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[EVO 4G General] NCHEVYHEVN:
I noticed I have a crack on my volume down button today. I'm seeing some people getting it fixed for free and then some having to pay $100. I've had my EVO since launch day so I'm sure it would cost me. I just ordered the stealth guard so I'm hoping that will somewhat cover it up.
[EVO 4G General] kzibart:
I answered "no" to the poll because I didn't see a crack. Then someone said they couldn't tell they had a crack unless they ran their fingernail across the top. Sure enough, mine revealed itself that way.

I can't tell you how pleased I am that I found this thread and that suggestion about using your fingernail. Now I can obsess over the stupid crack for the rest of the phone's life!
[EVO 4G General] kawfree:
Another crack

I also have a crack next to the power button & one next to the down volume button. I always had the phone in hard rubberized case. Glass also appears to have hairline crack but covered by Zagg Invisible shield screen protector so I can't tell. I am constantly removing back cover to replace battery, I figured that was going to be first part to be replaced due to stress. I have already gone through 4 rubberized covers due to stress of opening and closing to replace the battery.

NOTE: best purchase. $10 2 batteries and Wall charger on ebay keeps me loving my EVO.
[EVO 4G General] kingakuma:
Sprint wont just repair or replace your device for a crack near the power button, it's not in their system as a none issue.... you need to have issues with the device and have it replaced that's the only way
[EVO 4G General] sirwhistle:
I also have a crack next to the power button & one next to the down volume button.
[EVO 4G General] clockcycle:
My replacement unit has finally developed a hair line crack at the volume rocker this time. I had not noticed it previously, since I had it in a red hard protective cover. Saw it today when switching out to a new clear hard protective cover.

Most probably produced from using it to boot into the bootloader... Quality is like the paint job on the Chilean Miner extraction capsule..

-CC
[EVO 4G General] eyepoker:
i discovered my crack a couple of days ago after i removed the htc silicone case off of the unit... i think the crack is due to how the power button is positioned - i find that its hard to find blindly and i end up pressing multiple times around it - sometimes hard thinking tht I'm on top of it when I'm not and its just not working.

They need to do something to imp[rove the structure sure - different material or whatever, but also something that's easily felt when passing your fingers over it.
[EVO 4G General] SouthernEvo:
Well in some ways I can understand why some are getting stress cracks by their power button . I dunno if its the case with anyone else but my power button has sunk into the phone . Its almost level with the other case of the phone itself . I currently have a modified rubberized plastic case on mine and ended up cutting a hole in it for the power button , mainly cuz the power button in the case wouldnt reach the damn thing . Now I just use my fingernail and hit the button through the hole in the case . I am concerned that someday Im gonna go to hit that button and its not gonna be there anymore though .
[EVO 4G General] frieked:
I had the crack right in the middle where the power button is going towards the screen. My phone developed other issues though not related to this and I got a brand new one yesterday.
[EVO 4G General] Decimation:
Damned if I don't have a crack right next to my volume down button. I've had this thing in a case since I bought it.
[EVO 4G General] I[E:
took off my case this morning to find I'm in the same situation
[EVO 4G General] josh995:
I've had my Evo in a case almost since I bought it. I've dropped it once but on carpet. I don't have any cracks anywhere. Still looks brand new. However, today my phone is 30 days old.

I'm going to go knock on wood now. Lol. :)

Sent from my HTC EVO 4G.
[EVO 4G General] matpal:
I did a quick search on this, but could not find anything outside of some very old WM threads.

Anywho, every time I attempt to make a local call, the phone prepends an incorrect area code. It just stated doing this and the only changes I have made recently were to download and then promptly uninstall Launcher Pro and ADW Launcher.

Any help would be appreciated!
[HD2 General] joe_coolish:
So, here are a few of the things that happen to me with the HTC keyboard when I (try to) send SMS/MMS

(Biggest complaint) When I type fast, all the letters will get through, but the spaces won't register till the end (ie, the space char has lower priority than other chars?)

An example would be if I typed "Hello world, how are you?" really fast the result would be "Helloworld,howareyou ?"

General slow down when I am typing

Tactile feedback delay

skipped chars when typing fast

I figure since our phones have a 1Ghz processor and a multi-touch screen, simple IO wouldn't be a problem, but it seems like texting is faster and more fluid on my sister's feature phone than on my HTC HD2... I don't think it is right that with all that power, simply typing fast causes slow down...

Is it me? Or is this the norm?

p.s. I'm running on kumar's latest w/ HTC messaging (haven't tried the w/o HTC messaging) and I've experiened these problems txting people w/ 300-600 txts, people with 0-100 and in the blank or create new txt. But I mean, 600 txts isn't that much memory... why would it matter anyways?!
[HD2 General] 4theU:
okay so I'm not alone....

I have this EXACT same issue. I had it with the stock ROM so I recently flashed and I'm using the Elegancia ROM and I love it, but texting still sucks.

Biggest problem, spaces never seem to register. Second biggest, when Im in geek mode cranking out long texts I have several misspelled words because it misses letters...

Is there an alternative MMS tool I should be using? For instance in the past I always used HandCent. Is that not the issue?

I love this phone but being happy with it has turned into a Part-Time job!!!:mad::mad::mad:
[HD2 General] jdwrrzmm:
The newest Energy ROM has a new IME version (soft keyboard) and it totally improves the typing experience. The keyboard is now amazing for me and I can now type as fast as I want.
[HD2 General] josemedina1983:
sms its horrible on t-mobile roms they need to fix it
[HD2 General] joe_coolish:
lol! SOO TRUE!!! But all things that make me happy are part/full-time jobs. Wife, phone, computer... I'm just glad I'm too poor to own a nice car!

I haven't done an Energy ROM since the first one came out. I might have to give it a try. My biggest issue with the Energy ROMs was that it drained my battery really quickly (Hence the name Energy) Has that improved? I like Kumar because of the stock look and feel, but maybe to switch it up I'll give it a try :D

YES! Exactly.... It isn't our fault and we shouldn't fix it. 2.13 did nothing AFAIK to improve SMS...

Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one! phew... makes me feel better actually :)
[HD2 General] watcher64:
The battery life is not the ROMs problem actually, but the ROM does have more stuff in it so your phone does, more ...

The Radio ROM has more to do with battery life than the OS ROM does ...

I get more than a full day out of mine .....
[HD2 General] jdwrrzmm:
I think my battery life is about the same with Energy, possibly even longer than stock.
[HD2 General] rufis:
noticed with energy rom after running it for one day after my full app setup that the keyboard lag which HAD disapeared, however noticed several times typing dramatically slowed down(until soft reset), it became so slow it was unusable.

However, I will say, upon every soft reset, typing is much much faster than stock, space bar REGISTERS BEAUTIFULLY, and can keep up with me.

On my 2.13 stock rom, thisissimilartogmw themajorityofmy textsappeared. before going back and editing
[HD2 General] mastajest:
I think the tactile feedback is to blame for most of the slowdown. When I disable it, I can type much faster. Swype gets bogged down too, that's why I prefer full qwerty without tactile (haptic) feedback.
[HD2 General] jdwrrzmm:
Don't you think it's one of the apps slowing down the phone then? On the July 3rd version the only slow down I get is in the Windows messaging client itself, but it's never the keyboard.
[HD2 General] rufis:
an app causing this is very possible. I just dont want to go start blaming tcpmp or coreplayer for the slowdowns.
[HD2 General] joe_coolish:
I only used the first version of the ROM, and you can tell from the first couple of posts in the Energy ROM thread that users were experiencing hot batteries, quick battery drain, etc. I was one of those users. While you are correct about the Radio, the ROM also can affect battery based on default settings (ie, screen brightness). Those things can be changed and most relatively easily, some settings reside in the registry which is a little more time consuming. I just perfered to use another ROM.

Oh, and p.s. I like your avatar picture! It reminds me of an animated short I saw on tech TV's Animation show they use to play back in the day. Something about killer coffee beens and a party that was too loud... Good times!
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nmosafi:
Hi

Am running CM6 alpha, love it.

Just wondering if there's a newer kernel for the Hero than what I am running, which is 2.6.29?

2.6.34 would be good! :-)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] rootbox00:
.29 is latest.

Darchstar is working on .34 for HeroC

I heard that some guys working on CayongenMod Kernel Support for Hero, is this right?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] incomer:
yeah wesgarner is working for our Hero kernel :)
[Hero, G2 Touch General] MojUk:
might be worth you guys following @loxdev on twitter if you are interested in this...i believe he is doing a unified cdma/gsm hero kernel and he is the man for cm6 hero too..
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nmosafi:
Thanks guys! I'll keep following
[Hero, G2 Touch General] madwolfchin:
Is the Android 2.1 or 2.1 ?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nmosafi:
It's Android 2.2 - CM6
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ProfessorAsian:
Hopefully 2.2 can be stabilized, it is a rather mature version of Android that I can live with for the rest of the device.
[Hero, G2 Touch General] nmosafi:
What do you mean?
[Hero, G2 Touch General] ticho:
I think he meant the rest of his device lifetime.
[General Questions and Answers] HTC-Touch-Pro-Junkie:
Hey you all what's up? So... For about a week, I have broken up my O2 XDA Diamond Pro because i was angry :o and i want to buy a WinMo device again. It should have a hardware keyboard and should be up-to-date, now the question: The best winmo device with a hardware keyboard is the HTC Touch Pro 1 but it's hardware is old, so should i wait for a new winmo device or do you think that no winmo devices with a keyboard will come out in the future? Maybe you think i'm a noob because much people do have those questions but i don't care what you think about me :D

Best regards

HTC-Touch-Pro-Junkie
[General Questions and Answers] majorassface:
Umm not sure what a Diamond Pro is but if you like the touch pro, why not the touch pro 2? I have one and it rocks. You'll have to decide if you want to stick with winmo 6.5/6.5.x or move on to WP7. The TP2 runs 6.5 out of the box I think, can't remember as the first thing I did was flash a new rom. I'm sticking with winmo 6.5/6.5.x for now, I'm still not convinced with WP7.

Good luck on your choice!
[EVO 4G General] Hrshycro:
Hey,

So before I send my old evo back, I need to know how to remove the custom clockworkmod recovery that I put on with unrevoked 2. Unless sprint.com won't check that or care.
[EVO 4G General] Albaholic:
Just run the RUU
[EVO 4G General] Hrshycro:
Okay, so if I run the OTA update? Where do I get the ruu?
[EVO 4G General] Albaholic:
http://shipped-roms.com/shipped/Sup...51.1_Radio_2.05.00.06.10_release_CL195459.exe
[EVO 4G General] guruleenyc:
Is this a going to flash the stock oem rom and remove clockworkmod by simply running the exe?
[EVO 4G General] mikevillarroel:
Correct.

+char
[EVO 4G General] Callie1978:
will this also remove unrevoked 3? i would like to get my phone back to factory specs. I was told do dl the ruu but my s-off. do I have to run the thing to get s on?
[EVO 4G General] timothydonohue:
google is your friend.

but, here is the page you want. skip down to the part about setting it back to s-on. there is a link there for you to follow.
[Touch HD General] illegal4eva:
Hye guys, when i connect my htc hd to active sync andthen just as i am about to flash it, the tri color screen comes up but the active sync disconnects! what do i do??? it just doesnt stay connected :'( i chekd the error guide that is on here and it says to do a soft spl or something like that, but it didnt make sense to me at all :s

pleeeease help me!

thank youu!
[Touch HD General] iliescu902:
*bump*

same problem;

last flashed rom was energy's cookie and now i just can't seem to get it working and the forums don't seem to have an answer
[Touch HD General] syncronizer:
U should read again about flashing guide for dummies..HERE. Its easier to use USPL.. read this on post 3. might it help..
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustHereTryingtoLearn:
Ok guys just got my new evo my old one was messed up it came with the OTA

1.32.651.6

Which root do I use?

I searched the xda forum and found *patches* but no root guides.

So should I just update to latest and root or?

Thanks sorry still learning trying to catch on fast.

:D
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Albaholic:
I used toast's method. Works great if you can read and follow directions
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustHereTryingtoLearn:
this one?

tutorial-idiot-proof-root-guide

I can read and follow directions I am trying that one right now but it is asking for a update while doing it and the directions say it will ask to flash not update...

am i missing something?

nevermind im dumb I figured it out
[EVO 4G General] mrshmi:
Just checked HTC's site and it looks like they finally released the kernel!! :D

It won't let me post a link to HTC's site unfortunately..but hit up

developer . htc. com
[EVO 4G General] swaze:
Really????? You dont say. Im shocked!!!:)
[EVO 4G General] chandlerw88:
Lmmfao
[EVO 4G General] mrshmi:
Uh oh..is this old news? Did I miss something? :confused:
[EVO 4G General] admorris:
Yea, as the mobile world goes this is ancient news my man...been out for a few days now. I won't bash you like some on here may though...thanks for the heads up :)
[HD2 General] jonny68:
The alarm that comes as standard with the HD2 doesn't appear to work period:rolleyes:

So i downloaded Klaxon but for the life of me i cant figure out how the alarm will go off when the phone is switched off, it works fine when the phone is on but i always switch my phone off @ night so want to be just woken up, my other phone a Samsung from a few years ago, the alarm on that works fine, im having some difficulty believing that a super smart phone like the HD2 doesn't actually have an alarm that actually works.

PS- I know there's some other alarm around on XDA that is supposedly excellent but costs money but not a chance am i paying money for an alarm for mobile phone it's gotta be free,anyone any info?
[HD2 General] rp-x1:
There isn't an alarm program I know of that is able to switch the device on from an off state, including the standard one (I'm guessing thats why you think it doesn't work?)
[HD2 General] jonny68:
Negative - when i set the alarm on my Samsung Tocco for 7.15am Mon > Fri and turn my phone off @ nite the alarm always goes off without fail, in fact almost every phone ive had has done the same (are you sure your not getting confused with something else here?) so im amazed the HD2 wont work:confused:
[HD2 General] rp-x1:
The Samsung Tocco isn't a Windows Mobile?

As I said, I don't know of a program which does this.
[HD2 General] jonny68:
I'm fully aware of that mate ive got a HD2 and a Samsung Tocco, my question WAS why cant a phone like the HD2 which is supposely the best phone on the market do something as simple as have an alarm that actually works (whether or not the phone is switched on or not)it's truly bizzare.

I cant think of a single mobile phone ive had since probably the early `noughties` where an alarm didn't work, surely to f**k a phone like the HD2 has to have an alarm that works?
[HD2 General] rp-x1:
I was just confirming that I wasn't getting confused. There isn't even a program I can find since pocket pc 2003 that can actually switch the device on from cold.

The alarm works on mine. In what way does yours not work? Does it appear on screen and not make a noise?
[HD2 General] fuuunkdat:
I just always put the phone in flight mode at night. Use's hardly any power(3 or 4% for 7 hours) and the alarm always goe's off then. ( I use G alarm by the way, the 1 you have to pay for:cool:) Boot time is not great on the hd2 so would rather leave it on anyway saves time in the morning. As already mentioned i am also not aware of any alarm that will boot up the phone from powered off. Nobody can ring you or anything while your in flight mode or data connect, so it's like switching the phone off anyway. Hope thats of some help for you :)
[HD2 General] ASCIIker:
to answer the OP's original question, i.e. why can't the HD2 sound an alarm when the device is COMPLETELY OFF?

(i believe the following applies to "great" phones like the iphone and android as well...)

the reason is simple...these devices are NOT phones that generally have specialized phone operating systems and BIOS. these devices are "pocket PCs" which have operating systems designed to be more general purpose while the BIOS is simply used to load the operating system. what that means is that they are more like tiny computers that happen to have phone functionality. think about this question...does your PC sound an alarm if your PC is OFF? (actually it CAN, but ONLY if you configure your PC's BIOS to start the computer at a specific time, and even then it will only start up and load windows but you won't hear an alarm unless you have an alarm application installed in windows...and even then, the time for alarm you configure in your application will NOT sync with the time you've configured in your BIOS)

still, the question is, why can some "dumb" phones still accomplish this? the reason is that these dumb phones have a RTC (real time clock) that is hardwired to the BIOS. this RTC has access to a small dedicated memory chip even when the phone is OFF. this memory contains your configured alarm times, so the RTC can access this memory as long as the battery is connected and has enough power, even when the rest of the device is OFF. finally, the RTC can access the BIOS when an alarm needs to be sounded, and it can essentially tell the BIOS to either boot up the entire phone or (in some devices) to ONLY sound the alarm because the alarm software/routines are part of the BIOS.

on the other hand, on pocket PC devices (and the like), the alarm functionality is accomplished purely by software that runs ON TOP of the operating system...so the operating system must be fully running (i.e. the device should be booted and up and running) before the software can accomplish its goal to wake you up in the morning.

i hope the above makes sense...and it should answer why advanced devices like the HD2 that are built to be more like PCs cannot accomplish the desired task.

best option is to use flight mode or set your ringer to silent/vibrate if you don't want to be disturbed by calls and/or messages while you sleep but still want the alarm to sound when its time to wake up.
[HD2 General] snappyfool:
thanks for your in-depth answer!
[HD2 General] jonny68:
Thanks for your response you've explained it well, i may set it to flight mode and silent :)
[HD2 General] ahgao:
Hi guys, I realised this "feature" the HD2 has also.. I'm not really disappointed, but just a little perplexed as I "thought" my HD2 would have woken me up just the other day when I turned it off with an alarm fixed (thinking that it would wake up at that stipulated timing). The thing is, I have an Omnia, and my dad has an Omnia 2, and I'm pretty sure they both WILL boot up and sound the alarm if the phone is turned off with an alarm set. I have checked through the Omnia 2, and under the "Alarm" tab, there is an option to choose whether the phone will/will not boot up if it's turned off...

Anyway, not trying to prove anything here but just to let you guys know that it's possible with a phone running on windows... Good day! =)
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
some of the older smart phones are able to wake the phone to sound alarms because they arent truly off. remember how phones used to essentially hard reset if the battery and the backup battery died? (xda IIi for example) because their flash memory was volatile, well this meant that even when off they were still slightly on, whereas the hd2 and the like go completely off. turn your phone off and in a week turn it back on, battery still charged. on the xda 2i even when its off it would drain the battery in 5 or 6 days, and perform a fresh install when you did power back on.
[Omnia II i920 CDMA] dbeefcakeg:
Can anyone tell me how to change the right soft key on my Omnia II? After a recent hard reset it went back to that ridiculous Cube app and I'd like to change it back to what it was. I've searching for days and can't seem to find the thread that discussed the process.
[Omnia II i920 CDMA] tedkord:
I forget exactly where the reg key is, but you can d/l and use keyswop to change the soft keys. I'll look for the actual registry entry, and if I find it, I'll post back.

http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-keyswop.html
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b33zy682:
ok so this might be the wrong thread and if so the mods will move it but my question is what do the nexus one users or even the android users think is the best twitter app? i used to use twidroid and it was great but i havent used it since the switch to "twydroid" and used tweetcaster as well for not very long. i used touteir probably the longest and then switched to the official twitter for android. so i wanted to know what people like the best and for what reasons so the people who are confused as me can choose easier. thanks
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] uberingram:
It would help if you spelled "twidroyd" right.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] commodoor:
I'm not really active twitter user but its great to read the latest news.

I used seesmic, touiteur, tweetcaster, twitter but i'm using touiteur(paid for more accounts) and that was the one i liked. It looks really slick and it works as it's supposed. the notification is also different and nice.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] b33zy682:
The only thing I loved about touteir was that you can change the colors of it.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RogerPodacter:
I only use touituer as it looks the nicest UI, and I also use the official Twitter app for its system notifications and its integration into contacts app and the OS.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xyellx:
Twigee is the best twitter app for me.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dictionary:
Twicca for me
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C.Slater:
I like Seesmic because it has a widget that's dark (I like dark themed widgets).

As for the application, they're all pretty much the same and I've used seesmic, twidroid, tweetcaster, twicca and twitter for android.

Twicca is nice but the widget doesn't show tweet previews. If it did I'd probably switch from Seesmic.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cpm:
+1 for Twicca. I've tried most of them, and found this one the best. It has a great UI IMHO.

Only thing missing for me is multiple accounts. Certainly worth trying out nonetheless.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skinnypupp:
Good recent comparison here
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hackm0d:
I'd say Twitter for Android is the most stable, since Seesmic crashed on me when it was doing a couple of things at once, i.e. geotagging my post and uploading a picture.

Haven't used Tweetcaster though.

Sent from my Nexus One