yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 General] snerkler:
1. No more than any other screen imo, mine's ben dropped a couple of times onto hard surfaces and it's absolutely fine

2. Can't compare it to the Nokia, but certain aspects are more sensitive than the iphone, but you get used to it after about 30s. You can always change the sensitivity if you're daring enough to tweak the registry

3. I've got a 16GB MicroSD card and touchwood it's been fine. I've got a San Disk one, so maybe if you buy cheaper alternatives it won't like them?

4. It will crash on you/freeze on you fairly regularly, which can be a little frustrating at times.

5 Don't know

6. Don't know, doubt it.

For reason 4, and for the lack of apps I have been contemplating swapping my HD2. It's a shame really, as it's almost worth keeping for the home screen alone. It still amazes me when I switch the phone on and there's this gorgeous home screen with weather animation. I don't think there's a phone that comes close (maybe the EVO 4 but that's not available in the UK). The desire has the same idea, but imo doesn't pull it off anywhere near as well.

My choices at the moment are, stick with the HD2 and put up with the frustrations of it crashing, and generally not being as 'polished' as other phones (eg iphone, desire), get the HTC desire and try not to think about the home screen of the HD2, wait to see what the iphone 4G is going to be like, which is likely to be announced in 3 days time (7th June).

If you want something that works straight out of the box and has plenty of apps, consider the iphone or HTC Desire (although this is android and might not support GSM, which I didn't realise). IF you want a phone that works well with a few tweaks, and has a home screen to die for and you can live without apps (there are some, but really not that great compared to the other markets) then get the HD2. Apparantly though the Desire has a much more vibrant screen which makes photos etc much better than the HD2, and if that's true it must look great as I think the screen on the HD2 is amazing, and much better than the iphone 3G(s). I'm sure the screen on the iphone 4G will be pretty impressive though
[HD2 General] wilcovh:
a typical answer of a WM hater. Sorry i do not agree

the stock roms are not the best, but when you use one of the cooked roms, there are many around, the phone is a pleasure to use, stable and does what it should do. even under heavy usage. A lot of people here on the forum are heavy users and if it was as bad as you describe they would not stay on WM.
[HD2 General] random_username_:
6. Yes you can
[HD2 General] Kalavere:
1. Is the glass screen prone to cracking? Even on gentle drops?

I've dropped mine 3 times, twice off the end of the bed onto hardwood floor and once from chest hight onto a shop floor. No dents, no marks, no cracks. But of course with it having such a large glass screen you'd do well to try your best not to drop it.

2. How oversensitive is the touchscreen? Can I type as fast as I do on my Nokia E90?

Using something like SlideIT or Swype I dare say you could type a lot faster, and there are lots of tweaks to change the sensitivity of the screen to suit your needs.

3. Does it have a tendency to corrupt 16GB microSD cards? I've seen some threads around it.

I've pulled mine in and out numerous times and it's been fine and dandy. If you buy a cheap non branded card you might be looking for trouble, I'm not too sure on it though.

4. How stable is it for daily life usage?

With EnergyROM, it's awesome. :D

5. Does it work with a bluetooth keyboard?

I use my Mini Dinovo from time to time so that's a big ten-four.

6. Can you hook up a PS3 bluetooth controller and play FPSce on it? :D

Tada, CobaltController!
[HD2 General] donwhann:
whatever dude....:rolleyes:
[HD2 General] Stu1973:
Your talking about the sensitivity with the keypad....how do you tweak it?
[HD2 General] conantroutman:
? ermmmm.... nope.....

1 - Ive dropped mine, only a small drop though but its fine, I also managed to smash it into a fridge screen first and it didnt break, i was very lucky though! I dont advise smashing your phone against a fridge.

2 -The screen is very sensitive but bsb tweaks will solve that problem straight away....

3 - I dont use a 16gb card but the number of threads compared to the amount of people that must use these cards suggests its not a big issue....

4 - I've found it too be pretty damn stable, few hiccups here and there....

5 - Yes

6 - Yes (just dont ask me how) it can be done though.....

Get it, you'll love it.....
[HD2 General] gjizaqin:
I totally disagree with this. I'm using the phone let's say on nearly heavy usage and using for a week and never had to do a softreset. I'm using many apps and games and no problem with them, just remember to use task manager when finishing with apps.

Many know the fact that for example on your pc by using clean windows your pc is fast and stable, but after installing third party apps it becomes messy. so try to use good apps and your safe from freezing.

Ps. I'm previous user of android and I had many force closes with apps.

best regards. Gjizaqin
[HD2 General] snerkler:
For keypad/typing sensitvity use tweak #91 from the hints and tips and change the number to what suits you best (tiral and error)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=583638

For overall sensitivity use BSB tweaks.

One of the best tweaks for me was #35 from the link above regarding the clickable links in opera without having to zoom in. I actually changed the value to 2 though
[HD2 General] snerkler:
You must be one of the lucky ones. I have to use soft reset at least once/week, and I have very few apps/games on my phone, and the ones I do have are very reputable. I even had problems before I installed these. I have done a few tweaks that have stabilised it quite a bit, but it's still not great.
[HD2 General] droidrage:
Initially after coming from Android, I found this phone limiting in terms of apps. Also the Google environment is pretty slick.

However, there is nothing that I've wanted to do with this phone that I haven't been able to do: streaming music, gtalk, facebook integration, the list is long.

Some apps are not quite as elegant, but overall I've been pleased with this phone. Sometimes it needs a reset to get back up to speed, but so did my android device. This phone boots so fast, its not an issue for me.

The battery life is awesome. Lasts longer than my Magic did. Everything is so fast with the 1ghz processor. All I have to do is play around with my old phone for a bit to appreciate just how much faster everything is.

One of the pleasant surprises I've had is just how seamlessly it works with my Windows 7 PC. It's like they were made for each other. I forgot about that with Android. The Sense overlay is nice, and once you get to playing with other ROMs, it's hard to get bored.

Now that the EVO is out and the reviews, I'm still happy I bit the bullet with the HD2 and don't feel the need to trade it.

P.S. This thing has mobile hotspot too, and it works great!
[HD2 General] sherlockpwnz:
first let me start by saying durability is no problem. the guys at tmobile hooked me up with a gel skin included so that soaks up a lot of jarring and dropping. second i have literally taken knives razors and screwdrivers to my screen trying to scratch it and the closest i get is friction smudging that justwipes away. like i said durability no issue. I've had my hd2 since march and I'm in love. it made me drop Verizon. some hd2 downfalls? its a big smudge magnet carry some windex and a rag lol or spend at bucks on smudge covers. i think the coolest feature of hd2 is the auto light detection when i step outside my phone auto adjusts so i can see
[HD2 General] hackm0d:
Thank you so much everyone, for the replies. But personally, I'm only avoiding Android and Maemo because of (a) the screen size, and (b) the presence of Linux in anything makes my uneasy. Windows Mobile is a lot more homely device for me and I love experimenting with the amazing hardware the HD2 would provide...

Just a few more questions:

7. When you play videos, is there audio/video lag? How bad is it? REALLY worried about this one...

8. How good is the web browser? I want something usable for heavy websites and forum posting.

9. How's the camera and video recording performance?

Thanks in advance, if I get a good response to these, I'm getting the device for sure. :)
[HD2 General] stoolzo:
1. Is the glass screen prone to cracking? Even on gentle drops?

Seems pretty study, have dropped mine a couple of times on a hard floor with no problem (only had it a week as well :))

2. How oversensitive is the touchscreen? Can I type as fast as I do on my Nokia E90?

Stock ROM might be awful, if you are used to a resistive screen you may get a shock initially but you soon get used to it, get the screen sensitivity fix and the zoomer app and all your troubles will dissipate.

3. Does it have a tendency to corrupt 16GB microSD cards? I've seen some threads around it.

Haven t got one but I haven't seen much about this, I cannot see why it would.

4. How stable is it for daily life usage?

Stick to the more popular ROMS and you will have very few problems, I found the stock very stable, perfectly so to be honest but I wanted more icandy, cookie tab for instance.

5. Does it work with a bluetooth keyboard?

Apparently so but you will have to search XDa to find out which ones

6. Can you hook up a PS3 bluetooth controller and play FPSce on it?

I have seen someone do this on Youtube but I am not sure how this was done, theoretically it should work.

7. When you play videos, is there audio/video lag? How bad is it? REALLY worried about this one...

aha, there has been a lot of talk about this. I came form a Touch HD and the video performace was dreadful. I mainly play hdtv rips of around 700 meg and dvd rips of the same size, none of these played well with my touch Hd but theu play beautifully with my HD2. I am using coreplayer for most video and TCPMP for my Ac3 encoded stuff (if direct drawer doesnt work try GDI with full zoom enabled, leave everything else be, works a treat.

8. How good is the web browser? I want something usable for heavy websites and forum posting.

Slow, all phones are slow at web browsing, we are a long way from getting decent web performance on a phone, that being said with the huge screen it is much better than just about any other phone I have tried.

9. How's the camera and video recording performance?

Surprisingly good I think, then again I am again comparing this to my Touch HD which wasn't great. The Flash is a little harsh at times but daylight pic and vids are really pretty decent for a sub 720p camera.

It should be noted though that this is a tweakers phone, you may find yourself twiddling and tweaking for a long while before you have it how you want it. For me this is exactly what I want from a gadget though, a reason why I would touch a symbian or Iphone with me cats knob.
[HD2 General] conantroutman:
7 - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=658136&highlight=wonderful

8 - The web browsing is superb! You wanna be able to use forums? I'm posting this from my HD2 so I guess it works.

9 - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=690706&highlight=wonderful
[HD2 General] dio62000:
2. You should try SlideIT and the new Resco beta 6 keyboard; they both work great.

4. Nothing wrong with the stock ROM I use (1.66), but no annoying add ons by my phone company, just a plain 1.66 ROM.
[HD2 General] hackm0d:
Thanks alot for your feedback. :)

Just one more thing, how's this compared to the Droid Incredible and the Nexus One?
[HD2 General] sherlockpwnz:
beats the nexus one hands down. droid incredible I'm not so sure ad its an Android htc phone
[HD2 General] hackm0d:
Okay guys, the time has come for me to buy, and I'm buying tomorrow.

I'm just really confused, why buy a WM 6.5 device (which looks apparently dated when looking at Android) when devices like the Galaxy S and the Desire are the new cream of the crop?

Don't get me wrong, I love the HD2, but do you think it makes sense buying one with Android being all the rage now?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] saijaiantonio:
Me and my brother both have the touch pro 2 with the same radio versions but different OS's yet he seems to be getting 3G network around my house while I only get 2G. Any suggestions?

I am using energy rom leo while he is using the stock os from tmobo.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] XERO_Racer:
umm are the touch pro 2s identical?

please give more information like since your brother is getting 3G is his the Tilt 2 or Tmobile Touch Pro 2?

and is yours a European Touch Pro 2? or could it be a tmobile touch pro 2 and you both are on AT&T??

Different OS doesnt play in the role wether you get 3G or not it depends on the hardware but sometimes also your settings could effect this since you shut off 3G
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] saijaiantonio:
Well both of us are using American Touch Pro 2's on the Tmobo network.

If my settings are interfering with my 3G network, how would I go about to fix it in my settings?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] saijaiantonio:
Uh one more thing, we both have the radio version: 4.49.25.57 installed
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] burtonsnow8:
Start > Settings (All Settings) > Connections > Connections.

There should be two connections, one for tmo, one for work (?). Click Manage connection and you should be able to edit the settings from there. Being on CDMA and verizon I do not know what settings you would need to include...maybe get ur brothers phone and see if there is anything different in that location. Since you are both on the same radio it shouldn't matter what ROM you are using.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] joseph881:
Actually, the ROM does play a big role on your radio performance, mainly because of the rilphone.dll that is cooked in. My suggestion to the TS is to flash the same ROM that your brother has and see if you have the same experience he does then.

More information on the rilphone.dll here.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vilbs:
Hi. I have 2 x Desires: 1 for my wife and 1 for me. Both bought from MobilePhonesDirect on TMobile. They are both slightly different so I checked the software version it is running and they both have different:

kernel version:

build number:

software version:

How can I update them so they are both the same? Will the Froyo update that is coming update all 3 sections?

Thanks in advance.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxmeister:
Is there any particular reason why you want to do this? If I were you, I wouldn't worry too much about it at this stage.

At I guess, I'd say you've probably ended up with one generic unbranded phone, and one actual T-Mobile one - does the Internet icon look the same on both phones?

If you post the actual version numbers for both of your phones, we should be able to provide some more information.

Regards,

Dave
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vilbs:
Thanks Dave and sorry for the delay but I wanted to wait until both phones had been updated to see if they became in sync. Alas.... anyway the version numbers are:....

Mine

Kernel version: 2.6.29-0cb9f166

Build: 1.21.405.2 CL174215 release-keys

Software: 1.21.405.2

Wife

Kernel version: 2.6.29-54b7033a

Build: 1.21.110.4 CL175581 release-keys

Software: 1.21.110.4

Can you shed any light on the disparity? Also if is as you think, that my wife's is locked to TMobile - could you point me in the right direction of a tool/instruction to unbrand it - the same as mine. I have had a quick look and it all seems more convuluted than with my old Winmo device.

Thanks again.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dpk:
Hey, yeah the difference in build numbers - Precisely ".405" and ".110" show that they are different un/branded handsets - You will either need to root or use a goldcard to unlock the T-Mo handset.

Goldcard: Link

Rooting: I think there's a thread in the dev section of the Desire forum
[About XDA developers] Phenomenon:
There's a section for Android and Windows Mobile that's usually called "Apps n Games". Any chance it can be split into two separate sections? Usually you want to go in there maybe looking for apps and maybe looking for games. The search function won't help in separating the two either. Any chance this can happen? I love XDA, but sometimes it's just a mess of information that needs to be organized a lot more.
[About XDA developers] Casey_boy:
+1 for this suggestion.

Casey
[General Topics] JeffreyAvril:
Title says it all. I enabled the 3G - Change to GSM option. But i cant detect 3G, The icon only shows (HSDPA) and when i tried making a video call, it says Failed to make a video call. What is happening? Im using Htc touch HD
[General Topics] gotwake424:
The "H" icon that you are seeing is (HSDPA). Which is like 3.5g, it is actually faster than 3g.

As for the video call issue, not a clue
[General Topics] JeffreyAvril:
the video call is my biggest issue now
[Desire General] otto_di2:
Hello Everyone.

I need some help, I came from a good old HTC Diamond and have that one flashed så manny times as we change underwear :-)

BUT now I can't flash the new Desire with Bootloader 0.80 and stock rom.

Think that I have tried various attempts of ways to get a new rom in the phone.

followed different links to flash the phone here in this forum

and other links to should do the work, WHAT AM I DOING WRONG????
[Desire General] teitiel:
have you used this guide?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=672770
[Desire General] VVV850:
From what I know you do not need to root your phone to flash a stock ROM. If your phone is branded then you need to make a GOLD CARD and flash the stock ROM http://android.modaco.com/content/general-discussion/305672/creating-a-goldcard/

If I'm wrong, please correct me.
[Desire General] otto_di2:
The phone is not branded or anythig, maybe I just have problems with loading the files into the phone?
[Desire General] VVV850:
More Details

What ROM are you trying to flash? What method are you using? What errors are you getting?

For example, I flashed mine with RUU_Bravo_HTC_WWE_1.21.405.2_Radio_32.36.00.28U_4. 06.00.02_2_release_126984_signed.exe http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=684259 just by executing the file.
[Desire General] otto_di2:
I did the same thing and that is working fine, but now I want to try one of those custom rom, but I am not able to flash the phone?
[Desire General] teitiel:
Have you rooted your phone already?

If yes, you can use this guide to flash a new rom

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6364280&postcount=2
[Desire General] VVV850:
In the first post you said you were having problems installing a stock ROM. If you want to flash a custom ROM you have to ROOT first.

At least that is what I understood.
[Desire General] maxermaxer:
Do I get Chinese input if I flash this ROM? Thanks!
[Desire General] otto_di2:
I think that I got it wrong, Just brough the phone and now I am starting to know it, but still I dont have a custom ROM in it, But working on that.

The problem that I think I have is to rooted the phone got Step1 right (I think) but when I am trying step2 it cant find the device? (go in recovry mode)
[Desire General] otto_di2:
I think that step1 was going well I cant do it again, copyed rootedupdate to SD card and booted in recovery mode used the VOLUP+Power and have access to recoverymode, But now it says that rootedupdate.zip dosnt have a Signature verification fail?
[Desire General] A|ex:
you need to search the forum and install chinese input after you have rooted
[Desire General] MasDroid:
That would suggest you are not rooted, have you not rooted your phone first?
[Nexus One General] markouk:
Found this apk while scouring the Adobe Blogs:

http://coenraets.org/blog/2010/05/sample-application-using-flex-and-air-for-android/

Looks very cool. Can't wait to see what comes out of this after the announcement of public prerelease of the air for developers.
[Nexus One General] DMaverick50:
Please correct me if I'm wrong, air allows devs to write software in air's code and its then capable of use on various platforms...Is this the main use of adobe air? So devs don't have to write programs separately for each platform....
[Nexus One General] izmar:
Yes I think so.
[Nexus One General] markouk:
Pretty much it in a nutshell. If you look at the AIR applications available for desktops then potentially these may be able to be ported to Android without much effort.

The applications for Android should rocket and the diversity of what can be run on the system increased too.

Flash based games are probably going to be high up the list for most devs I suspect. Did you try the sample?

It's pretty interesting. The videos of the possibilities are inspiring too.
[Nexus One General] karthikjr:
+1 for all the possibilities that AIR now brings to the Android dev scene

<off topic>

+100 to Christophe for using The Office as his test database.

Good to see Kelly Kapoor, Michael Scott and Angela on there :D

</off topic>
[Nexus One General] markouk:
Yeah , really cool little app. Pretty funny seeing The Office characters in it.
[Nexus One General] eedok:
I got a game I made called Spate running using AIR, the performance is better than I expected from a phone but the game is unplayable as the boxes become like 4mm wide when shrunk down to a mobile screen size
[Nexus One General] markouk:
Post the apk so we can have a play. How much work do you need to do to modify it to work on the smaller screen?
[Nexus One General] eedok:
Here's the web version:

hxxp://geekswhoshower.com/webgame/8

and here's the apk (requires the AIR runtime from the link in the OP):

hxxp://dl.dropbox.com/u/168938/Spate.apk

The biggest issue with resizing the game is I contracted out the artwork for the game, and it was a one time contract so I'd have to contract out the art again, and the high scores were a third party library that doesn't work with AIR, so I'd have to code one of those too. Plus I have a bunch of other projects going so this was more of a see if I can do it more than anything, and it's exciting how easily the game ported over, and how well it runs.

EDIT: not mod approved so I can't post links, change the xx's to tt's
[Nexus One General] markouk:
Quite a good little game. It runs fairly well until the pot fills up and there are a lot of objects on screen.

It would be nice if it could run in portrait too.

I suppose it depends how much effort and cost is involved from your consultants to see what you could launch on Android Market.

Stick it out there for 59p and see what happens.
[Nexus One General] Paul22000:
Just to be explicit, so people can create Android applications without writing even a single line of Android code?

I've tried dabbling with Android coding, but the framework-specific stuff frustrates me.
[Nexus One General] eedok:
This is true, that version of Spate was made without adding any new code, so if you know how to make flash applications it's pretty easy to turn them into android apps with this
[HD2 General] Foggy79:
Hello,

How can I make a cab file for some registry changes?

Ty
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
"wince cab manager"
[HD2 General] lemonspeakers:
weartghmSHewhv
[HD2 General] shady123:
hello everyone .. so i've been tryin to do some research before posting but i couldnt find a real answer ... as many as you know the hd2 only supports pinch to zoom but not real multi touch i installed the snes emulator but i cant run and jump at the same time thats when i notice that the hd2 is not real multi touch or maybe i just made a mistake installing the wrong cab i just grabbed the cab file for the emulator .. im using morph gear .. well anyways is there any cab file out there that can make the hd2 multi-touch? or a cab for snes emulator that will allow me to run and jump at the same time ( multi touch )

well thanks for the help :confused:
[HD2 General] amrbekhit:
Hi Shady,

The HD2 has true multi touch, you just need to find applications that take advantage of it. If you want to have a multi touch capable SNES emulator, then check out this modification of MORPHGEAR on the xda foums:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=593464

That's been modified to support multi touch.

--Amr