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[General Questions and Answers] Psichi:
The removal of the red earpiece on the Evo... was that HTC's choice or Sprint's choice? It was a small visual feature that I was looking forward to and was disappointed to see removed in the final market version.

Sticking with the Evo, why was the choice made to add extra buttons to the on-screen keyboard? From looking at screenshots, they seem like they would impede typing. What sort of UX testing was done to ensure negligible impact to the end user?

Not a question, but thank you for doing away with the proprietary headphone jack. That was something slightly short of a slap in the face of the user.

As a company that primarily handles hardware, where do you stand on the "mobile platform wars"? The iPhone OS, WP7, and Android all have such markedly different business models. What strengths and weaknesses do you see in each? What development and policy changes would you like to see from all the major players?

Android is an OS that develops rather quickly, and one criticism of the Sense UI is that it forces users to lag behind development until a Sense UI update is pushed. How are you going to deal with keeping users OSes up-to-date as you move forward?
[General Questions and Answers] kaiserII101:
-Will the HD Mini be coming to the American market?

-Is it true HTC is considering a take over of Palm?

-Is HTC looking to make its phones better gaming platforms?

perhaps not the most intellectual questions but eh
[General Questions and Answers] sirphunkee:
I can answer the 2nd one...HTC was indeed one of the 5 bidders for Palm, but HP finally put up more than everybody else and bought the company. Look for WebOS on printers (no joke!) and other HP hardware soon.

That gaming platform question is awesome! I'm dying to know that as well!
[General Questions and Answers] sirphunkee:
Thank you Psichi...I like them all but especially the one about the "mobile platform wars" ;)
[General Questions and Answers] MonkRX:
Will HTC in the future write better software and drivers to fully take advantage of the QualComm SoC they are using? For example, the Tytn II was criticized for not having a fully accelerated video/graphics driver (along with each successor after it). The current HTC HD2 and Nexus one have very powerful SoC's with hardware accelerated video codec decoding, will that eventually be taken advantage of by drivers and HTC video players?

Graphically, do you anticipate creating software or drivers that push the full potential of the graphics processing power of the current "Snapdragon" SoC?

(I like to keep my questions device centric).
[General Questions and Answers] Toss3:
Another thing I'm wondering about is whether or not they are planning on including an RSS reader into sense in the near future(one of the most important features that is still missing imho)?
[General Questions and Answers] chrisbramm:
My question:-

HTC, will you learn lessons from the continued delays to the new Hero Rom in that development speed needs to be increased and there needs to be better communication with customers/fans

Tapatalk on my Hero :)
[General Questions and Answers] Purple Drama Llama:
HP already took Palm over...
[General Questions and Answers] Firann:
I would also like the issue regarding the GFX acceleration being addressed. Is it just them not buying the drivers or is it something else?

Another question: Has HTC ever considering using Tegra 2 platform for a more powerfull device?
[General Questions and Answers] coolbho3000:
This question is critical to the future of Android development on HTC phones:

The "fastboot oem unlock" command, offered on the Nexus One, has been absolutely vital in the Android community. It seems that Google realized that it important to allow users to flash their phones and gain root access.

1. Why do you continue to fail to realize the importance of root access on Android phones?

2. Why do you not offer "fastboot oem unlock" on any of your other Android devices?

3. Why are you so against root access on your Android phones that you go to great lengths to prevent us from flashing ROMs?

The Android community contributes code to the Android Open Source Project, which you take and customize without giving us anything in return. The least you could do is allow us to run our own versions of Android on your devices. We believe that your current policy with the Nexus One - where OEM unlocking a phone voids the warranty - is valid and fair, and prevents financial damage to HTC due to false warranty repairs at the same time. Practice what you preach: time to distinguish yourself from Apple and other manufacturers and gain a reputation for being an "open" hardware manufacturer, without Google to hold your hand. Let us root our phones.
[General Questions and Answers] JAguirre1231:
1. What are your plans on updating older (The Dream mostly) phones?

2. What makes you so awesome?
[General Questions and Answers] Danni3:
1. How do you feel about the xda community, in particular the ROM development which purposely void the software warranty of many of your devices?

2. Where do you see the future of smart phones heading?
[General Questions and Answers] Geniusdog254:
Judging by the fact that they have decided to answer these questions, I'd say they're not too opposed to it *wink*

Anyways, my questions:

1. Why did you limit the hardware on the Nexus so much with the GSM revisions? The lower color bit screen, weak multitouch performance, lower than average signal in weaker signal areas, and sub-par speaker volume are what I mean. Looking at kernel code, the CDMA Nexii that never appeared fix all that but multitouch.

2. Are you improving your update model for Sense on Android? Will updates get released faster at all?

3. Where are the AT&T Android devices we were promised?

4. Do you plan on offering any stock Android phones like the Nexus again? Or are you switching to a fully Sense UI approach from here on out?

Just some off the top of my head. Will prolly think of more later.

Edit:

I knew I'd think of more:

5. Are you going to expand the "Quietly Brilliant" ads to show Android phones, or will it continue to be up to carriers for ads for Android?
[General Questions and Answers] sirphunkee:
hahaha YES!!! We are getting some absolutely INCREDIBLE suggestions here!!! I honestly didn't know we were going to come up with so many good, and diverse ideas!!

Since there's a few of these questions that "get at" the same idea, we can probably group those together, just to be able to get more of these great ideas included!!

Thanks again to EVERYBODY that's contributed so far, and please keep them coming, there's still plenty of time left to get your thoughts added to the list!!
[General Questions and Answers] sirphunkee:
Thank you ALL!!

Aaaannnnd....that's a wrap!!

I know I know, it's a little later than the stated deadline, but it's time to go ahead and wrap this up here.

So...THANK YOU to EVERYBODY that has participated!! I swear I am even more pleased and impressed with the submissions than I had expected (and I had expected a lot)! Every single one of these does raise a valid question that I'm sure others are wondering as well, and I promise we're going to get as many of them addressed as possible ;)

Each submitter will of course be credited both when the questions are submitted to HTC as well as when the article is posted.

The writers and mods will shortly be going over all of these and deciding exactly what will be sent to HTC....and trust me, we're going to be as clever as possible in figuring out how to squeeze in as many concerns as we possibly can :cool::cool:

Thank you again everybody! These will get submitted to HTC at the beginning of the week, and the article will be up as soon as we have the replies :D
[General Questions and Answers] orb3000:
Thanks for this great effort sirphunkee

We´ll wait for that answers:)
[General Questions and Answers] orb3000:
Any news on this?
[General Questions and Answers] sirphunkee:
After thanking us for the questions and promising to get them back to us asap, HTC (via their PR firm) has failed to respond to numerous voicemails and e-mails that I've sent regarding this matter, most recently two weeks ago.

I'll let everyone know if/when we do hear back from them, but I'm not holding my breath, and you shouldn't either. I'm honestly beyond frustrated with this.
[Droid Eris General] quic:
So i'm told that the 2.1 v3 leak is the same as the ota 2.1. same radio version and os version.

So since i'm on the 3rd leak and everythings the same can't i take it back and replace it without the verizon people knowing that it's the leak. This way i can get a new phone that still has 1.5 on it and root it?
[Droid Eris General] quic:
bump...

good idea? bad idea? why?
[Droid Eris General] Sheen160:
I think it depends on where you live. Honestly, I don't think they'll care if you're on the leak either way. I went to my VZW store and told them I was having lots of problems with my phone because my friend updated me to 2.1 (partially true, i was having problems. :D) And they wiped it for me, said if it was still giving me trouble then I could replace it. Which it was so I did. It can't hurt to try. It's not like its illegal to update to the leak. Not even sure if it voids your warranty. probably does but meh. Good luck
[HD2 General] luderdune:
Especially video recording? I've read reviews that say it performs more like a class 4 or class 6 card.
[HD2 General] fracmo2000:
i just got a 32gb sdhc from ebay...then i seen this post :-/

Its a no-namer from hong kong...i hope its ok...Im now wondering the same! I got it because I seen that the linux/android dev has made some good progress.

Will it be ok for running android?
[HD2 General] Persuader X:
I haven't tried video recording yet, but for file transfer and the typical use of the HD2 (programs, GPS, view pics, video) the performance of the 16 gb class 2 of sandisk it's excellent, more than enough. I talk about an original Sandisk, bought in a shop, not an Ebay fake.

Best regards
[HD2 General] lonelykatana:
Class two is 16 Mbit/s, so you should be fine.
[HD2 General] ephestione:
my class 2 16mg sandisk card reaches up to 7MB/s transfer speeds via reader, so I suppose it's well more than enough for video recording.

I actually did some sessions of video recording at top quality (VGA via reg hack) and all went fine.
[HD2 General] errorius:
check your card with h2testw.exe and see if it's not hacked memory. I had 2 x16GB no name cards from ebay and they appeard to be hacked, had only couple of gigs but under properties showed as 16GB :mad:
[HD2 General] fracmo2000:
@ errorius

seriously? awww man...i was just to quick to buy without checking...seen it at £33 (free postage) for 32gb micro sdhc.

I will try the program you mentioned (do you have it and upload it somewhere?)

Thanks for the advice, i will check my card when it arrives. I have contacted the seller twice...no answer :(
[HD2 General] errorius:
yes, I'm very seriuos, just google for the file and you'll find it.

After this discovery i checked 16GB SD card that I ordered more than one year ago and I wasn't using it till now and I got same result as with sdhc. I will never order memory cards from china again.
[HD2 General] Ibb1982:
I have a Sandisk class 2 16gb, no issues with file transfer or video recording, works like a dream.

I use it for storing vids that I then watch on train journeys, works perfectly.
[HD2 General] adeeb:
Class 2 is definately not 16mb/s. That must be an 'upto' kind of info!

Using cleanex rom and connected via disk drive mode i get 10-11mb/s read and 5-6mb/s write speeds with my class6 16gb card.

i tried the 2gb class2 sandisk i got with the phone and i only get 4-5mb/s read and 1.5-2mb/s write speeds.

IMHO i think the class of the card makes significant difference. Just my 2 cents.
[HD2 General] Kev007:
i think you're getting a tiny bit confused between megabits per second (Mb/s) and megabytes per second (MB/s)
[HD2 General] fracmo2000:
ran H2testw on the 32gb card i got off ebay, doesnt look good;

Warning: Only 31979 of 31980 MByte tested.

The media is likely to be defective.

1.9 GByte OK (4048864 sectors)

29.2 GByte DATA LOST (61444128 sectors)

Details:29.2 GByte overwritten (61444128 sectors)

0 KByte slightly changed (< 8 bit/sector, 0 sectors)

0 KByte corrupted (0 sectors)

16 MByte aliased memory (32768 sectors)

First error at offset: 0x000000007a8fc000

Expected: 0x000000007a8fc000

Found: 0x00000007ce8fc000

H2testw version 1.3

Writing speed: 3.66 MByte/s

Reading speed: 7.06 MByte/s

H2testw v1.4

i bet the guy just sticks the number three on the cards himself
[HD2 General] ephestione:
how is that surprising? :D

Plus, it's offtopic, the thread is about 16GB microsd cards speed ;)
[HD2 General] fracmo2000:
I had mentioned it on page one and another user told me to run the program when it arrived...did it really require its own thread?

Anybody know where i stand with this thing? I new with ebay (i did use paypal)...unsure at what to do next
[HD2 General] errorius:
At first contact the seller and include information from the test and if he refuses to refund you can contact ebay about this item or you can go directly to paypal and ask them for refund, but dont forget to include information you have.

And don't forget to leave negative feedback stating fake memory.
[Droid Eris General] esmith972:
I am conducting a bit of an experiment with the new phones I will be receiving. (Old ones were having issues with multitouch so I convinced Verizon to send refurbs)

If this hasn't already been covered, I will be more than happy to post if I have luck going from "factory" 2.1 (if the phones are shipped that way) to root 2.1. There's a slim possibility that the phones shipped to me have 1.5, if so, I will just kill off this thread.

It's more or less a future PSA for any new Verizon subscribers getting the Droid Eris (Is that even possible?).
[Droid Eris General] pkopalek:
"factory" will be the ota 2.1.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=681648
[Droid Eris General] esmith972:
Oh well in that case, let this thread die. :)
[Droid Eris General] WalkingTaco:
I honestly doubt the phones will come with 2.1 on them. I don't think they've manufactured them for a little bit and Verizon is selling off reserves from what I know. When I bought my Eris in Feb it didnt have the MR updates at all and made me install them at boot, I'm sure the refurbs you get will be the same.
[Droid Eris General] esmith972:
Yeah taco, you're right. They both turned out to be 1.5. And let me tell you, I am seriously digging Tainted Vanilla, that is a sexy rom... :P
[Windows Mobile Software Development] mj4g2:
All,

Is there any way to display a splash screen before or after unlocking a Windows Mobile Pro device? I need to find some way to display a policy on the device.

Thanks!!!
[Desire General] Celui-qui-suis:
Hi everybody,

I'm looking for the Orange FR stock Rom... I actually found someone who had a backup and took the system file...

But i still can't figure out how to make a usable update.zip! (can't find update-script)

Does anyone already got this rom?

Could someone help me with making the .zip...
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] hlee628:
Hi everyone. A bit new to flashing roms but thanks to the very helpful guides I was able to flash the Energy rom onto my phone. I bought an unlocked Verizon Touch Pro 2 with GSM capabilities and I want to run it on the Tmobile network.

After flashing the Energy rom, do I have to change any settings to get my voicemail and texting to work? Will it automatically detect from the SIM? Or should I flash a Tmobile radio onto the phone?
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] djteotancolis:
DONT EVER FLASH A T-MOBILE RADIO...you will have a brick....
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] wes_s:
you will have to use the sim unlocker from htc-unlocks or get it unlocked by verizon global support.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] drewcam888:
What he said
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic General] jmpnjimbob:
What's the maximum size MicroSD card that can be used with the Viva? Is it 8GB or can a larger sized card be used? I'm using a "cooked" WM 6.5 ROM with mine and was curious if the newer OS might also allow you to use a larger sized card than what you could with the original 6.1 ROM?
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic General] TheRem:
i heard that it's compatible with the 16GB MicroSD... i'm using an 8GB MicroSD. ;)
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic General] botski:
need to see ur reply. im planning to buy 16gb or 8gb.
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic General] Shreyas Jani:
4 gb is max...8gb can cause problems if u r using a 6.1 or 6.5 cooked rom/.....
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic General] TheRem:
i've no problem with 8GB on WM6.1 and 6.5. ;)
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic General] illass:
i have 8gb MicroSD HC 4th, no problem with wm 6.1 and 6.5.3 (evo2). What kind of problem can be? Maybe U use a program to create partitions:confused:. It probably can brake your card! :rolleyes:
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic General] jmpnjimbob:
I'm using an 8GB card now with Evo2 and everything is working great. Is anyone using a larger card?
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic General] karthiksk:
The opal is compatible with SDHC, meaning it can go all the way upto 32GB so far. (If a higher size is launched, only driver changes will be reqd, THE BEAUTY OF HAVING A WINDOWS MOBILE PHONE!) but remember the larger the memeory card, the longer it will take to open the "Storage Card" Folder.
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic General] Shreyas Jani:
Problems...

Well,m facing memory problems with an 8 gb microsd hc card...with 6.1 i dont ko y,but memory usage gradually starts increasing...so switched on to a 2 gb version...occasional hang ups are a problem too...!!!
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic General] karthiksk:
I dont think the problem is with our microSD card, its to do with some app thats running in background. Run a taskmanager and check which process is hogging most memory. that should tell you which app is causing the problem.
[Touch Viva, MDA Basic General] jmpnjimbob:
I am using a 16GB microSD card in my Viva. It is working just fine. I've been using it for a little while now and figured I'd go ahead and update this post.
[HD2 General] tvrman:
All,

how can i change the fast button options below in screen,

left is phone, right is menu, i need to assign the left one to a custom

tool alttab for fast switching between open prog's .

can this do.

please advise

thanks a lot.

ps can you anyway assign also the hardware buttoms to custom?

sorry about my bad english im dutch.

thanks
[HD2 General] Zentury:
how can i change the fast button options below in screen,

left is phone, right is menu, i need to assign the left one to a custom

I am using HD2Tweaks. It has the feature you are asking for and Dutch translation as well

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=588652

tool alttab for fast switching between open prog's .

Look for "Touch X Taskmanager.cab"

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=584415

can this do.

please advise

thanks a lot.

ps can you anyway assign also the hardware buttoms to custom? Yes, "AE Buttons" does that, http://ae.inc.ru/aebplus.php

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=603186

sorry about my bad english im dutch.

thanks
[HD2 General] tvrman:
thanks A lot , awesome AE Buttons is the best for it...
[General Questions and Answers] light_n_roses:
Hi all !

I'm suing manila 2.5 on my device ( an acer neotouch ) and I'm having a strange behaviur of the manila music tab, at first boot the tab works fine and if it's playing a song and I put the device in stan-by everything works fine. Anyway after that I have installed all my cab, if the tab is playing a song and I put the device in stand-by, the backlight got off as it should be but the display remain on and it only turn off itself if I tap on pause button on the music tab.

Is there any registry tweak that I can try before of flesh again ?
[General Questions and Answers] light_n_roses:
nobody can help me ?
[General Questions and Answers] light_n_roses:
....up ! !!!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] lofrlancer:
Hi there,

I'm just a newcomer in this forum

I have a Tmobile Ameo:

Rom Wm6.1 WWE R6.1 MiChY

Radio 1.58.

I'm currently on 3UK Network and they have a service that allow you to watch Sky mobile TV via 3G signal.

First I have managed to successful sign in and load the Planet3 and the Sky mobile TV home screen on IE6( can not do that on opera or skyfire, don't know why?). However, after i click the link of the channel and the browser take me to the screen told me that the video will be played soon there is nothing happen.

Then i found out( by reading in this forum) that IE6 mobile dont support stream video. So i use HTC Media Streaming and use the reg key provinded to make it work with IE6. But there still no sign of the video. I have tried every config that i can think of in HTC media Streaming and i have set it to connect via 3 internet as well. But the program still saying that it fail to connect to the network after about 10 secs trying to connect.

Does any one know how and could help me to make HTC Media Streaming stream video from 3uk network?

Many thank ( soory for my bad English)
[XPERIA X10 General] BIC1234:
having set a secret unlock pattern, i left my X10 in my pocket for a few hours to find the following message "Too many pattern attempts" and the only way i can unlock the phone now is: "To unlock, sign in with your Google account" which is proving useless (yes, i am using my correct username and password)! please can anyone tell me how to get past this brick wall? i have just joined this site tonight (18th May 2010) to resolve this as Orange cannot help me! thanks
[XPERIA X10 General] im_iceman:
Previous thread suggests that you'll need to do a factory reset - possibly via SEUS/ PC companion.
[XPERIA X10 General] BIC1234:
im_iceman thanks very much
[XPERIA X10 General] Mano1982:
Hope you got unlocked the pattern now :-/ I got the same problem for 2 days ago & i even didn't remember my google mail adress. I've to logged on my PC & after too many attempts i could find my real e-mail & paasword :p
[XPERIA X10 General] segun4u:
Pls give link 4 software and instructions on how to
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lamajstro:
Hi there,

ok, my HD2 has arrived today and has a vodafone software branding, which I want to get rid of.

I downloaded HSPL2. My phone shows SPL 1.66.0000 XE. So what do I have to choose now, if I want to flash the latest original HTC German Rom (1.66.407.1_Radio_Signed_15.30.50.07U_2.06.51.07)?

Don't want to brick it...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TrippleT:
x.xxHSPL...

The version number doesn´t matter...the only "IMPORTANT" thing is to flash a "x.xxHSPL"...NO "x.xx.0000" version...

Connect the phone in ActiveSync mode...Start HSPL2 on you desktop, follow the instructions...it´s easy...

When the HSPL2 is done and the (Phone) screen goes black again, "press and hold" the "vol. down" key, (before the phone starts up) and you are back in the boot screen...

Here you (now) can see/read "x.xxHSPL"...that´s RIGHT...

If it´s "x.xx.0000" it´s BAD...try again...

When everything is fine...don´t touch the phone (leave it in the boot screen) and start the rom upgrade from your desktop...that´s it...

Gruesse aus berlin...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woovie:
Hello. I had a question regarding how I could get the EVO. I wanted to get on a friends account so it would be cheaper for the both of us. Could I do this while still getting the 200$ pricing ? Thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aridon:
If one of you is off contract you could move to a family share line and get the discounton the device.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bp3dots:
You would get the 200 price if you are adding a new line to your friends account. (Either as a second individual line, or by converting both on to one family plan.)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woovie:
I am off contract. Currently with Verizon and my mother is taking over my number. So it's easy as that eh ? I will look into that, thank you.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woovie:
Next question: The person I am going to be getting on a plan with lives in Austin, I live in Houston. How would we go about getting a plan together ? Do we both need to physically be at a store to set it up ?