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[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apratomo:
exactly, I did the same when browse using N1

it seems new UI heavy with CSS and javascript
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnnie93:
same here i changed back but im kind of jealous of my cousin's iPad zipping through like butter and my nexus one lagging behind...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerPodacter:
is this something that google can update the browser to acomodate? or is it just the way it is for the webkit browser...?
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sunset Rider:
Is there a way, besides soft resetting, to bring your word prediction dictionary back to default?
[General Questions and Answers] tobikage:
anyone can send me sprite m2.5 slider?

i found for m1.4,but no for m2.5
[Android Apps and Games] Lw00d:
i want to know if there is a app that i could install on there phone that will let me track them with GPS?? that will tell me there location on my incredible.

does a app like this excest?
[Android Apps and Games] Sluzpuppet:
What about google location with google latitude that allows you to share your current location?
[Android Apps and Games] Lw00d:
i will try that. thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] guitargler:
Careful relying on Latitude though, it's easy to turn off. Hope he/she doesn't get too smart!
[Android Apps and Games] Lw00d:
realy? its easy to turn off. is there a app more secret? a app that hides in back ground.?
[Android Apps and Games] Vilam:
look at Washdroid.
[Android Apps and Games] PatricB:
You mean Watchdroid, it'll give the location in response to a SMS.

Works great!
[Android Apps and Games] mercianary:
Does no one else think this is wrong?

As a father myself I can honestly say that this is pretty messed up.

If you don't trust your kid don't let them out the house.

Don't for 1 second think that your "protecting" them. Because your not.

Please excuse me for preaching. I'm not telling you how to raise your kids and don't mean to cause any offence. Its just a subject I feel strongly about.
[Android Apps and Games] Dbagjones:
As a father myself, I don't see how this is wrong.

1.) It's for a teen. Of course you don't trust them. It's the nature of the beast. I was a pretty good kid for the most part, but hell, even I didn't trust myself.

2.) I don't really see it so much as protecting them, but it definitely helps to keep them accountable. And if, "god" forbid, they should go missing, at least you'd have somewhere to start looking. Just because your kid is "trustworthy", doesn't mean the bad guys out there are going to take that into consideration.
[Android Apps and Games] mercianary:
If the kid knew about it I don't see a problem (regardless of weather they agree or not). Its the whole hiding it I have a problem with.

Why stop there? You could record all sound heard by the phone aswell.
[Android Apps and Games] Dbagjones:
Good point about them being aware of it. I think the recording audio option would be too invasive.
[Android Apps and Games] CentroniX:
Keeping tabs on the kid aside, I'd do it just for tracking a $500 piece of hardware. Other kids at school would probably love to have a Droid to play with. As one who had my locker routinely broken in to when I was in high school, I'd defiantly use it on my daughter's device!
[Android Apps and Games] bmtdan:
well personally i think youve gotta let your kid out from underneath a rock at some point. if he/she is old enough to have a 500 dollar smartphone i would think he wouldnt need tabs kept on him/her.

unless this kids an idiot thats made alot of mistakes id say your just as dumb for buying him/her the phone in the first place.

but im not a parent and im only 18 so what do i know.
[Android Apps and Games] mike390:
If your kid found out about it they would have a hard time trusting you with anything afterwards and it would distance you as a parent. Back in the days without cell phones with gps tracking, i bet you were allowed out of the house without a trace being put on you. This is your kid we are talking about , not a prisoner, trust them a bit and give them some freedom because sooner than later htey will be moving out and you will wish your relationship was closer.
[Android Apps and Games] Zepiii:
I totally agree.

GPS Tracking is for me a really bad thing, I would hate my parents if they had done that to me !

Even if I have some idea of applications, I won't help you because it's really (for me) a bad idea to do that ^^
[Android Apps and Games] bunu:
There are apps that let you track other phones but I think both phones have to have the app or am I wrong?

I would get your teen the original droid because it has a keyboard (for texting) and I bet the price will drop because of the Droid X. Also the Droid X has a 4.3 in touchscreen, a bad drop means a completely shattered screen.
[Android Apps and Games] tbrummell:
Morals aside, https://www.wavesecure.com/ is a good app for this, among other things. And yes, it hides itself on the phone pretty well, and is protected with a PIN.
[Android Apps and Games] ddotpatel:
Regarding the ethics, I don't think its right to do without your child's consent. But if you explain it is a security measure I'm sure they'd agree to it if the other option was a £10 crappy Nokia.

As for the issue at hand,... I second wavesecure, its bang on all you need in terms of security....
[Android Apps and Games] alynch75:
If you are getting the Droid X. Motoblur tracks you can login to motoblur and choose locate phone.
[HD2 General] dan138zig:
OK guys, this is gonna be a total newbie-ish question, so bear with me :cool:

Yesterday I installed FPSEce but for the life of me couldn't get past the controller setup step. HD2 only has 5 hardware keys anyway. Today I found out that LMT launcer can provide soft controller for FPSEce. Great, I thought. So I followed the instruction:

* install FPSEce on internal memory

* before first start replace the existing fpse.ini with the attached one

* now start FPSEce

* load a rom, start LMTs controller and have fun!

The first three steps are easy of course :D But then comes the mindboggling thing (for me). "Start LMT controller." How do i know the gesture to start LMTs controller? The first page doesn't say anything about that. So I randomly tries the square gesture and hey, the controller shows! OK, so I try to press the LMT buttons and it doesn't have any effect at all :( How do I assign PSX buttons to the LMT buttons? And how to make the controller landscape to play the game in full screen? Trust me I've read the manual and all that. I've never been this frustrated about an app. I'm actually a fast learner But this is just tiring. So please, if anyone wililng to help I'll be so so thankful.
[HD2 General] bronx:
but what's the point of using lmt? isn't it better to pay for supporter version of fpsece and enjoy built in multitouch also other great features like save state or gdi smooth gfx?
[HD2 General] dan138zig:
well let's just say i'm poor :D
[HD2 General] morpheus1982:
You are not able to donate $5?
[HD2 General] dan138zig:
well, i want to try the free version frist to see if it'll be worth it.
[HD2 General] morpheus1982:
Take the leap of faith! I have the free version and without multitouch is it useless really, as you need to touch two buttons at a time to play PS games. $5 is peanuts!

Also, with the HD2 Start Pack installed, you dont have to use the rather lame and confusing default interface.
[HD2 General] dan138zig:
with LMT controller we can't multitouch?
[HD2 General] 11calcal:
hey there morpheus, been lookin around xda & fpsenet but can't get head around i.stalling emulator any chance you could give me details either here or pm, or a link. as i know so far dload fpse then what? where are games & where can you get them?

OP Sorry for using your thread

thanx
[HD2 General] morpheus1982:
I dont even know what "LMT" is. But what I meant to say was that I HAD the free version, and had to get the supporter version to unlock multitouch and the save and load feature.
[HD2 General] morpheus1982:
Like you I had trouble figuring out what to do, but having downloaded the supporter version, I then went to this forum: http://www.fpsece.net/forum2/viewtopic.php?p=7987#p7987 to download the HD2 Starter Pack, and read the instructions from there.

For the games, you just have to Google search for PSX ISO.

Sorry, but I have forgotten how I got things working, but I do remember that once I found the correct source, it was straight-forward in the end.
[HD2 General] Beefheart:
FPSEce with LMT is better than the multi-touch version of FPSEce.
[HD2 General] monkeybutler365:
Really? That hasn't been my experience. How have you set up lmt, an what makes you say it's better?
[HD2 General] Kalavere:
If you want to learn how to customise the controls using FPSEce I'd suggest looking over at YouTube, it's fairly complex to explain it by text it'd be a 2 minute job if you YouTube'd it. Although I think they all use the old skin for the menu system so it might be a bit confusing if you aren't familiar with it (I assume the new supporter version has the new skin).
[HD2 General] dan138zig:
please teach me :(
[HD2 General] monkeybutler365:
I've used fpsece since my HTC universal days, so yep ive struggled through the old menus! I will definately give it a YouTube and see if it's any better than when i last gave lmt a go.
[HD2 General] teshiburu2010:
I think you should really ditch LMT, and check out this thread, if you own a PS3 controller or Wii Remote you can use them with FPSECE, SCUMMVM, SmartGear, MorphGear. the possibilities are endless

CobaltController Thread

Teshi
[HD2 General] monkeybutler365:
that looks ace, but I would feel like a fool on the train....
[HD2 General] dan138zig:
haha, this. beside, if i want to use controller i'd just play on pc.
[HD2 General] Beefheart:
By using the controller mode as indicated in the LMT thread. Install LMT then FPSEce, copy across the included .ini file, start the emulator, select the game then use the relevant gesture to open up the on screen control pad (which if I remember right by default is the square gesture). You then use the 'R' button to get the correct control pad rotation depending on how you are playing the game.

As for why it's better the answer is simple - I find the multi-touch on LMT 0.8 to be a lot more responsive and reliable than what is included in FPSEce.

See above.
[HD2 General] dan138zig:
thanks, i'll try it. but how to make the game full screen?
[HD2 General] Beefheart:
Full screen is activated by the virtual 'turning' of the knob in the top left of the control panel - this is circled below in red. Unfortunately the default skin is designed for a stylus so it's a bit fiddly.
[HD2 General] Jai_G:
i hav done the steps u said, and the controller appered on screen, but only R and X button are working. how to use other buttons???

plz help!!
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] poly_poly-man:
Which internal antenna is the GPS one?

thanks.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] themaincamarojoe:
So I let my son (about 18 months) play with my tilt 2 for a few seconds, and when I grabed it I saw that the clock on the main screen changed to an analog style, rather than the default style. I've checked all the settings I could think of and I can't find anything that manages this. I'm using a custom ROM, Cell Pro. Does anyone know where to change this setting?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Balajee:
Do you have CHT on it? If so, you can use the CHT editor to change it back
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] dwboston:
Try swiping down on the home screen to restore the default clock.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] sumflipnol:
Don't the Cell Pro ROMs have this unique theme-/clock-switching app that changes the appearance of the clock?

And, yes, if it has Co0kie's Home Tab Mod built-in: Home Tab > Menu > Edit Home Layout > (choose whatever "level" you're in) > Advanced > Clock: (choose the clock you had before).
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] themaincamarojoe:
Thanks for the advice, but it has not worked. I tried to install the Co0kies tab, but no new options showed up. The home menu only has a Phone and Camera option. I just did a hard reset and now it's back. Thank for the responses!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swish2125:
Is there anyway to boost the speaker audio?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bengrulz:
you're asking in the wrong subforum
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knightnz:
You use one of the kernels with audio boost.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imfloflo:
Wrong section, and use search button !
[HD2 General] 4977321:
wm 6.5, when a call coming in, the system panel flashs one second and then pop-up the Manila dial panel, how to forbid appearing the system panel? thank you!
[HD2 General] gerhardvr:
Hi,

I'm posting this in return for all the information I found about the HD2 and poor battery performance. I read every thread I could find and every single post in them. I learned a lot and that allowed me to solve my problem.

I got no more than about 10 hours of use out of my battery with average use. :( Initially I thought this was the norm, reading a number of threads on this issue. I could however not believe that the performance was so poor, even taking the large screen into account.

I decided to try and determine exactly what it was that caused the battery to drain to quickly. I loaded BattLog and found it invaluable (see http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=444920).

I immediately noticed that my phone was drawing 85 mA even when it was in standby (or what I thought was standby). Based on what I was reading, the current draw should not be more than 5 mA while the phone is in standby.

I noticed in one of the threads that there were complaints about G-Profile causing battery drain. Since I had it on my phone I thought that might be a logical place to look. I uninstalled it a lo and behold... the current draw fell to below 5 mA when the phone was in standby!

In addition I loaded Bandswitch which switches off my 3G connection after it has not been used for 60 seconds.

Now I have about 48+ hours of battery life. When not using the phone a lot it extends to a lot more than 48 hours. :D

The long and short of it is that if you get poor battery performance, chances are it is because of some software that is installed on your phone.

Here are a couple of usefull things I have found in helping resolve my battery issues:

1) Use Batlog (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=444920) to log the current your phone draws. If it draws more than 5 mA during standby you have a problem, most probably related to a piece of software on your phone

2) Your phone should not be drawing much more than about 150 mA when in 'active' mode with the screen at 40% brightness.

3) If you are running G-Profile, uninstall it and recheck your current draw. Chances are that it is the culprit.

4) Having an active data connection does draw power from the battery. In my case this is about an additional 130 mA. Load something like Bandswitch to disable the data connection when it is not needed.

I hope this information helps somebody. I realise that the situation is different for everybody out there because of all the variants such as age of the battery, sofware loaded and use. However, the reality is that the battery issues are most probably not because of a bad battery or the hardware but rather because of software on the phone.

BTW I am running:

OS Version: 5.2.21869

Manilla version: 2.5.19211619.0

ROM version: 1.48.421.2 (71294) WWE

Radio version: 2.05.51.05_2

Regards
[HD2 General] chris2busy:
and imagine that your rom version is accused of massive batt draining!

an upgrade to 1.66 / 1.72 should make a difference..or a custom rom :D
[HD2 General] J6B:
batlog?

Hi Gerhardvr,

What is the batlog software you used?

I'm very interested about your post.

Thanks.

J6B.
[HD2 General] BumAround:
Very useful findings, gerhardvr. Thanks! :)
[HD2 General] J6B:
found BattLog

ok, I found BattLog

It's just in showthread.php?t=444920

Have a nice day guys.

cu

J6B.
[HD2 General] soopahsteve:
When I ran the Test, it said that I was using up 242mA in standby! I dont believe I have G-Profile installed, unless it was pre installed on the device. I have the latest versions of the ROM, Radio, Manila, and OS version, so I know the culprit cant be the ROM version... Any ideas? I bought this phone from T-Mobile US.... Sooo yeah
[HD2 General] WizP:
Folks, I've been trying to get to the bottom of this as well. I have a number of cab files which do seem to help a little. One of the bigest culprits I've found is the screen lockers. Disable them and see how you fair!
[HD2 General] gerhardvr:
Soopahsteve,

I suggest you use Battlog to log to file. This is very useful as it will log the time stamp, the current temp of the battery and the current draw at the point in time. In addition it logs arious events on the phone, in particular the startup and shut down of applications, data connectivity, when you make or receive a call, whether you are talking or receiving on the call, etc. This can be opened in Excel and then analysed and if you are very lucky, you will pick up some patterns allowing you to link some programs to the battery drain.

However, the situation is typically slightly more complex to resolve since the culprit software are usually software that is loaded as TSR application at reboot. The result of this is that Battlog will not show the startup of these applications in the log file since they are already running at the time you are starting Battlog.

You should look at programs that manage phone profiles, screen lockers, screen calls or SMS messages, etc. In other words, any program that does work behind the scenes.

The reason you are seeing 242 mA in "standby" is because your phone is not really in standby. Although the screen is blank, something is preventing your phone from going into true standby, the processor is still active. The trick is to find what this is.

Sometimes the only approach is to uninstall the applications you suspect one by one and see if it makes a difference until you either find the culprit or can prove that none of the them are an issue. Then reinstall the ones you think are "safe" one by one and check whether the probelm pops up again. unfortunately you have to do the double sided approach because there could be more than one application that cuases your issue.

Painful I know but worh it when you have two days worth of battery time with some to spare. :)

Regards
[HD2 General] gerhardvr:
See no reason to upgrade to the latest ROM

You know it. In reality I would love to upgrade to the latest and greatest but I've customised my phone to the Nth degree (did obviously not upgrade the ROM) by installing all the little apps I find useful, Cookies Home tab (best thing since sliced bread), etc. My phone is now just the way I like it.

It would take me quite some time to upgrade the ROM and to customise it again from scratch and I really don't see the benefit. I might be force to do it when I get to a stage where there are software that I would like to load that only works on the later ROMs but until such time I'm not gonna try to fix that that ain't broke.

Regards:rolleyes:
[HD2 General] fi3ry_icy:
is this the bandswitch u are using? if not, can i check where to get the program?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=286844
[HD2 General] Damosel:
I just upgraded my ROM and did a Level 1 restore with Sprite Backup ... everything comes back except (I think) for wifi passwords.
[HD2 General] fi3ry_icy:
i am drawing 180mA on standby..

im using custom rom, energy rom so thats very strange, but i have to agree that my battery life is terrible.. so i got to find a way to cut down on the 180mA drain..
[HD2 General] airwater9:
I've always had good battery life on stock 1.66 rom losing 3% overnight with wifi and bluetooth turned off. Had to do a hard reset and started losing 15% overnight with the same everything. Did further resets and got nowhere. Ended up giving up on 1.66 although it had been fine previously after numerous hard resets - makes no sense but this is what happened. Just flashed to 1.72 and back to losing 3% overnight what it should be. And that is out of the box, to be honest all the battery saving registry tweaks are not worth the time installing and I leave 3G on all the time with updates coming through.

So it's all a bit random and shame on HTC for not sorting it out. My advice is do a hard reset, switch the wifi and bluetooth off and see in the morning if you have a reasonable battery life (or use the batt consumption program to verify standby consumption is sensible). Do this first before installing everything, getting frustrated and starting over again like I did when you discover that you're still experiencing high battery drain. This ensures that your starting point is a good flash and the phone is getting good life before adding any apps that could be causing a problem.
[HD2 General] dexterslab:
i have found my hd2 really does not like being in a poor or no coverage area. other phones i've owned have normally coped pretty well with no or very little signal. but not the hd2.

also noticed more drain in areas where there is only poor 3g coverage and its switching between 'g' and 'h' coverage.
[HD2 General] leepriestenator:
Energy ROMs, just like the name goes, use a lot of Energy ;)

They are baked in with a lot of performance tweaks so it's not unusual to get lower battery life per charge compared to other more down to earth vanilla ROMs.
[HD2 General] pdahunter:
Thanks for this thread, a lot of interesting information about the battery life of my HD2.

Just to mention: battconfig shows the power consumption directly in the task bar, a good way to find power guzzlers while they are active.

It's a pity we have no central place in this forum with a list of background applications that are known to drain the battery faster.

Or, also a needed information, a list of applications that are known not to do this (like PhoneAlarm, PocketShield).
[HD2 General] Euroman28:
I'm using the official rom only and have non fancy apps running or installed while I'm using the test bat program. As I speak the SD card is removed and celular radio is turned off.

Acording to program there is an indicator which is switching from -229ma to +78ma is that what its drawing of power?
[HD2 General] leepriestenator:
+78ma??? That must mean you are charging the battery. The best way to test current draw is when it is only on the battery.

I get about -5ma draw on standby and it tops out at around 180ma when I have the screen on, but usually hovers around 130 - 150ma. I have my screen brightness at the lowest setting possible.

@OP, I wanted to say this earlier... great topic, very insightful.

I have a few suggestions for everyone posting in this thread. Let's try and get some common data together that is more tangible in order to give us a more similar & common perspective for these discussions.

I suggest the following
[HD2 General] leepriestenator:
SAMPLE POST

HTC HD2 (T8585)

OS: WM 6.5

ROM: Energy * Build 21907 * Release 01.JULY.10 * CHT v1.8.5 - Dinik Edition

RADIO: 2.07.50.27_2

Current Draw (mA)

Idle: -3 to -7

Screen On (w/o Radios): -83 to -117
[HD2 General] airwater9:
Those figures look normal to me. You should be getting about as good a battery life as a device like this can achieve.
[HD2 General] leepriestenator:
Well not really, but that's because I have 4 email accounts checking for mail at 15 minute, 30 minute, 60 minute and 4 hour intervals.

In addition, I have all the Sense items (Twitter, Weather, Stocks, Internet Time, Documents, Music - for cover art) reaching out for an internet connection between intervals of 15-30 minutes.

That definitely puts a huge drain on the battery. If I turn off my Data connection (EDGE), I can easily get about 36-48 hours with minimal calls.
[HD2 General] reijkelhof:
"Well not really, but that's because I have 4 email accounts checking for mail at 15 minute, 30 minute, 60 minute and 4 hour intervals."

You may be better off battery wise, to get a gmail account and have gmail check those other accounts with push mail enabled on your device.