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[HD2 General] jan-willem3:
Well first the leo..

You got a large screen :D Looking tv is simply amazing. The design of the leo is so slim ok the n900 has keyboard but it could be thinner for a qwerty slider.The second question how long do you use your phone 2 years or more?

The HD2 have very large ram and a fast proccesor. It future proof. If there comes a new version of windows or a cool android port big possibility that the hardware is capable of running the new OS. For the rest there are much more apps for the htc you can choose different navigation software and more. But oke the n900 is growing. In my eyes the hardware (exceptbattery and the glass of the screen wich can break) the device is solid as rock wifi, gps it al works nice and fast. Normally your device will be looking as new. Evrything fits nicely to gether no dust in the device etc... BUT one disadvantage you need to tweak your device flashing a custom rom installing some needed things cookies hometab, Srs wow hd, a better movie player. But ones done your device is perfect fast, the battery hold a long day. And you got a great device. About the touchscreen and keyboard if you practice with you can learn how to type with. But for the rest the touchscreen works good it is sensetive reactes fine in my opnion. Ok this was the LEO.

You can make windows perfect for you.

N900

Good device lots of linux developers. Works good maybe a bit better out of the box then leo. But less apps. The device is thicker. But the opterating system is a bit smarter. The device is in my opnion uglyer than leo.

Conclusion:

If you like a little bit tweaking and not to noob with electronics. And dont gonna cry if you installed a program that make your device unstable. And not the first thing that you are gonna do is calling htc if you got problems. Then you will love your htc hd2.

If you are a customer that not is intrested in the device it self and you hate complicated things etc.. than choose the n900

It is like this

OS:

N900 Good/very good

LEO Good

OS after tweaking

N900 Good/very good

LEO Ultimate (greatest possibilities of a mobile device).

But in fact of hardware hd2 always powns with any phon:P

But the N900 is more intuintive.

But if you don't change settings evryday. Sense works simply and intuintive in my opnion.

Only if you are wanna play a XVID (example) you need 3d party apss with are not always intuitnive.

It works fine stable and with cookies hometab perfect.
[HD2 General] Firething:
in my oppinion the leo is the best phone i´ve had, but it all depends on the users needs, interrest and the time u want to spend customizing the phone to your needs and likings... ..

my advice would be try out but phones in a shop and take the one you like the best... ...

cheers

ps. NEVER experienced oversensitivity on my leo´s screen, and the keyboard is easy to use when u get used to it, otherwise there are alot of alternatives to the winmobile keyboard..
[HD2 General] umiss:
I'm don't know N900 too much but I have some inputs about the HD2 that you will like!

The touch screen has been a bit sensitive, I love the sensitivity BUT it gets in the way when typing on the keyboard, making it suck big time kick ass hard!

However, I just flashed to the Artemis v14 ROM (which is a custom ROM if you didn't get that far in your research).

To my big surprise, either because I forgot to turn off the vibration feedback, or the keyboard was actally improved, cuz now it's almost impossible to misspress anymore.

I am so satisfied with the keyboard now, so that problem is 100% gone!

Personally, before I got my HD2, I was a bit against it not having a hardware keyboard, but now I'd rather get raped than have a HD2 twice or tripple its thickness just to get a hw-keyboard.

Summary: The keyboard on HD2 is great now.

With time, I got either used to the little distortion the speakers has, or the quality got a little bit better (I think it actually did! I always have the lowest volume though).

So, the speaker might not be what u expect when u pay so much money, but the sens of the screen is good and the keyboard works flawlessly!

Hope this helps ur desicion!
[HD2 General] Kalavere:
You cannot beat the HD2 for web browsing Opera 9.7 is the best mobile browser ever made and in landscape it's simply huge, you can read pretty much a whole web page width as it was designed.

The default keyboard is very good in my opinion however I use SlideIT which I think cannot be beaten, it's a Swype variant but better.

However you must take battery life into consideration, and I don't care what people say, the HD2 has a poor battery life. I carry a spare as a matter of course and rarely burn through one a day, but just in case it's an essential thing to have.

I wouldn't swap my HD2 for the world with a custom ROM, and a few tweaks nothing can beat it. ;)
[HD2 General] a13x4nd3r:
what site do you open when you are browsing the web?

if it's full of flash then go to the n900 or android phone

if it's just the regular web pages just go with the hd2.

as the hd2 won't get the flash 10.1 from the adobe

the hd2 will be perfect if it got the flash 10.

huge screen, the pretty htc sense, best web browser (if the web without flash), very fast snapdragon, beautiful design, and many more
[HD2 General] hackm0d:
Thanks for the replies, everyone.

I am the tweaking, modding sort of person and frankly I do browse a LOT of webpages.

From your feedback @jan-willem3 I have to agree with you, the Leo is better looking and more modder friendly, it is also much more powerful than the N900.

From everybody elses, I see the keyboard has some issues and since I'm coming from an E90 communicator I presume I'd just have to get used to touchscreens. :( Go figure.

Anyhow, you guys have convinced me, I'm springing for the HD2 since here it is a little bit cheaper than the N900. I will miss the TV-out but I think the screen is big enough for movie watching.

Just a few more questions, does an Apple Wireless Keyboard work properly with it? and does it have any problems handling 16GB microSD cards? :D
[HD2 General] hoss_n2:
un fair to compare these two devices . leo leads by million miles ( multitouch capastive screen, the on screen keyboare is bigger than the hardware keyboard on n 900 , more power processor , more than twice ram (576 vs 256 ). bigger screen ,and finally (windows os ,means push email ,revolutionary office ,and allot for business needs0
[HD2 General] dhester:
I had an N900 which is good but the battery life is rubbish. I tried two different phones and three batteries incase I had a duff phone. In the end I exchanged the N900 for the HD2. On the N900 the battery would last three hours and using the same amount of web browsing, phone calls and playing with the phone I can get one and a bit days from the HD2.

Some of the features of the N900 are better than the HD2, uploading to facebook, and I could get my location uploaded to facebook and twitter.

I also liked the cover to protect the camera lens on the N900, what I did not like was the lack of apps and the general feel taht the N900 was a work in progress.
[HD2 General] HTC_Junglist:
I have the used both phones.

The N900 is probably better for multimedia & browsing.

The keyboard is better, it has TV Out (Out of the box, including cable) too so you can use a big screen for films and browsing.

The films seem to run a lot smoother too than on the HD2 despite the HD2's superior spec.

A nice touch of the N900 is the built in stand to stand the phone at an angle while watching films.

The HD2 runs really nice in WIFI router mode though and my laptop runs great and fast online off the HD2, so if you're going to use a laptop with for browsing while out then the HD2 is better suited.

However, the HD2 is much better looking & more customisable.

The N900 is actually very chunky though. But it has the bonus of a 32gb Storage on board which is very nice.

For me the N900 has a much better battery life while browsing & film watching. I guess it's due to the slightly smaller screen & processor.

Id love to say the HD2 as this is what I use daily, but for what you need the N900 is probably better.

Here's a pic of them side by side I took a while ago with some other phones for a direct comparison.
[HD2 General] hackm0d:
I agree with you, except that the battery life is better because of the lesser backlighting and the smaller processor. Both screens (HD2 and N900) have the same resolution, as you know.

Tbh, the only reason I'm not buying the N900 is because of the screen, which I'm downgrading on. My current E90 communicator has a screen with slightly lower resolution (i.e. 800x352) than the N900 and the HD2 but it measures 4.0 inches. Losing screen real-estate is not something I'm willing to do.

The N900 has an amazing browser but the HD2 has more screen space to offset that. Both can play multimedia but I'm holding off on the HD2 because of this. No escape since this seems to affect the HTC Desire too.

In the end, I do think the N900 is better for me, but it's size and small screen put me off. What do you guys think I should go for, then, as an alternative?
[HD2 General] HTC_Junglist:
Yeah I can see why you don't want to go for the N900 if it's smaller in screen size than you have, otherwise I think it would be a good choice for you.

As you can see in that pic there is also a Sony Erricsson Xperia X10

I would not recommend you get this.

Browsing is very painful and it only plays MP4 out the box, no avi!!!!!

It just doesn't run nice IMO but does have a nice screen & camera.
[HD2 General] hackm0d:
hmmm. then that's the XPERIA X10 out of the picture.

What else do you recommend? :) Thanks for helping me out on this.
[HD2 General] Spl4tt:
u said the keyboard and the oversensetive screen would be dealbreaker for u...

there are so many other amazing keyboard for winmo out there. i hate the standard htc keyboard too, i really hate it. the first app i installed was the fingerkeyboard 2.1 ^.^ i just love it.

and yes, some ppl say the screen is oversensetive.. it truly is if u compare it to older winmo devices or another capacitive device BUT this problem is already solved ^.^ there are some cabs on this forum to decrase the screen sensetivity. im using this since 2 months now or so, and its really better

uuhm, i think i just killed ur dealbreakers :)

and hey, for me, the speakers are okay, well i only use them for utube or when my phone rings, for what else should i? why should i watch movies on my hd2 without earplugs? i mean, we got so amazing sound quality with WOW SRS :D
[HD2 General] hackm0d:
I'm pretty convinced about these problems being easy to solve, but I just saw this. Personally, this is a major flaw that will seriously affect my movie-watching.
[HD2 General] Spl4tt:
aww, i saw this thread, but i always ignored it cause im not watching that many movies with my phone.. for me it doesnt matter, but it suxx
[HD2 General] hackm0d:
Yeah but I dooo want to watch movies on my HD2 when it comes, that's what the big screen is for, no?

The thing is, I'm just letting a sync issue change me over to Maemo, a smaller, resistive screen and a whole lot of included bulk. But to me, movie watching on the go is CRUCIAL.

For the guys with this issue, is it really that bad? Even with TCPMP and CorePlayer? What if we lower the bitrate a bit?
[HD2 General] hackm0d:
Actually, does the screen "feel" small? As in do you ever squint at the screen to watch videos or struggle to read text? Or is there not enough room to see things properly? If it doesn't I might just go for it over the HD2, the main reason being the audio sync issue on the HD2. Have you tried playing videos on the HD2 and noticed any discernable lag in the audio and video?
[HD2 General] HTC_Junglist:
Yeah, mine has terrile lag unless I use TCPMP then it's fine, doesn't work for everyone though.

The N900s screen is fine for me, no squinting, it just looks a bit small in appearance as the phone is quite chunky so it just doesn't look so big compared to the chunky phone it's on.
[HD2 General] donalgodon:
I would have agreed about SlideIt until the 2.13 ROM update was released. Now, the top performer is Swype for me, once again. I just bought SlideIt too, darn it!
[HD2 General] hackm0d:
Wow do you think it's worth the risk? I mean buying an HD2 just for the big screen and having it turn out to be a laggy video player?
[HD2 General] HTC_Junglist:
No I don't
[Nexus One General] TheShoura:
I've had my battery replaced, I've wiped my phone from ROMs, and I've used aggressive SetCPU profiles...

What is annoying though is setCPU recently updated and I decided to see how my phone ran without it.. battery life is horrific with a simple UV kernel.. Why is this?

I mean I take my phone off the charger at 11am and by 10pm its less than 15% remaining. I now have a second battery from HTC after a warranty replacement but I saw very little change. I have a task manager that auto kills everything now which helps but it is annoying since I lost my car charger my phone is discharging all day.

Is this normal and I'm just freaking out or do I have a real problem?

Running Kang-o-rama ROM with ~20 apps
[Nexus One General] ATnTdude:
I know 3 things about the N1 battery:

1) it took a couple of weeks for my battery life to max. Lithium batteries need a break-in period. They have no memory, and the recommended approach of not using the phone until it's full charged is bunk. Just use it normally and it will work as it should.

2) Switching between 2G and 3G constantly murders the battery, 4 hours and you're dead. If you're going to be in an area like that for a while, force it to one or the other.

3) Watch your apps. If your phone is acting even slightly sluggish it's CPU is maxed which is killing your battery. Slowly swipe between homescreen pages, it should be silky smooth without any stutter. Try and track down which one it is and either install/reinstall (which fixed an issue with Better Keyboard for me) or completely uninstall if you can't fix it. Check for apps that ping the network too often, or ones that start up on their own.

I will add that the built-in 2.1 battery usage tracker is not 100% accurate. In my Better Keyboard example, Android said it was the screen using all the juice, not the app. Might have to do with video graphics drivers, I really don't know. Point is, after uninstall/reinstall my screen used 55% of my battery instead of 75%, so don't trust it.
[Nexus One General] Namuna:
Are you kidding? You're running your N1 for nearly 12hours and you STILL have 15% juice left?!? :eek:

Search the forums, 12hrs and still having juice left would be considered excellent to many.

...Then again, you haven't mentioned what your usage is like. If we were talking about your phone being in sleep mode for most of those 12hrs with just an occasional call or 2 that only lasted very briefly...Then that's a different story.
[Nexus One General] nDrg:
Have a look at Juicedefender, it will limit your internet access to 1Min on every 15Mins when the phone is asleep/screen is off. Does wonders for battery life :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] eried:
I bought a Verizon HTC Touch Pro 2 phone.

Someone can help me with a brief explanation about the steps that I need to follow to get my phone without the Verizon branding, WM6.5 in spanish and unlocked for SIM? (I don't need instructions, just a minor guideline)

As far I investigated I think about:

1) Install HardSPL (what version should I install of this to not get a bricked device?)

2) Install WM6.5 spanish unbranded

3) Unlock SIM card feature with IMEI, etc stuff

Greets!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] eried:
My main issue is btw detecting what version of the HTC TP2 is the Verizon one. It is a CDMA? so HardSPL for CDMA will work?

Thanks again
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] MCbrian:
Yes, if it's the Verizon-branded TP2 then you should look in the TP2 CDMA sub-forum for CDMA-specific things like HardSPL and roms.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] drewcam888:
i dont think there is a cdma rom in spanish. You need to download the radio unlocker for the cdma tp2 to unlock the sim. It will cost you a small donation
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] eried:
Thanks for your help sir!

Where can I donate? that it is the first thing that I need to do? Are you sure that the CDMA radio unlocker is needed? Why this phone is a CDMA version if they have a SIM card?

Thanks again
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] MCbrian:
The Verizon TP2 is first a CDMA phone...but it has a SIM card because it also has the capability to use GSM bands in Europe...but not in the USA. Maybe there's some hack that permits use on GSM bands in the USA, but not legally.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] incubus26jc:
Nice Guide :) I will use this when i recieve me kaiser as a test phone thanks to techjeep
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Dukenukemx:
Nice, you're getting a Kaiser. :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] ben.kank:
Reversing

This is great. Thanks! Could you also post a guide for switching back to windows mobile from Android?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] kletiz:
I can't seem to get past step 5. I'm holding down Power and Camera at the same time and then briefly pressing the reset button. All it does it goes to the bootloader screen and then resets. Any suggestions? Its probably something simple...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] jt131:
Don't press reset.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] zenity:
Make sure your SD card is formatted FAT32, and that the NBH file is named KAISimg.nbh, and that it is on SD root, not in a folder.

If you are experienced at flashing Winmo using KaiserCustomRuu,exe through activesync, then you can do the same with the KAISimg.nbh, just rename it to RUU_Signed.nbh and copy it to a folder on the pc along with Kaisercustomruu.exe, flash as you would with winmo.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Dukenukemx:
I added zenity's suggestion, as well as a way to revert back to Windows Mobile. Also, if holding the power + camera and then tapping the reset button doesn't work, it could be based on your HardSPL, though I'm not sure. A lot of people use HardSPL 3.34, since it's recommended for most Windows Mobile roms. With most guides, when you first install HardSPL onto your Kaiser it'll be HardSPL 2.29, and I think you don't use the camera button. So it'll be hold power + tap reset button. Again, I'm not sure.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] zenity:
As far as the 'power+camera+reset' is concerned, I still use the 'pull battery, reinsert, press power+camera' routine that was the only way to reflash in the earlier days of android nand flashing, and has never failed me yet, ( apart from a period of flash fails due to an sd card problem ). Both should work, however more options are always good :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] robuser007:
#5 Place the SD into your Kaiser and hold the Power button and camera button down, then take your stylus and hit the reset button.

When should you do that, after how many seconds? I'm trying it but it works maybe after 20-30 times.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Dukenukemx:
Technically, you can do it at any point the phone is running. If you're confused, you can just hold the power + camera button when the phone is off. You continue holding it until you see the multicolored bars appear on your screen.

Btw, you never hold the reset button, just press it once, if you choose to do it when the phone is on.

Do me a favor and please tell me what HardSPL you're using?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] mJoker:
Thanks for the guide, this looks like it'll do me some good. I'll give this a shot with either polymod or Myn's very soon :)

Could anyone tell me if battery life will be improved by running NAND instead of HaRET? Poor battery life on both the most popular builds has been the reason I have not gone NAND yet, as I'm often away from a power source most of the day and can't charge my phone all day. WinMo has understandably longer battery life, and I know NAND will help a little but I would like it to help more than just a little, lol. Any opinions/advice?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Dukenukemx:
It does drain a lot less power in NAND. For me, it drains about 33% of battery over night. Still no where near as good as WinMO, which used to drain about 3-4% over night.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] mJoker:
Awesome... I'm not looking for it to be identical to WinMo, just better than what it is off HaRET, haha.

I'll give it a try with Polymod first. I'd do Myn since it's faster, but I like Eclair more than Donut enough to not care, lol.

EDIT: This may be a stupid question but how do I know if I have HardSPL?

EDIT #2: Never mind, I fixed my own noob problems :D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] mJoker:
Got it working, great guide, very easy to follow, thanks!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] robuser007:
3.34 (see signiature).
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] urbn_lgnd:
can't get there from here

I'm getting tripped up on Step 5. after holding PWR + CAM and pressing the stylus reset, the phone displays the tricolor screen (actually quad-color...the bottom quarter is white & says 'Serial'). the screen then briefly flashes white with blue text reading 'LOADING...No image file!' then returns to the tricolor screen.

the text on the tricolor screen reads:

KAIS1*0

SPL-3.29.Hard

CPLD-8

my radio is 1.70.18.02. I've edited the .nbh file appropriately and placed it SD's root. (the SD is FAT32). is it possible that the phone is looking elsewhere for the .nbh?

also, I've unsuccessfully tried flashing via ActiveSync as well. is there a particular flavor Kaisercustomruu.exe needed for this? when using either ROMUpdateUtility.exe or the Kaisercustomruu.exe from my existing ROM (TPC_MEGA_V11) I get "Error 244: Invalid Model ID" SqtL-KBKV5/67-S-VPIX556. this error appears at the 33% completion stage using either RUU.

I apologize in advance for the lengthy post for what should be a fairly straightforward operation.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] robuser007:
Read the manual, you need to rename the NBH.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Dukenukemx:
Like Robouser007 said, make sure the kernel is renamed to KAISimg.nbh. Also, place the KAISDIAG.NBH file in the sd card as well. These files shouldn't be in any folders either, just sitting in the SD card.

Go back to step #4 to get the KAISDIAG.NBH.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] urbn_lgnd:
thanks, robuser007. per the manual, I'd placed KAISimg.nbh on SD root and that same file renamed RUU_signed.nbh in PCs ROM directory for the ActiveSync-based approach.

I got the WinMo flash method to work.

thanks, Dukenukemx, for pulling this together - good stuff!
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] hackertom:
e-bay application for windows mobile??and htc hd??
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] eTechUncut:
i dont think theres an ebay app but you can make your own...:cool:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5853372&postcount=15

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6391222&postcount=4
[Touch HD Themes and Apps] eTechUncut:
the favorite i have saved in my startmenu is linked to ebay mobile.
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic ROM Development] aunriz:
I m using touch viva wm 6.5 evolution 2, tried all versions of srs wow hd

121

1.28

1.5.1

and even xt

BUT I LOOSE MY SOUND !! its mute!

i found the only working proceedure at...

showthread.php?t=355913

But still didnt work even after doing the registry tweakings my phone has still no sound..unless i remove the registries..there are also comments on that page of sound being mute.

Please...HELP...if any one cud find out what the problem is...I like phamquang's Evolution 2 and dont wanna change it...

i like music very much and wasted over a week into this...

any help would be appreciated... Thanks in advance
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic ROM Development] aunriz:
cud some 1 reply plz...