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[HD2 General] lonelykatana:
Im glad its going to take a few months!

Because when Im bored of my phone, I can look forward to giving it new life in droid form :)
[HD2 General] Hawiak:
Its not for sure it only would take some months mayby it can take much longer in the worse case it can turn out on nothing!
[HD2 General] zarathustrax:
Yeah, there's no way to positively say how long it will be or even if it will ever be done.... right now they are stuck on some kernel issues that they have yet to figure out. They haven't made any more progress for a couple weeks, I think. But I'm remaining hopeful.... I think things will work out eventually. I'm in no rush for Android.
[HD2 General] jagger2k:
Am not expert when it comes to this but am guessing things might get a little better when the evo comes out as they have both got simmiler hard ware so they might be able to use the drivers etc.
[HD2 General] zarathustrax:
The drivers aren't the main issues.... they already have a lot of the drivers. The main thing they were hoping to get from the evo is the touchscreen... but it uses a different touch sensor than the HD2, so probably no luck there. The evo might help a little, but probably not any more than the nexus one did. It's just gonna take time to work out the kernel issues.
[HD2 General] lude219:
With so many android phones coming out with specs similar or even better than the HD2, this is a futile attempt.
[HD2 General] Shaamaan:
This is the worst kind of news... I mean, baby steps are fine, but no progress makes me worry.

... not wishing to bash the people who are working on this, just stating my worries here. ;)

BTW, I'm sort of amazed that hardware manufacturers would rather side with software developers rather than the community. IE: Throw down the specifications and then porting one phone OS to another phone won't be such a problem, right? Instead, they keep the specs hidden and only one software company gets them (in this case MS). If software could be changed, it would force the developers to put some more effort into it.

Alternatively... are there any phones with Android and Snapdragon-like CPUs coming out sometimes soon? I bet that'd help. :)
[HD2 General] zarathustrax:
Why is it a futile attempt? It was known from the start that there will be just as good or better android phones by the time it was finished. Thats how it was for all the android ports to WinMo devices in the past. I dont want to use android full time... anyone who does should have gotten an android device instead of a WinMo device. I want to use my WinMo most of the time, but have the ability to boot into android on the same phone and use that if I want to. Android or Linux ports were never being developed to completely replace WinMo... just get an android phone if you want that.
[HD2 General] Hawiak:
Well I understand but I prefer 2 fully working OSes on 1 device that you can have a choice is nice tho...
[HD2 General] HotShotAzn:
shoot, the only reason I want Android is for the apps. I could care less if the radio worked correctly. a phone is a phone. The apps and hardware is what makes it stand out and we got some bad ass hardware.
[Desire General] rob111:
My phone was locked to Orange UK but after installing an Asian Rom -

RUU_Bravo_hTC_Asia_WWE_1.19.707.6_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4.06.00.02_2_rel_124362.exe

it said it was simlocked even though I was using my original Orange simcard that worked fine before.

The phone had been rooted (R4 method, bootloader version 0.75) before the Asian rom was installed. I rooted it again (R4 method with European rom but bootloader version is now 0.80) but it was still saying simlock.

I have bought an unlock code that I had to enter twice, even though the first time it said it was successful and my Orange sim card is now working again. :)

I wanted the Asian rom to get a Thai font working, which it did OK. so I may try it again.

As this rom changed my simlock maybe it will give someone who is looking at producing a way of unlocking the Desire something to work on.
[Desire General] miguelsanchez79:
Reason you got your phone locked is that you flashed new ROM with radio update.

I had the same situation. For some reason radio update locks Orange phones.

Easiest way to sort it out without paying for unlock is rooting your phone again which brings back original radio.

Found on modaco. Worked for me.

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[Desire General] rob111:
I did root it again but maybe not with the original radio as it was still sim locked (radio now is 4.06.00.02_2). Thanks for the explination.

Here is a link to a modaco thread

http://android.modaco.com/content/h...rding-32-36-00-28u-4-06-00-02-2-radio-update/
[Android Software Development] the_fish:
Hello,

I've been trying to do some android stuff on java for some time now, and i've come across a problem here: i can't get the app to execute linux stuff, as there is no system() method like on other platforms... so i searched some code and found this:

protected void system(String[] Commands){

e	Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("su");
DataOutputStream os = new DataOutputStream(process.getOutputStream());
DataInputStream osRes = new DataInputStream(process.getInputStream());
Vector<String> res = new Vector<String>();
for (String single : Commands) {
e	os.writeBytes(single + "\n");
e	os.flush();

e	res.add(osRes.readLine());
// Log.e("CMDs", osRes.readLine());
}
e	os.writeBytes("exit\n");
e	os.flush();
process.waitFor();
}

However that won't work because of some errors i have in the marked lines:

"Unhandled exception type IOException"

and the process.waitFor(); line also gives me an error:

"Unhandled exception type InterruptedException"

Any ideas?
[Android Software Development] zer0day:
You need to add a try/catch block around that code which catches the IO exception and the interrupted exception.
[Android Software Development] the_fish:
So, first of all thanks to both of you :) it appears to be working now... i tried in on the emulator, and of course "su" didn't work there (broken pipe), so i replaced it by "sh", however this didn't seem to work well too. the application just locked up with a warning in android.... strange...

edit: tried using /system/bin/sh, didn't work, locked up again
[Android Software Development] kevin@TeslaCoil:
What version of Android in the emulator? I've done it with 1.5 through 2.2 in the emulator, just by using "sh".
[Android Software Development] the_fish:
could you post the code you used please? would be AWESOME! :)

i'm trying to get this working on 2.1 ;)
[Android Software Development] the_fish:
Thanks kevin :) The code you are using there is awesome :) Looking good so far, however it keeps returning permission denied... is it some setting in the android manifest?
[Android Software Development] kevin@TeslaCoil:
Actually "Permission denied" often also means "no such file or directory" on android :-/ . It's very frustrating.

Try running something simple to start with like:

cmd.sh.runWaitFor("echo foo");
[Android Software Development] the_fish:
yep, i tried running echo as i was confused by the "permission denied" although i had already set write permissions for the sdcard... didn't work, for some odd reason :(
[HD2 General] Shaamaan:
Is it possible to change the default SMS message which is used when you press the "Send text" button during an incoming call? If so, how?
[HD2 General] zelendel:
From the dialer screen hit menu...options and scroll to reject call with message, it can be changed there
[HD2 General] Shaamaan:
I don't have the menu button...

Actually, I do. But it is invisible. :eek:

Anyway, thanks! :D
[HD2 General] zelendel:
Ok go to settings.....Personal....Phone and it is the last tab on the end.:D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phonefixdfw:
i have been running damagecontrol 2.0.8 and over the last few days had some weird forced closes and then last night my sense clock and stuff dissapeared. When trying to go into settings - > application management it would force close also. So i downloaded the damagecontrol rom again, put on my SD, went into recovery and wiped everything. For some dumb reason i also wiped the SD card.

so i put the rom back on SD, and flashed. nope, i didnt nandroid after deleted it. OOPS! and of course im an idiot and didnt ever copy my nandroid to PC

so anyways, i have flashed the rom a few times now and im stuck in a never ending HTC/Sprint boot up loop. I've tried everything I can think of and nothing will boot the phone.

Any ideas or am i screwed?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kcarpenter:
Nope youre bricked......

ok so do this:

Make sure you wipe everything, sd card included (0 for ext, 0 for swap, all for FAT)

The copy the rom back to the phone and flash again...

Worst case is to run the RUU1.56.

Oh yeah post this in general next time.

Mods will probably move it - if so thats where your thread went.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] menzo44:
lol your NOT bricked. Bricked means no way to recover. If you can still get to your recovery screen your fine. Like the last post says boot to recovery go to the wipe screen and wipe every category Data / sd extension / other ones arent really necessary. Pick a ROM put it on your card flash and enjoy. oh then MAKE A BACKUP!:D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kcarpenter:
Forgot my <Sarcasm> </Sarcasm> tags again :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bielinsk:
power off, remove your sd card, and power on.

You most likely have something screwy in your ext partition.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quis89:
Had this same issue...

I wiped everything (factory reset, davlik cache, etc)...flashed the ROM again. Had no luck. My phone came back for about 2 minutes...and was running insanely slow and freezing up after every button press. Tried running a nanoid restore...with no avail. I ended up getting my phone replaced with a reconditioned model. And it actually feels better than the new one I was using, lol.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kcarpenter:
I don't know what peoples problems with a reconditioned piece of equipment is. If I have the option to buy refurb at a store I do - simply put: A company cannot afford to test EVERY thing that is spit of the production line, they grab every say 100th one.

IN THEORY:

Each and EVERY refurb is tested and inspected, so its really almost garunteed that you will get a better product. Unless of course the QA person is a moron/lazy - which actually maybe the case with refurb heros...have seen a few horror stories.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Greefus:
I had something like this happen too. It would get stuck on the boot screen in a loop. I was able to get into recovery, but it could not read the SD card at all. I had to format the SD card and flash a new rom. I'm wondrering if it's because I dropped the phone and that cause the SD card data to be corrupted.
[Droid Incredible General] trevorwhopkins:
What are the forum's opinions on Verizon's network? Especially those of you who changed to Verizon from another network for the Incredible.

I'll be honest. The network has not been bad, I have service most places and 3g is decently reliable and fast. Not really digging that antenna indicator that makes up the bars on it's own, but performance was pretty good.

However, I didn't expect 'ok.' I expected 'The Network.' I expected moving from tmobile, the smallest carrier, and the n1, a phone with horrible antenna problems for alot of people, to get reception anywhere other people had reception. But in my area [suburb of Dallas TX] ATT seems to actually have more reliable coverage. In my house Tmo gets no reception [my house is a dead zone apparently.] ATT gets full reception. So in changing to verizon I checked their coverage map.... full 3g everywhere in my area. 1 bar in my house. 3g in my garage. Better than Tmo but ATT is 5 bars 3g!

And as far cities or major areas... never had a probl with Tmo there, always good HSPA. But leave a city and roll the dice.

Overall I rate Verizons network a 4 for North Texas Area. Tmo 3 Sprint 2 Att 5.
[Droid Incredible General] 286:
For Boston, my TMobile phones had much better call quality/clarity. I have not dropped any Verizon calls yet, but it is sometimes hard to understand what the other person is saying on the far side of the line.

On the other hand, the 3g speed and coverage has seemed good.
[Droid Incredible General] Pops_G:
I have noticed the greater 3G coverage. I came from AT&T and this weekend I traveled across the country and spent some time in 6 different states, CA, IL, TX, NY, NJ, PA. Some were just driving through, others were airports. Never once did I notice a lack of 3G coverage. However most of the time I was at 1 or 2 bars, although that didn't seem to effect my experience.

It even worked in the plane at 30k feet, but only when I was above a major city. Gave me enough time to download an app. (yeah I know they don't want you to do that, I'm bad)

Coming from AT&T I do miss one thing, Data+Voice at the same time. More than a few times I was on a call with the hotel or car rental and they asked me for information I did not have handy. It was in my emails, but I couldn't access data to get them while on the phone. So I was put in a position where I had to anticipate what information I needed before a call and pull it up first. Another time I was talking to a friend about where we were going to meet, and I couldnt access Google Maps. It's kinda annoying.
[Droid Incredible General] seanhassars:
I switched from T-mobile and while I'm gonna be missing my nexus once that 2.2 update comes out, my coverage is amazingly better, and my service overall wasn't that bad to begin with. Verizon has far surpassed my expectations.
[Droid Incredible General] tlp5002:
Verizon user here who left Big Red, went to Big Orange, and then back to Verizon.

In my experience (here in central and western Pennsylvania), AT&T is hands down faster. This is simply the case with GSM as opposed to CDMA. However, 3G coverage with AT&T is spotty, whereas Verizon is awesome.

I have also noticed a misconception that # of bars is best indicator of performance. A better measuring tool is to check the following:

Menu > Settings > About Phone > Network

Take note of the Signal Strength. Somewhere around 50 dBm is almost excellent coverage while the closer you get to 100 dBm is borderline questionable coverage.
[Droid Incredible General] askwhy:
I am back with Verizon after less than a year with Sprint, and I am glad to be back. I had left VZW because of their crippled phones (reduced memory - disabled features - etc.), and not because of their service, which was fine.

I was quickly reminded that no matter how good a phone is, it's not worth a damn when paired with lousy service. Obviously YMMV, but where I live, near the edge of town but supposedly in a perfectly normal coverage area, Sprint is seriously lacking.

Average signal at my desk with Sprint was -95db or worse, and maybe as good as -92 if I went upstairs. Calls would drop fairly often, but even worse were the ones that *didn't* drop completely, and instead just went all flaky with audio cut-outs (with both phones I had on Sprint, the Touch Pro & the Hero). I was always running upstairs anytime an important call came in, just for the few db less signal loss, in the hopes that Sprint wouldn't ruin the call and make an ass out of me again (I can do that just fine on my own, thanks). Data throughput was also pretty inconsistent on Sprint. Sometimes it would work great while I was at some other location such as onsite with a client, but that just wasn't good enough. I need my phone to work where I live.

Anyways, back with Verizon things seem pretty steady for me. I get an average of -90db or better at my desk, sometimes as good as -85db, and if I go upstairs I have seen signals as good as -78db hold for a while. I have only had a single dropped call, and I saw no sign that it was a signal issue at the time. All of my calls have been clear, with no detected or reported audio cut-outs. Real-world data throughput is also much better for me than it was with Sprint. Web pages load consistently where they used to be sporadic, downloads don't stall anymore, and videos buffer just fine that I couldn't even touch on Sprint. No complaints about service here.

I wish Sprint all the best, but they won't be getting any more $$$ from me anytime soon. As for Verizon...well...what can I say except "Hey baby, thanks for taking me back! I missed you."
[Droid Incredible General] socalracer:
Att 5, lmao

Try this get speedtest from the market, have your friend get speedtest from the app store, whenever you have the chance post run the test 3 times simultaneously and see how bad att network is. att network is like a ford fiesta, nobody wants it, but some are forced to endure it.

my conclusion on vzw is i am ususlayy getting 1.5-1.75 Mbps down and 600-1000Kbps up all the time at different locations. My friends iphone has never hit more than 1.2 , usually its 400-800Kbps down and up 200-500Kbps

i know different areas have different speeds, but in my area and most areas i have been to, mostly west coast, these results seem to be the norm
[Droid Incredible General] eazid:
VZW coverage has always been great for me. Everywhere I go I ubersexual great reception in voice and 3g. I work in the Nevada desert sometimes and had data coverage where I wouldn't have expected it. And voice coverage was nearly always there. Can't wait for LTE.

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[Droid Incredible General] tdavis42:
Once I exchanged my phone for another because of something unrelated to signal I have noticed a difference. Before my phone would stick on 1x but now sitting in the exactly the same spot I only get as low as Rev-A. So there was an obvious problem with the radio on my last Incredible.
[Droid Incredible General] larsdennert:
I've seen a few places where ATT could get out and VZW can't. Usually on a dirt road in the middle of nowhere. Having said that VZW is always crystal clear where ATT is garbled. I drop a VZW call about every 6 months.
[Droid Incredible General] deekjx:
I don't know what the Incredible's deal is with bars for the signal indicator, hut its not accurate. With the MOTO Droid sitting side by side, the DI always have less bars but is you watch the actual dbm, its the same or slightly better. I given on using bars at all. I just check that I have signal. I've done a lot of travelling and I have not lost service yet. some of my travel is in rural Mississippi.

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[Droid Incredible General] seanhassars:
I had to go with a 4. VZW service is the best I've ever had, but coming from T-Mo, I got spoiled by the voice+data simultaneously. If that somehow became possible on CDMA networks, VZW would be perfect in my eyes.
[Droid Incredible General] jbh00jh:
I live 20 miles out in the suburbs in SC and I get 2 bars and 3G all day long. VZW has the coverage.
[Droid Incredible General] blastek:
I came from AT&T to Verizon last month in NJ. It's one of the states where it's just blanketed in every cell service. Verizon is the best network I have ever seen. AT&T's network was unusable at times. Their data network was complete and utter garbage. I browse faster with Verizon on one bar than I ever did with AT&T with full bars. I'll never, ever go back.
[Droid Incredible General] rosarios3:
I to am in NJ (NY Metro Area) Signal strength at home is a constant -71dbm, and at work a phenomenal -64dbm, had Sprint(my work),ATT(wifes work),TMobile (Son's current) all were "ok" but data by far is much faster with VZ, and I don't recall any dropped calls.
[Droid Incredible General] rdriese:
Super fast 3G outside...Tmobile's was MUCH slower. But seems like T-mobile signal in Atlanta could penetrate any building and the second I walk indoors with Verizon I am jumping around on 1x all the time. Cant get a 3G signal at work and spend 9 hours of my day there. T-mobile full bars of 3G goodness. 1 dropped call so far in 3 weeks so thats really good.
[Droid Incredible General] Mik0r:
Verizon network is good here in Washington D.C. Metro area and surrounding areas. Ive only seen one dead zone while riding VRE train, its between stafford and quantico. Ive never had dropped calls or bad call quality. Only complaint i have is 3g speeds seem to be a lot slower in the city dunno if its maintenance or just too many people on the towers or w/e. Not even able to stream internet radio sometimes while in the city. speedtest.net app shows between 80kbps and 200kbps while in city. I get up to 4000kbps at my house outside the city in Fredericksburg.
[Droid Incredible General] fmcgirt:
Cycling from 3G to 1X

Data service will not lock into 3g but every few minutes jumps between 1X and 3g with attendant decrease and increase in data rates: 1x - 60 to 90 kbps down, 40 to 80 kbps up, 3g - 240 to 400 kbps down, 180 to 320 kbps up, all are average and sometimes much better on 3G during non peak periods. VZ reports no data problems at location and said to contact HTC.

Not a signal strength or reception problem and does not happen on two other phones sitting side by side with INC. INC: -87 to -89 db, Samsung Omnia II: -86 to -88 db, BB 8330: -87 to -89 db. All other phones have solid 3g signal and data rates all the time.

I really hesitate to exchange this phone because everything else appears to be working fine after doing the EVRC-B change to improve voice quality and I don't want to get another one with some other problem. Guess I'll wait as long as possible in the 30 day trial in hopes that either a fix is put out or a later batch of phones won't have the problem.
[Droid Incredible General] fmcgirt:
Re: Cycling from 3G to 1X

Replying to my own message: I now know why I am seeing this behavior. I got a free app "Real Signal" from the Market which displays the CDMA and EVDO signals in db separately. If this app is accurate my INC has a 10 to 20 db difference between the two with the CDMA -87 to -89 and the EVDO -95 to -118. So it looks like my INC has an antenna problem or a radio front end problem for the 1900 MHz band.

Also it seems that the change from EVRC to EVRC-B has not improved my voice quality as much as I thought as all day yesterday I had several calls that were muffled and dropping syllables. I do wish that HTC would get its act together as this is a great device otherwise.
[Droid Incredible General] bocondo:
I had iPhone 3G on AT&T in northern VA now with Incredible on Verizon I see huge upgrade in terms of speed and covarage. Its great!! also incredible is far better phone than iPhone.
[Droid Incredible General] mark-in-dallas:
I get 0 to 1 bar in my apartment and regularly see dropped calls. But, if I'm in just the right spot and hold the phone just right, sometimes I can get 2 bars, when the Verizon Angel is smiling down on me.

Signal strength usually doesn't get any better than -95, and the very best I've seen in my apartment is -88, except for when I tried out the Sprint-Verizon Hybrid PRL and got -72, then got worried about having my account terminated or being charged by Sprint, and went back to the regular PRL.

BTW, I'm also in North Dallas, one block west of Plano and a couple blcoks east of Carrollton (Frankford and the Tollway).
[Droid Incredible General] raptir:
I've noticed that this phone has some issues with reporting signal strength. My dad has a Droid. When I sit right next to him, we have the same dB for signal but he will have four bars while I have one. Just my two cents. My girlfriend has an iPhone on AT&T, and it usually reports higher signal but she gets dropped calls constantly.

Sent from my ADR6300
[Droid Incredible General] wpbear:
I have DInc, wife has BB Curve. I have 2 bars in the country at home and she has zero-1 bar. We left ATT and can say we now have bars...and it works about 99% of the time.

I recently moved out of DC and had ATT. There we had signal about 60% of the time.

I do notice at 5 bars of ATT or Verizon, I admit ATT was faster download....but seeing 40% of the time ATT had zero working well....I think Verizon WINS! And DInc beats the BB Curve too for bars.