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[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] ukon:
What is the point in playing a music video.. If you're not watching it?

Then you might as well just play the mp3 file instead.

Playing a movie uses more battery than playing a song.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Astral07:
a couple of years ago i downloaded about 6gb of music videos from youtube which contain some legendary stuff, i converted them to mp4 and would always want to keep them on my SD card

sometimes i watch the videos but most of the time i listen to music, and i can confirm what Mobzter said, when the screen is off, the power drain is just the same as when you listen to audio
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Mobzter:
Im glad its helped ya out a little..

Btw i used meridian again for an hr today, music full volume using earphones! didnt realise 3g was running an all (screen off, playlist on) and i only lost 1%!!! ridiculous o wat!!

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[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] sanghaviraj:
Running video in background ?

I to have historical videos, which I would sometimes would just like to listen and not watch,meridian does that, but it can't run in background,i mean android does support some level of multi tasking, doesn't it? It would also help in terms of battery use.is there any such video player?thnks in advance
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] sanghaviraj:
Play only audio from your favorite video:

I have just found in market an app called: no video, which can play only audio from any video in your device,but it still can't play it in background,for time being it will help me
[HD2 General] hackm0d:
Guys, I'm absolutely TORN between these two, and am leaning toward the HD2 a lot (because of how comfortable customizing Windows Mobile is) but can someone tell me why the HD2 is a better buy than the Nexus One? I'm just looking for some reassurance as to how the HD2 is better (apart from the screen size).
[HD2 General] brekem:
i have the hd2 and is a powerfull device the only thing is it have WM if i were you ill buy the nexus or you have a better option the evo 4g
[HD2 General] lquigley:
Your decision

Andriod is great, for some people, wm is great for some, I love hd2, but personal choice,. Thats why so many different phones to choose from, lots of different personal choices,,,Quig
[HD2 General] hackm0d:
The EVO 4G is a CDMA device and I use a GSM network. How is the Nexus One better than the HD2?
[HD2 General] hackm0d:
Doesn't the HD2 have a lot of problems? I read this post of a guy with an HD2 and he said he has a new problem with it every day lol :D is that true?
[HD2 General] brekem:
well i cant tell you if it but i comming from a g1 i prefferd android over WM
[HD2 General] webjunky:
Why not check the HTC Droid Incredible if android is a option

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQOsgZFBUGY

i , myself use a HD2 and i love it.
[HD2 General] M3PH:
I saw that too. TBH i think that was a very large case of user incompetence. I've had my HD2 about 6 weeks now and i've not had any problems with it that weren't my fault to begin with except for the sms sound notification issue and the slow HTC messaging application issue but these are problems almost everyone is having and the second one isn't so bad if you don't have text mainiacs for friends or want to flash a custom rom that use's the outlook style WM default.

I love my windows mobile device for the simple things. Things like direct push of my email from my exchange server and the familiar UI. As a linux fan i was very excited when android was first annouced but after using a G1 in the local tmobile store i changed my mind a little. I haven't used android since so i have no idea if it's grown up any.
[HD2 General] PoisonWolf:
Nexus One uses a crappy pentile AMOLED screen.

Until today, I have not had a single lock-up, freeze, etc and what have you with my HD2. I think it all boils down to how versed you are with Windows Mobile. I however, did (without much thinking), double clicked on the SimLock.exe program to see what would happen. Naturally, this pained me for 60 seconds since I couldn't minimize the program. I had to hit the home key (brings it up for .5 second before the sim lock program comes up again) and quickly swipe my way to the soft reset button (had to do this 8 times while starting up every other program because it was a fleeting image. It was funny. :D
[HD2 General] hackm0d:
What about the SMS sound and HTC messaging issue?

Yeah it's things like that that make me think a WM device has a sort of soul, it always needs your attention, like Windows does. I used to have an iPAQ h4150 that ran WM2003 and I loved the apps and the gaming and file management capabilites. I also loved how everything was so familiar and easy to use. It's just that with the flick and swipe culture being so rampant everywhere and combining this with Android's open nature, just makes me think that WM 6.5 won't be as worthwhile. and lol why didn't you just pop the battery door off and reset? :p
[HD2 General] PoisonWolf:
Firstly, that was not challenging. Easy way out. ;)

Anyhow, hope you make a decision. WM 6.5 will be around for at least a year more after WP7 releases (so roughly 2 years or close to it if you get it now). By then, when you've used the HD2 as the last great Windows Mobile device, you can switch to the Hd4 which probably has 800mhz quadcore chips or something with 5000mAH batteries the size of a nickel or something. Who the heck knows what will happen in 2 years. A lot of emerging battery tech is arriving, and I hope it reaches the mobile scene soon since battery life as it is is sagging behind by a decade or more now.
[HD2 General] M3PH:
On occasion and at random the phone will not play the sms notification sound if the device is in standby but as soon as you hit any button to bring the device out of standby mode it pings you. The way i get around it is to enable a registry tweak which makes the green led at the top of the device blink when a message comes in.

The messaging app itself is just plain slow. If you have a contact with more than a few messages associated with them it can take up to 30 seconds to load them all. There is also a small delay when you hit the text input to start typing new sms messages. It is very much down to poor coding imho and although there are a couple of cabs out there to are supposed to fix this they appear to be a bit hit and miss. It doesn't really bug me that much, i think it as sort of a quirk and if you text while watching TV or doing other things then you don't really notice it.
[HD2 General] hackm0d:
Darn I usually leave my phone somewhere on my bed or couch and I wouldn't see a blinking LED, usually I depend on the sound. :(

And 30 seconds? That's a lot of time, even my current Symbian smartphone doesn't take that long.

Do you think that, at this point, with WP7 and Android Gingerbread coming out in the end of the year, it would be better for me to skip out on a smartphone?
[HD2 General] PoisonWolf:
Like I said, if you wait, you'll have a dual-core snapdragon next year. Of course, even after WP7 comes out, it'll take about 2 ~ 3 years before it even reaches the maturity of what Windows Mobile is today.
[HD2 General] hackm0d:
So I'm supposed to wait huh?

Darn, I guess I'll never see HTC/Microsoft's last hurrah with Windows Mobile 6.5. :o:D I think it's okay though, I might as well get a decent notebook that'll last me a couple of years so that I don't ask as much from a smartphone as I was asking from Windows Mobile and the HD2.
[HD2 General] Xp3RiM3nT:
I dare say there will be a call for downgrading devices from wp7 to wm6.5, a lot of people will be unhappy with the reduced functionality and lack of customisability.
[HD2 General] M3PH:
I would never have got my Leo if it wasn't for O2-UK's inability to understand terms like redundancy and co-location and finally, an enthusiastic builder with a shovel but it is seriously the best phone (well it's not really a phone more a personal communications device) i have ever had. Yeah it's got it's problems but they are all HTC's fault for not sticking with the stock interface throughout and instead thinking they can do better.

If i was you (and 6 weeks ago i sorta was) i would go for the HD2 and i would make the same choice everytime of offering.
[HD2 General] mystik610:
A friend of mine got the EVO on release day, and I've spent some time messing with it. Suprisingly, with Sense running on both, the core experience between the two is very similar. At the end of the day, I'd go for the EVO over the HD2 for the availability of apps, and what feels like a better touchscreen, but I don't feel the HD2 is as inferior to the EVO as I thought I would.

Between the HD2 and the Nexus one, I'd go for the HD2 because of the bigger screen, and generally better hardware. I'm an old iPhone user, so the hype of apps wore off for me a long time ago....if Apps are important to you, then definitely get the Nexus One, otherwise my vote goes for the HD2.

The last few iterations of the Energy Rom have been rock solid stable for me...rarely crashes, if ever. No messaging bug or crashes for me.
[HD2 General] sherlockpwnz:
hd2 all the way. nexus one has been reviewed up against the hd2 and has proven to have better hardware run smoother. i have found if your an app person Windows mobile is still as possible to compete availability is concerned. i use omarket which is an app market for freewarepocketpc.net and also i visit umnet.com and i am just happy when it comes to apps.
[HD2 General] hackm0d:
I'm pretty much looking for laptop-esque functionality, i.e. downloading torrents, word document composing and everything in a pocket-friendly package. Do you think it offers that? And what ROM are you running?

You sure? The person above said almost everyone has the messaging bug.

Any major issues worth mentioning?
[HD2 General] din0_22:
Answers

To the OP, i have not seen a quick brief answer to your question regarding both phones.

First of all, just wanted to let you know that i am a previous owner of HTC HD2 (T8585) right after T-mobile releases it here in the U.S., And i was a hardcore fan of Winmo (starting of Pocket PC Era).

But i have traded my HD2 with the Nexus One due to the following issues.

I was very happy with the HD2 with it's beautiful big screen, very clear pictures from it's 5 mega pixel dual led flash camera... Nice sounding loud speakers and HTC sense was amazing. though it had given me nothing but trouble.

1) A lot of times it will freeze, i had tried flashing different kind of roms, and even with Dutty's Holy Grail.. after using the phone for about a week and have downloaded bunch of stuffs like pictures, music, etc... setting up facebook, email etc.. it will then start to lag.

2)I have tried different kind of task manager and it seems to help but a lot of times, the phone will stop responding and i had to do a soft reset. Yahoo mail seems to download whatever amount of email i have in my web based email, even if i have set it up not to.

3) There are nights that i will left the phone charging and killed all running applications, and by the time i woke up, i realized that it downloaded all 3,xxx emails i have and is being sync with the HTC sense and my manila is running 92% and the phone will stop responding.

Imagine rushing to work in the morning and bringing your 2 yr. old son to the babysitter with you trying to remove the back cover of the phone to power cycle the phone, so it will restart everything.

4) There was this one time that i got pissed really bad and wrote down how many time i will restart my HD2 in one day... guess what? 37 times.

And so after this, i have decided to switch.. and so i got the nexus one. and never had any problems at all. I have also realized what i am missing... tons of apps in market that is similar or made for the iphone is now also in android.

A lot of applications and games for iphone are now also being made for android.

Plus, the best part about having nexus one, you can flash any roms (whether it is for desire, incredible, Evo, xperia, hero.. ) etc..

You would imagine why, it is because Google created this phone (well technically it's HTC) but, it is the Father of all Android phones.

Try the Nexus one with the HTC desire rom, and you'll drop your HD2 in a heart beat.

To all HD2 owners, please don't get me wrong.. I loved the HD2.. It is just unfortunate that we have to suffer from it's crappy OS.

Now unless, HD2 Android will be ported soon. I will revert from Nexus one and be back with the HD2. Believe me, i was very skeptical at first... but it captured my heart.
[HD2 General] M3PH:
I believe that there is a bittorrent client for the hd2 but i have no idea what it is called or if this statement is accurate so you may want to do some checking on that. Office mobile 2010 rocks and is a free update from microsoft marketplace. I gave in and paid for a copy of coreplayer which is excellent as a video player. I regularly watch shows like scrubs and family guy on my phone.

As for the messaging bugs the complaints are mainly comming from 1.73 and lower official roms. I haven't tried any cooked ones yet (if/when nrg uploads his latest standard sense 6.5.5 rom i'm going to try that) and i don't want try the TMOUS official roms because i'm pretty sure they will brick my phone because i have a european version with on 512MB rom.

Right now what i am running on the phone is in my sig and i have tweaked the registry of my stock rom and applied a couple of things to give my device more raw power (namely chainfires 3d driver and netrippers LCS)

I don understand there are two sides to every argument and that my opinion isn't very balanced but that is what everyone that has used the N1 is for. You must understand that my word is not gospel. All because i seem to know my stuff it doesn't make me an expert or even right in the first instance. I'm just repeating what i have read, verified and believe to be accurate and until i come across some further verified information that will correct any inaccuracies in my knowledge i will continue to do so. That's what makes forums tricky - everything is subjective.
[HD2 General] Sheraz150:
Go with the Nexus One, don't make the same mistake I did. I have to take my battery out countless times and reset during the day. And yes I have a custom rom..
[HD2 General] M3PH:
Did you stop to consider that the custom rom is maybe got something in it that is causing the problems? Not all roms are perfect and some are more stable than others even between different versions of the same rom. I'll bet you haven't investigated or tested your problem at all but in saying that not everyone is as IT literate as, say, me and so not everyone has the diagnostics training i do.
[HD2 General] Sheraz150:
I'm using the Energy rom, which everyone claims to be awesome. All I'm saying is that we shouldn't have to research and highly mod our phones just for them to be STABLE!! Damn, the nexus one comes stable out of the box.
[HD2 General] scrizz:
i hear you.

I'm actually getting ready to sell my HD2 :(
[HD2 General] hackm0d:
So you're perfectly comfortable with your HD2 at the moment? Don't feel the need to change it in a few years time?

Now that you've installed the Energy Rom (I'm sure it wasn't too much work) is your phone stable? Does it work properly from day-to-day usage?
[HD2 General] hackm0d:
The torrent client is called Adistasa wmTorrent and I used it on my WM2003 pocket PC. So inevitably there is that one magic ROM that fixes all these bugs and makes the HD2 stable for daily usage? Or will I have to look for a ROM every day to sort out the bugs brought by the one I replaced the stock one with?
[HD2 General] petrosk73:
I have my HD2 for over a month now and I absolutely love it! Never had a single lockup! The only two problems I had were the slow messaging application and the inaccurate keyboard. But since updating the email client to 3625 I have no problems with the messaging application but I don't have more than 70sms with any contact! Also the resco keyboard 6 beta solved my keyboard problem. So now I am really happy with it! All and all, it all depents on how you use your phone and what you expect from it. At the end of the day its all a matter of preference!
[HD2 General] zarathustrax:
My HD2 was completely stable out of the box. I didn't put a custom rom on it for almost 2 months after getting it... and I didn't do that to fix anything, it was just to play around with some other roms, as I always flash different roms with my winmo phones. I really don't understand the problems people are having with this phone... it's been the most stable phone I've had. It may be that I have used WinMo for almost 10 years, so I know how to use it inside and out.

WinMo is just as stable as android, and it's much more customizable and versatile (though android is catching up as it gets more developed). It all depends on the person and what OS fits them. All phones and OSs have their strengths and weaknesses.
[HD2 General] veda_sticks:
i am having the same experience as some with unstable use on a daily basis. have tried many roms. im still tracking it down. im sure the phone is fine. i cant do task290 as i run linux or it could be a dodgy sd card, or residual settings that iare on the sd. im gonna try formating the sdcard.

i chose the hd2 over htc desire because the desire was ouit of stock. kinda wish i had waited.

I loved android when i had the g1 and from what i remembher the g1 or maybe it done it itself idkwas smoother than the hd2 in terms of UI. it was certianly very stable and resets were few and far between even with buggy roms. and it never needed a task 29.
[HD2 General] curiousGeorge:
I don't mean to be unhelpful here, but do realize the HD2 has a lot going for it except video playback. Seriously, the HD2's playback of WVGA video is a joke--and out of sync. There is an unfixable audio delay that makes videos converted in proper, modern formats (AVC) unwatchable without first ruining them with a delay.
[HD2 General] hackm0d:
Okay that's the last straw. Thanks curiousGeorge for letting me know this still hasn't been fixed. :eek:

I'm going, finally, to where I came from while searching for a new phone: The Nokia N900. It doesn't have the sheer specifications or the brute power of any of these phones, but it backs it up with ease of use and a boatload of features.

I think I'll stick with it for a year until Android matures and/or Windows Phone 7 seems to be a success. :)

Thanks everyone for all your help.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] chris5932:
Hi,

Whats the best solution?

I use the phone with a car holder and I can barely see/touch anything

Did some research but didn't find something thats a major improvement to HTC's music player..

Maybe there is even a "big" skin for pocket player out there?

(I didn't find one...)

Whats the best skin/player to navigate with?

Cheers
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] jonstarkk:
Mort Player comes with a car-skin...BIG BUTTONS.
[HD2 General] Jerseyman:
Apologies if this is a known issue but I have just spent 30 minutes searching and cannot find it.

When creating a new SMS message, if I start typing a name using Swype then no automatic look up is taking place, however if I backspace the last character typed, then the matching contact names appear. I have no problems when using the standard keyboard. (I do not think this is related to the known Swype and loading messages issue)
[HD2 General] Hatefly:
I have had issues with SMS on my Leo. To me, it seems to be related to the amount of previous messages you have for that person. For some odd reason it wants to try and load the whole thread before letting you type. Once you get to about 300 or so in the thread, it really slows things down.

Then again, i'm new to Winmo and phone hacking so I do not have any mem tweaks yet that could help with that issue.

So, if anyone knows... let us know!
[HD2 General] Karlos G:
Known swype issue mate, I have not found a fix, always delete the last character as you have done.
[HD2 General] sherlockpwnz:
its not a known issue its something htc programmed it to do. its meant to only bring up with a few letters but if you know the whole name then it should automatically add the number. does it for mine just type the first few letters and they should show up
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
@op, yea, swype does that here too.

with swype, though? we know it comes up with other keyboards, but it doesnt with swype till you delete a letter.

Are you missing the OP's point, or am i missunderstanding your post?
[HD2 General] geekyhawkes:
Am i the only one that gets a fair amount of delay sometimes in SMS with swype? Just entering text in a message can sometimes cause the keyboard to stop working, it onyl effects swype and eventually (about 10sec) all is fine again.

Thinking of going back to the normal keyboard because of this issue
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
yep, and in landscape, just dont bother, hehe.

I generally switch to phonepad for txt's tho, so it's not an issue. (Doesnt seem to lag when doing other stuff, posting to here, for instance.)
[HD2 General] Hatefly:
Any way to prevent or even have the texts in a thread preloaded or something to fix the load-lag in sms? My screen locks until all of the texts are finished loading. Many times i can start texting and it will catch up, but not always.

Prob the most annoying thing i've come across so far..
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] necrescope:
Hi everyone :)

i am rooting my g1 now

And i want to install a custom rom

i am noob :p

there is too much thread in " G1 Android Development" :confused:

which one is good ?

thanks for helps :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bunu:
HAI

I was noob too like you.

I know good ROM.

Try SuperBad. Latest of course.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Trial&error:
I've always been a fan of CyanogenMod

i have tried others ROM's but i keep going back to CM

CM5.0.7-DS

read the instructions

download the files

read the instructions AGAIN

then flash

i made a mistake the 1st time i flashed it because i did not reboot after the SPL update...... phone just sat there at the G1 screen for 20 minutes before i rebooted it.... sometimes they take a while to boot the 1st time after flashing but not 20 min :rolleyes:

went form CM4.2 to CM5.0.7-DS...... Love it ;)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] necrescope:
thanks for helps :)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clom801:
HTCclay's 1.5.1 Superbad Is ferocious if you want to go all out;)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spooke:
Hi, my G1 is currently running MLIGN Hero 3.0, I believe I have DangerSPL installed, not sure about the radio (Does it matter what Radio I have for that ROM?)

Im not sure if my SD is partitioned though??

Please could you give me a bit of a guide here :P, its been along time since I flashed my G1,

I think the process is, Wipe Data, Dalvik cache, wipe ext partition, then format SD, then Partition SD? Then toggle USB and place 1.5.1 Superbad onto the SD, then flash it and hope all goes well??

Thanks!! :p I appreciate it!! (Sorry to hijack your thread OP)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] legend221:
Super E, absolutely :D
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] thefunkaygibbon:
Hi guys,

I'll be going to Spain in August, and will be taking my phone with me. I will be using it with airplane mode on though (I'm taking it as a camera, as my actual camera is worse than the X10's)

I've been looking around for caching Google maps, and found that the Brut mod of Google maps has this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=630887

I was just wondering if there is anyone who already has cached maps for Spain (more accurately, Valencia) that they could host somewhere.

I know its hardly likely, but worth asking!

If not then I will be browsing a lot of Spain tonight to save the maps to cache so I can use them later. (and maybe post them somewhere if anyone else needs them)

Cheers :D
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] Bangarillo:
it says you need a rooted phone.......let me know if this works for you.......and sry i can't help...