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[HD2 General] WhiteSites:
you are kind of doing it the hard way.

goto an autoparts store, they should have the sand paper there, the high grits are more for automotive applications rather than home improvement.

Get a pack of 400 grit, 600 grit, 800 grit, 1000 grit, and 1200 grit ( optional ). They also get the Blue Coral Metal Polish Creme. I honestly think the Blue coral Polish creme works much better than braso.

Just make sure you don't rush through the sanding part. Its important that you completely sand away the scratches from the previous grit before moving forward. Also wet sanding it might make things a little easier. The Blue Coral is the final step and yes it will make a big difference. Even if you did a ****y job with the sanding, when start polishing with the Blue Coral it will get that mirrored appearance, but you will also realize where in the sanding process you need to go back and redo.

Good Luck
[HD2 General] dcordes:
Awesome! Thanks so much for this great idea. Hitting the hardware store on Monday.
[HD2 General] DracoDrake:
Damn did not know that it would be that slick

This Batt-cover i did, took 45min I thougt should i go further to polisch like chrome, after some looks i think for myself nahhhh i like brushed metal.

As he said HD2 is populair many people have one, he has chrome like some others now and i have it brushed like some. As i dont want to mimic people:P
[HD2 General] MalekoUK:
Nice job on that one!
[HD2 General] deftonic86:
stunning!

looks brilliant!!! thanks :D
[HD2 General] ephestione:
you could have gotten better results though... but maybe since you didn't want to have it similarly reflective, it still looks good with a simple brush look ;)

Mine is not as reflective as first post, yet it didn't get tarnished yet, even if I didn't use any special product, I just like to pass my fingers on it to smoothen and oil it out :D
[HD2 General] theabsurdman:
i just had my hd2 serviced under warranty in the uk by htc and they specifically requested that i did not send the back cover with the phone.
[HD2 General] ephestione:
interesting report... at this point I could've avoided buying a spare and thus save 10eur.. but anyway :p
[HD2 General] DracoDrake:
And if i got tired of the look, i can finish the process to look like chrome so that i can have the feeling that i have a new phone again:P

BTW, i did the sanding with a 360 structure. MAJOR TIP: use cotton sanding paper, or how you call it. Not paper one i noticed that cotton sanding gets a better result, this because its more flexible and you get the sanding in a nice curve.

PS sorry for crappy english
[HD2 General] Roderz:
WOW, that looks stunning,

noticed that there is one listed on ebay - might save me some labour, or do I get the emery cloth out and do it myself ??
[HD2 General] WhiteSites:
The one on ebay is a slip cover.

Unless you found a different auction than me.

I highly recommend doing your own cover. You will appreciate the result more. Plus the fact that you can't just buy it makes that much more rare and unique. I would stay away from the green scrubby pads, and just use the sand paper and polishing cream. If you have a electric polisher that will help, as by hand it takes a while and will leave your hands pretty raw.
[HD2 General] :
This ain't extreme enough for me. What about fabrics ? Just leave the paint on, find some super glue or two side sticky tape. And throw on some nice suede, leather or any other crazy pattern fabric.

But i think the fabric must be really thin to work. Anyone willing to try that out ?
[HD2 General] m0bmentality:
A hammered silk.. like they use for intricate fingernail stuff.. or a piece of micro suede with the backing pulled off would be sick.. you will just have to trim it and play with it until it closes well.. double sided tape and super glue are a no no though.. you will use a spray adhesive.. and make sure its nearly dry and super tacky before laying your material onto it.. or you will see the wetness on your material and it will never go away....

Id still reccomend buying a spare back though.. if not you might end up with a crappy looking back on your phone if you mess it up.
[HD2 General] ap3604:
Wow thanks WhiteSites for taking the time to post this thread I appreciate it :)

It's funny because I had an iPhone 3gs before that I did this same procedure to!!!

I got tired of always worrying about the back plastic getting tiny scratches no matter if it was in the case or not so I just sanded the back plastic down to look brushed and the guy on Craigslist loved it so much he traded me his 2 week old Hd2 for it :D

Gotta agree though the sanding job took FOREVER and my fingers were falling off by the end :(

Sure made me appreciate my hard work though ;)
[HD2 General] htccol:
Hi Guys,

I just got my cover chromed and it looks amazing. The only problem is my signal has become really poor since.

Any ideas any one?

Thanks in advance
[HD2 General] :
Yea, has anyone got this problem too ? I was thinking about ''chroming'' my cover. But i don't want signal loss. Any other problems that a cure like scratches? Is it sensitive for scratches ? I don't want to use my ugly plastic case anymore.
[HD2 General] sausagedog:
ive done its and it looks stunning but new idea issss covering the cover with 3m carbon fibre wrap it will go nice with the gray phone :D
[HD2 General] Sam2k:
You can chrome-plate plastics. Remember the silver plastic toys you may have had as a child?

I'm not sure of the exact process but I think they plate it with copper before the chrome!

Too nasty a process to try at home & expensive for a one-off, but the people who supply/make the cover could do a batch for pennies each. :cool:
[HD2 General] FlawlesStyle:
Just got around to doing this to mine, here's the result:

/edit: Forgot to mention, regarding the reception issue, I've had no changes...same signal, same speeds.
[HD2 General] HC4Life:
Great mod!

It looks different now.

I'm gonna do it myself :D
[HD2 General] MicroBoI:
Good idea Bro. U can simply buy more covers and do it. I rather buy it from you then doing it
[HD2 General] DracoDrake:
I could do it for you, only it would not be cheap...:S:P cause is gonna take half a day for perfect finish. It is not that you could do this with a machine, but its sirious quite small object so the risk to hurt myself is high:S:P. With tools to hold the plate you actually cannot realy feel flow if you know what i mean.

With that the problem is also that you could easily sand it to much, problem then is that the plate becomes thinner and weaker.

You could compare it with the new HTC models (2010-2011) those models have metal plate with brush metal look. But if you have noticed most of them are pretty flat that makes it lot easier. The HD2 batt-cover have on his side a 100° bend and that is the hardest part to perfect it.

So if you may consider, take in mind that it will cost arround $40-90. the OP has the same prediction on that.

Look, i recommend that you should do it yourself. It is not that hard it only take patience and time. You dont easily mess it up if you follow the instructions from the OP and some others that has tips on that.

PS. As i mention before, you could also do a brush-metal look, like i did. Take less time and patience:P
[HD2 General] jirka607:
Have you tried to use thinner to remove color im going to do it tommorow with it :)
[HD2 General] DracoDrake:
Does Thinner work?!

And... does it work with your method? Im verry curious if this makes the process easier?!
[HD2 General] jirka607:
Nope its a good color i used electric brusher....

im now in part of removing scratches that are there uff :D
[HD2 General] DracoDrake:
not understanding

I don't quite understand, good colour? And of what do I have to see when you mean electric brusher?

Maybe iam not understanding it because I'm dutch? Sorry.
[HD2 General] geppo1975:
hi all,boys...

in 3 hours i made myself my leo's cover chrome and polished as a mirror...is an easy work for people who has a minimum of crafts;)
[HD2 General] tqh1994:
My HD2

Here are pics of my chrome hd2 attempt.
[HD2 General] ephestione:
for what matters anyway, "chroming" the battery cover will not void the warranty, as you are requested to remove everything but the phone body when sending it back for servicing.

I just experienced it since I had to bring it to a collection point after my touchscreen died.
[HD2 General] anap40:
Anyone have any comments on how these covers are holding up long term?
[HD2 General] Mgog718:
Damn! You're brilliant! Why didn't I think of that? Oh cuz I don't know anything about airplane model kits! lol Wish I woulda saw this earlier!
[HD2 General] Mgog718:
You inspired my modded HD2

Hey WhiteSites, you rock! You really inspired me and my back was all scuffed up and terrible lookin so I started sandin! lol I got it down to the metal then got lazy.....well not really just opted to have it professionally done. I also took it a step further and got mine engraved with a 2nd G logo I redesigned for myself. Check it out and let me know what you think.
[HD2 General] ephestione:
perfectly well, it's maybe almost imperceptibly coarser than what it was after I did it (immediately after reading this howto), but the cover is in perfect order.

The plastic on the other side is alittle worn out since it's was easier to pull out the cover, but I do that ofter to swap batteries.
[HD2 General] arthasz:
Its really easy guys! i did the job in 2 hours!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nonmindo:
I'm not sure if there is anything out there that will do this, or if its even possible....

I was wondering if someone could make it so that when you open the "Car Home" it automatically turns on Bluetooth and when you exit it turns it off...looking to this to be applied to Car Home from Froyo...or maybe enable one of the extra buttons in car home as a bluetooth toggle... but automatic would definitly be first choice

grr forgot to put what my "[MOD REQ.]" was in the title....if a moderator could please update this for me to "[MOD REQ.] Auto BT on/off in Car Home"...kthx
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draken Korin:
Mod edit.: not (yet) dev related, moved to q&a
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] URPREY:
Search for DockCarSwitches in the Market. It does this when you put your phone in the dock, and does it well.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nonmindo:
Thanks for the advice, that would work, but I don't use the Google dock, hence why I'm looking for something to turn it on when car home is opened

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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] StefanSarzio:
Tasker (beta, not yet on the market, but at http://tasker.dinglisch.net/) can do that (and many other nice things).
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrandroid:
Keep in mind that right now, when you plug in your phone to the dock it automatically turns on Bluetooth, you don't need to manually do it and you don't need an app to do it. Dock must be connected to a power source for this to happen.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nonmindo:
As I previously stated I do not have the Google Dock, I got tired of waiting for it so i bought a nexus mount and usb charger...like it better than dock anyhow, friend has dock, i find it annoying
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nonmindo:
hmm...it installed and i can set up actions and stuff....but it doesnt work...sad...it looked perfect too...guess ill wait for non beta one

**EDIT** Ok so apparently Tasker doesnt see any change when you "run" Car Home....so it doesnt toggle on / off...however i just setup BT to auto toggle on when power is plugged in and BT to toggle off when not plugged in, this is fine for me since the only time i use BT is when its plugged into my car charger... YAY!! set and forget is now active!! thanks again for this app suggestion, I will def pay these guys once it goes live
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daemondemise:
Setting Profiles - is what I use to automatically set my work,home,drive,or sleep settings.
[XPERIA X10 General] minghaoji:
hey i just got a x10i and somehow my clock on my home page is different from the time on the top right corner, somehow my time stop on my home screen, does anyone know how can i fix it. also my facebook update stop too.
[XPERIA X10 General] im_iceman:
Sounds like you've got a task killer screwing things up. Make sure the widget is on the ignore list. Or stop using task killer altogether. ( they don't actually help at all).

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[XPERIA X10 General] minghaoji:
ya right i do have a task killer. is that why mine clock won't work. i found that task killer isn't doing a good job right now, do u have any suggestion software for ending programs. and thanks for telling me that.
[XPERIA X10 General] im_iceman:
I removed my task killer altogether and found that my phone runs faster and battery actually lasts longer.. So my suggestion is to remove it!

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[XPERIA X10 General] minghaoji:
i have found this advance task killer, seems working fine, don't know if you have try it out before.
[XPERIA X10 General] biktor_gj:
I use taskiller free (the one who has a red droid icon). I have told it to ignore all the widgets I use, and it gets the job done, with a very small memory footprint. In my case I have to charge the battery every 16 hours, so can't talk too much about battery performance...

Been using it since I had my htc magic and works quite well
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ian1001:
hi i just recently upgraded to the modaco froyo rom. every time my battery percentage hits 20% the phone dies like its at zero thus making 20% unusable. ive wiped the phone, cache, and the battery stats. ive also drained it from 100-20 multiple times to recalibrate the sensors. any ideas?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bmj1086:
call HTC and tell them you have a broken battery if you truly have performed all of these steps. You can try manually removing the battery stats first though. I forget where the file is or where it's located but you can search around, I'm sure you will find it.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ian1001:
The thing is I've been using the phone for a while and it just statlrted happening
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] godsfilth:
ive noticed this at 15% thought it was a one time fluke (flashed a new intersect raven kernel yesterday before work) then it happened today i was going to flash back to the default froyo kernal and see if that did it but now im worried my battery might be screwed
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paulk_:
Did this happen before you upgraded to Froyo?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mddictator:
Did you update the radio a long with froyo?

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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KnightMAREcrow:
I noticed that too when I intentionally let it run down to 15%, seems like its a fail-safe if you will of the phone to limit damage to either the phone itself or maybe the battery. I'm just guessing, but its not something wrong with the rom, it seems thats the cutoff point, I could be wrong though...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] minooch:
Yep, i have 2 ideas:

1) Read the forum rules

2) Post questions under Nexus One Q&A instead of Android Development.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Draken Korin:
Mod edit.: not dev related, moved to q&a
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 6ix Side:
Effective Fix

Hey All,

I recently had the same issue with my S4 and I came across a very cheap but effective fix. There is an app on the play store called "Real Battery" that scales your battery level down to the percentage it dies it. My phone kept dying at 30% so I set the indicator to 30% and it scaled my battery level so that 30% is my new 0%. It lets you know more accurately when your phone is about to die, so that you won't be fooled when your phone says it has charge. Check it out, its called Real Battery.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] BRuTaLG:
Hi guys, I have a Tilt2 with the EnergyROM...

My phone recently started acting up, and wont charge the battery when plugged in (oem HTC charger)

The orange light turns on, and phone says charging but battery level doesnt change, in fact it drains as usual. Yet sometimes if I leave the phone plugged in it will start charging?

I also get the current charge isnt enough switch to AC charger or close applications error sometimes when plugged with the AC charger...

I'm leaning towards a bad battery but wanted to see if anyone had this problem before?

Thanks in advance!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] rr5678:
That sounds like a charger problem. try a different one.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] BRuTaLG:
thanks for the response...i tried a charger that had the usb plug to it, i tried a charger with a usb end on it, and two car chargers and i get the same effect...i did hard resets and even installed a new ROM to see if it would help. but no luck
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] bwnotredame06:
It's the the charging points , look at the middle bar is it staight across try bending it just a little , a smidge left or right , I had this issue before and also on my original tilt and it fixed it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] macuser101:
I had my mytouch 2.1, 32A running the regular Cyanogenmod 5.07 for Magic/Dream. This have me access to T-mobile's HSPA+ network, which was noticeably faster than the 3G access I had with stock 1.6. I flashed the new more featureful Eclair rom, [Rom][32a][3.22] CyanogenMod 5.0.7-Stable Eclair 2.1 (05/26/2010)(576Mhz)+ UNDERVOLT, and I like it. Except! I seem to only get 3G network, no HSPA+. Is the network access ROM dependent, any way to keep this shiny new rom, and have HSPA+? Thanks!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] macuser101:
Anyone know?
[HD2 General] Phenomenon:
I have a program like a stopwatch that I need to be able to see what time it has, but the screen goes black whenever you don't touch the phone after a while. The program itself doesn't have this option, but is there other programs that will allow you to customize which programs CAN do this?
[HD2 General] Phenomenon:
bump.........
[HD2 General] toreone:
I think if change the back light settings you should be able to achieve what you are looking for!

Start/Settings/Sound & Display/Backlight there will you find the settings you need! :cool:
[HD2 General] Phenomenon:
No, that would do it for all programs thereafter. I'm looking for something so it'll know specifically which programs to do it for.
[HD2 General] xtralongleave:
I've wondered this as well but never came up with anything... Backlight settings do not have a 'Stay Continuously On' option.

I want to leave the screen on while playing Slacker radio with my HD2 connected to a desktop cradle :P but the screen always dims :(

Perhaps there is a registry tweak?? The search continues...
[HD2 General] cu2cool:
+1, gets annoying for bejewled. =)
[HD2 General] C_LosEvo:
i would love this fix
[HD2 General] |Blitzkrieg|:
KeepAwake works great for this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=661472&highlight=KeepAwake
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] djorijun:
Anyone else experiencing issues?
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] SimPup:
Yup getting errors

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[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] driftin:
As am I...

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[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] bormooski:
Me too

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[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] XxsydenxX:
Everyone is experience issues with it. Null and what not. They are fixing it.
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Sporkman:
nope i dont use it lol bloo ftw
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] aalopez10:
Bloo 1.5 has facebook chat

EVRYONE USE BLOO 1.5 ( IS A THIRD PARTY FACEBOOK APP ),

THIS VERSION IS NOT RELEASE ON THE MARKET YET.

BLOO 1.5 HAS FACEBOOK CHAT BUILT IN.

the official facebook app has lack on updates and keeps having bugs.

enjoyyyyy
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] Kfunk:
Thanks for .apk file. Bloo looks much better than the stock facebook app!
[Hero CDMA Themes and Apps] derekwilkinson:
I guess this gives me a chance to try Bloo ;) but I'm glad its not the ROM I'm using
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irgins:
Ok guys, please go easy on me, I'm completely new. I bought a used Nexus One with CynogenMod 5.05 installed. I was able to update it to 5.06 with a breeze. And now, I wanted to updated to the latest and greatest, CM 5.07. I found a tutorial that referenced using the ClockworkMod, and I figured with a adp install it would be even easier than before.

Here's the real kicker, I couldn't get the clockworkmod recovery to update to the latest CM 5.07, so I figured that a complete wipe (SD Card, cache, everything) would make things better.

Unfortunately, after trying many times to flash/update CM or 2.2 Froyo, I can't get it to work. Do I need to run a .sh file? Keep in mind my Sd card formatted with appropriate file directories. How do I run the commands on CMD/Terminal?

I'm pretty knowledgeable with general computers and technologies, but for this stuff I am completely overwhelmed with all the knowledge being passed around as I just want a working Nexus One for now. Could you guys condense and appropriate which steps I should take? I promise I will come back to study deeper into the unix architecture/Android OS :)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nephron:
Could be something wrong with the recovery. When u flash the ROM does it give u any error? Did u try redownloading the ROM and try flashing again?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irgins:
It gives me an error (status 7) and aborts. I tried several CN ROMs.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prettyboy85712:
Look for help here. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=639153&page=15&highlight=clockwork
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irgins:
I asked there with no response :(

Can anyone help out?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OrganizedFellow:
Please answer Yes/No to the following questions:

1.Are you able to boot the phone into recovery mode?

2.Do you have a reliable nandroid backup?

3.Do you have a way to connect your microSD card to your PC without connecting to your phone?

I don't know what else to ask you.

Depends on the answers above.

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I'm thinking that you can just transfer a reliable download of the latest stable Cyanogen ROM ([ROM] CyanogenMod-5: Kang Central Station (STABLE) [06/19/2010 / 5.0.8]) to the root of your card, and REFLASH.

You tried that already, right?!?!

hhmm, maybe the installation of ClockworkMod was NOT successful?!?!

What about this?

fastboot erase recovery
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djmcnz:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6851045&postcount=1556
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OrganizedFellow:
@irgins: please let us know if the posted solution by djmcnz works for you
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Blizzrar:
I understand this correctly?

You know you do not really like to unlock your bootloader?

Or it does not work with the Toturials from the web?

-greeeetz-Blizzrar

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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmstlist:
Please don't reply to posts more than one year old. This problem has surely been resolved long ago.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] MNK78:
Hi guys,

am new to this whole rooting/ROM updating thing.

Would appreciate if someone could guide me to a good ROM for my HERO (currently running stock 1.5)...its an Eastern/Central European version (i.e. has language for Czech, Hungary, Poland etc) and has no market place.

Basically the ROM I am looking for should:

Give market ability

Android 2.1

Fast to use

Give a better/more practical contacts selection option...i.e. the fastest way to select contacts (bypassing having to go through multiple screens!)

Be generally cool and not make me want to buy a new android phone for the next few month!

would also appreciate instructions (or link to) for how to update the ROM.

thanks!:)