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[EVO 4G General] Dubez:
http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2010/06...kers-with-legal-action-for-distributing-roms/

Leaks happen — especially in the mobile world. There are just too many people involved in the process of creating a mobile device to keep things under wraps. Take any given new phone’s OS installation package (known as its “ROM”), for example; when something is as easily copied and distributed as any other piece of software, it’s bound to find its way out eventually.

When these ROMs pop up on developer/hacker forums, it’s generally no big deal — in most cases, the manufacturer doesn’t notice or, if they do, don’t bother to do anything about it. Once someone makes an effort to gather up all these ROMs and distribute them from one unified outlet, however, things get hairy. Such is the case for the popular HTC ROM distribution site Shipped-ROMs, who allegedly just received a Cease & Desist order straight from the desk of HTC’s Legal Counsel.

According to HTC, Shipped-ROMs is stepping out of line by “illegal copying … HTC¡¦s original art work.” Do they use “art work” literally (as in the visuals)? Or are they ambiguously using the term to classify all of their code and other work as art? Who knows. One way or another, HTC is pissed.

If nothing else, you’ve got to praise HTC for their speed: the site, operated by the increasingly well-known hardware hacker Conflipper, is only about a month old. More impressive than HTC’s speed, however, is the site’s: in that month, they’ve managed to accumulate ROMs for just about every HTC handset imaginable, from antiques like the MDA Compact to the just-friggin’-lanched HTC Aria.

So, who does one root for? On one hand, these ROMs allow the hacking community to “cook” up their own custom installs for the hardcore crowd, often unlocking or adding in features that the manufacturer didn’t — and rarely, if ever, do these leaks result in anything malicious trickling down to the end user. On the other, these ROMs are jam-packed with HTC’s intellectual property, which they’ve got some duty to protect.

In the end, I’ll always be rooting for the little guy. My time with a number of HTC devices has been vastly improved by the efforts of the faceless geniuses in the hacking community. If HTC decides to make a misguided effort to stop the hacking community that satiates their poweruser’s thirsts, so be it — but this is the wrong way to go about it. C&D’ing one site won’t do a damn thing; these ROMs will be up on another site (or a torrent tracker, or any one of a bajillion other distribution methods) in the blink of an eye. It’s the classic Napster problem; in making a fuss about these ROMs, you’ve just alerted a bunch of people to their existence. Oh well.

The full text of the C&D can be read at Shipped-Roms. Conflipper says he’ll “do what he can” to keep the site online, but things aren’t looking too good.
[EVO 4G General] blazin-asian:
so its illegal to fix HTC's blunders. that is great news!
[EVO 4G General] ap3604:
It makes sense. Those miscrient hackers are doing something illegal and harming HTC by re-distributing copyrighted material (htc sense). The hackers should be caught and brought to justice for what they have done.

Obv I am joking =P
[EVO 4G General] MrDSL:
Look at the bright side though maybe will see more AOSP only ROM's :)
[EVO 4G General] sfox8:
HTC we have bigger issues on our hands right now! Once again you're late to the party. Maybe you should focus on getting out that firmware update to fix this 30fps cap! Or... at least go buy some more glue... :(
[EVO 4G General] MrX8503:
If they used their efforts in trying to sue people towards fixing their phone, we wouldn't have the 30fps problem.
[EVO 4G General] fazzy:
Soo true ... instead of fixing their Issues they are busy sueing ppls who are making good things
[EVO 4G General] sling:
HTCs not after those making modifications to rom - hackers , sites etc

They want to do away with those hosting official ROMs on unofficial servers.
[EVO 4G General] Xenithflare:
You know what would be a good idea? Just issue licenses to various developers so that ROMs can be worked on and distributed legally. I mean, it's obvious that devs aren't charging for their work, no one is making money off of doing this, and I don't believe they ever have. The only reason ROMs exist is because the ones we're given stock are absolute garbage 98% of the time. So HTC doesn't have any ground to stand on in that sense. A minimal fee simply to acknowledge that, yes, this person has permission to work on this software, would be an easy fix.

Though I do want to point out that I'm extremely tired at the moment, so I might not be thinking clearly XD
[EVO 4G General] jigglywiggly:
Well, that's what happens when you try to fix other people's work :?
[EVO 4G General] sling:
Hack away HTC doesn't care about that.

What they do care about is those hosting official ROMs on unofficial servers <--- Its a no go they will shut them down fast
[EVO 4G General] johnnychimpo:
If more sites are hosting their official roms wouldnt that make them happy? I mean, wouldnt it put less strain on HTC's servers? Im just say'in.
[EVO 4G General] sablesurfer:
Response I got from my message. Seems to end nicely anyway:

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I understand your enthusiasm for customizing your HTC phone. Any HTC phone branded to a carrier is shipped with such software and features as the carrier requests - this is our mandate as the manufacturer. It's always been my belief that, having purchased a consumer product, it is your prerogative to do with it what you wish. But in technical support, we're in the position of only being able to certify, support, and warranty the functionality of the hardware and software on the network which uses the provided, up-to-date ROM. We cannot even broach the subject of custom ROMs, flashing, rooting, registry edits, etc. for liability reasons. An HTC phone user who, unlike yourself, may be less comfortable in this area or is perhaps less cautious, may render their phone entirely inoperable, and we would be entirely powerless to assist. Without being familiar with the particulars of the cease & desist letter you're speaking of, I can tell you a C&D letter is most commonly an obligatory procedural step in pursuit of copyright protection, as a request to stop distribution of possibly copyright-protected material (for example the device firmware or licensed operating system code embedded in a custom ROM image) before any further actions are taken. This need not be interpreted as a threat to any well-meaning online community forum of HTC phone enthusiasts.

To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and your ticket number XXXXXXXXXXXX.

Sincerely,
[EVO 4G General] dmc971989:
translation: "we wouldn't dare go after XDA-developers.org"

lol
[EVO 4G General] EVOmaniac07:
I haven't been able to root yet but all I know is thank you DEVS, not HTC. Because of the devs people are able to use the phone to its full potential. Maybe HTC can actually learn something from the devs here. Thank you.

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[EVO 4G General] scriptx:
Keep in mind that HTC likely receives pressure from carriers when things like "WiFi Tethering" become unbillable and available to rooted devices. The carrier-branded devices we receive are built-to-spec and neutered by the carriers.
[EVO 4G General] ramiss:
It has been pretty obvious over the years that HTC does learn a lot from XDA.

I like that response. It confirms what we have all been thinking.
[EVO 4G General] Blackcircle:
Why are people always so hard on Sprint and HTC? I mean, they are companies doing their jobs! They can't possibly cater everyone. They have to go by a standard. How else is Sprint going to become the best network if they don't charge people for their services...and they are still cheaper than others! HTC has to comply with Sprint standards so they can keep making Sprint phones. Now if HTC was a "custom" phone maker (there's an idea), then that's a different story. I truly love this community and understand some of the hate comments on here...but come on. We are all grown ups here and is common sense. Sorry for sounding harsh, I just get tired of all the childish hate comments.

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[EVO 4G General] talz13:
Ok, they'll get their legal department right on those coding fixes for ya :D
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] jgcaap:
Hello. I've got an issue with a phone. A friend of mine , used the vodafone updated to the latest version of 1.5 with Sense ui and perfect SPL.

Happens that with the orange tecnic we are able to Flash the SPL but it doesnt go to SiG off anyone know the reason?

I tried also to do an experiment to try get into sig off, i prepared a goldcard, and i flashed the old SPL and later made the flashing process by vodafone HTC generic update . Happens that the phone hangs on flashing Radio.

Later then Gives me RUU. So i flashed back the Perfect SPL of high radio, and first time hanged in radio, secound time worked.

Also there are issues regarding to this. When it is flashed ROMs for 6.35 radio, it seems that on:

sanpei hero, legend or eris

Smoki

Capyslide

The phone just hangs on HTC magic logo and stays there.

The only roms working are:

CursorDroid

Sanpei 0.4 pre

Cyanogenmod 5.0.7 and the test version 5.0.8

Anyone know the reason? Thanks

Best regards
[XPERIA X10 General] gavriel18:
Hey all, I did a search and couldn't find an answer. SE PC Companion is prompting me to update it to version 2.00.142. Should I? Could it block me getting root access later?

Thanks in advance
[XPERIA X10 General] TechGuru_x10:
Nobody can give you that answer, until somebody has rooted that......

If PC Companion is prompting you to update to some version, then it is PC Companion softwrae and not the Phone's Android System....

So go ahead and update it...
[XPERIA X10 General] augie7107:
I updated the PC Companion and it has no changes.

Plugged phone in and no firmware update.

Still has same UI and sub-windows as older version.
[XPERIA X10 General] gavriel18:
Cool thanks

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[XPERIA X10 General] Shiwantha:
PCC or SEUS can try to update your phone.

Most of the regions in the wold have no update and Sony has left out them in the dark.

at first I got my phone from Dubai and I even didnt had market in my X10.

but I debranded by phone and installed UK version and now I updated it to latest RIFB001 with Kernal version of 2.6.29 and Baseband of 1.0.21
[XPERIA X10 General] bloke:
Can somone explain the OTA update system to me,

I have debranded from .14 to .16 baseband, I run the software update and it tells me that I had the latest, how can Dubai have an update,

Thanks

Bloke
[XPERIA X10 General] Shiwantha:
I no longer have dubai version, pls read my previous post, on the first debarnd I change it to UK version.

and from there I flash it to X10i Generic NCB (R1FA016) after that simply plug it to the PC companion and it will tell you there is an update available, simple do it. you will be on updated to R1FB001 by SE.

More details.

Sony Ericsson X10 debranding tutorial
[XPERIA X10 General] gavriel18:
From what I gather, ota updating is an update without connecting to a PC. I'm pretty sure the ota available on jerps thread is for Japanese x10s. I haven't tried that one yet as I'm satisfied so far with the r1fb001.

Hope this helps: )

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[XPERIA X10 General] augie7107:
Exactly right.

OTA = Over The Air

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madflava54:
Hello,

Noob here and I flashed Darch's ROM and there is a recovery.img that he included. I didn't see instructions to copy it to my SD card, but there is a recovery.img on my SD card.

I'm not sure what the file does and if I need to reflash with the img file he has on Page 1.

Thank you in advance
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dave2582:
A recovery image is a screen that you boot into to flash custom roms and make nandroids. If you successfully flashed a recovery image, you can boot into it by pressing and hold the home key and turn the phone on when the phone is completely off. You can also boot into recovery via adb.

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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kashb91:
i dont know if you need to flash that recovery but a lot of people have agreed that after they flashed it, that creating nandroids and other tech aspects of the rom are easier to perform
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madflava54:
Thanks for the help!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madflava54:
Also, anyone run NES games on their Hero? Seems kind of laggy which is surprising to me.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jus10o:
I play sonic in gensoid.. I can connect my wii remote using bluetooth and use it as my controller. It doesn't lag or anything, its actually very smooth.

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[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] BobC43:
I am running setcpu on a Droid wit Froyo. It works great except that each time I reboot, I need to reset the clock speed. I am running a 1000 kernal, set at 800. Will stay like that till I boot, then always goes back to 600.

Is it just me or am I missing something.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] Ultra Droid:
It's not just you. Mine does the same thing (resets to 600) when I reboot, and it's been doing it ever since I installed Froyo. Unfortunately, I don't know the solution yet. When I get it - I post on other forums too - I'll post it here.

-Mike
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] BobC43:
Be sure that your Set CPU is on the phone and not mounted on the SD card. I went back and checked mine and it was on the SD card, but I had not moved it.

Anyway, that solved the problem for me.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geech_:
I CANT FIND IT IN THE MARKET PLACE WITH THIS ROM I DONT UNDERSTAND IT MAYBE YALL HAVE AN IDEA? :confused:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Themes and Apps] key-seven:
DL here:

keyOne boot @ dA

Apply with JWMD Icon Changer for WM6.5 or Advanced Configuration Tool v3.x for WM.

Thx to all devs and gfx-freaks.
[HD2 General] ASCIIker:
i've searched for ways to open up other rotation angles as well as autorotation for any and all apps under the sun. most people suggest bsbtweaks and it really does do the job, but only rotates to the allowed 270degrees angle (thats -90degrees). effectively, it just adds the window class to the list of window classes that the built in HTC g-sensor mechanism will give respect to.

so i looked some more and found "changescreen" to fit the bill. after setting up exceptions, it works quite well to allow all other applications (except for the exceptions which include sense) to rotate to 90degrees, 180degrees (this looks way cool some times!), and the usual 270degrees.

HOWEVER, the point of this new thread is to discuss something that seems to be quite an attractive option if it can be made to work 100%. i've noticed that the onscreen landscape keyboard is MUCH more usable in the 90degrees rotation. this is because those damned cursor keys take up 0.5 inch of space that is balanced out by the hardware keys on the other side, thus placing the rest of the keyboard SQUARELY in the middle of your thumbs! contrast this with the experience on the default 270degrees rotation where the cursor keys and hardware keys end up on the same side, forcing the user to stretch out the right hand thumb to reach the middle of the keyboard.

the amazing thing is that keyboard really works 99% properly in the 90degrees orientation. the 1% catch? the little preview squares that appear while tapping a key seem to be using a buggy rotation matrix when the screen is in this angle! effectively, this makes the preview squares upside down and on the wrong side of the center line of the keyboard!

so for me, TWO things would make life much sweeter on the HD2:

1. keyboard preview squares should appear right side up and on the correct area near the tapped key in 90degree rotation.

2. i would also like to DISABLE the 270degree rotation altogether and force the HTC g-sensor mechanism to think that the 90degree rotation is DEFAULT. i know i can achieve this partially using "changescreen" but sense will still rotate ONLY in the 270degree direction in the album and music tab. with this tweak, one can rely on the built in mechanism and also be able to enjoy the keyboard in the more comfortable 90degree rotation.

any 1337 h4x0r222 with some 1337 suggestions/tweaks? :D
[HD2 General] ASCIIker:
some updates...

first, there is another anomaly i didn't notice before pertaining to the thumb friendly scroller that pops up when touching a scroll bar. this popup scroller is also being drawn upside down and on the wrong side of the screen in 90degree rotation.

other updates include:

1. tried toggling HKLM\System\GDI\Rotation\LandscapeMode from 0 to 4, followed by soft reset, no joy! :(

2. tried toggling HKLM\System\GDI\Rotation\LandscapeFixed from 1 to 0, followed by soft reset...the right handed and left handed options in Screen under Settings->System become available but the g-sensor autorotate doesn't seem to respect the choice set here, so no joy! :(
[HD2 General] Demon_man:
anybody know what we have to do to create a restart sense icon, i have seen them in a few ROM's
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
some options HERE
[HD2 General] Demon_man:
thanks Sam i'll take a look once i've finished fooling with manila files and transparency lol
[HD2 General] m4sta2k:
Install c0kies home tab and CHT editor

THen you can add a shortcut to restart the sense ;)
[HD2 General] Demon_man:
can you?? i didnt no that lol
[HD2 General] misterlim:
i didn't want to start a new thread so i'm just going to post it here...every time i do a soft reset, sense doesn't start up immediately right after the boot screen..., it takes me to the "launching sense" screen where it will stay until i exit out of it
[HD2 General] Demon_man:
first of all you will prob get more people looking mate if you start a new thread,

has it always been that way or is it just recently? have you installed anything
[HD2 General] misterlim:
lol yeah you're probably right and just recently. noticed it after installing the new 2.13 rom for t-mousa... could that be the cause? i've aslo installed bsb tweaks, santod mods 16 quick links, the opera tweak virtual screen tweak, opera smooth scrolling, touch x speed up in screen scrolling and in land scape album, fpsece 0.10, you know, the basic stuff :/ plus other apps from the market place. thanks! :)
[HD2 General] M3PH:
I bet you either enabled an unsuitable tweak in BSB tweaks, tweaked a registry value wrong or there is some other marketplace app that doesn't like sense very much. Some skins can also cause this i believe. but tbh you need to be more specific with what you have installed before we can narrow it down.
[HD2 General] misterlim:
you might be right just uninstalled bsb tweaks and my phone is starting up fine now :) not sure which tweak it was but i'll reinstall it and narrow it down. will do a few more soft resets to make sure since this was the first app i removed... thanks! :D

edit: nvm it wasn't bsb tweaks...well here is the list of what i've installed on my phone: google translator, pandora, pocket stars, skype, microsoft my phone, ximin_besttictactoe, handm_expressnews, shazam, skyfire, endomondo tracker, microsoft facebook, bing, catcha mouse, panoramic guitar suite, pocket grandmaster, srs wowhd, pocket.com, 2.13 rom for t-mousa, bsb tweaks, santod mods 16 quick links, the opera tweak virtual screen tweak, opera smooth scrolling, touch x speed up in screen scrolling and in land scape album, fpsece 0.10, and vistahide battery
[EVO 4G General] dchamero:
I have been experiencing a weird bug....

I assign specific ringtones to different contacts, and the next day they are automatically replaced by the default ringtone (It has hapened several times already)

Anyone had the same issue?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] brennen.exe:
-- SOLVED --> For those who care...

Initial issue/goal: Ports open or blocked over 3G/4g? Getting a reverse VNC connection working on an android phone.

Resolution: Ultra VNC SC basically allows someone behind a firewall or router to, without any configuration required, share their desktop with someone (you) for technical support or any other means. I use it for friends and family and such, and it works great, but the real question and purpose of this thread was about open ports on a 3G/4G connection and what VNC apps allow listening. This is what worked for me: Remote VNC Pro from the market (~$6), DynDNS from the market (free), a dynamic DNS account that is supported by the DynDNS application (like no-ip, dyndns, etc), and a personalized/configured version of Ultra VNC SC (linked below). Port 5900 works, as well as a few others, but 80, 8080, and 443 won't.

VNC Application: Remote VNC Pro (for the phone)

VNC Application: Ultra VNC SC (for the client)

Dynamic DNS: DynDNS (update agent)

Mods/Admins feel free to move this thread and/or lock delete if I am breaking any rules (like advertising?) or something.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] rdude:
Re: [HELP] Reverse VNC Connection

I know with 4G you definitely get a publicly accessible IP without any proxy in the middle. I imagine 3G would be the same so it should be fine in that regards.

As for open ports, any app worth its chops should let you choose which port it listens on so that shouldn't be an issue.

Why don't you just buy one of the apps and give it a try? If it doesn't work you can always return it within 24 hours for a full refund.