^^
[Windows Mobile] dotcompt:
You need to add this to your initflashfiles.dat

; ===== Manila =====
Directory("\"):-Directory("Windows")
Directory("\Windows"):-Directory("ManilaXml")
Directory("\Windows\ManilaXml"):-File("DocExplorer_pages.xml","\Windows\DocExplorer_pages.xml")
; ===== End - Manila =====
[Windows Mobile] pkoper:
I posted a german kitchen here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=673532

It has following manila versions

Manila 2.5.20121225.0

Manila 2.5.20121412.1

Manila 2.5.20121429.0
[Desire General] subharmonic:
I think I'm going to do a reset, but thought I would seek advice first before I go ahead and do it.

What steps should I take before resetting?

I've been having problems with my contacts with gmail, and how my phone doesn't appear to sync (ie I add a contact to me phone, and the new contact doesn't show up on gmail later when I check).

So, what should I do?
[Desire General] Rusty!:
Get an app to backup any text messages, make a good note of home screen layouts so you can get em back how you want.

Apps that store any customisation on the phones memory are going to revert to defaults, anything that stores to SD should be OK.

The phone will remember things like custom background/wifi passwords as they're sync'd to the cloud.
[Desire General] siscopiso:
contacts require relinking!!!!

I did a factory reset today and I had to re0link all my phone contacts to my facebook contacts manually (again like when I just got the phone) is there any app or other way to avoid that? not that I'm planning to reset my device very often but it'll be good to know.:confused:
[Desire General] Rusty!:
If your contact names are the same on the phone and on Facebook, it figures it out for itself.
[Desire General] siscopiso:
not all of them are, even the ones that ARE the same the phone doesnt link automatically nor suggests as links! I copied my contacts to my SD card but I dunno if I copy them from card again later would they be all sorted like they are now or should I do it again!
[Android Themes] spritable:
I'm searching for android 2.1 icon set with at least 128x128 resolution. What I could find until now are small sets (around 20 icons), but I need a complete set with all the programs: calculator, camera, file manager, "task manager", etc.

Thanks in advance...
[Android Themes] telep:
This is the biggest icon set that looks like 2.1 i found.

http://bharathp666.deviantart.com/gallery/
[Android Themes] spritable:
If anybody interested, I've managed to create an Android icon set from different type of sources.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6457158&postcount=4014

btw, thanks telep for pointing this site out.
[HD2 General] asctony:
I have installed the 20 Icon Cab and I find that I cannot delete Icons from the 20 Icon app. If I hold down on the Icon I do not get the option to delete the Icon? Is there another way to delete an Icon than the normal Hold until you get delete option displayed?

I have to uninstall the app then go through the process of re-install and setting up all my icons again.

Thanks in advance.
[Desire General] pina_:
Hi,

I noticed that the LED-notification of my silver Desire doesn't work when I receive/missed a phone call, email or sms... I remember that the LED started to blink on my old Hero when I received or missed a call, sms or email.

Someone at work received his Desire too today and I tested his LED notification and it doesn't work neither, now I'm wondering whether all Desire's have got that problem or is it normal that it doesn't light up? Maybe it's an issue of ALL desire's?

I need to know it asap because I have to go back to the shop if it's actually broken. I can get a replacement...
[Desire General] Jayne:
Mine works so far
[Desire General] jamfitz86:
mine works but seems to give up after a short while, which is useless tbh....

JAmes.
[Desire General] souljas:
Yeah mine works, but I did read in another thread that the notification turns off after about five minutes...making it kinda pointless
[Desire General] sfara:
Same thing happends on Legend too !
[Desire General] biebi:
the led is the small thing on top.

Not the big thing in the bottom.

There have been other people that made this mistake, so i'm just making sure :p
[Desire General] Stafflover:
??? My desire only has one led if you don't count the buttons.

The hero has a trackball, with a led. The optical sensor in the desire doesn't have a led.

The led on the hero also stopped blinking after a minute or 5, very strange design...
[Desire General] Azurael:
Yep. It seems 5 minutes is all we get... I'm sure its a fairly simple fix though?
[Desire General] cnic:
the 5 minute notification LED is plain SUPID !

is there an app/widget for this ?! a LED-notification-keep alive or something ?
[Desire General] ardsar:
Use handcent for sms, and touchdown for emails. You can also try missed calls

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