yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jus10o:
Also for future reference. Every radio will give every person in a different location different signal strength. Duh I know they are obviously on different towers. What I mean is, if i switch radios, one will give me a better strength compared to another. For some the original 1.5 radio worked best, for others (like myself) a 2.1 radio worked better. Its really a trial and error thing. But be careful, flashing radios is the one thing that will brick your phone if not done right.

One question the OP could of asked is.. What radio does someone in "his location" use and get a better signal with?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gqukyo:
Dang... I currently have -48dBm... but still not at full bars... :P At work though, at home I think I get -90dBm and about a bar or none at all...
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ronnienyc:
A "Roam Only" option might help here. Is there such an app for Android 2.1 yet? There was one for Blackberrys and it works a charm in weak signal areas.

(When used, your phone will roam on the Verizon network only. The data is slower when roaming, but the battery draining issue is solved.)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rsbenedict:
Thanks! That's what I thought, but the in one of the posts it implied that larger was better, so I just wanted to clarify.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] egzthunder1:
Thread Moved to Q&A as per OP's request.
[General Topics] daveloft:
I replaced my HTC Touch Pro with a Nexus One. If anyone's interested in buying hit the link. The auction ends soon and I started the bidding at $39.99 with no bids currently on it. You could end up with a pretty good deal.

Check it out.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250635503705&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT
[General Topics] orb3000:
Move to marketplace

There is a dedicated section for buy/sell

:eek::eek:
[HD2 General] efjay:
Mere hours after the next version of android was announced HTC made a statement saying the update will be available for most of their android handsets. In stark contrast, even though WM 6.5.3 was made official months ago (February) HTC has been completely silent on whether an upgrade will be offered for devices like the HD2.

OK, so I understand android is the "cool" thing and everyone wants to give their personal data to google and its pals, but at least come out and say what you intend to do, if you are dropping WM fine, thanks very much, if not, why not announce it or at least say its coming?

Just cant fathom, WM, especially on the HD2, is still a good OS, why has seemingly everyone fallen into the "apps is the only thing that matters" mindset and condemn WM because it doesnt have a million trillion fart or beer application?
[HD2 General] hoss_n2:
android is free and open source but windows is not free:D
[HD2 General] zarathustrax:
Exactly.... they would probably have to pay more licensing fees and make a new contract with MS for an official upgrade. /what does it matter, anyways... we have plenty of good 6.5.3 roms here at xda.
[HD2 General] hoss_n2:
but the feeling of stock is always better ,as all stuff is there no thing is deleated
[HD2 General] efjay:
MS actually said 6.5.3 willl be available to OEM's at no extra cost and personally I have not found a cooked rom without bugs I could live with so I would prefer an official 6.5.3 upgrade.
[HD2 General] amrbekhit:
Unfortunately, the HD2 will not be getting a 6.5.3 update:

:(
[HD2 General] KowboyBebop:
OH really? HTC doesnt care about US customers?? That cant be! /sarcasm
[HD2 General] hoss_n2:
they only care for android
[HD2 General] de Wolfe:
Even the crappy SE X2 got WM6.5.3 yesterday.....
[HD2 General] rumz82:
Seriously!:confused: :mad::mad::mad::mad:

personally not too fussed about 6.5.3. But SE X2 got it? bloody hell!:mad:
[HD2 General] de Wolfe:
Yeah, and that makes me angry somehow... I remember the "customer care" of wicked SE (concerning updates) from my X1 - that was horrible. Then I moved over to HTC and believed that they were better... maybe they'll still surprise me in a positive way...
[HD2 General] Persuader X:
Same situation and same feeling like you here. Let's wait to see if HTC surprise use.

Best regards
[HD2 General] htchd2sucks:
Agreed!

I came to HTC from user's feedback saying how good they were... very disapointed now!

And yes any update to windows 6.5 would be essential to save this cr2p!

Ok about custom ROM but you loses the warranty, and also can't complain if anything happens with custom rom...
[HD2 General] grigorr:
We are having a xda-developers forum and a lot of different ROM on this forum, so f&$*& MS... just be happy:)
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
only true if you send it back with hspl still installed. the rom is un important.(well maybe they'd complain if you sent it back with wp7 hehe)

and since hspl can be removed right after you flash, the warranty is only void for fifteen minutes.
[HD2 General] yeantbron:
hi, hum, what about that :

HTC release Windows Mobile 6.5.3 HTC HD2 in China
[HD2 General] DrATty:
I'd like 6.5.3 but I'd prefer it if HTC would fix the bugs my phone came with, and put the fixes they have released in a ROM. I'm out of memory after the last 15Mb update; and messaging still doesn't work (nor Exchange, nor Stocks, and something eats internal storage.) Custom ROMs are no good for business phones.

I won't but HTC again. I feel let down.
[HD2 General] donwhann:
what does 6.5.3 offer over 6.5, i honestly dont have a clue.......
[HD2 General] fred_up:
It is more finger friendly.

It can be quite awkward to select some items when you get away from HTC Sense, because you can't use a pen or fingernail on a capacitive screen.
[HD2 General] donwhann:
well in that case, i want the upgrade lol. come on htc, do the right thing......
[HD2 General] kuzibri:
Hi All,

have a try with this ROM: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=612580.

It's very close to stock ROM but has already WinMo 6.5.5 and Manila 2.5.2016. I'm using this ROM since version 9. It's updated regularly/frequently and you can flash it with SSPL instead of HSPL. Also it's a very fast and stable ROM.

regards and happy flashing, Kuzibri
[HD2 General] donwhann:
looks like a pretty good rom but all this flashing business is above me.....i like to keep things simple, ie .cabs...lol

thanks for the heads up though, im sure someone in this thread will use it.....
[HD2 General] matty538:
Flashing really is simple mate, took me ages to pluck up the courage to do it, after the first time I was like wtf is that it??

An believe me nearly everytime I try working on something I end up making it worse. Saying that I hate 6.5.x roms
[HD2 General] kuzibri:
I will try to guide you through the simple flashing of Artemis Roms. It's almost as easy as installing a cab. You just need the attached program to install the ROM. Extra info for flashing Artemis ROM:

1.create on your C drive a folder with the name "empty folder". Download the attached file and extract it to that empty folder and download the Artemis ROM you want to flash (advcice is V27.0) to that folder too and extract it there also.

2. Make a USB connection with your laptop/PC

3. Start RUU.exe. You should then go into bootloader mode (tricolor screen) and it should say at the bottom of the screen USB. After that:

4. Follow instructions of RUU and install the Artemis ROM

5. See Artemis page on what to do after flashing, e.g. hard reset and soft reset, etc

6. If RUU says that it cannot connect, probably you had on the bottom of your screen SeriaL INSTEAD of USB. Do not worry disconnect and reconnect the phone and it will say USB and you're ready to flash!

regards and happy flashing, Kuzibri

regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 General] kuzibri:
Unfortunately I have to disagree with you. It depends on what ROM you flash. Artemis ROM's are always very fast, stable and trustworthy. Probably because Sir Sternas stays close to stock ROM philosophy and uses stock Radio as well. Of course you might counter this with saying I'm biased, but try one of his ROM's yourself and see what you think about it. I never had crashes, freezes or hickups with these ROMS, except when I made a mistake myself when installing it.

regards, Kuzibri
[HD2 General] lolo971:
Hello, I gonna try to write in english but its not my native language so sorry but i do my best ...

I look for someone who can help me in finding a maniere to sync my contacts and the calendar of windows mobile with outlook 2007 installed on my pc.

I woudl like to do it without using actyv sync but only with the internet connection of the cell phone and also i look for something that can make the link in 2 ways in transfering from outlook 2007 to the htc or from the htc to my outlook 2007 and without problems of double informations.

If someone knows about a freeware that can make it, it would be great and thanks in advance.

Thanks

Lolo
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Norwegianpiglet:
I have an original Desire bought in Norway, and imported (and hence VAT free!:)) to the UK, using my T Mobile SIM that has worked perfectly well in my G2/Hero.

Every few minutes or so, irrespective of how many connection bars, the network will suddenly drop off, and I get the "Cross of doom" on the reception icon.

If I am in the message app (standard HTC messages), and this happens, it will kick me off any message I was composing at the time, and I have to start again when the connection is back. It will also have no messages in the inbox until the network is back some seconds later and everything loads. It's almost like a blackout all of a sudden.

It will drop calls for the same reason, and 10 seconds or so I am back on connection.

I sent it back to HTC using the Global Warranty Scheme, who have changed the Main Board, FOC, and collected/delivered by courier. Very efficient service BTW. I was so disappointed to find it still having the same problem.

I have also exchanged my SIM with T Mobile for a new one (Same number). I have ordered a Vodfone PAYG SIM just to experiemt the likelyhood it may be the network provider. However, it looks more like the radio suffers a sudden loss of power, and conks out.

The APN settings have been set to WCDMA only (changed from AUTO/WCDMA) as it seemed to sort it out, but I got excited too soon.

At my wits end, as the phone is miles ahead of my G2 in so many ways, and I love it, but I don't know whether it's a T Mobile issue or if I should send it back to HTC again. As it's not provided by T Mobile, and I have another 7 months left of my contract, I am stuck if it's network related.

Any suggestions gratefully received.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Norwegianpiglet:
OK...have now popped the PAYG Vodafone SIm into the phone, and it barely has reception and drops out too.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Norwegianpiglet:
...so have phoned HTC again, and UPS will once again be collecting it on Monday. I asked what happens if a fault is still not found, and after the third return I can apply to have the phone replaced by HTC. It's not ideal, but beats having to pay for a flight to exchange it abroad.

Still, if anyone have any suggestions, please let me know!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
Just an FYI, but I too am on T-Mobile, and recently replace my G2 with a Desire.

I find the network reception on the Desire is much better than on my G2, and I've no problems with dropped connections.

I know this doesn't help you, but it does point to the problem being your particular device.

Regards,

Dave
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Norwegianpiglet:
Thanks Dave, this does strengthen the case thinking it's the device. HTC were pretty swift in returning the device last time, so if it means a week X 2 being without it, I can live with that as I can then ask for it to be replaced on warranty direct from HTC.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cnic:
I have the same issue with a Stock Desire from Vodafone..

Signal drops but more often it fluctuates like hell ... calls are dropped...

or other people can't hear me properly ...

Maybe it is an issue that will be resolved with a "Radio" update from HTC ?

Does someone know maybe this happened in the past with other HTC handsets and got sorted out later..

It is really buggy...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gawis:
my girlfriend is having the same issues with her Desire

we applied the official update that was released a week or 2 ago (with a new radio) but that didn't solve the issue

sometimes she also hears a weird sound before the call goes dead..

did anybody have any luck in getting this solved?

will a custom rom fix the issues?

thanks!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cgrec92:
coming from a htc hd2 (switched for this particular reason) i can report that this has happened on many htc phones, it is NOT a device problem, it has been mostly linked to your location and interference (buildings etc) as the frequencies used by the latest htc antennas use a frequency which does not penetrate as well.

you can read the 50 or so pages of it for the hd2, SOME progress has been made but never fixed, the only hope is HTC releasing a fix.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=614119
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gawis:
thanks for your fast reply!

I checked the thread you mentioned but it seems to be all about internet issues

my girlfriend never uses mobile internet so the issues she has are call related

these don't happen every day but every few days

about once every 3 weeks she gets a total signal drop which can only be solved by rebooting (this seems to be something mentioned in the thread)

then again most probably internet, call and signal issues are most likely to be caused by the radio so it could be the same problem..

is anybody experiencing the same weird loud static noise sound from time to time before a call gets auto-ended?

I just want to get all the facts straight because she is planning on sending it back to HTC for repair but if it's a new radio flash she needs there is no point in sending it back :)

sorry for the long post :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ljesh:
Why don't you try setting it on AUTO, or GSM only, even better?

Sound like sudden loss of WCDMA connection.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gawis:
tried that this week but the issue still remains..

is this something that can be fixed by flashing a custom rom?

or do we need to wait for HTC to provide another radio?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vivus:
Maybe....

Maybe this is not your case but I want to share with you.

I had the same problem with Hero and then with the Desire. It was very frustrating. Then I got it: all the programs like auto-killer. task-killer etc were acting killing (apparently random) my voice call. Incredible ! Now I have the same Disre, but I haven't installed any task killer or task manager. The device works good and I don't have dropped calls anymore ;)

Again, maybe it's not your case. Maybe could be helpful for someone else...

Just try if you have some task killer installed. Uninstall it :p
[P3400 General] hellspike:
I have HTC P3400

i think that this is the first version

here's the info about my new phone

it was from my mom she's in KSA

and i'm in the philippines so

the day that i got my phone was so very late

from the date of the release of this phone

so i like to modify/upgrade it to newer version

so i can enjoy using it

please post some step by step options

coz i'm a little scared of what will happen

if i do it on my own

here is it

rom version: 1.10.415.2 WWE

ROM Date 03/09/07

Radio Version: 02.79.90

protocol version: 4.1.13.34

extrom version: 1.10.415.102

i think this is a windows mobile 5.0

like to upgrade it but i dont know how

please teach me how to's for this HTC P3400 of mine

thanks for replys that will help me a lot
[P3400 General] aman11dhanpat:
Hello hellspike

Welcome to the forum

well you can get almost every knowledge from here

Here is a fantrastic Thread from krazy_about_technology for updating your SPL and installing a custom ROM

then you need to download a ROM

i'ld suggest you using any of the following ROMS

Please note you should download ROM built for your mobile only(either old or new)

i am currently using this

but you can also go for this ROM too (its preety quite stable and cooked by a professional)
[P3400 General] hellspike:
whoa

thanks for that reply

but the one your using

is it compatible with wm 5.0?

or how?
[Nexus One General] finisterre:
The blue arrow Navigation icon that appeared in the app drawer when Google rolled out Navigation to the UK has vanished.

I also had a shortcut to it on my home screen, and that has gone too!

What gives?

My N1 is stock.
[Nexus One General] mjwatmough:
Odd. In UK stock here too and it's still there.
[Nexus One General] finisterre:
I updated from Maps 4.1.1 to 4.2 (I had been holding off due to bug reports) and the Navigation is back in the app drawer.

I don't know how staying on the previous version of Maps managed to somehow delete it though. It had been there with 4.1.1.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] _Burst_:
Ahhhhh! Hello themes thread. My new home. Yay!

:D
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] aaronb1980:
Work that magic I know only you can do burst!!!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Kshawn:
second that =]
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NalesNoir:
today i found that if u switch to "SOUND OFF" from the locked screen, it also switch off the "phone vibrate". it's silent without vibrate.... wtf

but when u switch to "Silent mode" from the "sound and display settings", it keeps the "phone vibrate" on.

what the... it's really SMART on a smartphone

although iphone is much more better. it's still good to switch to "sound off" from locked with just a slide...

is there any setting can keep the vibrate on?

or something can do that?

thanks alot
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miketlo:
try a custom rom? cm has the slide switch to vibrate instead of sound off
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerPodacter:
I can't knock this function, cause I use complete silent all the time, and then sometimes vibrate sometimes. To me this setup is well thought out and I'm glad they did it. Just goes to show you different people have different needs and how we each see something as "dumb".
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NalesNoir:
froyo fixed this, XD
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] britoso:
Which xml file has the color for the default status bar notification text?

Examples: the "usb connected", "application installed successfully" messages on the status bar.

I have tried all 9 options available in colorchangev3.jar and none of them change the color from back.

edit: I suspect its in another jar/apk other than framework* OR services.jar.... (for example the music notification text color is in Music.apk)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djmcnz:
lol, well I found it last night but couldn't install the apk after changing it... now interestingly I knew you posted to the thread here about resigning framework-res and I was looking through your posts to find that thread when I found this question.

So, I'll share with you ;) if you can collaborate with me and between us we can get a modded one completed (I want ffd3d3d3 for most of my colours).

Indeed, the notification ticker, last and ongoing are all in the same xml so it's real easy.

BUT - I followed your steps in the other thread (to sign update.zip) and I got a boot loop... :(

Here's what I did:

using this framework

move classes.dex from framework.jar to framework-res.apk

apktool -d framework-res.apk - success

change xml

apktool -b framework-res.apk - success

move classes.dex from framework-res.apk to framework.jar

sign neither files

make update.zip

sign update.zip

install update.zip

boot loop - it's not because of the xml changes, they were small.

:(

Note how in all of that I didn't tell you what xml... :p I'm not being mean I just need to trade... can we collaborate to get this thing working? I need it for Kang-o-rama...

OR - should we just create a Morph for the xml, would that work?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] britoso:
I dont get this step: framework-res.apk does not have a classes.dex right? :confused:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djmcnz:
No... but it wont backsmali (apktool decode) without the java classes which are in framework.jar (at least they are in the one linked above) so I took that out of that file and dumped it in framework-res.apk (.jar and .apk are only containers). Perhaps with apktool there's a command line to point to an external class file but I'm not aware of it.

I don't actually know if the other dependencies will work with classes.dex contained in framework-res.apk so I moved it back to framework.jar after rebuilding the apk.

But now I don't know (trial and all error so far) if I need to sign all of the dependencies with the same sig, the zip file or what.

I'm confused by the advice in the other thread (if I understood it correctly) to not sign the framework-res.apk and only the .zip - because an unsigned manifest will get rejected by the system at boot (even if not at installation). :confused: lol - I have boot loop logs to prove it...

E/ActivityThread( 526): Failed to find provider info for settings

W/dalvikvm( 526): threadid=31: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4001b1d0)

E/AndroidRuntime( 526): Uncaught handler: thread PowerManagerService exiting due to uncaught exception

E/AndroidRuntime( 526): *** EXCEPTION IN SYSTEM PROCESS. System will crash.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] britoso:
java -jar apktool.jar b framework-res.apk-decoded

where framework-res.apk-decoded is a folder, works fine for me.

are you referring to the instructions at http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6334671&postcount=11 ?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djmcnz:
Different thread, same instructions... using those instructions the AndroidManifest.xml file in framework-res.apk doesn't get signed so I can't see how it's ever loaded by the system... :confused:

Oh, I can build the file okay... but apktool can't decode the one I'm using properly unless I add the classes.dex file to it...

Oh, and the file you're looking for is status_bar.xml in /res/layout/ :) <- this is only for the main notification ticker (in the status bar).

Although, I've just hex edited the colours and flashed a new rom with it and it did nothing at all. I'll verify my work but this leads me to suspect that the new spare parts is overwriting these defaults with it's own defaults... which could make this a painful tracing exercise. I might need to try and trace the source code which I'd like to avoid.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] britoso:
use the -s option, it will work

Thanks for the tip, will be interested to see it working.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djmcnz:
lol, so simple.

Okay, I've verified that I did patch the file correctly (I pulled it from my phone, decoded it and checked the xml). My hex edits were made correctly to the xml but they had no effect whatsoever. This, I assume, means that the way the new Spare Parts (with the colour picker) works is different and status_bar.xml is no longer the primary source of the default colours. This means existing morphs, hex edits, colorchange.jar and themes may apply but have no effect. Since there's a track record of Wysie's Spare Parts code being rolled into Cyanogen's source it seems that this might be a long term consideration.

So, I'm going to try and trace the replacement defaults (and I don't think it will simply be in spareparts.apk)... I might ping Wysie...

If you're using an older framework then I imagine you'll have more positive results.

In some respects this may be good because the date is set to:

android:textColor="?textColorPrimaryInverse"

Which would be impossible to hex edit.

Thanks for the tip on apktool! ;)