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[General Topics] krook6023:
I whole heartedly agree with what everyone is saying here…I will quickly stop supporting HTC if I am unable to customize my phone to my liking…I could not even imagine my device without XDA…but do you all really think that we are the majority??? IMHO we are not! Most people that buy HTC products run everything stock. We are small percentage of the market…I wish we had the clout to influence HTC or M$....things would be different. I also understand HTC’a distinction between XDA and shipped-roms…there is a difference…

Don’t get me wrong I wish Conflipper the best of luck and I hope his website is allowed to continue…the site is a great resource. We should know a lot more in the comming weeks see http://shipped-roms.com/ for updates…

If there is a petition I will sign it. I just don’t subscribe to the belief that if HTC puts a stop to all our fun…they will go out of business…they won’t…but they would lose a lot of feedback and ideas from communities like XDA…

Lets all hope in never comes to that!
[General Topics] ticho:
Just wear your tinfoil hat, like always. Also, I guess you meant "corporate Asia", as HTC is not based in America.
[General Topics] maxpower097:
Just got this in response to me telling HTC we love our cooked roms and its the reason we all love HTC and not APPL. Heres what they wrote back, kinda sounds like a foot in mouth kinda deal.

"Dear, Jon Hello, thank you for contacting HTC. My name is Betty and it would be my pleasure to help you today. I understand your concern over the shutting down of the ROM development sites. However, HTC does not control those sites and has no say in whether they stay open or not. HTC does not support custom ROM updates. I am sorry that I could not be of more service to you. Thank you for contacting HTC America Technical Support. Please feel free to contact us again if you have any future questions or concerns. Also, I would like to invite you to participate in a customer satisfaction survey located at http://survey.htc.com/worldwide and to welcome you to visit our self-help website at http://www.htc.com. Thank you again for your comments. Have a very pleasant day! Betty"
[General Topics] Franky24:
This lady ha no clue!

HTC is threatening by sending C&D letters these (right now thankfully "only": "this") site(s) to close! So what she wrote is pure BS.

She woun't be a bad girl. Just pretty blonde and knowledgeless...

Regards, Franky
[General Topics] warriorvibhu:
IMPORTANT

Dear Friends ..

Its really nice to see fellow developers and community members to stand-up and take notice of this issue..friends lets all support conflipper as today it is his site tomorrow people at HTC may decide to go against numerous other such sites..we all love our devices only because of the existence of this community and the capability of HTC devices to allow for easy rooting and extraction of rom i have already written to HTC.. and i request you all to keep doing it.. please dont stop here by just posting in this thread..please please please write to HTC .. only if everyone decides to write will they know how important it is for us that sites like shipped-rom and XDA exist..

I have mailed them here http://www.htc.com/www/CS_Mail.aspx

Friends all of you must write to them and dont be aggressive just tell them that you and all of us buy these devices because we can work on them and make them as per our taste and its not like we are installing these HTC ROMs on a Nokia .. these ROMs are not stolen its not like windows OS piracy.... we buy these devices and continue to buy them because we can keep developing them..

Cheers to all the friends here...

PS-: If anyone knows any other contact of HTC where our mails would get more importance please post here in the thread....and update the first post..

Thank you
[General Topics] sablesurfer:
Note sent. Evo and HD2 are top of my list at moment...but this would make the Dell and Samsung move up the list if they were serious about impacting the work that is done here.
[General Topics] magius:
Krook, I don't think we are the majority or even a tenth of the market, that said this does not mean our voice is small by any means. Remember it is all about perception and public opinion. XDA has always distanced from warez/piracy by not permitting posts to hacked software and/or deleting them when someone makes the stupid error of posting one. Microsoft wanted to shut the place up then decided against it because of the specific nature of the ROMs. Taking this into account gives me hope that Conflicker can reach an agreement with HTC for his site and if HTC sends something to XDA so could we. Best case scenario is HTC applications being kept out of unauthorized phones (like those from Samsung, Motorola, etc.). Of course this is me hoping for the best.

So write to HTC, let your voice be heard, don't lose hope just because we are not the biggest kid in the block, maybe we can be the loudest. ;)
[General Topics] maxpower097:
While no we don't even account for 10% of HTC's sales we very well may account for 1%. And if HTC sells 50,000,000 phones this year, thats still 500k phones at aroudn $500 each = a loss of $250,000,000 USD
[General Topics] shahriar5252:
Email your objections to HTC

Here is what I emailed to HTC's customer email support:
[General Topics] CyberGhos:
If they do, their sale number is not going to be the same.
[General Topics] alphadeeto:
well.. this thread has been off for about 6 months.. how's the HTC responds?
[General Topics] aaa:
Yup! How is HTCs further reaction?
[General Topics] xaccers:
http://shipped-roms.com/faq.php
[General Topics] luis86dr:
My thoughts are HTC is running out of storage for bricked phones.

[G2/HTC Vision]
[General Topics] Big Dawg 23:
I would like to know how many phones are truly bricked form User caused versus phone defect. I have had HTC phones die and would lead most to believe it was bricked however, it was not it was a phone failure.

With the developers steps now it is very hard to permanently brick your phone.
[General Topics] DjIsD:
I rooted my first phone (the samsung vibrant) and have had more fun with this phone than any other phone I've owned over the past 16 years. I love computers and learning how to customize my phone is addicting.

The more phones that are made that are user friendly and there are options left open to the buyer to change (if they wish) will be the phones that are purchased. The more the developers and others who just do this for a hobby the options are endless.

It's great and sites like this are wonderful, everyone helps out each other. Too bad there will always be someone or a company that will manage to still pull out the negative and find a reason why we can get the most out of what we purchased. The law... come on.

To all the developers who have helped me and others, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE TIPS, ROMS, THEMES, AND TOOLS TO MAKE THE PHONE WE BOUGHT EXACTLY THE WAY WE WANT THEM and have fun messing around with it.

We should keep that in mind next time your phone looks bad ass (like BlackFroyo) and donate to the one who worked so hard for to create this, add and tweak it as requested and continued to support anyone who needed help. I have now turned 3 people on to the Vibrant this weekend.
[General Topics] alphadeeto:
oh well, I guess I missed some news back then.. it was quite long ago.. no wonder this thread was hibernated for half a year until someone bumps this thread.. lol

http://www.xda-developers.com/announcements/shipped-roms-com-not-going-down/

*how could I missed this? it's even subscribed in my google reader! lol*
[HD2 General] pakistaniprince:
im trying to create my own lockscreen but i don't know where to begin or where too look, ive downloaded some lock screens from omarket but it doesn't run good with Core Cell evo ROM.... and i have to do master rest.... SO ANY HELP? :)
[HD2 General] pakistaniprince:
REALLY!

70 views and still no HELP! :(
[HD2 General] rickyoon.vegas:
How do you want to create your lockscreen?

what are you trying to do?

you haven't elaborated on your intention.

How are we supposed to help
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
theres always the thread in my sig.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android007:
I downloaded the Android Terminal Emulator from the Market and it works great. But my stupid backlight on my keyboard sucks, plus I hate using the keyboard, I want to get my onscreen Keyboard up... old myTouch was press and hold menu, the Slide doesn't seem to give that option.

Am I missing something? Is there a better Termianl app (other than "Better Terminal")?
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] falken98:
I use "SU File Manager & Terminal", it has a menu option to open the onscreen keyboard.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android007:
Oh yeah, I completely forgot about that program's built in Terminal app, I loved SU but hadn't tried it yet.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Xardejn:
Hi, i Got a problem. My touchscreen is broken, and my left softkey is broken too. And now i can't even send sms. Is there any app or reg line in which i can replace left softkey with right ? Or any other idea what can i do, to send sms again ?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] -MyHTC-:
Both left hard keys, the one on the front and the one on the keyboard are broken?
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] Xardejn:
Yep. Both are broken.

*edited So any ideas ? i have to repair my wizard ; <
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] dharvey4651:
Well my first idea would be to repair the phone if you can. My 2nd would be to upgrade to a new/better phone. The Wizard(as much as I hate to say it) is a dinosaur by today's standards. I have one. I used one for years. I still think it's a dinosaur and if it's within your financial ability to upgrade, I really think you may want to consider it.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] kfreels:
There needs to be a dummies guide to this. I can't make sense of it all. I find literally hundreds of ROMs and then find dozens of builds for each one. I can't take it anymore! All I want is something that removes the bloatware, runs faster than the stock Tilt 2 ROM, doesn't lose any capabilities such as keyboards, etc, lets SPB MS 3.5 run faster, and lets me tether.

Why don't the chef's at least provide a simple list of their ROMs and what they do, what works better and what doesn't work with that particular ROM? I've been digging through this site for two weeks now and I'm not even any closer to knowing what to flash now than when I started. I know from other searches that the Mods tend to close requests like this, but I'm really stumped and I really have tried. I'm not an idiot by any means. I do understand that these are being provided for free and that I should be appreciative....and I am. But it seems to me that even the devs themselves would benefit from this so they wouldn't duplicate each others work and would be able to better track what they are doing.

Anyways, any suggestions for the ROM to do what I want?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] stevedebi:
What you do is flash one and see if you like it. If not, it is quite simple to flash another.

Try the Titanium 2 Jun NRG ROM and see what you think. It has no Sense version at all, which increases the storage memory size.

http://www.fileserve.com/list/X9nQc65

EDIT: I am assuming that you have read the "Flashing for NOOB" and the "Hard SPL" threads, you need both to be able to flash a custom ROM.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] sagarc88:
I have pretty much tried all of the ROMs but I reallly like only 2 ROMs. The best one for me is Cell Evo V7 (23541) (the link to thread. I have just flashed Josh's ROM. n i havent had any problem yet. I use the Sense 2.1. (its in my sig) I think 2.5 is still very buggy. so that maybe somethin u may wanna try out. I think the evo one is the most stable! but this is all just my own opinion. u may or may not like them!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] kfreels:
Thanks for the tips. I have read the pages you mentioned and I understand that flashing in itself is a simple process. But for me, it's not just the flashing. I have to flash, install SPB MS and all of my apps, setup my weather, my exchange server and sync my contacts, configure active-sync, apply all my tweaks and then the phone is ready to use. Then if I don't like a ROM because it is slow or buggy, I'll have to do it all again......

At least that's how I picture it. Now if you are telling me that I don't have to go through all that each time, then I'll be a happy camper, but I suspect I am right on this.

What is a "sense" version that you are referring to?

Also, if you could explain the difference between a light, full and normal build that would be nice.

And what the deal is with finding matching "radios" whatever that is about.

And what is a "manila"?

And the problem with keyboards???? Do most ROMS have trouble using the keyboard? What other issues might I encounter while trying to use the normal functions of the device?

There's a lot of jargon here and I just don't see a single place that explains it all.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] stevedebi:
Manilla = Sense. "Sense" is the name that HTC uses for their UI. There are two major versions, 2.1 and 2.5 (newest). There is also an older UI called TF3D (TouchFlo 3D).

Matching radios refers to flashing your radio with different firmware. The device has ROM versions, which is what everyone is referring to, and the Radio has a different version. Some people prefer a certain radio, some ROMs recommend a certain radio. I'm using NRG, and have never updated my radio version.

Keyboards. Most ROMS will not automatically map your keyboard (AT&T and T-Mobile have different mappings - the exception is a ROM built for a specific carrier). The reason is simple - the Chef doesn't know what carrier you are using! On the NRG ROMs, there is a tool included to "provision" your device for your carrier; this fixes the keyboard. Or you can do a search and find the right keyboard .cab file for your device.

- Light, medium, and full. I personally don't use these terms, but my definition would be as follows. Light is a ROM that has very little added functionality other than what Microsoft provided with the operating system. Full is a ROM (like NRG) that has lots of custom stuff baked into the ROM - extra utilities and etc., which are useful to you (in the Chef's opinion). A medium would be somewhere in between.

I would include the stock ROM as a "Full" ROM, except that in their case a lot of their software is "bloatware", which means stuff they added because they could, or they had some kind of deal with a particular company, etc. It is called "bloatware" because it seems to serve only the purpose of making the ROM harder to use and cluttering up the menu system with lots of useless stuff - bloated.

Are you a happier camper?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] jdm_labrat:
two of your best bets are gonna be the

e2 rom and the nrg version of your choise

e2 rom is almost exatly like the att stock but a lot sexier
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] stevedebi:
Umm, speaking personally, I'm not sure I want a "sexy" TP2!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] kfreels:
Ah. That explains a lot. Thanks for the info. Maybe one day when I'm no longer a dummy I'll write a dummies guide. Until then, thanks for the tips.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] ionut.micu:
Hi,

I had the same problem as you, I just wanted a stock rom without all the extra stuff that htc provides, I wanted to be simple, fast and stable, after flashing a lot of ROM I decided to take the problem in my own hands so I started learning how to cook my own ROM, you have a very good guide about how to do that here.

After reading and understanding this guide you can create your own ROMs just the way you like it.

Maybe just like me you will not succeed for the first time, but in the end you will have a ROM cooked by you and will suite all your needs.

Good luck!
[G1 Apps and Games] bert269:
Hey

Is there any way known to mankind, to port an Apple (iPhone/iTouch) app to "the better OS", Android?

I am looking for this app to run on the android and interacts with my Pioneer NAV....

Any ideas or places to start?

Thanks
[G1 Apps and Games] samir5421:
Different languages. You would have to completely remake the app.
[G1 Apps and Games] Zerodime:
or write a wrapper around it. Not that i think it'll be possible like that...
[G1 Apps and Games] bert269:
thanks.....

Thanks guys - appreciated.

...Or contact the supplier (Pioneer). Which I did and they "will look into it" - Yeah right!

Darn ipod - that is ruling the world
[G1 Apps and Games] Macrophage001:
Hah they wish...Android will rise and take over! >:O lol
[G1 Apps and Games] shoemael:
blackberry version

They've released a Blackberry version of the AVIC feeds which would be written in Java so a port shouldn't be all that hard.
[G1 Apps and Games] bert269:
Thanks......

That is a good catch. Although I think the code would be licensed to Pioneer - but as least we know it could be done.....(but who would know, right....shhhhhh)

Now if I can just get a developer on it - I'm a few things, but not that....

Anybody interested to help with this?;)
[G1 Apps and Games] dannyHD2:
x2 on the avic feeds for droid. would love to have this on my hd2 which is better than any iphone imho! even if it were a windows app but now that i have jumped on the droid wagon how badass would that be!:p
[G1 Apps and Games] 94b20gsr:
Any word on this? I would love to have this functioning! Got a Z110bt with the Z120bt software\bluetooth update and love it.
[G1 Apps and Games] josemesona:
AVIC FEEDS for Windows Phone

I was able to write a version of AVIC FEEDS for Windows Phone. It turned out to be pretty easy. You simply create a contact with the GPS coordinates in the name using Pioneer's special encoding. Then the contacts are synced via Bluetooth and you can click on them on the head unit to start directions.

Does anyone have the need for a Windows Phone version? I can send out a link to beta testers and if I get enough interest I can publish it on the marketplace.

I don't know anything about developing for Android but if anyone else does, I can help with the logistics of how the app needs to work in order to function with the Pioneer head unit.
[G1 Apps and Games] evildomain:
It would be awesome if someone ported the app to android. Hope a Dev has an interest in it?
[G1 Apps and Games] josemesona:
I have gone ahead and published the app. I can't post a link to it because I'm new but you can search for "AVIC FEEDS" in the Windows Phone Marketplace.

Hopefully an Android dev out there can check out my source code and port it as well.
[G1 Apps and Games] dannyHD2:
any uopdates on this?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] inneyeseakay:
Can someone point me in the right direction, I have been told that the PNGs are posted somewhere on the site, but I have searched and searched and can't seem to find them.

Thanks in advance!
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] worker1:
Here they are.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] blue_rocket:
i posted them a while ago ... here's the app icon if you want that too (all are customizeable with LauncherPro now).
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] htmlfreak117:
I have a tp2 on verizon. When i plug in the phone if i choose Internet Connection Sharing will i be charge the extra phone as modem fee by verizon, or is it like the wifi router in it being free?
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] WildCat714:
I think they are going to charge you unless you run the silent teather thing. I think it was called ICSInstall.CAB. Ive been using the usb teather for a while since installing that and have not seen any charges.

Although thats one of the things Im concerned about with the new verizon mr2. Im hoping that still works without getting nailed by the big V.

p-
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] htmlfreak117:
im using energy rom so i shouldnt have that problem
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] PRBajista:
The tethering in Energy Rom does not let verizon see you tethering. I have used his rom recently and have tethered with no additional charges on my bill. I have even used it to play games online. You can surf safely using your TP2.
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] tboneppc:
I can't say with 100% certainly but I believe you can use WiFiRouter as well. It's pretty slick. You run it and connect to the internet then you can connect to it with any other wifi device. It does have encryption as well so you can create a secure (well, semi-secure) hotspot. Pretty quick too. I found this thread which has lots of user feedback if your interested:

http://www.omniahub.com/wmwifirouter-turn-smartphone-into-wireless-router/
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] exmeaguy:
Wouldn't just using the USB Tether product hide the tethering from Verizon without having to use the cab that you mentioned?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] elite12:
I've followed all the instructions from the official thread.

Installed the HQ wallpaper patch for sense 2.5.

Upper and bottom bars are nice but the actual wallpaper area stays black.

I'm using Cleanex 3.05 uniq rom with sense 2.5.2016 mix udt and cookie's hometab 1.8

Can't remove the patch too.

Any fix for this :confused:

Thanks.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] :
you dont have to install the patch with cookies 1.8, its already there you just change it to use hdwall

cookies home tab editor,>miscellaneous settings, wallpaper, use hd wall
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] Dic3ptor:
Yes thats right! But attention.

When you had install the patch and cookies hometab 1.8 you have to uninstall both now. Because after deleting the patch sometimes Cookies 1.8 had problems with HDwall cabs!

So uninstall the Patch, than uninstall cookies Home Tab 1.8 and than reinstall Cookies Home Tab 1.8 again! To be sure that all working fine!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] elite12:
I'll just do a hard reset doesn't matter got nothing on my phone anyways.

So let me get this straight, i install hometab 1.8 then chteditor , install hd walls and the wallpaper.cab and select in chteditor to use with hd wall.

After that it should work.

Gonna try that, thanks.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] :
Install the cht editor to mem card, then cookies home tab to device memory, then create you're wallpaper cab, go through the options where I told you to turn on HDwall in cht 1.8 then install you're wallpaper cab and soft reset and voilà
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] elite12:
Dont take this the wrong way but i love you, worked like a charm thanks alot.
[HD2 General] zrra:
Hi i was wondering if it is possible to do this kind of rom. Is there no one who can do it? Perhaps one of the big chefs?:)
[HD2 General] ephestione:
in other words you want an xp-like desktop on the hd2 :D

this is not the correct section of the forum, anyway at the best of my knowledge there is nothing at the moment that could make the WM interface look like what you put in there. and anyway it's not a new rom you need but a new UI :)
[HD2 General] :
thats twice you have posted this, unless it was moved!!!
[HD2 General] dharvey4651:
I'm thinking it may have been moved because there are not two identical threads of this type. There is however, a concept UI thread where the image he uploaded originated.

It's pure photoshop genius. There currently is NO UI that looks and works even remotely like this.
[HD2 General] RedScorpion78:
I would really want to have my HD2 running like a mini desktop. Of course icons have to be big enough to be clicked with a finger touch.
[HD2 General] jamieeeee:
WOW that looks good :)
[HD2 General] stoolzo:
I think the first step would be to somehow get a standard x86 syle windows CE deskop running on it. This was discussed a few years back when I had a HTC universal running winmo 5.