yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Desire Accessories] thebarsteward:
Received mine this am, very good quality, looks the part but wow! :eek: is it a tight fit I'm glad I was sitting on my couch when I tried it the first few times as I dropped the phone 2 or 3 times as I was trying to push the phone into the pouch, I imagine it will ease up over time but I would be careful when using it initially.

Dont forget to insure your phone.
[Desire Accessories] jkissane:
Thanks for the review, have one on the way...
[Desire Accessories] colerend:
Thanks for writing this, I am looking alot at cases atm and this one is definitely a contender for 2 reasons, A being an original case and B it's quite cheap, and C (I know 3 reasons :P) its simplistic in it's appearance but seems functional.

I would really like some more pictures of the phone fully inserted though. Despite that it appearently is a tight fit when you first receive it, I kinda wonder how big it is/makes the phone.

// Cole
[Desire Accessories] EddyOS:
HD2 one was just as tight, got loose as you use it so not worried about that - phone is insured though ;)
[Desire Accessories] temka:
When inserted, the phone is not "bigger" at all. The space it takes in pocket is almost the same - that was one of the reasons I bought it.

As for tightness - I did the following trick: I have wrapped my Desire's lower part in paper (took a half A4) to make it thicker. Then pressed the phone in (was not that hard, had no worries to damage the phone or case). Waited for some minutes, pulled the phone out. Voila! Now it fits perfectly - not too tight, not too loose.

As for the stitches - does anyone else experience this? Try pulling your Desire out so that the phone's backside rubs them slightly - do you see any marks? (yes, I know I am being waaaay too perky here, but still :))
[Desire Accessories] colerend:
Sounds good, I've settled for the pictures you posted earlier (which looked quite good I might add), and ordered my own pouch from mobilefun.co.uk (quite low shipping cost of about 4£ within EU, very good).

// Cole
[Desire Accessories] ethereal123:
thanks, I ordered few days back, got it today,its perfect fit.
[Desire Accessories] LPT:
My case just arrived and I must say I concern about the scratch on the backside as well:(
[Desire Accessories] temka:
I have tried to solve it by "polishing" the inner side of the case. I have a mock-up Desire (used for display ppses in stores) and i was simply pulling it in- and out of the case, pressing slightly harder on the back side, trying to "rub the stitches away". Two things I have noticed:

- the stitches did get "polished" and do not scratch the phone that much now, almost not at all.

- the soft-touch coating of a demo-mock-up is way better than the one they apply on the real phone. The mock-up doesn't get any scratches at all, even if I try to scratch it with nails! This is probably made by HTC on purpose, to keep the demo-phone look good in stores despite being touched and dropped a lot. As for the real phone - of course it's better for HTC to make us buy a new battery cover for some 15-20 GBP in the distant future. Nothing to blame them a lot about, actually, every company does smth like that :)
[Desire Accessories] EddyOS:
New battery cover, sir?

http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=199270

;) :D
[Desire Accessories] temka:
Just as I said :)))

...but hey! It's good that they do exist! ;)
[Desire Accessories] speedking34:
Jus received mine, very good quality for the price I must say!

I'm not really worried about the stitches, they look harmless to me
[Droid Incredible Accessories] bbeelzebub:
Perhaps I'm being overly sensitive in regards to my lens, but I keep thinking, one little scratch and it won't take a decent picture again.

Anybody tried just cutting up a screen protector to a mini size to fit it or are there any companies I haven't seen yet making one?

Thanks for any advice.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] AwsmAdm:
I've been wondering the same thing but I haven't seen one anywhere.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] w1retap:
Just so you know, the OEM lens cover sticks on and is easily replaceable. If you take off the battery cover, it can be popped off with your fingernail. HTC probably has a replacement parts program. I can't see it costing over $5 to get a new lens protector.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] bbeelzebub:
Wow. Awesome. Thanks for the info. I never even thought of it that way.

Not so worried anymore. :)
[Droid Incredible Accessories] timehunter:
Anyone know if the lens cover is made of Gorilla Glass like the front screen?
[Droid Incredible Accessories] bbeelzebub:
I do not believe the front is made of Gorilla Glass either. There was some conflicting info for a bit about that, but I think the final verdict is that it isn't Gorilla Glass.
[Droid Incredible Accessories] seanhassars:
BSE back skin comes with a little cover for the camera
[Droid Incredible Accessories] wethead4:
I have this but hesitate to put it on. I'm afraid that it will degrade pictures. anyone install the lens protector from bse and can give an opinion?
[Desire Accessories] subharmonic:
Ok - I've got the Desire, and I'm liking it.

I've also got Spotify, and it's excellent.

But Spotify in the car would be amazing.

So, question is, would the above kit be a useful purchase?

This particular Parrot comes in 3 flavours, the bog standrd MKi9000, but there's another two which also have a small screen accompaniement.

Question is, which should I get?

Or should I get something else entirely?

I like the idea of FM transmitters, but pretty much across the board, they are meant to perform poorly. I also don't like the idea of being restricted by having to instal some of them in the cigarette lighter - I'd rather the stero component was hard wired if possible (and easy to fit myself as I'm on a budget).

So, any advice peeps?
[Desire Accessories] mouth:
I have a parrot SK4000 and it's terrible.
[Desire Accessories] IPAddis:
I've got a Parrot Mki9200 and it's great. It's a Parrot device so you have to expect the occasional oddity but I just get in the car and I have bluetooth handsfree and A2DP streaming from my Desire. I'm even contemplating changing my earlier Parrot 3400GPS in another car.

Haven't tried it with Spotify but I can't see why it wouldn't work. Works fine with Google Maps Navigation, although occasionally the A2DP streaming takes a second to kick in which means you miss the very first part of the voice instruction.

Edited to add that you can plug the Desire into the USB connector which both charges it and allows you full onscreen browsing of the media on your Desire. Select songs by album, artist, playlist, folder, etc.

Ian A.
[Desire Accessories] subharmonic:
Thing is, do you need the small screen that comes with the 9200, if you only use it with a Desire? I mean, what exactly would you use the screen for, assuming you've already got your Desire on a dashboard mount anyway?

I'm clueless about in car bluetooth connectivity and suchlike, so any advice is great. You can get the mki9000 quite cheap if you look around, but with the screens, you add a fair bit to the cost.

So - any other advice?
[Desire Accessories] crazybones:
I had a MKi9100 Parrot which had to be returned as it had a fault. However, i was really disppointed with the quality of the music, as it uses its own inbuilt amp, not the car stereo amp. Quality suffers as a result.

With the MKI9200, I believe that there is a way to wire the kit, so the music plays through the car stereo, but you then have to have a separate speaker for phone calls, else you won't hear calls when the stereo is off. A good source of info can be found at the Parrot forums.

The benefit of the Parrot gear is that you can integrate it with your stearing wheel controls (if fitted), although you will need the additional control module.

Given my rather unreliable experience of Parrot gear, I'm looking to ditch my present Parrot CK3000 unit in favour of the Bury cc9060 kit. Not only does this kit have A2DP (music via bluetooth) and the ability I believe to route music via the stereo (please check to confirm), but most impressively it has multipoint - the ability to connect 2 bluetooth phones at the same time. A real bonus for those of us with 2 mobiles....

Hope this helps.
[Desire Accessories] ray4438:
Parrot

I have the LS3200 and there is a lot of problems with the Desire sync of contacts from phone
[Desire Accessories] subharmonic:
This is exactly the kind of info we need.

I hadn't even heard of Bury kits, so cheers for the heads up...
[Desire Accessories] IPAddis:
The Parrot instruction manual is wrong on this. If you have a decent car stereo, you can wire a line-out from the Parrot to the Line-In from the car stereo and use the car hi-fi amp for streaming music. You still connect the speaker bypass which kicks in if you get/make a voice call. I've confirmed this with Parrot tech support.

As for the screen, if you've got (or are getting) the Desire car dock and you only listen to music from the phone, I guess you don't need the screen. However I find that I use the SD card & USB connection to listen to music as well so the screen is pretty essential. The 9200 is only around £20 more than the 9100 so it was a no brainer for me.

However I did look at the Bury devices as well. I do expect the Bury ones are slightly more reliable (although the 9200 is better than expected) but I found them lacking in some features.

Ian A.
[Desire Accessories] IPAddis:
I've also got a 3400 (same thing but with GPS, not the most reliable of devices!) and the best way is to delete all contacts, re-pair the phone and then send a multi-contact VCF file to the Parrot. You can create a multi-contact VCF from MS Outlook if you have that.

I've managed to get multi-number contacts (so you can do voice dialling with "Call... Alex... Home"), contact pictures and all features working correctly with the Desire. It did take some fiddling though, especially compared to the 9200 which was pretty seemless.

Ian A.
[Desire Accessories] zippyioa:
Just got an MKi9200 and installed in my 2008 Civic. I am loving it so far!!

I have paired my Desire which I plan to use for calls and sat-nav using the bluetooth audio feature.

I also plugged in a 32Gb USB stick which I will be using for playing music.

All this works well so far, except for a few little niggles.... I am hoping someone can help

1. When the phone sync's with the Parrot I get a message "File format not supported" which appears, disappears and appears again during the sync. Its possibly contact related (either pictures or the contact themselves) - can anyone advise??

2. When the sat nav (Copilot) gives directions, the sound comes out of the Desire AND the cars speakers. This is fine but the phone sounds up first, then after a 1/2 second delay the same instruction comes through the cars speakers. Any ideas on how to get them to play at the same time or mute the phones instruction but still hear the car speakers?

Any help gratefully received!

Thanks

zippyioa
[Desire Accessories] langers1:
I use the venturi mini on mine and it works flawlessly the only problem is it does plug into the lighter socket, I did end up buying a 3 way extension plug for the socket though off ebay so it is now mounted elsewhere and i still have 2 spare lighter sockets and a usb charging port on it as well as on the bluetooth car kit.

the kit was about £20 off of ebay of £50 in the shops, phonebook dl all ok even transmits it on the head unit if it has RDS on it.
[Desire Accessories] Pumpkin Lantern:
I have the exact same model, had the exact same problems but cured it.

I wrote a post about my experiences http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=668042 , but I think the upshot is actually to break all the "links" in your contacts.

My LS3200 works flawlessly now.
[Desire Accessories] thebosh:
advice please

I'd like to get Bluetooth handsfree set up with my Desire in my Toyota Rav4 (2005). Am looking at the following:

1. Brodit active cradle (hardwired to car, avoiding cigarette charger)

2. Parrot BT kit

So, my questions are: which Parrot kit am I best getting (dont want to spend a fortune, but would be nice to stream music from Desire through stereo speakers), & can anyone recommend a company to do the installation professionally in London? (as much as I'd love to do it all myself, probably not a good idea to open up the dashboard etc?)
[Desire Accessories] Touch Graphite:
Its a no brainer to go wth the MKi series, thebosh, but it depends if you want clutter on your dash or keep it clean and minimalistic.

But following the parrot forums loosely, its seems that more and more people are having difficulties with the 9100 and 9200 than the 9000 due to the added screens and with displaying what they wantr and how they want it, especially with software updates, changes to phonebook layouts and intergrations with social feeds etc.

For me, it had to be the 9000 with just the remote, which I mounted on a spring clip and then to a face vent.

I also got a brodit active charger (the one with the hardwired charging lead) for sat nav purposes, so I saw no need for an extra bluetooth screen you have to mount somewhere.

I too am planning to cut the cigar charger plug off and hardwire it, just need to get around to it.

The sound quality from the desire to the parrot 9000/9100/9200 BT is exceptional, and the music bass/treble is well balanced.
[Desire Accessories] Touch Graphite:
As for installation, register on the parrot forums and ask there.

You'll be surprised how many installers are registered for troubleshooting and can give you some sort of price/advice on whos doing it in that area.

I put mine into my 206, and its no sweat.
[Desire Accessories] thebosh:
Thanks for the really helpful advice Touch Graphite. The 9000 seems perfect for my needs.

Had my first quote this week for professional installation - £244 for the lot. No idea if that's any good or not!

Will do as you suggest re. Parrot forum, as it would be awesome if I could do it all myself!

(For info, the quote came from avrmobiles.co.uk, & guy I spoke to warned me to rather go for the Bury 'Music' as he had experienced issues with Android & Parrot devices...)
[Desire Accessories] Touch Graphite:
Zippy,

There are alot of bugs when it comes to the screened versions of the Mki series, hence my recommendation of the 9000.

I have no such problems with any sort of delay in sat nav commands, music quality or phone sync from my desire.

Only niggle I get is blipping when im canning the music at full chat from my desire on fuller vocal songs,

but using the Mix-zing app, and turning up the buffer size does help.

Keep It Simple.
[Desire Accessories] mbuhboot:
Hi,

This is exactly the kind of solution I am looking for! I just got my MKI9000 installed and unfortunately the installer routed all 4 speaker output through the cutoff and not through the line-in.

I have a Skoda (part of the VAG family) and I am now trying to cross information so I can come back to the installer and get him to fix the installation (he will learn a thing or two from the infinite internet wisdom :))

Any more information you can share on this option?

Moshe
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] dj-jan:
Is there an app like Oldbooth for the iPhone?

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/oldbooth-premium/id298007500?mt=8

Thanks!
[Hero CDMA General] chugger93:
I need the low down on this. Can someone provide brief steps for how I can get on storing my apps on my class 6 SDcard.

I've already rooted recently and installed 1.2.3 bootloader? Then I installed Damage Controls Rom. So I think I'm ready to rock and roll. I've already installed a few apps, but I guess I can uninstall them and reinstall when I figure out this A2SD thing.

Thanks in advance for any install instructions!
[Hero CDMA General] smw6180:
Most of the ROMs it's automatic. You just have to partition your SD card. There are instructions floating around, do a search and you'll find some. Especially look at tkirton's thread. It has some really good information about a2sd.

The DC 2.0.8.1 ROM comes with TrevE's a2sd implementation, and you can find information on his a2sd as well if you search.
[Hero CDMA General] chugger93:
So I fomatted and partitoned the card to ext3. Rebooted and how do I verify? Do I have to reinstall the apps so they get moved to the sdcard?
[Hero CDMA General] Dan330:
you are almost there....

if you partition your card.. you should have lost all your data. which is correct.

you are running DC 2.08.x .. right?

there should be an app by TrevE on your phone now.

Do a search for their a2sd app and how to configure it. It will require you to reboot your phone to implement it.

once you have it installed and completed...

download from the market: quick systems info.

it will tell you if a2sd is running and how much is being used.

then just use your phone as normal.. android and a2sd will take care of the rest....
[Hero CDMA General] chugger93:
ya DC 2.08. An app by Trev? I dont see that. Where do I find that? I thought DC's ROM already had a2sd integrated? I see it enabled in the DCConfig

I downloaded that app and it says A2SD Storage: 457MB, Free: 348MB
[Hero CDMA General] srkmagnus:
You can verify if apps2sd is working by using ADB commands:

ADB shell

ls -l /data

If its working, you should get:

App > /system/sd/app

App-private > /system/sd/app-private

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[Hero CDMA General] chugger93:
I did !

Sweet! Thanks. So even the apps I had installed prior to formatting my card, etc must have moved automatically. nice
[Hero CDMA General] hwoarang626:
when i type adb shell i get permission denied ???!!!!!!!!!
[Hero CDMA General] Annoymous Man:
How about adding a leading su command?
[Hero CDMA General] jdub1581:
would the rom manager partition do the same thing?
[Desire General] GuestK00201:
hi guys, right i dumped my blackberry storm 2 and went for a HTC desire, because to be honest i got tired of waiting around for blackberry to update there dated OS, i allways got the latest Beta OSs etc, but it wasnt really going anywhere, was it the right choice?? i suppose time will tell.. but am looking forward to getting bang into this device to see what i can get out of it.

anyway wanted to just say hello!

Cheers, Rams
[G1 Android Development] Firerat:
reserving for future use
[G1 Android Development] El_Nino9:
great work firerat.

like
[G1 Android Development] tman7510:
Will this script work for cm5 based ROMs like Superbad 1.2.1?
[G1 Android Development] Firerat:
yeah, should be fine

can't guarantee it as I haven't looked at superbad, but if it is cm5 based, no problem.
[G1 Android Development] Klyentel:
so how do we use it? Just download the patch to the root of sd and run the commands from terminal or what?:confused:
[G1 Android Development] Firerat:
example
sh /sdcard/fr-patch12.txt swap lwp fixp
will setup swap, patch fix_permissions to see apps on sd
and setup the gpu permissions to enable lwp + 3d apps
[G1 Android Development] shawn1224:
It seems like the LWP fix doesn't want to play nice with the MyTouch 1.2
[G1 Android Development] Klyentel:
thanks, I should of waited before i asked that question...:o Right after posting I read back over the OP and saw the example in the code box. Gonna try this out now.:)
[G1 Android Development] launcher009:
Awesome work Firerat. Just used it to fix Facebook sync in CM 5.0.7-t3 for G1. Works perfectly.
[G1 Android Development] relevent81:
Re: [PATCH] Firerat 'all in one' patch file [ v1.2 - 2010-05-11 ]

Works like a charm, after a flash and a fix, I haven't the slightest problem.

Thanks firerat!
[G1 Android Development] frozengash:
has this been done?

how to revert?
[G1 Android Development] Firerat:
as I don't have a mytouch 1.2 I can't test it

but I can't think why it wouldn't work if it worked on a g1

maybe I need to clarify, it won't fix the lwp which fc, because they are not supported in the framework

currently, cm5 test3 , only lwp from the market work

it appears lwp are being coded out of the dream/magic frameworks

presumably because of their lack of stability
[G1 Android Development] tplotplo:
Hi Firerat

I've installed the patch because my facebook wasn't syncing properly; I installed the "/all". Thanks now facebook syncs :) but since that I can not switch back to 2G only, even when I tick the "only 2G network" the 3G icon and connexion are always here, it firstly disappear and then 2 sec after the 3G reappears.

Do you havea a clue ?

Cheers !
[G1 Android Development] shawn1224:
Yea, I wasn't banking on it working with the Nexus default LWP but I still get the reset glitch when it goes into sleep mode using seeds of life LWP off the market.
[G1 Android Development] Firerat:
sorry , not a clue

and I really can't see how anything would effect 3G
[G1 Android Development] tplotplo:
Thanks for the reply mate, I was thinking about the same, the script changes nothing related to the 3G settings, I really don't understand :s

I will nand backup :)

Keep up the good shared work anyway ;)

Cheers
[G1 Android Development] Firerat:
hmm,

seeds of life seems to be working on my g1

let me see if I can figure out why it wouldn't be working for you
[G1 Android Development] tplotplo:
My bad Fire, I just backed up, test 3 img before your script was being installed, wiped everything and had the same problem again, so nothing to do with your work :)

Cheers
[G1 Android Development] poboxjosh:
g1

Im sure this is a dumb question but if somebody could help that would be great.

after installing 5.0.7 from homepage I dont have any of the google apps, I ran gapps-ds-ere36b-signed after fr-cm5test4-4anyspl-s. How do I your 1.3.2 script i loaded it onto the sd card but I don't have any app to run it
[G1 Android Development] maek_it_happen:
remove this post wus meant for another thread
[G1 Android Development] j1mb34m:
Thank you for the response, but I'm pretty sure I'm using lwp. After all, I did run the "sh fr-patch132.txt lwp" command.

As far as compache is concerned, thank you. I see that disabling compache effectively removes the 24meg swap usage. So it seems that the swap command in your patch is an alternative to using compache? If so, I've read that the the new cm-stable runs better without swap. Does that mean that compache is not recommended either?

Thanks a lot :)
[G1 Android Development] Firerat:
swap? compcache?

its quite simple really, make up your own mind....
[G1 Android Development] j1mb34m:
Thank you for your insightful and comprehensive response. :(
[G1 Android Development] Firerat:
Even with swap/compcache 'of old' it was subjective find what works for you.

And your welcome

But if you are unbale to work things out for yourself... I would advise against swap/compcache at least for the current cm5.0.7 kernel

Bah bahh...
[G1 Android Development] j1mb34m:
Sweet, that's what I was looking for. Thanks a lot man :)
[G1 Android Development] dru5ki:
Hello,

thx for rom! ;) but i dont know, how to install the Patch! Can you tell me, how it works?

Thx
[G1 Android Development] Royalknight6190:
Hey Firerat question for you, I am building an Eclair Rom (and I am pretty new at this still) How would I make your patch part of the Rom? So when the rom gets flashed the patch automatically gets setup or at least the facebook part of your patch? Thanks for all you do.
[G1 Android Development] niftymu:
Awesome fix! Very easy to execute, thank you!
[G1 Android Development] LucidREM:
FB Patch

so i've been playing with my script a lot .. figured i would give a try at patching the whole G1 FB troubles .. using the changes in Firerat's code i created an on|off script .. it will automatically be on your phone for anyone using my script .. otherwise check it here:

http://www.lucidrem.us/downloads/FBPATCH
[G1 Android Development] Tom in AZ:
Thank you for your patch! I am sitting with about 75MB of internal phone memory now and the phone feels pretty snappy. I've never seen this G1 run this well. It is a shame that T-Mobile didn't insist on more RAM for this phone. You guys are proof that the big boys need to look towards new talent to produce much more higher quality software.