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[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] meadams314:
Right.. i havent yet because it just doesnt feel right putting a 650 dollar piece of electronics into liquid. Heh.. Anyway, ran up to the local grocery store and all they carry is 50/50 alcohol/water. Leaning towards just letting the phone dry out now.. it has already been 14 hours since the dip in the toilet, and the water wasn't filthy just had a little pee in it (trust me, i stopped real quick when the phone hit the water, lol)

EDIT: So if it turns out the keyboard is shot, but the rest of the phone is fine.. is there any way of replacing the keyboard? I searched around online but all i could find was replacement lcd/faceplate/front keypads.. no keyboards.

Also.. unimportant but I thought it was kind of interesting, the water sensitive sticker on my battery is completely un-touched; looks good as new. However the one on the inside of the phone which couldnt be more than an inch away from the other sticker is completely washed out.

EDIT: (again lol) so on second thought.. the water in the 50/50 rubbing alcohol should be purified, correct? I'm really starting to worry about corrosion from the minerals in the toilet water and thinking it might be a good idea to wash it out with the rubbing alcohol. I've seen stories of people who left their phone underwater for long periods of time without a battery and once it dried out it was fine, one guy put a test phone under water for 3 days, then dried it out and it was fine. So that begs the question- take a risk on corrosion but let the phone dry out quicker OR get all the minerals/salts out of the phone but risk more water damage and deal with a longer drying time..
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] IMissPalmOS:
Note that Walmart sells 90% rubbing alcohol, and many pharmacies stock 99%.

(I don't have an opinion if washing your phone in this is a good or bad idea; just wanted to let you know where you can find it).
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] meadams314:
So after reading probably a couple hundred different "i dropped my phone in the toilet, ran it through the wash, or jumped in the pool with it in my pocket" stories and their outcomes...

Decided to put the phone back into a sealed container of uncooked rice (only because I couldn't find any silica gel) and leave it in a warm area overnight minus the battery. It'll have spent 30 hours drying in a desiccant come noon tomorrow so I'll fire it up and again and see what happens.

To condense everything I've read in the past 4 hours: Water + electricity +electronics = bad, remove the battery immediately (duh). Let it dry, do not turn it on (you'd be surprised how many people turn it on right after towel drying, and leave it on till it fries). Taking the phone apart and cleaning with alcohol and a q-tip seems to help, as does completely soaking the phone in alcohol; however I saw quite a few people who said their LCD quit working after the alcohol bath so I'd use it as a last resort only if even after extensive drying the phone still won't work (might as well give it a shot then, right?) ...just try to keep it away from the lcd.

Anyway, gonna try the TP2 around noon tommorow.. I'll let ya know how it goes.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] undefined:
this is horrible, its like my worst night mare, but i just recently switched to at&t and specifically didnt get the iPhone because i am a very strong windows mobile user lol, but anyway, im selling my tp2 that i had, almost perfect condition, but if i can get it apart, i would sell you the keyboard, i didn get a sale on ebay, but i dont think the guy is gonna pay :(((, but ill keep in touch, i hope all goes well
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] meadams314:
Cool, I'll have to take you up on that if the keyboard doesn't return to normal. Coming up on 20 hours now it's been drying in rice at not quite 100 degrees.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] undefined:
Just checkin up on ya before I go to school. I'll be checkin the thread all day, im really interested to hear if you get it working again, if so, I think this post thread should stay in the archives as "Opps..."
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] meadams314:
Well it's been 30 hours.. crossing my fingers and powering it up...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] meadams314:
Still some signs of moisture inside the lcd, but definately less than yesterday.. phone still boots up properly. Keyboard still doesnt work.. when i press the buttons i can hear water inside it. Thinking the rice doesn't work as well as silica gel would so today at work i'm gonna see if i cant find a few big packets of silica gel to let the phone sit in. Starting to get pretty impatient.. i need my phone!

Starting to seriously think about getting some 99/1 rubbing alcohol and dipping the keyboard in it for a few minutes too..
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] meadams314:
tempted to just put the battery back in and bring it to work with me.. can use the touchscreen no problem.. but ARGH dont wanna damage my phone!

Sigh.. guess it's going back in the rice and sitting in my car for another baking session :( I work till 10pm tonight, and go back at 6am tommorow so if the keyboard's still not working by the time i'm off tommorow i'm gonna run up to home depot, get a torx 5 and take the stupid thing apart to dry/clean it better.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] atticus182:
Oh I wouldn't "dip" the phone into alcohol if I were you, that can only make the problem worse.. Best thing you can do is open the phone (if you have the appropriate screwdrivers) and try to make it dry with a hair dryer or something like that!

And yeah you should definately try the Silica gel!

Dude I feel so sorry for you, must be harsh to drop your phone into your own piss x'D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] meadams314:
Only problems i've seen caused by alcohol is with the lcd.. was thinking about dipping just the keyboard, but yeah.. thinking it might be better to get a torx 5 and take it apart.. water's been in there too long, dont want any corrosion.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] stevedebi:
Reminds me of the time my old Ericsson T28 went through an entire wash cycle. The battery was shot, but the phone worked fine once I got a new battery. That was a full 10 years ago, and phones were a bit tougher back then (though still not warranted to be cleaned that way)!

Good luck on the phone. I gather you don't have insurance on the TP2 through your carrier?

Also, if you are willing to extend your contract, you can get a new TP2 for under $200 with a two year extension.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] atticus182:
Hehe there are actually 4 places, because you forgot Chuck Norris! Never take your phone to Chuck Norris, he will roundhouse kick it out of your hands, right back into the toilet xD..

And some other tips that might help the guy with the broken phone:

- Give time for the phone to dry. Don't experiment with putting the battery back on to see if it works as this would risk damaging the phone with a short circuit.

- Be patient and wait. Yes - be patient! Let nature have its way; just leave it in a warm place and let the water evaporate.

- Place it on top of the vent of a cable box, monitor or TV for at least 24 hours (up to 3 days). The low heat emitted is enough to gently dry out the phone.

- Do not under any circumstances heat the battery - it could leak or explode. Lithium-ion batteries are sensitive. If you use an oven or hairdryer, remove the battery first.

- If you use alcohol for the drying process, only do so to the outside, and do not apply heat in any way shape or form, not even the gentlest of heat. Do not connect the battery until the alcohol smell goes away

- And, if it's not stating the obvious, do not put the phone into the microwave. You will fry the components and probably ruin the microwave!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] stevedebi:
I was more worried about a toaster oven...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] bigdog77s:
after an accident a few weeks ago I had similar issue. I just asked to disable the the keyboard on here cus it was typing by itself. I still have some issues with fron keys, but I am making due.. my Tilt 2 is now a Pure. Was thinking og trying a new keyboard from site someone sent me. Looks like Chinese site.

http://cnn.cn/shop/touch-pro2-rhodium-c-277_881.html
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Aaron McCarthy:
use swype if you arent already
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] oisact:
Pure water in the LCD will eventually evaporate. However alcohol will leave behind permanent residue if it gets between the LCD layers. I learned that the hard way with a blackberry. Sounds like you're already doing all the right things, but just in case here's my "guide" if you're interested:

http://dexsoft.com/blog/?p=19
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] meadams314:
Ok.. first off i'm updating it every few hours cause my tp2 is my baby.. duh.

Anyway, I got home after letting the phone sit in a tupperware full of rice inside my car all day, and was about to take it apart but I noticed the moisture inside the LCD looked like it was gone so I powered it up. Phone is back in business.. keyboard fully functional! Could still see some traces of moisture in the lcd after it turned on so i'm gonna let it dry overnight by a fan.

@atticus.. lol put your phone in a microwave.. if anybody is dumb enough to do that they don't deserve to save their phone. haha

anyway, hats off to HTC for making a smartphone that can survive a dip in the toilet! (granted pulling the battery within seconds helped tons)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] atticus182:
Dude that's a nice guide! I read it completely and I'll bookmark it just in case I drop my Phone/PSP/whatever into liquid :D

Ah so nice, I'm glad you were able to save it! But just in case I'd let it dry (or try the hairdryer that oisact suggested) for a day or two, just in case ^.^
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] meadams314:
Heh, me too you have no idea.. lol Yeah i let it sit in rice with a packet of silica gel inside the battery compartment overnight, and in my car all day while i was at work.. still got moisture inside the LCD. ugh! Still somewhat worried about shorts with moisture in the phone.. but holy crap am I glad it works again!

Remember people.. if your phone gets wet, REMOVE THE BATTERY IMMEDIATELY! Can't stress that enough. It's the single most important thing if you want to save your phone.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] meadams314:
PS: took it mostly apart but stopped shy of removing the motherboard to get at the keyboard.. it's very possible to disassemble but i wouldn't recommend it unless you have both a steady hand and some intelligence. Some very small, very breakable plastic tabs and whatnot holding vital components in place.. gotta love it.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] undefined:
So glad that you finally got it working again! Congrats and also good job HTC! lol Ill continue to buy htc devices forever!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Willuknight:
I can't believe no one's commented on the dangers of using your phone while you're on the bog!

Good to hear you managed to get things working!

Also to the guy who said not to take your phone to the beach, what else are you supposed to do at the beach? Look at all the lovely bikinis?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] demandarin:
Glad to hear u got it up n running again. HTC does make some tuff devices. I have a old Kaiser/Tilt that fell in the toilet 2 differemt times and fell several times to the ground from a decent height(I'm 6'5) and still works perfectly. Of course I had to let phone dry out for while, but still wrks flawlessy after all of that. I don't think these tilt 2 are as tuff as the tilt. I've dropped my new phone 1 time and now it likes to shutdown if I let the keyboard slam shut. Its all good though. I just guide the keyboard back closed easily.

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Sent from my AOSP on XDANDROID MSM
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] meadams314:
On a side note, while taking my tp2 apart i got a good look at the hinges that allow the lcd portion to tilt... to anybody worrying about it being fragile, stop. The hinges are some heavy duty hardcore stuff for sure.. never did get it fully apart but i'd guess most of the weight from the phone is in the hinges. It's almost funny.. there's tiny little plastic clips that hold the motherboard in place, but huge (comparatively) coil spring looking deals, almost looks like shocks on a car for the hinges.

EDIT: Again.. gotta give props to HTC for making an expensive, very smart phone that can actually take abuse. Can't stress this enough, after taking the phone apart I fell in love with HTC. I've had motorola, nokia, samsung, lg, and sanyo.. gotta say HTC is by far the most quality built phone i've seen yet.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] meadams314:
and to Demandarin: I couldnt help but notice all the android stuff in your signature.. if you're in any way shape or form connected to project android, I thank you from the bottom of my heart, absolutely love it. ...and rom date, 9/25/09, what the hell man?!

EDIT: yeah, i edit alot.. kinda drunk after celebrating the fact that my small laptop survived a dip in the toilet.. lol

2ND EDIT: like i said.. kinda drunk. lol anyway, I've made a new house rule.. my phone at no point in time or under any circumstance enters the bathroom. Regardless of what happens it stays outside the door. lol
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] meadams314:
one more..

to Oisact, LOVE your guide. Very detailed and contains all the right instructions. However you say at one point there's at least one Youtube video showing how to take apart any electronic device you can think of.. but nomatter what i tried, i couldn't find one single video on taking the TP2 apart.. oh well, no big deal. Either way.. i would highly recommend leaving dis-assembly of your tp2 to a professional. I'm still amazed i took it apart and got it back together without breaking or damaging anything. All i had available was a Torx 5 and my fingernails...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] atticus182:
You can always just edit your post, that's way better :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Numan2:
As a suggestion to anyone else that decides to wash their phone in the toilet something that may work better than rice is somethoing you can get at wallyworld called "damp rid" put the damp rid in a sealed container along with the phone for a few days in a warm place and it should remove all traces of water but not the mineral or other contamination much in the same way rice does but it's designed for this purpose.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] brent372:
I had dropped my Ozone in the sink at work and yanked the battery right away.

I didn't have any rice available, so I let it sit by the exhaust fan of a Cisco 5500 series blade switch.

A mere 5 hours later is was back in business.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] meadams314:
21 days later, update for anybody interested.. phone still working like normal, however seems to be some permanent artifacts in the lcd; 2 long diagonal lines that are slightly brighter than the surrounding area.

Moral of the story: dont get your damn phone wet. heh
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] meadams314:
Sorry to drag up old crap but...

Again for anybody who cares-

The tp2 that took a bath in pee water finally croaked after almost a year. Fairly sure it was due to corrosion. First the phone wouldn't sense when the keyboard was out unless it was in a certain spot, eventually it wouldn't sense it at all. Then the power button went from sketchy to nonexistant and finally the LCD went black and it won't turn on at all except a few random vibrations if it's plugged in... oh well, T-Mobile allowed me an early upgrade to the HD2 which is already running Android 2.3.2 :D
[XPERIA X1 Themes and Apps] Ethermind:
Any solutions?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=343988

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Hmmm... Looks like it works...

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OKFF2HRP
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] j3yps:
Does anybody know what settings i should use when i'm converting my PDFs using Calibre for Aldiko?...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] saltorio:
Just convert them to EPUB, and use all the defaults.

Works fine for me, though you won't have a table-of contents and chapter breaks (within the file) may not be at the right points. Neither are problems unless the books are being used as references. For novels it works great.
[General Topics] monnom:
Hi

Does anyone know hot the facebook thing in HTC sense works? What data is transmitted? Is it just downloading the list of friends and comparing the name?

Does it send the names in your contact book? or the phone numbers?
[General Topics] monnom:
does really nobody care?
[General Topics] conantroutman:
It should recognise contacts shared between your phone and facebook then fill in info in contact cards like birthdays, email adresses etc, only if its shared on facebook of course.

Theres probably more to it than that but its not a function I use a lot.

Hope that helps!
[General Topics] monnom:
Than you for your answer.

so nothing will be transmitted to facebook? it will only download the data from fb and then compare it to the phone book?
[General Topics] djteotancolis:
yes it wont send any data to fb
[General Topics] conantroutman:
except for updating your status nothing is sent... as far as i know.
[General Topics] monnom:
ok, thank you!
[General Topics] Agent Zach:
And to update your Status via HTC Sense, view my tutorial. [image in my signature]
[Desire General] Mário Caliman:
Hello everyone,

I'm new to forum, and I have some doubts, I have a HTC 8181 Desire, already routed, I have the rom of Modaco.

I wonder if there is any rom that exists in Portuguese language and Portuguese-language keyboard as well.

Grateful,

:)
[Desire General] meqif:
Hi!

Modaco's rom contains most (all?) languages, just install MoreLocale to select one. It's available on the market.

Boa sorte. :)
[Desire General] emontes:
Like meqif said, MoreLocale will do the trick but if you need help, send me a private message.

Valeu :)
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin] palikam:
Can somebody upload the HER_TMUK_1211103_1050500_WWE_Ship.exe ROM please?? It's impossible to found it, my T-mobile doesn't provide it, so I am hopeless....

I know that there http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-537437.html is a thread about T-mob ROMs, but the link attached to this ROM on rapidshare is dead... can you help me and upload it? Thanks
[Droid Eris General] RoyalAndroid:
questioin answered thank u:]
[General Topics] orb3000:
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[General Topics] OG:
Your not allowed to post about Android unless you have an Android Device. This is a Sin.
[HD2 General] unleashed12:
Is there any way to get these back?..i remember before on my europe leo the sense tab bacgrounds in music and settings the color was black/greyish..now on the tmobile 2.13 rom its solid black...is there anyway to get the grey color back? this is a picture of the color im talking about

http://www.letsgomobile.org/images/reviews/0158/htc-hd2-settings.jpg
[HD2 General] aoakes:
Download HDWalls (HDWall_v0.28b) seems to be the most stable http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=503511

1. Open it up on your PC, and run HDWALLS.EXE.

2. Click on slider on the side task bar. Right there are the original icon for the slide. select then create cab.

3 Now under options check the box to include slider bar

:) done... convert and create cab, and install. if you get confused, just followed hdwalls instructions. im sure there are people with links to cabs the way you may want it setup. my hd2 is pimped out thanks to HDWALLS. make sure to install hq patch.
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
I think what you're looking for there is the background itself, not the slider itself or the curtain behind it.

I believe the image below is the one you're looking for. I went ahead and cabbed it up in HDWalls using some settings that should work on the new stock tmo ROM. If you use this cab to make that image your background (it'll apply it to all tab backgrounds), you'll also need to install the HQ patch I've attached as well.

Let us know if this worked for what you needed ;)
[HD2 General] unleashed12:
omg this worked perfectttt.. thank you so much..now it looks just like it used to on my old leo.. thanks.. ireally hated the stale solid black..

but theres one problem... now i can no longer change my weather background..ie its the same as the gradient background..like it wont apply any of the other "Stock" wallpapers in the folder..its always the black gradient no matter what... is there any way to fix this?.. ie on my home tab i could have any sense wallpaper but on all other tabs.. the normal gradient..

EDIT* okay i looked into it..seems like i have to use some app now to change my wallpaper..the stock picker will no longer work.... thanks..
[HD2 General] sirphunkee:
Ahh yes sorry, I didn't catch that you wanted that image on all tabs other than your home tab, with a separate image instead for that. I'm honestly not familiar with any of the wallpaper choosers that might be out there. However, you might want to take a look at BG4A (BG4All tabs)...I seem to recall that it will put backgrounds on the tabs but still let you pick a separate one for your homescreen, but I haven't used it in a long time and could be mistaken :o
[HD2 General] Kirivolution:
i hae the same problem and its the biggest reason i hat the newest rom upgrade :mad:

i realy hope someone can help me solve this problem becouse it gets on my nerves now!
[HD2 General] toreone:
Well you guys should all be running CHT on your devices anyways..that has an option to set an image for your tabs...in bothe 1.8.5 and 2.0...just download CHT and it will take care of that completely!:cool:
[HD2 General] ElectronX:
After updating my original German T-Mobile ROM from 1.72.111.4 to 3.14.111.1 (04666) GER with Manila 2.5.20181527.1, I get the same solid black background on all Sense tabs. This thread was the only search result that describes the problem.

HDWall v0.29b was not my first solution. Because I only want back my gray backgrounds.

Therefore, I installed the HQWallpaperPatch v1.30.

This was a successful attempt. All my gray backgrounds were there again. But now it was not possible to me to change the wallpaper of the home tab any more.

And the newly transparent look of the notification bar and soft bar is very ugly while working with normal applications.

Then, nevertheless after uninstalling the HQWallpaperPatch, I have tried out HDWall. But the resulting CABs were not compatible with my ROM. The wallpapers have not changed and the Sense UI became unstable. Only a hard reset/cold boot could solve the problems with Sense.

CHT is the acronym from "Co0kie's Home Tab". I do not need all that features. Hence, I have investigated to BG4all (Background for all tabs).

BG4all only replaces two files in the \Windows folder. 090a4ee8_manila includes a compressed script. I am not sure, why 3a8e04af_manila also must be replaced.

But there are many versions of this patch in the wild. I used m9editor to compare all shipped files with my original ones.

And I found a compatible version. This BG4all_Manila2.5.cab works without problems along with my ROM version.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ballerhaller:
what is the fastest way to change swappiness?

i found some app on the market..but it was a paid app..so i was wondering if there are any free apps that can change it quickly..or if not..how do i change swap in recovery?

thx a lot for the help

EDIT: i figured it out..thx a lot !