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[HD2 General] Shaamaan:
As far as the automatic backlight setting goes, it is my understanding that the phone should check how bright (or dark) it is, and adjust the display brightness accordingly (brighter when out in the sun, darker when sitting indoors / dark rooms).

However, it seems to me it just sets the backlight at ~40% and that's it. I went out into the sun with my HD2, and the brightness didn't change and I had trouble seeing what was on the screen.

Is there some kind of way I could test, if the light sensor is working? Or is this setting simply badly designed and I should set the brightness myself?

I'm currently running latest Energy ROM (23569 Cookie May 09) but it was the same with the stock ROM, so I don't think it's related.

PS. A little side question, if I may; if I perform task 29 before flashing... do I still need to do a hard reset after flashing a new ROM?
[HD2 General] Shaamaan:
...in the very least... are there any apps that make use of the light sensor?
[HD2 General] lonelykatana:
Well I know the acctualy percentage in the settings never changes when its on auto (atleast not for me)

But I can clearly tell a difference between being in a dark room and the backlight being on low

to being in the sun and it on max.

Ive also never had trouble reading the screen, the screen is always plenty bright enough.

Prehaps you've got a bad one?
[HD2 General] lonelykatana:
I know an app that can measure the amount of light in lumers.
[HD2 General] Shaamaan:
Care to share the name of that app?

Also, it's difficult for me to say if the screen is busted or not. On max brightness (as opposed to the automatic setting) it's a lot more comfortable to look at in the sun, albeit indoors it's OK on any setting really.

EDIT: I don't suppose the automatic setting can be tweaked for better performance via some registry changes? ;)
[HD2 General] myth1001:
I think it's called Lumos.

Try searching for it. :)
[HD2 General] Dr.Sid:
You certainly can test it. Just cover the light sensor (upper left corner above the screen) with something. I don't recommend thumb, as you might press 'start' button. You will also need any application with white background.

The brightness should clearly drop.

Auto only sets the brightness from 20% to 60% (or so it seems). But the effect is clearly visible.
[HD2 General] Shaamaan:
No change at all. :(

I'll restore the stock ROM to see if it's a firmware issue, and I'll check that Lumos application.

EDIT: Lumos clearly detects light changes and works well. Seems it's either something to do with Energy ROM after all or possibly I'm just blind and I can't see any changes. I'm still going to check the stock ROM, just to be safe.

BTW, once more, can someone tell me quickly if hard resets are needed after task 29?

EDIT 2: OK, it DOES work after all, I'm just blind; the change however, on the automatic settings, is minimal. I actually had to put the phone under a light-bulb, as covering the sensor didn't really work. I wonder if it should be calibrated like the g-sensor...
[HD2 General] DJGurth:
night time

i think the day time brightness is fine but the night time setting is far to bright. i would love for this to be customizable as well
[HD2 General] lemonspeakers:
rdbthrgnaRDg
[HD2 General] jens buhl:
Can this range be increased?

For indoor use the auto-adjust works fine for day/evening/night, but outside I always need to turn off the auto-adjust, so it can go to 100%. When back indoor again, then switch to auto again and so on ... and so on ... and ... :(
[HD2 General] jens buhl:
Just installed .NET CF + Lumos and will see how it works out.

.NET CF for laptop and automatic install to HD2 via ActiveSync:

microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=E3821449-3C6B-42F1-9FD9-0041345B3385&displaylang=en

Latest Lumos v10 RC2:

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=450318
[Touch2 General] emurat10:
:(dear friends we bought touch 2 turkish version but we couldnt find fm radio we need fm cab no need to be turkish its ok even english for touch 2 thank for all helps
[Touch2 General] Psychshock3r:
only radio update won't work, you gotta change the rom completely because turkcell rom also has radio but deactivated, maybe a .cab will fix it but there's a long way to figure it out

gerçi türksün madem türkçe yazalım :D yani aslında ben custom a geçmesem yazardım da geçti artık uğraşmamak için değiştirdim ben rom u, açıkcası bütün sıkıntılar bitti fazla kasmana gerek yok başka çare bırakmadılar zaten
[Touch2 General] Gothik:
your best bet is to install new rom. and hardSPL of course. you wont regret.

otherwise yes cab's can fix it, but all you need is few clicks and registry edits, and you got your self radio app back.
[Touch2 General] emurat10:
warranty

dear friends ı know changing rom is ok but ı dont break warranty. is there any program someone can do ı need this help
[Touch2 General] garycy:
I've tried one——htc radio，but failed,becaused of uncertifacated
[Touch2 General] mfguney:
Adam Türk değilmiş galiba :)
[Touch2 General] jeomehmet:
working radio (test) program with orginal turkish rom

Please use htcfm.exe, from extracting to hd2 debug tools, it's a simple fm test program but you can listen radio in turkey.

showthread.php?t=622849
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] Dai323:
I was just wondering if anyone would be interested in doing a Android/Google theme? I myself am a big fan of Google as a company, and would love to see a theme with Google and Android wallpapers, phone apk, ect.

I guess I could try to do it myself, but with all the talent here I just thought I would ask :)

Hopefully, someone with some crazy theme skillz can make this happen!
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] atolar:
Google as in..? Bright colors like the google logo? That could be neat. As long as it's clean.
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] bunu:
stock android?
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] stanley1024:
i love google too:):)
[G1 Themes and Wallpapers] mr.incredible:
There have been a few Google and Google Chrome Themes. Search here http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=527
[HD2 General] Chastiser:
I have a usb connection on my car music system, the idea is to play toons via a memory stick as opposed to cd. it recognises wmv and mp3. so, my question is, if i can get hold of a lead with a 3.5 jack on one end and a usb plug on the other, will i be able to play the music on my HD2 on my car system via the usb socket on the car player?

Mike
[HD2 General] spippo:
is not possible.

USB cable handles digital files (bit), your car recognizes the pendrive as hd2.

the jacks 3.5 is a analogic audio, you should connect it to aux to play the car radio and HD2.

therefore there is no possibility of having a USB / jack 3.5

:p excuse my English, is a google translation
[HD2 General] Chastiser:
thanks for your quick reply :)

its a shame it wont work as it seemed a quick fix.

am i right then in guessing that a lead from 3.5 on the phone to the aux socket would work?

Mike
[HD2 General] Som30ne:
Well, what I dont understand is:

Why go so far ?

I would guess that the music on the HD2 is stored on your memory card, and not on the device itself.

So - Just connect the HD2 with it's usb cable to the car USB port (where you connect the disk-on key thingie), and select "DiskDrive" mode on the HD2.

It should work just the same.

Enjoy

(And - report back)

Another thing - if your car has a USB port, I would guess it has a 3.5 port (AUX) input.

Try connecting the HD2 3.5 port to the car's 3.5 port (the 3.5 to 3.5 male-male cable is not expensive)
[HD2 General] Chastiser:
ok, usb does not work. you do get the option of active synch or data when connection but neither allow you to access music.

have ordered a male to male 3.5 jack lead to try that connection cos the car sound system has a 3.5 out and says that it is iphone ready.

fingers crossed and will report back either way.

Mike
[HD2 General] Som30ne:
well, I tried it with my car.

I copied an mp3 to the storage card (to the root folder of the card) and connected the hd2 to the car's usb port.

When the hd2 asked I selected "Disk Drive" and the car read and played the file.
[HD2 General] Chastiser:
thats interesting, i didnt think of putting a toon into the root folder. all my music is in albums in the music folder on the card. guess this is why it couldnt see it.

having the music as separate tunes in the root not as albums wont work for me but may for some, which is great.

still waiting for my 3.5 to 3.5 male cable and will report back when it arrives. as the music ctr in the car is ipod enabled my hope is that i will be able to select album and tune via the phone and it will play through the cars system.

either way its another great use of the HD2 :)

Mike
[HD2 General] rp-x1:
I have all my audio in folders, many 2 or 3 folders deep, and the HD2 plays them on my car stereo with no problem.
[HD2 General] LiFE1688:
Technically, when you choose Storage mode for USB, it emulates a USB-ATAPI device. Generally, these USB MP3 players require you to insert a standard USB-ATAPI device that is formated in FAT16 or FAT32. Some USB MP3 players support other file systems as well.

Honestly, I don't see why it wouldn't work.
[HD2 General] Chastiser:
what connection are you using?

Mike
[HD2 General] Chastiser:
happy to say the normal usb lead from phone to music system works fine. as has been previously said, simply choose the storage/data option.

stating with a bit of a blush here, i was not patient enough for the system to find the music on the storage card so assumed it was not working.

yay, can listen to me toons now. what a great phone this is.

Mike
[HD2 General] yusufjee:
For future reference for anyone. Use the FM TRANSMITTER.
[HD2 General] Smygflik:
Weird, i just connect my phone with the USB cable and chose disc drive and the car stereo finds all my music thats on the phone.

EDIT: Aha, you've got it to work now ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] tolis626:
Hi everyone!

I've been thinking...The Touch Pro and the Diamond are almost identical(except for Pro's hardware qwerty and Internal Memory/SD),but available ROMs differ significantly.So before trying anything I wanted to ask...Is there any way to flash a ROM for Touch Pro to Diamond?Without bricking or ruining it of course! ;)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] thangkls:
You should try it yourself - hope you're lucky enough to be the 1st who can flash Touch Pro to Diamond :wink:
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] tolis626:
But with the possibility of bricking my device?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] nickislauw:
no that wont happen, you will just be possible to flash a new diamond stock rom will it brick and then a custom rom;)

please try and give us feedback
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] tolis626:
Downloading TAEL ROM v4...Posting back asap!:D
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] nickislauw:
oke:P but remember to flash ti through internal storage. so not from the pc;P

//Nick
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] tolis626:
Tried with default RaphaelWrapper RUU and flashing failed saying something about invalid model ID(obviously).Will try with diamond's custom RUU and report back.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] tolis626:
Why is that?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] helicopter88:
Because if you flash trough pc you will get the error saying that is not for your phone
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] tolis626:
Yes...Now that you mentioned it! :p

And how exactly do I flash a ROM from the internal storage?I renamed the nbh file to DIAMING.nbh and copied it to the root of my internal storage.Then I reseted while holding volume down key,got into bootloader(or whatever that screen which says what SPL I am using is called) but then nothing,it just stays there...What next? :confused:
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] helicopter88:
you have to press volume down and back key...but be aware that the touch pro has more ram
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] nickislauw:
oke you press: THE RED SOFT RESET BUTTON + VOL DOWN + BACK BUTTON (THE BUTTON WITH THE ARROW ON IT)

then you will be taken to the screen to flash;)

//Nick
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] tolis626:
Right,it does try to flash,but I have encountered a minor issue...It says something about MoviNand MFG(Internal storage I guess?),goes past that and gets to a screen saying "Trigger USB Host...",I wait for a few seconds and then a message with red letters appears right below that says something about retrying with the usb...Then it goes all over again,but some distorted lines appear on the screen...And no matter how long I let it stay there it repeats again and again!Now what?Is that an "omen" of failure? :(

EDIT

Might it have something to do with the ROM's pagepool being at 24mb?It's a windows 6.5 ROM and as HELICOPTER88 has said,the diamond has less RAM than the pro...Trying again with 12mb pagepool.

EDIT 2

Nope...Same s**t again!It says "Retry connect USB"...And I think that for a fraction of a second it says "No Image Found"... :(
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] helicopter88:
do you have put the file and renamed it diamimg.nbh in the root of the internal memory?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] tolis626:
Yep,all as I was instructed!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] nickislauw:
i get your problem sometime and what i did was removed the file and then copied it back or format internal storage. then in should work.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] helicopter88:
exactly what happens to me sometimes :) maybe do mtty then hard reset then flash
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] tolis626:
Bah...Tried another ROM(Energy series this time) and got the same problem...Also,when the screen says that it's loading,some red numbers appear above it...something like 005028 I think...Maybe an error?

Also,I have no idea on how to use MTTY and am a little afraid to tamper with my new Windows 7 installation which was a bane getting it to be how I wanted!Can anyone else try?Maybe someone of you is luckier than me! :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] helicopter88:
tomorrow i will try...i'm using windows 7 too :)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] tolis626:
Good...And may the force be with you my friend! :p

Will check to see how it went!If anyone finds anything out please post!Good night!
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] helicopter88:
i hope that my diamond won't break
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] thangkls:
You guy're wasting your time and risk your device - it is NOT POSSIBLE .

Keep trying if you wish to have diamond brick.

Good luck.
[HD2 General] ILS_SuperNova:
Hey all!

Question!!

I installed coreplayer but found that it didnt play WMV well at all!! I uninstalled it but it still showed in windows start menu!!

So then I just deleted from the windows start menu folder in file explorer!! Great. . .

But no!!! it still shows as default media player on all my video files in file explorer!! ...Can this be changed or do I really have to do a hard reset!!

Dont want to go through a hard reset and then put everything back onto my phone!!

Also found when I changed something in the tweak software (really dont know what I did. . ) my phone started to freeze alot. . screen going blank after pressing unlock button etc. .

I have got cookies home tabs running but havent found any issues as yet!! I really wanna keep both programs as the home screen editor is great!! and the tweaks allow the windows settings to be accessed!!

Thanks :-)
[XPERIA X10 General] dennybaby21:
Hi all,

I have a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 but i am unsure of how to close the applications on the phone when i have stopped using them, they just keep running in the background which runs my battery down.

I have tried pressing the back button to close it but that doesn't seem to close them.

Can anyone help me? Would be very grateful

Denise
[XPERIA X10 General] loggy:
Hi, you have to use a task manager from the market and read here on the forum to learn to use it effectively.

Good luck:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] menos:
Hi Guys,

Here is my first contribution to the community. I have written an application that is capable of doing some basic drawing/image editing functions and hoped it is useful.

Imagine that you take some photos using your phone and want to upload them right away to your facebook. However You might want to edit/draw them before. In that case, this app might help!

Screenshots

Requirement:

- Windows Mobile 5.0 or better

- Reasonable amount of free ram available before running the application

- .NET CF 3.5.

Current features:

* Drawing

- Pencil

- Rectangle

- Circle

- Callout

- Text Typing

- Line

- Eye dropper

- Stample tool - e.g. for watermarking your image, Stamping icons...etc

* Image Editing

- Resize

- Crop

- Convert to B&W

- Convert to Sepia

- Rotate Left & Right

- Adjust: Brightness, Contrast, Saturation

- Filter: Sharpen

- File-type Conversion

- Undo/Redo

* Supported File Type

- JPG (By saving JPEG image, you have a possibility to limit image size - good for preparing images for uploading to some WebSite that has file size limitation)

- PNG

- BMP

Know Restriction:

- Image Editing is a memory-hungry process. You might not be able to work well with large image with very high resolution.

- In case of not enough memory, undo/redo functionality might not work well.

- Landscape mode is not supported.

Please Donate!

It was quite a lot of effort for me to develop this application. If you guys like my work, please donate! Only a few dollars can already help me a lot. Thanks!

Not sure how to embed html here. However you can donate by visiting: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DTW8DTHSFJWBS&lc=GB

Current Version:

1.3.27.1353

Donators!

Thank you very much to :

csrgiron
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] menos:
Change log:

1.3.26.1338 (This could be the final release, since I'm starting my new job very soon and I won't have much free time in that case. There might be an update for bug fixes, if some are found)

- Replace the right menu "Up"with "Cancel" in Open/Save file dialog for better meaning.

- Brightness

- Contrast

- Fixed some bugs

- Added Redo functionality

- More undo steps possible (depending on memory and image size), maximum 5 steps.

1.2.19.1251

- Enhanced Open/Save file dialog.

- Sharpen

- Saturation

- Added an option not to use COM object to open/save file

- Added % progress indicator for long run task

- Added possibility to abort long run task

1.1.009.2236

- Eye-Dropper tool

- Enable easier Fore-/Back color switching

- Fixed Pencil Tool lagging problem.

- Rearranged the tool buttons.

1.0.3.1921

- Added line tool

- Change Max Zoom to 800%

- Added an option to disable Anti-Alias when displaying zoomed image.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Livven:
Screenshots? Seems interesting enough :).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] menos:
Hi Livven,

Just added the screenshots. Hope that helps!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] menos:
If anyone has tested it, please let me know your feedbacks.

I have only two devices I can use to test the application. It would be great to know how it behaves on other devices.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tC_Driver:
Hey Menos,

I have been looking for a basic drawing program that I can use on my Qvga screen (wing/herald) but so far I am unable to find one that can do what I am looking for. I just caught this thread just before bed tonight so tomorrow I will try it out. In the meantime, an issue I have run across with all other paint programs thus far is anti-aliasing (AA) at full magnification. When I am zoomed in all the way, either the program itself or my wing is AA'ing everything. What I am looking for is a program similar to MSPaint where at full magnification I can draw pixel by pixel, line by line, without the blurry effect of AA. I really hope this is only a system limitation on my end so when I do decide on a new device I will be able to use this. Let me know if all portable drawing programs will do this or if you have any idea how to either change the program/settings or possible a way to disable AA on my device temporarily. As you can see from my avatar, I kill time by making pixel cars and would love to use my phone for that purpose. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

-Dan
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] menos:
Hi Dan,

I would say that currently you will see AA in my application due to the drawing algorithm of gdi+ I'm using. However, yes it is possible to draw enlarged images without having AA. You can see an example, when you try to select an image for the Stample tool. If you image is smaller than the preview picture box, it should be enlarged without having AA. Let me know if this is the case for your device. If not, then it means that your device might do AA additionally.

I will add an option to next release to choose whether to enable AA for displaying enlarged images or not. Thanks for your thought!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tC_Driver:
Menos,

Thanks for the quick response. I took your advice and tried a few things. I installed the .cab file and the first thing I noticed is the inability to search the SD card contents to open a file. After saving an image to the phone I could easily open, just an extra step. First attempt, the zoom function is nice but does not zoom in far enough to see individual pixels for alteration. I also noticed that your program lacks a straight line drawing tool. I do the majority of my drawing with the line tool, if possible, please add. After zooming into my PNG image (width 425 X height 115) I noticed that there was AA. Second attempt, I tried another PNG image (around 100 X 100) to see if a smaller image at full zoom produced the same result. It did, still AA'd at full zoom. Third attempt was using your stamp tool which I must say is a great addition to the program. This tool allowed me to see the entire PNG (100 X 100) image without AA and was able to increase the size which in turn increase the magnification after the image was stamped. Only problem, after I stamped the image, everything was anti aliased once again. I hope this helps in some way. Let me know if you need any further testing on a Qvga screen and I would be more than happy to oblige. I will keep an eye on this thread for future releases.

-Dan
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] menos:
Hi Dan,

Thanks for your information. Yeah as I stated before, that the previous version used gdi+ to draw image and I have no control over the algorithm it uses. However, I have updated the application to have an option, not to do AA when rendering image.

Additionally I have added the line tools and increase the max zoom to 800% as requested.

For the problem that you don't find the files on you SD card, that is already known to me. This is because the default open file dialog does not look for files in all folders. (but it does if you have folder like my documents on your sd card). I am planning to create my own dialog box later.

Please try the new version and let me know if that meets your need?