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[HD2 General] -Nitrous-:
I have never liked the idea of have a large amount of memory in a phone, it makes it expensive and you can't just take it with you when you upgrade, i prefer a memory stick tbh.
[HD2 General] arturobandini:
But we can also expect that the costs will considerably decrease once the 32 gb are included in all devices.

Also, memory is so expensive because manufacturer like Sandisk or Kingston has to hold 32 Gb of memory in such small microSD cards. It makes no sense.

Regarding the upgrade, you are right. But you will have the possibility to transfer all your files to your new phone via your PC.
[HD2 General] cfds:
All the points mentioned before are not so important to me, in general I am very happy with the HD2 except for the GSM reception...my HD2 has a poor gsm reception. tried different radio roms but it does not really make a difference. When I am away for work I am using another phone, which was not the idea when I bought the HTC...
[HD2 General] arturobandini:
Cfds,

Did you try Radio 2.09.50.29 ?

It's the one I'm using in France (Orange network) with my Miri ROM, and it works perfectly.

So far the best Radio I've tried.
[HD2 General] Wevenhuis:
What shouldn't change:

1. the form factor.

2. integrated multi-touchscreen, 3g, WiFi, Bluetooth, G-sensor, Compas, GPS module, speaker.

3. great gps module. No complaints so far with regards to function and reception

4. Hardware buttons.

5. Replacable battery.

What should change:

1.Wacom active digitizer technology added to the current capacative screen

2. A better, prefereably stereo speaker for better speakerphone conversations.

3. A manual configurable secondary microphone on the back for better speakerphone conversations

4. Better and more creative use of the G-sensor for tool applications.

5. Missing a seperate camera shutter button for taking pictures. The button on the screen is bad ergonomics and often causes blurry images because of the pressing of the button on the screen. Focus is lost and the camera moves while taking the snapshot.

6.increased battery capacity. 1300 mAh for a smarphone like the HD2 is a joke.

7. a camera with a carl zeiss lens.

8. the dual LED flash is fine, but in my currrent experience with the HD2 too close to the lens.

9. a protected cover for the audio and microusb port

10. make mini usb the standard. My experience with microusb thus far, is that it is a niche connection. A lot of other productions, even accessories of the HD2 still have mini usb plugs. The also feel much sturdier, and I've got a lot of them at home.

11. Major software creativity for the HD2 that work. There are currtenly several good programs out there. Unfortunately, many work with great ideas seperately. If some would combine creative ideas, I believe you would have a more complete, functional and great product for consumer use.

12. That someone could make an easy program to make your own software using building blocks. I have some ideas, but are ever put on hold due to the complex nature of writing code and debugging, of which I know a little but have no further experience of.

I think, though that if inking could be revived, the phone would be more complete. I'm thinking about the microsoft courier idea put into the HD2 (with a proper pen stylus and not a pogo or dagi stylus).
[HD2 General] cfds:
I am running radio rom 2.09.51.03_2...at home its ok, phone works ok and the battery lasts about 3.5 to 4 days but abroad its changing/searching networks all the time and drains my battery in 1.5 days...I can compare the reception with an another phone at the same places and the HD2 just has a weak gsm...Its a shame that my iPhone beats the HD2 if it comes to reception quality...:mad:
[HD2 General] amrbekhit:
With regards to people's comments about the on-screen camera button, did you know that you can hold down the on-screen shutter button and the camera will refocus and then take a shot? I find it much more stable that just tapping the button. With that in mind, I've never felt the need for a dedicated camera button on the phone. I agree that, the camera quality is not amazing, and even though I have a decent camera for taking shots, I have felt a bit disappointed with the image quality of the HD2 in comparison to my X1.

The speakerphone could also do with improvement - although I never use it for music, there is a lot of distortion during calls, even when quiet.

I agree that battery life is not fantastic (my X1 used to last several days), but then again, with such a beautiful screen and powerful hardware what do you expect? The EVO 4G needs to be recharged every day and so do the Nexus One and the Desire (just done a quick google). I can live with that.

I don't like the placement of the audio connectors at the bottom. Would have preferred it at the top to make it easier to use in my car!

I think that's all my gripes hardware-wise - I love the form factor and so far the performance of the phone has been great.

With regards to software, there are lots of enhacements that could be made, but I'll just wait for Windows Phone 7 or jump to Android. It's a shame that I'm in the UK because otherwise I would have definitely gone with the EVO 4G - same great hardware but Android - that's the perfect phone! At least until we see how WP7 is like...

--Amr
[HD2 General] petvas:
I love my HD2. It is a great communications device. Internet browsing, Exchange Support and the gorgeous screen are the things I love most. I have Pocket Player installed for listening to music, which is really great. Video Playback could've been better but with the right encoding, watching films is a great experience. Battery life isnt that bad and I always get through the day. As with any Windows Mobile device, it needs customization but if someone gives the device the time it deserves, the HD2 is a great phone. (but not for the average consumer)
[HD2 General] jrg1967:
Bizarre! The camera on my X1 was awful, as a result I hardly ever used it. It was very laggy, photos were grainy even in good light and often blurred.

In contrast, the camera on my HD2 produces really good photos, with little lag, quickly and of decent quality.
[HD2 General] PepsiM:
Guys, you should use Windows Media Player 11 (the one that comes with Windows 7) to sync your music. I use that, have like 9 GB of music on my HD2 and it's blazing fast, doesn't take ANY time to load.

Actually I like the music player because of its ability to create playlists and it has pretty much everything you need.

I don't know which Radio ROM I have, but I don't experience the problems you and I (with an earlier ROM) had anymore.

You list some other valid points though.
[HD2 General] troed:
Are You really willing to pay for it ?

Are You really willing to pay for it ?

Are You really willing to pay for it ?

There is at freewarepocketpc and xda dev

Just a matter of training. see post down

Buy ext batt for 50 .- €

Are You willing to pay for it ?

Just take a look from the side, see the shape of the enclosure of the lens, do some rough light-beam-vector calcs and find out that there is not the slightest chance of stray-light into the lens

......... and You will be the first one to start shouting´ at that stupid rubber covers to unfiddle. I have this with my digicam and it´s a pain ita

New worldwide standard for ALL phones and chargers was decided to be micro-USB, so HTC cannot move out and mini-USB doesn´t fit to into housing of super-flat phones. I plug my HD 2 10-15 times a day to pc, charger, notebook etc. now for 6 months and plug is like the first day.

Learn by the masters of XDA just right here. Take Your time (You will need a lot) and check the tutorials here.
[HD2 General] troed:
PS:

my experience from 6 months of use of my HD2 every day all over the world (after having modded it with devs and apps from the Masters here):

I am always FASTER (boot up, prog launch, internet access, loading of docs, videos etc.), more FLEXIBLE, with more apps and abilities than any other workstation pc (4-core, 6-core), high-perf notebook (sony vaio, apple MacBook), Notepad, Netbook or any other PDA-phone on the market such as iPhone, Nokia, Sony-Ericsson etc. mith my HD 2 which makes my buddies always ask me to look up something before THEY start their painstaking startup of their devices.

And, hey !, I can watch movies even on the toilet :D:D:D
[HD2 General] Dunc001:
Troed, I've come across your posts in many threads on XDA and just wanted to say you regularly make me laugh out loud! Great sense of humour and I hope one day I bump into you in a pub (or a microlight!) somewhere to buy you a beer. Keep smiling dude.
[HD2 General] Spl4tt:
Camera shutter button
[HD2 General] Toss3:
Support.

While the iPhone might not be the best phone, hardware-wise, it still has got the best support because Apple is actively trying to garner more and more dev support.

When you buy an iPhone you know you are going to be well taken care of for those 2 years you're under contract. Not so with any HTC device.

Windows Mobile is dying, but that still doesn't mean we couldn't be running all of those apps currently available on android and iphone OS. There's nothing keeping HTC from opening a marketplace of their own and porting over and making some more apps for our phones(not just the HD2). If it weren't for XDA-Devs I think I would have returned my HD2 a long time ago.

I know many of you would argue that gathering dev support for winmo would be microsoft's job not HTC's, but you couldn't be more wrong. HTC is the ones that sold us their phone and as such should be responsible for keeping it up to date during its lifespan.

HTC could develop and sell mobile software across all their devices and make a ton of money while keeping us happy.

Say what you want about Apple, but at least they know how to treat their customers.
[HD2 General] hagba:
Ì think that we will never see our dreamed Perfect phone ever come true,since they will always make us lust or wait for the NEXT better one,which IMHO will never arrive.This is how economy works.

So what we do?..we simply fill that gap ourselves,hence the role of this great forum.

BTW..I also love my HD2.
[HD2 General] Kev007:
There are couple of features that have been purposefully left out by HTC although the HD2 is technically capable of supporting them. The major ones are Wifi N and FM Transmitting support, both features are disabled although the components in the device are present.

I would like to say that USB Host feature is missing (once again, the hardware is capable) as well as video-out support. It seems like this list will never end, but the widcomm bluetooth stack implemented by HTC is sub par in features compared to the stack provided by microsoft, i'm missing out on certain apps such as MobileRemote because of HTC's poor decision making.

All in all, the pros of this device DEFIANTLY outweigh the cons but i feel as if HTC has cut some corners when releasing this device.

Remember, this is probably the best phone you've had so far (for what other reason would you be browsing this section of the forums? :D )
[HD2 General] NeoGreendawg:
I agree that the camera could be better and a hardware button would have been great but I don't agree with the rest of your comments.

With correctly ID3 tagged MP3s the audio player works just fine. I've never had a single problem with the FM radio. The battery lasts me about two days or at least one day with some GPS usage which I think is fairly reasonable.

And why should HTC include a 32GB MicroSD card when not all users need that much space but would be made to pay for it anyway? That was your least logical point in my opinion. If anything they should forget about including any accessories so they can lower the price as far as possible. You've got to remember that these aren't free gifts. You're paying for all of these unwanted accessories.

Honestly, how many of us actually use the crappy slipcase and headphones that were included?
[HD2 General] BumAround:
Hahaha.... :D:D:D

Couldn't agree with that. Bold 9700 video quality is just so so. :)
[HD2 General] marduk79:
Isn't there an application that you can have as a quick link on your home that resets the phone? I believe the name of it is actually soft reset. This would prevent you from actually having to open up your phone to do a soft reset. I don't know about you but anytime I can use an app to do something that I would normally do with a hardkey is preffered as to prolong the life of my actual hardware.
[HD2 General] Wevenhuis:
yes

yes

yes

Could you be more helpful to provide where to look on the websites? Both have a lot of data.

Perhaps. Agreed a smartphone is not per se a camera phone, my my experience with camera's says a dedicated button is necessary.

Not the same. Already doing it with Power Traveller gear.

YES!

Perhaps you are right. I often takes pictures in landscape mode. I have large fingers and they often touch the side of the flash, making it bounce back into the lens.

I'll take my chances.

"Sigh"

Thanks! Any tips where to start. I have to be honest it'll have to be square one. Unless you know a link to a quick start tutorial for the enthusiastic and motivated dummy.
[HD2 General] kuttyjoe:
Here's what would be better for me.

1. Email app. Windows Mobile should be running in background with a fancy and beautiful email application.

2. When I receive an email, I would like to receive the entire thing, attachments and all, no security stuff forcing me to click 3 times including a missed click or two to eventually see an entire email the way it was meant to look.

3. I would like to not see Windows Mobile for any reason.

4. The keyboard is just not very good for typing.

Those are the things I'm faced with daily. Other than those, some nice new applications that fit in with SenseUI would be nice. Not the ugly old ones that were made for winmo years ago.
[HD2 General] smeddy:
I wish Sense was a little less buggy (anyone else feel HTC have given up the ghost? - I guess that makes sense busines-wise)

I wish there was a Video tab to browse videos, which I could then launch with whichever app I chosse (e.g. CorePlayer). And an official Facebook tab.

Something like CorePlayer should have been built in from the start, as the phone was advertised as amazing for Video Playback.

The camera is fine outdoors, but not a patch on Sony Ericssons. Same goes with music browsing/playback.

The keyboard/texting glitches are a joke! I considered a second, T9-style phone purely for texting.

So all in all, I love this phone, but I would have sent it back if it wasn't for XDA. HTC owe you guys a lot!

EDIT: Oh, and games! Altho this is more of a WM failing than HTC, I guess.
[Nexus One General] ryneb:
Just download doubletwist to ur pc at doubletwist DOT com
[Nexus One General] ImSoHungry:
thanks!

10char
[Nexus One General] apolloms:
this could be done well before froyo as even announced
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Azuske:
Is leak 3 the same as the ota update that was released? If not can someone tell me how to update from v3 to OTA
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ljbaumer:
next time just search but here is the explanation:

technically they are the same thing except the OTA has a different bootloader from v3 and that means you CANNOT root the v3 (believe me i have tried and almost bricked my phone).

ALSO if you are on v3 you CANNOT upgrade to the OTA manually because it your phone will recognize it as a downgrade because it has all the same files except for the bootloader even though it is a different file.

On the other hand when Froyo comes out (if it comes out for the droid eris) you probably will be able to upgrade to that but that will be a long ways away. So sadly you're stuck with v3 right now.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Azuske:
Thanks for not bombing me :) simple answer

My Friend has leak 3 and well we wanted to make sure its the same thing...

is it possible to hack the bootloader?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iflip:
Man. Im glad I was patient. I was tempted to leak before root came out. But I was sold on root and ota. Ota didn't come out quick enough so I had decided to go with root. It's just more flexible to go that route anyway. And theoretically you can unroot if you flash the downgrade to 1.5 Rom and jump on to 2.1 Ota. But with root you can always keep your options open. Well if you have insurance, you can always get a replacement when you lose it, and root that.

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[Nexus One General] victorinoxs:
If all the apps are installed on FAT32 SD partition, what happens when the SD card is mounted as mass storage? Do all apps become inaccessible? just like WinMo? Can some Froyo users share your experience? Thanks in advance!
[Nexus One General] schahr01:
What's mounted in Windows is the FAT32 partition on the sdcard. Apps2SD is on another partition, I believe a ext4 (linux only) - I don't use this myself by I remember some threads about ext2 -> ext3 -> ext4 conversion needed.
[Nexus One General] Ooglez:
Android actually does not partition the SDcard and encrypts the apps onto the FAT32 partition. Apps that are on the SDcard will not be able to be run while the phone is mounted via USB. This is why applications can decide to not be able to be placed on the sdcard.
[Nexus One General] victorinoxs:
Thanks, that answers my question. I kind of prefer the old app2sd method then.....
[Nexus One General] ImSoHungry:
+100

10char
[Nexus One General] schahr01:
From their (Google) perspective I guess they didn't want to get in the business of walking people through the process of carving out another partition and/or messing with existing sdcard contents. The "old" :) method was better, I don't think I'll be using the sdcard for apps, once I uninstall raging thunder 2 I'll have more than enough space :D
[Nexus One General] wmm:
Why is it that mounting the sdcard for USB access makes it unavailable to the phone? That seems unnecessary. I can mount drives on my Linux box from my Windows computer and access them from both computers at the same time. Why does Android have this limitation?
[Nexus One General] attn1:
You're using a network connection to share the drive, not mounting the drive locally.
[Nexus One General] wmm:
Sure, but the point is that since multiple processes can share access to a drive, why can't the USB access be just another process that plays nice with all the user processes instead of requiring exclusive access?
[Nexus One General] garringm:
Why not use the dual mount sd widget it mounts the sdcard for mass storage and leaves it accessible to android for use
[Nexus One General] bentez2003:
Nice, just given it a try and it works. thanks for the suggestion!
[Nexus One General] galaxys:
Now that is Awesome! :cool:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arkavat:
edit: found a more relevant thread to ask question.

Please delete the thread.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jaymac407:
This is the guide for GSM HTC Hero devices only, if you are using another device, you may be able to do this, however -- you will need an engineering SPL for your device.

Here's a quick guide how to change your Hero's MAC Address.

Changing MAC Address is legal, but check your local laws, just incase.

You will need the Unlocked SPL for GSM Hero to do this. Please click the link if you haven't already got it.

You'll also need the AndroidSDK and fastboot/adb drivers installed.

1) Open up a new command window.

2) Type

cd \

3) Type

cd AndroidSDK\tools

4) Boot your HTC Hero into Fastboot

5) Type:

fastboot oem rebootRUU

6) After your phone restarts, type:

fastboot oem emapiWlanMac

You'll get something like:

... INFONotice: This MAC address takes effect only
when your platfor
INFOm is EEPRON-less configuration. Please use (emapiTest) to v
INFOerify it !
INFO0x000000[u]00[/u]
INFO0x000000[u]DE[/u]
INFO0x000000[u]AD[/u]
INFO0x000000[u]BE[/u]
INFO0x000000[u]EF[/u]
INFO0x000000[u]00[/u]
INFO-eMapiWlanMacCommand, status = 1
OKAY [ 0.025s]
finished. total time: 0.026s

Make a note of your MAC Address (the sections in underline - this MAC address would be 00: DE:AD:BE:EF:00, for example).

7) Now, type this command to set the new MAC Address that you want (MAC Address should use spaces instead of ':'):

fastboot oem emapiWlanMac 00 01 02 03 04 05

That would make the MAC Address 00:01:02:03:04:05.

8) Done! Type this to reboot:

fastboot oem boot

The end result is something like this:

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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mikael120:
is there any real benefit to doing this?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jaymac407:
Not really for typical purposes. But, some people like to spoof or change their MACs.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] llvllaster:
Nice guide. Thx a lot.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] slacker09:
When I get to the "fastboot oem emapiWlanMac" step, I get this error message.

"C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot oem emapiWlanMac

... INFO[ERR] Command error !!!

OKAY [ 0.000s]

finished. total time: 0.000s"

Any idea what I'm doing wrong? I appreciate the help!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jaymac407:
You need to use the unlocked SPL, which you can find on the hero forums at MoDaCo.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Steven_belfast:
Cant see why you would need to check the laws for changing the mac address,

You are only changing the mac not like you are changing the IMEI number.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jaymac407:
Better safe than sorry.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Steven_belfast:
True True.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] rfgamaral:
What about "changing" the hostname? I said "changing" because it's actually adding a hostname since it currently doesn't have any...

I ask for this because my router shows a empty box when I'm connected with my Hero :( All other computers, laptops, even my friend's iPhone, shows the hostname so I can easily recognize what's connected and what's not.

Is this possible?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ironiksk:
i have this error too. i dont know, why we must need modaco, maybe we have only root system

who know, what I'm doing wrong?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ziggy1001:
About the only uhh.... "legitimate" use i know for changing a mac addr is if you are hacking a network which uses mac filtering as a security measure and that's only legal if you have permission.Hacking any type of network is illegal in most countries.

Most hack tools need linux and in some cases Windows as an OS to work on

P.S one other thing that has occurred to me as the first 6 characters identify the manufacturer or vendor of the network interface does this work if you use a combination which isn't a legitimate vendor code

I noticed you used a genuine one in your example

Prefix....Vendor

000102	3COM CORPORATION

have you tried it with an incorrect vendor code?

I have only cough cough tried to spoof a genuine mac addr
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] carbonyle:
with this example we're actually changing the MAC adress

Can't we use ifconfig from busybox, maybe faster/easier?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] ironiksk:
you said that is not legal, but ou windows or linux this operation we made in 3 clicks or one command in terminal

why we cant make this in Desire? Android is clone linux...

who know, how change mac address in wlan card in HTC?

hboot 0.93, os - android 2.2 + superuser
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] fluxg:
Used to use busybox ip link set on my HTC Magic, and trying to do the same with my Desire, but it only temporarily do the changes. Turning the interface down and up again restores the settings.

Then I found this thread and thought of giving it a try. Went into fastboot but fastboot oem emapiWlanMac resulted in a "Command error" message.

Would like to hear if there are any other alternatives for Desire (/me on rooted 2.2 WWE RUU)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] MacaronyMax:
It looks like the one in the pic says dead beef ;) :p

Would it be possible to have

0I:IZ:DA:BO:MB

;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] erasmux:
It hexa so can only have digits or letters from A to F .... 0xDA
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jaymac407:
Only if there's an engineering SPL available for your device.