yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch CDMA Android Development] ptcfast2:
1) Find the theme you wish to download and, well, download it. The file downloaded needs to be in a .tar format (usually called androidupdate.tar).

2) Take the androidupdate.tar file and put it in the ANDBOOT folder on your SD card.

3) Soft reset your phone and hold down the center button on the d-pad during boot to get to the menu.

4) Select Option 4 - Install Update.

5) Let the installer do it's thing. When it is completed you will be brought back to the installer menu.

6) Soft reset the phone once more and enjoy your new theme.

That should do it for you! :D
[Touch CDMA Android Development] piperthedj:
ok now i am just bamboozled.... i know i am not the most knowledgeable at this but aren't these the same directions to load a new android rom? :confused: not trying to be combative just thoroughly confused by now.

:confused:

thanks again
[Touch CDMA Android Development] ptcfast2:
Installing a ROM would be Option 1 - Install System.

Themes are applied via Option 4. When you select #4 the installer unpacks the androidupdate.tar file and overwrites existing files on your phone's NAND to apply the theme. If you choose install system (#1) it wipes the phone and uses a file called androidinstall.tar to reinstall (different file from androidupdate.tar).

So, basically once you install your ROM on NAND all updates, themes, etc will be need to be installed via Option 4. ;)
[Touch CDMA Android Development] Twit:
Itd be a good idea to add this to the FAQ- I didnt know this either
[Touch CDMA Android Development] piperthedj:
thanks for the help much apprecited
[HD2 General] wigwam12:
Not sure how to sort this.

I just tried to install tvcatchup but whenever I try to play anything it just says "non-UK"

It recognised my ISP as a UK one alright.

Really frustrating as skyfire doesn't seem to be working properly on my phone for some reason at the moment [I even uninstalled and reinstalled it] which is a bummer for beeb and itv websites for world cup!

Similarly right from the start I noticed that whenever I do a search for anything from opera/google for some some reason it gives me search results in german?!?!?!
[HD2 General] Demon_man:
that will be opera 10 you're using then lol beta version is it by any chance?? and there is a couple of threads for tvcatchup in the themes and apps section i pretty sure someone found a fix for this mate
[HD2 General] wigwam12:
Nope it is the default internet tab on Sense.

I will look in the other thread for tvcatchup.

Appreciate the help mate!
[HD2 General] BumAround:
try to disable my location, perhaps?
[G1 Apps and Games] avisions:
i cant seem to find this anywhere. ive searched and searched and searched.

but when i search it on xda forums it only shows roms that include screenshot.

i need the actual .apk that is compatible with cm5.0.7 or superE 1.0.1
[G1 Apps and Games] avisions:
bump.

this shouldnt be that hard
[G1 Apps and Games] b0ricuaguerrero:
search in market
[G1 Apps and Games] s15274n:
dropcap should work for screenshots.

http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-gmail-nagamatu-drocap2-znCz.aspx
[G1 Apps and Games] blackvyper:
Try the 'Screen Capture' app in the market.

http://www.androlib.com/android.application.net-srcz-android-screenshot-zEtD.aspx
[G1 Apps and Games] AustinAce:
Shootme works as well :)
[G1 Apps and Games] xodeus:
I really like shootMe.

Start the app. Go to the place where you want the screenshot taken and shake.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tommy Jeffries:
windows 6.5 for Evo?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] howdyace:
Why would you want to? And this from a prior touch pro custom rom flasher....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gthing:
You currently can't. It's probably possible but I'd be very surprised to see anyone putting any effort into it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Neotelos_com:
Yuck, just wait and see if someone get's Windows Phone 7 for it.

WM6.5 is junk compared to Android and even WP7.

Anyways, I don't foresee it with full drivers anytime soon, we're having enough issues w/ Froyo which Froyo itself is open source.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdude:
There are no 4G drivers for Windows Mobile anyway so you might as well just get an HD2.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kthejoker20:
why would you want to take a perfectly good phone and make it garbage?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aussiepunk:
WinMo 6.5.3 has a very slick contact management app built in. The ability to quickly switch from Exchange to Gmail to Yahoo to SMS inboxes simply by clicking <right arrow> or swiping to the right is also very slick. There are a lot of well-built MS tools available for 6.5 such as Livemesh Mobile, Word, Excel, OneNote etc. If you have a Windows computer and you work at a company that has all windows servers WinMo 6.5 is not a bad enterprise oriented OS. Facebook + social media apps and games? CRAP but for MS Geeks, it's quite nice.

Full disclosure, I have previously owned TP2, TP, SCH-i760, Treo 700w, SCH-i700 so I'm a little partial to the OS.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] torremitsu:
Windows mobile has it's perks. I still have an HD2 and I like it, but having an android OS takes all of the guess work out of using the phone. I will say though that having CHTEditor for sense UI is great. I wish the dev who created it for winmo would do that for the evo.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=633590
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrono:
windows mobile is nice for some things, but android is so much better.

this has been gone over way too many times and people need to search.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Manicmobileaddict:
Example of a huge android fail for such a basic want. I want 7 full screen widgets and just one folder. Is the only place you can put folders on the main screens?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markus_del_marko:
I don't see why it couldn't be done as this phone is similar to the hd2 but i doubt you would get a dev to port it and honestly android is 10x better!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Manicmobileaddict:
I'll believe it's 10x better if you can tell me how I can have 7 full screen widgets and just one folder. In winmo the start screen holds apps and folders. You can also put folders in the links on the today screen and that little row of links can open up to multiple pages up to about 80 links I think.

In android you could put 112 folders on the main screens, but nothing else. Those screens would be maxed out. Sounds like android wins, but think of it this way.

You can add all the apps you want to android (all apps screen) or winmo (start screen) limited only by memory. In winmo that goes for folders also. Not so in android.

Let's compare further. Let's say I'm using sense in android so I have 7 screens instead of 5 and have 7 full screen widgets and I compare it to sense in winmo...no that's not fair since in winmo it comes with about 15 fullscreen widgets. Ok, let's say in winmo I don't have sense and use UL and make 7 screens so it's like android and put full screen widgets (lots of free ones out there) on them.

Now I want some folders. In winmo I create them in my start page. What do I do in android? Is there an app out there that holds folders? That would be a good option. Just go to the all apps screen and open that app to see my folders.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elegantai:
ok, so I have no opinion on the major topic of this post, but as a suggestion, I mean, you could just use multiple scenes. Then you would have 7 screens for each scene, and to switch you just do like 3 clicks and you have 7 more screens.

Obviously it is a little more work, because you will have to save the scene when you modify, but its some form of accommodation for what you are looking for.

I also think there is something called launcher pro or something on the market that allows you to add more than 7 screens. I am not sure and have never used it.

Sorry if this suggestion in no way accommodates you, just ignore if so.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Manicmobileaddict:
Well,...It's an option. A little bit of a pain in the ass, but I kind of like that. You can expand quite a bit that way. Still a little overcomplicated compared to winmo though, but in effect I guess you're not limited to just seven screens. How many scenes can you create? Is that a memory hog?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elegantai:
you should really try something like adw.launcher from the market just to see if you like it. You can have 7 screens but you can change it to have up to 7x7 grid on each screen. It is highly customizable

But I am pretty sure you can have a bunch of scenes, shouldn't affect memory since its only loading one scene at a time.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Veritas06:
Did all 4 of the WinMo threads needed to be bumped just for this?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gotsteve2006:
Which do you use? I'm trying to figure out which one to go with. The Handcent or The Stock message app. I've heard of no fix for the awake time when sending a message via stock app. Handcent is pretty cool but to me, it's not needed if the fix has been for stock app.

What do you use & Why
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Papa Smurf151:
I use handcent. I like how u can use the bubble effect on mags and change theme to black, candidates change background color, text color, and a ton of other must have settings for a text service. I hate hate hate despise the stock message app
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingdazy:
+1 for Handcent. lots of configuration, features. looks slick too.

be sure to configure notifications so you don't get double msgs.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] heresy_fnord:
I like Handcent because it pops up a window over whatever you are doing so you can send a quick reply without having to really open the full app up. I don't know that I could go back to stock messaging again. :D
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lineman78:
Handcent. I love the customization, including the font packs. I also like the pop-up, but it sometimes gets a little annoying, so i could see someone not liking it.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Papa Smurf151:
yeah i dont like the pop up at all but i just turned that function off so it was no big deal
[EVO 4G Android Development] jabbawalkee:
Hey everyone...just thought of an idea since I'd like a non-sense ROM and a custom launcher such as ADW or LauncherPro.

I wanted to create a ROM with the system version of ADW.Launcher (http://jbthemes.com/anderweb/2010/06/adw-launcher-0-8-5-released/) as the DEFAULT launcher and without the Sense launcher (free up some space and RAM). I'm wondering if it would be as easy as deleting Rosie.apk and Sense widgets and adding in the system version of ADW or what.

Any suggestions or help from ROM devs and other brilliant individuals would be greatly appreciated as Sense can be sometimes difficult to work with. Thanks in advance.
[EVO 4G Android Development] bcnice20:
I believe that there is a signed zip form of that that you can flash and it completely replaces launcher 2 so ya could get one of the roms with sense mostly stripped out then flash that without wiping
[EVO 4G Android Development] jabbawalkee:
I know but I don't even want Rosie or any of the Sense widgets, just wastes space/RAM
[EVO 4G Android Development] bcnice20:
Rosie and all the widgets have been deleted in all non sense builds on here
[EVO 4G Android Development] zikronix:
I would love to see this too. Most of the non sense builds of roms though removed and broke other aspects of the rom.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peewster:
Hello,

i've just bricked my Desire i think :(

I think it got wrong in recovery mode. I chose usb mount from the recovery menu with a fat and ext3 partition (aps2sd).

Now my Desire hangs on the white screen with the green HTC letters. When i enter the recovery menu from holding volume down and the power button i can choose for the update zip to install, but then i get the error can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1

Please help, this is so annoying.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasDroid:
Try the command in fastboot to reenable USB.

Enable the SD Card functionality. Boot your phone in FASTBOOT mode (back + power), and enter this command: 'fastboot oem enableqxdm 0' . This will re-enable your SD card.

Follow the USB un-bricking guide here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=691639
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JupiterDroid:
Dont worry mate, i know it can be scary,

Its happened to us all, and if it hasnt, it will;)

Good luck with unbricking, every unbrick is a victory for XDA over HTC;)

JD
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peewster:
thnx for the replies.

I've just enabled the sdcard function so lets see how far i will come :)

Well it's working again :) This was really not cool :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MasDroid:
Great stuff, as you can see, it's not so much of a worry when there are fixes available :)

I haven't been bricked yet... but as JD said, there's still that chance... then i will be literally bricking it! ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peewster:
well the only thing i can't get to work is the actual fix.

my phone boots normally, but when i try to execute:

/data/flash_image misc /data/mtd0.img i get the following error:

mtd: rad all-zero block at 0x00000000; skipping

error reading mtd0.img
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M4cr0s:
Are you sure you USB bricked and it's not just a bad flash that will be solved by a wipe/clear and reflash? That is, if you are able to get into recovery. As I understand it USB brickeds are still able to boot, while hanging on "quietly brilliant" is a typical bad flash/sd-card issue (had it a couple times meself). I might very, very, very well be wrong though ;)

Mac
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peewster:
No this was a real usb brick. I could nog flash anything anymore, and mu usb wasn't working anymore.

I replaced the mtd0.img with a new one, and this time the script executed correctly.

I'm rebooting it now.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peewster:
Just rebooted, and everything is working normal again :D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M4cr0s:
Great! :) Nothing is like the feeling of relief when things work again!

Mac
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peewster:
You can say that again :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mahastat:
No success after 1st step

I got this.

D:\Softwares\htc\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot oem enableqxdm 0

... OKAY [ 0.096s]

finished. total time: 0.096s

But, still now I'm getting

"Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)

(No such file or directory)

E:Can't mount /sdcard

I'm trying to follow second step at the thread 691639. I have posted more info there. Please help.
[General Topics] ongoingissues:
MobileCrunch are reporting that HTC threatens handset hackers with legal action for distributing ROMs.

http://ongoingissues.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/htc-threatens-handset-hackers-with-legal-action/
[General Topics] LBTaylor1984:
maybe we, the community should build a list of user, a signature of opposing people to the closure of the site. stating that the use of the ROMs is for the purpose of cooking our own ROMs and increase the usability, performance, and desirability of the HTC handsets.

Maybe HTC need to be made aware of how much their customer base relys on ROMs for development of the HTC Handsets, and possibly go as far as to list who wouldn't buy a handset without access to other ROMs.

If Froyo doesn't come to the Desire, I WILL be installing a modified ROM regardless of HTCs feelings, and if this becomes impossible, I WILL be changing to a different brand and boycott HTC from then on. I feel very strongly about the users right to modify their phone in any way they see fit.
[General Topics] Dies:
I dont even use the roms but i appreciate the work and effort put into them on the chance that i might use them. I also love HTC hardware because of the huge communities developed and bought my Touch Pro 2 based on the outside support that exists and if it were to get taken down by HTC i would second guess my next purchase of a Touch Pro 3 (i know it doesnt exist but something along the lines).

And as far as recommendations of hardware this site alone has swayed alot of coworkers into buying HTC hardware knowing they can tweak there purchase if the need arises.
[General Topics] ephestione:
As a matter of fact, I am now using the HTC support contact form to tell them how wrong they are in promoting this action.

The main reason because of which I didn't buy a iloserphone but chose a WM device is that I can play with it as much as I want.

In that letter it also specifically says "...or of all infringing works derived from the Intellectual Property", which means basically CUSTOM roms, the ones we're all using.

First comes shipped-roms.com, then will be the turn of XDA which hosts links to said custom roms and/or stock roms, same goes for htcpedia and everything else.

If they want to shut themselves down by making their users hate their devices, their choice, but probably we ought to let them know they're just being stupid.

Here's the message I sent them via their website, I encourage you to write them in the big numbers.
[General Topics] forelli:
Thanks! I'm doing the same right now. Apple is not a loser in the game, they dont shut down websites of so-called "hackers" who tweak, crack and write programs which jailbreak their iPhone, and they could just do it, they have plenty of reason to do it BUT only one NOT to do it: $!

I told you, Apple is not so stupid... unlike HTC who shoots itself in the head!(hoping the damages will be soft?) Really silly...

Edit: here's mine:

It recently came to my knowledge that HTC sent a C&D letter to the website shipped-roms.com and if this is true, and you are serious about it, please do re-consider your decision. As a proud owner of an UNBRANDED HTC HD2, HTC BLACKSTONE AND HTC DIAMOND 2, I am asking you to not bother the core of your business: without the shipped roms and the subsequent custom roms from it, I, just like hundreds of thousands of HTC owners around the world (just look at the membership of various forums offering custom roms), would not have bought an HTC device. Why we did buy it was the possibility to modify it to fit our needs, this includes by the means of custom roms too, but not only. If you take this from us, you're left with the "carriers dependant" customers who are, by far, the minority of your customers. If you're serious in taking down websites that make us buy your devices, you will have to face the consequences because without shipped rom, we will just jump ship! As you already know, the competition is tough so you better think this legal action twice if you don't want the value of your shares to melt like snow at the beginning of spring.
[General Topics] Johev:
I have no words about what HTC is doing. I totally agree with ephestione, and if xda-developers did not exist (or any other similar forum), I would not have an WM Smartphone, as the stock ROMs are normally slow, many times out dated, and not suited for my needs.

I hope that HTC understands that sites like these are the BEST PUBLICITY that they can get fro their devices. You have people working for FREE to make the device better, what else can they ask for?

Instead of promoting, cooperating with the main chefs, and using it to their advantage, they prefer to drag them to the court, and shut them down!!!!

They already void your guarantee when you flash a custom ROM, so I can't see how initiatives like this can cost them more money.

I hope they realize that soon, and save their faces by gracefully changing their position.

I do not say, approve, but at least look the other way :p

I hope more people will join this cause.
[General Topics] frogfire:
Android is opensource so remove all htc apps in ROM and host htc apps @ mediafire

I Support you if its possible. How about a open letter to htc in Taiwan? I can write a letter as PDF and share it here.
[General Topics] derliebewolf:
Maybe we should download all of those ROMS an reupload the on a sharehoster only to start a thread with the collection of links over here? Or Maybe a thread in every Device-specific forum?

Thoughts? Want to participate?
[General Topics] imaginarynumber:
How dumb are HTC?

It is the ability to use cooked roms that has helped me tolerate the flaws in WM over the years.

Without the offending roms I would have stopped buying HTC phones years ago. IMHO they should be encouraging the chefs.

They've gone all APPLE!!!

If they persist with this I might as well buy an i-prat and just jailbreak it.

Although slightly off topic I see the WM7 wont allow Sense etc, will HTC still be on their hobby horse. (from what I have read elsewhere it was people messing with sense that p1$$ed them off).
[General Topics] Dino Crisis:
Can some one Post the E-Mail Address /Contact to take my part (and hopefully others) in this ridicules process?

I want to tell them how stupid that is... :mad:

Maybe I should switch over to IPhone... if you can't customize it at least works better out of the box!
[General Topics] acky85:
http://www.htc.com/www/CS_Mail.aspx

Germany Deutsch +49-692-222-7334

Mon - Sat 09:00 - 18:00 (Mon - Fri) 09:00 - 13:00 (Sat)
[General Topics] frogfire:
upload all ROM's to multiupload.com :D

but my upload speed sucks
[General Topics] imaginarynumber:
Thanks

Have sent email....
[General Topics] frogfire:
what do you send? can i use ur text? My english sucks
[General Topics] Franky24:
another site where I posted a modified version of ephestiones letter (thanks for that!) is http://www.htc.com/www/about_htc_bymail.aspx

EMail addresses I found are

csat@htc.com

Contactus@htc.com

htceuropesupport@htc.com

HTH, Franky
[General Topics] steve4bass:
No cooks, no buy

I wouldn't have bought my HTC Rhodium if there weren't custom ROMs available for it. None of the stock HTC ROMs are any good compared to custom ROMs. HTC should thank the chefs for taking their half finished ROMs and making them usable, because it's the chefs who are helping HTC to sell more phones.
[General Topics] 002596:
That's one hell of a shot in the foot you've got there...

[RANT] This has to be without doubt one of the daftest actions HTC have ever taken against anyone...

"Hello loyal customers....... We'd like you to go to jail please! :)"

I heartly agree with everyone on here so far, the main reason I bought my HD2 was because of the custom ROMs on here. (Infact it got reflashed before I even put the SIM in! :P)

I steer clear of everything Apple because I like to be able to customise what I want, how I want. If HTC are getting all edgy because they're promoting diversity, then they should jump in the iBandwagon and I'll go back to using my Nokia.

I can say with 100% truth, if it wasn't for XDA-Dev's I wouldn't have had 6 HTC's by now. [/RANT]
[General Topics] mooves:
Dear HTC, as a legal and loyal owner of multiple HTC devices (Vodafone magic x2, Telstra desire, Telstra hd2 and Vodafone legend) I am entitled to download any updates for these devices. As such I would like shipped-roms.com to maintain my copy for safe keeping. Seeing as you do not maintain a public copy of historical roms for unsupported devices I believe this is a suitable compromise. Also this way there is no cost to your company.

If wish to continue on this misguided attack I will dispose of these devices, buy a competitors product and never buy or recommend your product to anyone.

Yours Sincerely,

JJ