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[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] BillTheCat:
Anyone out there streaming Netflix movies on your HD2? If so, how?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] wolfee:
I would love to know this too... +1
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] fabian21:
If i knew how to even look at going about doing this i would learn and develop it. This would be a killer app!!! especially on our yummy 4.3 inches of pure awesomeness :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] wolfee:
There has got to be a way.. if we can watch previews, and adjust our Qs.. there has to be a way to steeem the movies to our phones.

Any dev want take this and run with it?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Bimboy:
You'd need a mobile Silverlight player in a shell that tricks Netflix into thinking you're on an approved browser.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] ProjektFuze:
that would be sooo sick... i was so upset at the partnership t-mobile or htc made with blockbuster... i mean that's a dying company on the verge of bankruptcy... why??!! Netflix would've been the best choice... and it would've rocked my socks off
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Tm5078:
this would be the best app ever.

maybe just a hulu player that allows full selection.

I know they have netflix app for WP7

6.5 is not going to be getting silverlight :(
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] GHOST99K:
i wish someone would some how come out with app that lets u stream netflix.then it'll b fun to carry around a 4.3 inch screen phone.hehe :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] BillTheCat:
Maybe not. I'm running Firefox on my Win7 machine and to the best of my recollection, I haven't upgraded to SilverBlight despite the frequent nags. So there's gotta be a way, no?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] DraksFangs:
HD2 and Netflix

My HD2 was rocking the netflix better than my wii and xbox the listings where fab but sadly after not checking for a few days i went to log onto my NF and watch some movies as i was sitting at the DR office to find...... there is a new version and you must upgrade...... then upgrade not found retry or exit :(
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] jesseserna:
@ DraksFangs Do you have Netflix running on android or windows 6.5???
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] docdds:
Must be Android. There is no working Netflix for Winmo. I had Neflix on my HD2 through Android too, and yes, since two weeks ago it keeps telling me new version, must upgrade and then, not found. :(
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] shutchins:
WinMo, no. But WP7 has it. I had it runing on my WP7 HD2, but I came back to Android and found out my Netflix app no longer works. Boooo
[HD2 General] tazwik:
how do i install files in a folder and out of the folder is registry file?

when i down load a file. some of them come not as a cab file but it comes it contains a folder and a registry file out of the folder. i believe folder contains program file. where do i put which and where? can u help.
[HD2 General] zelendel:
What are you trying to install?...and where? I am sorry if I am miss understanding you but it sounds like you have a file with a reg file and another folder named files? is this right?
[HD2 General] tazwik:
something like that. when i down load a file its not a cab file.it is a zip file. when i unzip. it has a folder with program with some files in the folder, but out of the folder or root directory there is 2to 3 files look like reg file. i do not know where to place these file.
[HD2 General] zelendel:
Could you link me to the file so I can see it?
[HD2 General] tazwik:
im tryin to install it in to my htc hd2 phone. its a program i downloaded. from xda. like camara hack. ther is a folder and files on the root directory. in the folder though there is a camara icon or program.
[HD2 General] zelendel:
Post the file or link me to where you got it please. I want to make sure I give you good info so it works.
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
sounds like a cracked app, where you get the prog folder and a reg file to crack it.
[HD2 General] zelendel:
I thought so as well till he\she said they got it on xda, that made me think maybe a kitchen ext package
[HD2 General] kcaj32:
The cab files can be opened with winzip on your PC. The contents of a cab file is usually an xml file, icon file and other files for installation. Are you sure you are not opening a cab file in winzip?
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
ahh yea.that makes sense.
[HD2 General] tazwik:
ok for example. xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=611007

CUSTOM-djet-CameraSettingsPatch , it is a rar file costum patch. when i down load it has a folder and a files where do i place the folder and where do i place the files on my THC HD2
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
Thats an OEM package for use in kitchens when cooking ROMS. You cant install it to a running system. (Well, not in that form anyway)
[HD2 General] zelendel:
I made the files into a cab for you.
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
What does that one do exactly?
[HD2 General] zelendel:
From the look of the reg it enables one of the hidden functions in the camera. I thought most cooks enabled all the functions when they cooked up the rom but could be wrong. I know I do
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
Gotcha, thanks man! Just wanted to be sure I wasn't missing anything I don't already have ;)
[HD2 General] tazwik:
icons

can u help me with one more thing. i downloaded some icons. it does not have any other files but icons and album file. when i place the file into the windows directory. gives me an message that it can not be overitten due to not enough space and file is being used. how do i change go around it.
[HD2 General] tazwik:
thks jelendel. for making file in to cab.
[HD2 General] 808Granato:
similar problems/questions

most cab files/apps i download and install are very straight forward and I save to storage card and there are right there on my "start" screen. others I download and I cant find them? I look through the file explorer but either cant find them or dont know what to do if I do find the file.

example, egg timer 1.0 -I can find it listed on "remove programs" page page so I know I got it. but how do I get it to a more 'usable' location.

another example. I want to get the Bluetooth toggle (BTtoggle) from pocketnow site. I downloaded the app, then it says I need to edit my registry (I understand the dangers of this) at

"HKLM\software\HTC\Manilla" and change the value of HomeLSKPath to the path to your BTtoggle.exe .....etc.....

First time editing registry, so sounds like I need to get a registry editor. I looked for a free one. CeRegEdit version 5.2.exe file. looks like it downloaded ok but I cant find on device??

LASTLY, I use CoOkies home editor and I really like it, but does that mean I cant do other changes/app installs to any HTC sense items/lock screen/home screen/etc? thanks for reading this far....steve

Or if you know of easier to get bluetooth toggle or any kind of timer applications so I dont burn food at the fire station, feel free to reccomend...Thanks
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
Aloha, and just because you're in civil service like that, I'll give you a hand with this one here...but it's usually best to open a new thread with a bunch of questions like that. You can just edit your post above to just say "moved to new thread", and then copy all that you wrote into a new thread you start...you'll probably get more views/responses that way too ;)

These cabs will give you a toggle for bluetooth, wifi, and a reset button. Once you run the cab, you can find them in your start menu, but they're most useful when you assign them to one of the quicklink spots (on your home tab), just like you would any other program.

P.S. you'll find a lot more useful stuff for your new phone right here in these forums, and 99% of it is free, and known to work on the HD2 (unless stated otherwise). Start HERE and HERE
[HD2 General] a_ok2me:
My keyboard options always changes. I have activated the Block Recognizer and Letter Recognizer enabled. Sometimes my keyboard option changes from picture 1 to picture 2.

Anyone else experienced this or know why this happens?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Seanc13:
Can someone explain how to take a bootscreen from one ROM and use it on another? I want the one from OptimusROM but have no clue how to take it out and where to put it at in my phone
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] danknee:
1)Delete your /system/media/bootanimation.zip

2)Copy either the bootanimation.zip or the bootanimation folder from Optimus and past it to your /system/media/

Give me a minute and I'll make it a flashable zip for you.. You do still need to delete your bootanimation.zip file though.

Two different bootscreens in that ROM. I zipped one for each, flash through recovery.

Click picture to download
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Jus10o:
Ill download the rom and make a flashable bootscreen that you can use on any rom. Be back in couple mins.

jk downloading
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Jus10o:
delete.......
[Desire General] dogiedogie:
I heard that the incredible has an improved multi touch screen at the hardware level [compared to the N1], and was wondering if the Desire has the same physical screen as the N1?

Sorry I really really did search everywhere, if its been answered before.

Thanks.
[Desire General] djind:
Yes the Nexus and Desire share the same screen and with it the same 'problems'. I can understand why some find this a problem, but the I doubt many will actually use 'multitouch'. Dual touch should be enough, which works for pinch n zoom. Other than that, I don't use it. Unless you are an airhockey 'enthusiast'. :) Of course if I could actually choose between the two, I would obviously go for the better one. The Incredible and forward, all devices will probably have better screens than the N1 and Desire.
[Desire General] eaglesteve:
djind,

Do you know if there are any Android application that has been designed using multitouch yet besides the games?

For example, is there any webbrowser that users two finger swipe left, two finger swipe right, two finger swipe up, two finger swipe down, three fingers touch, etc to effect different web browsing actions? Or, touch music players that fully utilise single/double/triple finger swipes, three finger touch, etc to perform everything from changing volume, chaging songs, changing playlist, etc without having to look at the screen for buttons while driving?
[Desire General] dogiedogie:
With a class full of iphone addicted gamers, I can see where full on multi touch is an advantage. Theres just so much game developers can do with the full screen avalible, BUT, we're going to see even more fragmentation on the marketplace now.
[Desire General] djind:
No I do not, but there must be a reason for that.

Don't get me wrong, I like multitouch, it adds a lot to devices in general, but let's not forget that we have a mobile phone in our hands, or usually just on hand. Priority number one should be enabling the phone to use single handed the best possible way.

You can't actually use multitouch gestures and not look at the screen, what are we talking about here? If your phone does not have a volume rocker on the side, don't use it as an mp3 player (I must say I like the Creative X-Fi2, but you shouldn't have to wake the screen in order to change volume, bad Creative, bad!)

Multitouch gestures generally use more effort to perform compared to hardware button or a single button. One finger swipe is still number one in my book. You would have to give an exact multi-swipe from top to bottom in order to get the volume settings just right, or click on the volume rocker while your eyes are on the road.

Multitouch, like I said, adds a new dimension to the whole experience, but using 3 fingers on the screen covers most if not more than the whole screen. I don't see any ease of use in that. Yes you can use it for a shortcut, but actually performing a 3 finger action is what I think puts me off. A way to browse would indeed be two finger flick for next and previous page, or just touching the left/right key on the browser screen. It is all about ease of use.

The multitouch gestures are cool, but someitimes or usually unnecessary. Having all options and functions is fine, but I think most of the time anyone uses them is after: "Look what my phone can do."

At the end of the line, it's all about usefulness and necessity.

I don't play games and such on my phone (not a lot anyway), probably why I have these views. But somehow they still kind of make sense to me.

Palm has done a great job on the Pre and Pre Plus. The gesture area is the best implementation of ease of use and productivity I have seen so far, combined with the cards view option. I am definately getting a Pre Plus once they get here. It looks like it just works.

Too bad the HTC takeover is out of the question now. I would have loved to see what the great devs at xda could do with WebOs and their creativity and user feedback.

edit: Holy SHhh this reply is huge.. my apologies for this. I have to do some work for school, probably why I wrote this long reply.. :(
[Desire General] samac92:
i dont think ive ever encountered an iphone app that requires the use of more than 2 fingers (though it can detect up to 11 i think)

though the issue is that the desire can't even do 2 fingers well enough to go beyond pinching actions, anything like the hundreds of iphone games that require 2 fingers just won't work properly. which isn't much of an issue now as these kind of games dont really exist for android, but it may put devs off creating anything like this in the future.
[Desire General] setspeed:
One thing that I think proper multi-touch helps with is the onscreen keyboard.

Personally I think that typing on the virtual keyboard on the Desire is sh*t compared to the iPhone (which supports proper multi-touch). Perhaps I will have to adjust my typing style, but I just cannot type quickly on the Desire, whereas I can on the iPhone, also with fewer mistakes.

If I had the choice and the Incredible was out here in the UK now, then I would get it, no question (despite it's "looks that only a mother could love", and no hard keys for Home/Search/BackMenu).
[Desire General] setspeed:
OP:

http://www.synaptics.com/solutions/products/clearpad

N1 & Desire have Clearpad 2000, Incredible has Clearpad 3000.
[Desire General] abc27:
How so?

Unless you somehow can use more than two fingers to type on a 3.7" screen then there should be no difference.
[Desire General] djind:
I agree about the iphone keyboard. It is perhaps because I was used to it, although I made the necessary mistakes, but I think mostly it has to do with the lay-out of the keyboard. It looks somehow as if it has more space between the key's which make it easier to actually hit the key you are focussing on. That's the feeling I get when I compare the Desire in my hands and the iPhone in my thoughts. But typing on the desire is fine.

Still gonna get the Pre Plus with portrait keyboard!
[Desire General] 843:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/26/confirmed-droid-incredibles-multitouch-support-is-better-than/

Nope.
[Desire General] samac92:
yeah typing on the desire is a lot harder for me than the iphone too, tho i don't think this is a multitouch issue.

the iphone keyboard guesses what key your tying to press, so even if you hit the one next to it the one you intended to hit comes up, im not sure if the desire keyboard does this.
[Desire General] setspeed:
I stand corrected! :-)

In reference to the keyboard issue - I've barely used iPhones, but I was typing quickly and error free in 60 sec. On the Desire it seems to register a single touch as more than one touch sometimes, causing a lot of error correction to have to go on, slowing me down as I have to pick the correct word from the list.
[Desire General] infinity85:
Hello everyone!

Just to confirm and prove it with a video, the Desire has the same issue as the N1 :(

youtube.com/watch?v=MbFj8SV1XEE

Sorry for the link, but I am new and my account is not verified :)
[Desire General] JCLB:
Desire has a real multitouch, it's just that the Y axes is reversed when you use 2 fingers, this will be corrected in Froyo.
[Desire General] Wishmaster83:
Do you have a source for this information?
[Desire General] JCLB:
Here it is: http://telephonino.altervista.org/en/google-rilascera-a-breve-android-2-2-“froyo”/

I've read it on others websites.

It's obvious, when you watch videos of this bug or play yourself at AirHockey, you can state that it's not messy/random, just reversed.

In fact it's a software issue so it can be easily corrected but as it may be in the driver which is not accessible for devs, we have to wait for an official update from HTC except if someone can dump N1's driver if it has been corrected with the last update, could someone test multitouch on the N1 as it has the same bug under 2.1 ?
[Desire General] ranwej:
Froyo will not fix multitouch bug.. confirmed by froyo users on Nexus One.
[Desire General] sruon:
You know I tried that app on the market to test multi touch and I could move 4 fingers/points at once... so I'm confused.
[Desire General] JCLB:
That's a shame, we have to wait for a new synaptics clearpad 2000 driver from HTC.
[Desire General] foxmeister:
I was under the impression that it is a limitation of the hardware and cannot be fixed via software/driver update. Happy to be proved wrong though! :)

Regards,

Dave
[Desire General] alias_neo:
The Clearpad2000 is a dual touch, no amount of drivers or software updates will fix that. As for the inverted axis that have been mentioned, who knows.
[Desire General] JCLB:
Yes, as said here, but who has already used more than 2 fingers on a phone, we are not looking for playing the piano on the screen but to use apps with 2 fingers for other things than pinch&zoom.

The inversion can be seen here (youtube)

When 2 fingers A and B are used, finger A have coordinates (xB;yA) where it should be (xA;yA). It would take 2 min to fix this if we had drivers sources.
[Desire General] foxmeister:
It was the inverted axis problem that I was referring to - not the fact that the screen is dual touch. From what I hear, it can't be fixed even with new drivers.

Sorry - should've made that clearer!

Regards,

Dave
[Desire General] irccar:
i can't add link now becouse i am new user, but i will add it when i could.

so the problem with axes can be fixed? i hope so.
[Desire General] JCLB:
I think that froyo RTM will correct this problem, even if currently N1 users still have it, current N1 froyo is not the final release.
[Droid Incredible General] dogiedogie:
Pretty much as topic, not sure if anyone has any first hand experience of it.
[Droid Incredible General] mejdam:
higly doubt that since i heard 3g issues were because of tmobile. So far i havent heard of bad reception from the early incredible reviewers but we wont know till its out.
[Droid Incredible General] nemanracing:
i doubt it... seeing as how the chipset is different(cdma chipset not gsm) and the carrier is different... your results may very tho...
[Droid Incredible General] dogiedogie:
Sorry I wasnt very specifc, I was thinking in the UK, O2 to be specific. N1 and BBerry Bold 9000 sitting next to each other, N1 on not even half 2G, BBerry on max 3g.
[Droid Incredible General] Honestly77:
Well considering it won't be released in the UK you'll never know? Why even ask?
[Droid Incredible General] dogiedogie:
I was hoping we would eventually get a UK version, but obviously we've just been shafted with the desire.... WE HAD THE N1 ALREADY WHY GIVE US THE SAME PHONE
[Droid Incredible General] Gimpeh:
Really doubt it. T-Mobile 3G bands require a second Antenna. The Antenna was located at the bottom of the nexus which was a design flaw and thus why 3G was terrible. Not to mention T-Mobile has terrible 3G coverage.
[Droid Incredible General] scottac78:
I just made the move from T-mo Nexus one to the Incredible through Verizon.

I had two replacement devices sent to me because of the 3g issues and all the other problems this device was plagued with from day one.

The incredible so far has been perfect. No 3G issues at all.

I am sure that T-mo's 3g coverage was partly to blame but that wasn't the only cause of this problem. With a T-mo G1 and a T-mo Nexus one sitting side by side often the N1 would bounce back and forth between 3g and Edge if it was able to get the 3g at all. This was with all 3 N1's I used. all the while my G1 had a perfect 3g connection.

Not the Incredible. Great phone. Incredibly snappy. Fast 3g through Verizon. No complaints as of yet.

Fingers Crossed...
[Droid Incredible General] h2opoloplyr_11:
my friends incredible southern california area has been getting really low 3g signals. im always at full HSDPA bars and he gets 1 or two bars if hes lucky.....

ive also read that a lot of phones has been rebooting randomly on its own, and some speculate on that low signal. you think his phone is defective?
[Droid Incredible General] rosarios3:
one of the area's the rebooting was happening in (reportedly) was one of the Carolinas (quite a few customers), and Verizon speculated that it had to do with the local towers causing the problem,

Also the signal bar indicator looks to be a software problem, do a comparison of signal strength and you will see what I'm talking about. I looked at 3 different phones that had full bars, mine had only one bar..but when you look at the signal strength it was almost identical.

my major gripe is battery life, but I just ordered the Seidio replacement
[Droid Incredible General] dB Zac:
Lots of HTC phones have the antenna at the bottom of the phone The Touch HD and the Incredible to name a few. \

I have had no 3G issues, The antenna indicator always reads a bar less then my droid did in the same spot but the phones perform the same and I have read that this is most likely a false reading
[Droid Incredible General] syntrix:
Check the dB's, not the "bars". Bars read a little lower, but signal strength is better on DI compared to a lot of other phones.

Overall, I thought moto droid's quality and reception were good, the DI appears to be a few steps above that!

So far, DI's been flawless!!
[Droid Incredible General] raydm:
You canals force 3g by dialing #*#*4636*#*# and select evdo from phone information menu. That's what I use when I really need to browse.
[Droid Incredible General] h2opoloplyr_11:
duh why didnt i think of that??? LOL
[Droid Incredible General] hoop762:
my 3G reception has been terrible on two Incredibles. varies from -100 to -105 dBm. and its not a service area issue. my room mate has a droid and gets excellent 3G speed and call quality in the same room. My data speeds are slower than at&t 2G and voice is to the point of unusable. some of these phones that go out are certainly bad

Verizon CS has been very helpful in this process, but i still dont have a phone thats usable
[Droid Incredible General] deekjx:
I checked my signal strength compared to my fiance's droid, my incredible got the same and sometimes better. the bars on the incredible lagged some and would show one less. For the most part they fluctuated about the same.

Sent from my ADR6300 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[HD2 General] JayLim0512:
I was wondering if you could connect a real keyboard to your hd2 to use for programs such as word or one note.

Any info?

--thanks in advanced
[HD2 General] illconn:
i would imagine maybe blutooth? not sure if it would require drivers though... search google...
[HD2 General] MalekoUK:
Heres a thread on Bluetooth keyboards: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=583553&highlight=diNovo

I can confirm that my Logitech diNovo Mini works on the HD2, just simply pair it up and it works a treat. Its a pricey method, but I didn't buy the keyboard originally for the HD2 :P
[HD2 General] Kalavere:
Yup yup, I use mine on occasion with the HD2, it's not exactly portable but it does the job! ;)
[HD2 General] shutdown:
I use this one sometimes if writing a long email or word doc. it's a bluetooth keyboard but folds up nice and small
[HD2 General] JayLim0512:
where can i buy this
[HD2 General] Yorkshire Yellow:
Use MyMobiler to link your HD2 to your PC via the USB cable and you can use your PC's keyboard to type things on to your HD2.