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[General Questions and Answers] dazza9075:
In a manor of speak yes HTC are to blame for most of the issues we have on the devices, first and formost is the fact that HTC never licenced the graphics drivers from QC, second MS provide a blank slate that HTC fills in, lets assume for a second that its all up to MS and in so asuming every WM device ever made is also MS fault, then why is it that some devices work fantastic? the reason is because the manufacture and finally the networks stick their greedy paws on it and bodge it, this is exactly why windows phone 7 is so locked down, MS know for well that the manufactures and networks screw their image so much with WM that they have reduced their ability to do so.

but anyway you will believe what you want, if you look at a ROM with a preconception that its going to be crap then you will only ever see a crap ROM so you may as well give up now.

as for the app store vs the WM market place, your choice of words is intresting.

the marketplace actually has quite a few pieces of decent software, you know in the £20+ range, the app store has shed loads of....well, crap really, but there is much more to choose from and you are more likely to find something thats worth getting so again its down to choice, quality / quantity to suite your needs argument again.

installing android is easy if you already have HSPL 2 or 3 installed. seriously worth reading the guides to make sure you have the correct versions of radio and ROM installed!!

So flash the latest radio, and one of the recomended ROMs, ive used energy without issue, once you done that its just a matter of downloading a build of android, that usually containes everything to give things a quick bash, if you fancy it, you can then do some updating, but its your call, if your using cooked ROMs then as long as you have a recent ROM your most of the way there.

ive tried a newer android build for a couple of days and again, assuming all the bugs are to go and speed is improved, i still dont see a huge difference, its perhaps a bit more refreshing, but its also a bit more limited, ill continue to test it out
[General Questions and Answers] peel1e:
Sorry it took me so long to get back but thanks for all of this im now happily running froyo 2.1 on the hd2 now looking for an updated cooked rom because of the google update!
[General Questions and Answers] casholday86:
yeah I know
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] GnatGoSplat:
I put a custom WM 6.5 ROM on my Cingular 8125 and now it's not stable any more so I want to revert back. Does anyone know where I can find the most recent stock firmware? It has been removed from AT&T's site, they link to HTC's site, and it's been removed from there too. I can't find it anywhere using Google.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] -MyHTC-:
I posted all available ROMs in the "Wiki"
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] GnatGoSplat:
Thanks! I thought I looked there last week and the wiki wasn't working, but it's fine now.
[8125, K-JAM, P4300, MDA Vario General] GnatGoSplat:
No, not at all, they are full of crapware, but they are less buggy and I want to sell my phone and I don't want the buyer complaining that this or that doesn't work right.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leebo:
Ever since the Sprint 2.2 update, my audio via Bluetooth cuts out. The person on the other end can still hear me, but I cannot hear them.

It comes and goes. I've tried un-pairing and re-pairing, but it doesn't seem to have helped. I'm using the original Jawbone ear piece.

I haven't seen anyone else complain about this.:(
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drmacinyasha:
I've had this issues with other ROMs. Then I told Cyanogen and he patched it imeediately, and the fix went into effect in the nightly, then RC1.

Seriously though, sounds like either an issue with your headset, your particular EVO, or you can just thank HTC for their proprietary PoS BT stack. Sorry mate. :/
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leebo:
Well, if no one else has the same issue, then it's just my EVO.:mad:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] faster3200:
I can't even pair my jawbone since I flashed a 2.2 ROM. I did notice while talking to a fellow Evo user that their headset sounded like crap with the OTA. I don't think you are alone.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tinuz97:
It is not warez i think,free tool.

http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/#download

Would this realy help for better performance?

Just a idea,have no clue if it realy works,just wanted to share the info with you guys :)

This is the info from the site:

SD Formatter 2.0 for SD/SDHC

This software formats all SD memory cards and SDHC memory cards using a formatting program that complies with official SD memory card requirements. SD formatting provides quick and easy access to your SD memory card. This program may only be used on Windows® 2000, Windows® XP and Windows® Vista®.

SD or SDHC memory card file systems formatted with generic operating system formatting software do not comply with official SD memory card requirements and optimum performance may not be experienced.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tinuz97:
Jeez,i am formatting it now with this tool,you can sit back and relax when doing it lol.

It first doing a overwrite erase,after that a flash erase,and after that a format.

If i am done i am going back from 0 to android again (including fresh install windows mobile) and a clean android install.

Let's see if this helps ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sicdroid:
Is there something wrong with Right Click Drive and Format in Windows?? That is how I formatted my SD Card, no issues..

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Sent from my HTC HD2 DROID.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tinuz97:
Yeah me to normally.....this is just a test,if i must believe the site from this program and i read it good,they say that you get not optimal performance for the sd card when formatting with widows or something :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] fi3ry_icy:
not optimal performace from windows format... hmm, interesting.. keep us updated pls..
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tinuz97:
I don't 'notice' a difference.

Total commander says still 18mb/s the speed of the card.

Did not test the speed in Quadrant,later this day i am going to compare that :)

Edit:

Just tested my new setup with quadrant,old score whas 1364.

Now it says 1443!

I don't no if it has something to do with this 'special' format tool.

Maybey some other people can test it to if you are going to do a clean install?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] -NRG-:
I've tried the program but with ATTO and a USB Card reader from sandisk. I didn't notice any difference. The benchmark results were almost identical.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] songokussm:
With All flash memory starts getting slow with usage. Its why trim was invented for ssd(s).I use Active@ KillDisk. Zero my card. Then use my phone to format it. Works every time, to cure the "cant find rootfs" issues.

For benchmarking purposes. I put a 6gb of crap data (pictures, mp3, a few movies, etc) on my class 6 8gb kingston sd card. Coped it off. Put it back on replacing everything. I did this 3 times.

"Stock - Windows format":

Read 11mb/s Write: 5.5mb/s

Read 9mb/s Write: 4.2mb/s

Read 5mb/s Write: 3mb/s

Windows Format #2:

Read 8.7mb/s Write: 4mb/s

Active@ KillDisk:

Read 11.8mb/s Write: 5.7mb/s

just some food for thought. Your mileage will vary.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tinuz97:
Thx for also testing!

Going to try active killdisk also ;)

Here 2 screenies before and after,i have 4 times run the test (so 8 times total) and after that i used the highest score from both (windows format/and the special format tool)

Windows format:

Sd card format tool:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tinuz97:
Sd card format tool:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tinuz97:
O btw:

i use Mattc version 1.5 with full ram zImage,just for the record ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] fi3ry_icy:
there is a newer beta formatter

http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter_3/
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] memin1857:
Sd cards are flash devices just like ssd's. By using it (filling it with data) it will get slow by time. Because overwrites to sectors will be slow compared to fresh sectors as sd controller does not know actually which sectors are free when you delete files.

By formatting with the above utility and setting erase: ON it will instruct sd controller to release all charge from all flash cells so future writes will be much faster. (On par the day you bought your sd card)

This is comparable to MANUALLY TRIMMING an SSD.

NOTE: Do not confuse Overwrite ERASE with Flash ERASE. Overwrite ERASE is just overwriting sectors with zeroes so data is not recoverable but may not necessarily make your card faster, a real Flash ERASE is a command sent to the controller and will make your card freshly fast in short time. (discharging all sectors is a quick operation compared to overwriting them with null data) Also do not confuse with quick format. ERASE:ON is what you want for performance. (Smaller, older sd cards OR some sd card reader/controllers may not support real ERASE function, you will be notified by the format tool if this is the case

THIS IS AN HARDWARE ISSUE, NOT LOGICAL/SOFTWARE.

This may also fix if hardware sectors do not align with logical sectors. This will affect performance.

You may have trouble finding a configuration that can do flash erase.

Conclusion: Formatting with this tool may enhance your sd card performance and there are no negative affects. Worst case senario is you get do benefit.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] fi3ry_icy:
when i choose flash erase, the program said that flash erase is not supported by micro sd card or something and skipped it after it had done the full format.. :(
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] prashanthm:
'Flash Erase' doesn't work with Micro SD cards......
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] fernyherrera:
Thanks for the updates, this sure does take a long time...especially if you are formating 16GB
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ilijan:
very well stuff...

before use i must edit the "rel_path=Android" file to mckbl0 and after format dont need edit startup.txt
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hashnon:
Well, this so called tool make me smile.

First of all for any card less or equal 2Gb it formats it in FAT16, yes FAT16 is slightly faster than FAT32, but when you miraculously loose all you data (needles to say your Android folder also) from your card, please recall this warning:

FAT16 is extremely fragile file system and is absolutely not subtable for removable devices!

Second, it partition SD so that it consists of one primary partition, it would've been good if we would've talked about "Big Brother", but we aren't, most mobile devices is tend use card's (not only SD) as unpartitioned disk and in some situations, the way this programs tend to format cards, will cause problems and not to resolve them.

And since 'Flash Erase' doesn't work with Micro SD card as stated by prashanthm, and I've checked that my self, there is only harm from such program.

Of cause it's easy to say all these since I'm typing it from Linux and it really ease to format SD card the way it should with just a single command e.g.:

su
mkfs.vfat -F32 -n [I][B]Replace with desired label[/B][/I] -I [I][B]Replace with block device name of your card, for example /dev/sdh[/B][/I]

but I can't make every one to migrate to Linux. :)

Although you could try some Live-CD/DVD, Gentoo minimal with bare console will do the trick, if you'd want more User/GUI-friendly I'd recommend to look for Knopix or even MeeGo.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] gradyzero:
Guys,

If you are formatting your SDCards with Windows FAT32 don't try to flash an Android ROM from it. If you use CWM recovery to flash, he can't mount the card to see the zip you want to flash. You need to use this program to format on Windows or Mac or else put the card in an Android Phone which has a format program. Most Android Tables don't come with any kind of format program. In the tablet forums people post every day that they can't flash a ROM because ClockWorkMod can't mount their SDHD. When this happens it usually turns out that they formatted the card with Windows, Iphone, Ipad, or Windows Phone. None of those follow the ISO stand for SD Card formatting. Android requires it. This program follow the standard. Just though I would let you guys know that its heavily used in the tablet community. Performance is never even a consideration since external SD are generally use on a Tables and entry point for files destined to go inside the OS. Or for storing backups.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] JRhule07:
The file 'start' cannot be opened. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate...

I have no idea where to find this file and how to fix the situation. The error prompt pops up constantly and freezes my phone to where i have to soft reset all the time. I cannot do a hard reset on my touch pro as my friend got it wet on a canoe trip and the volume buttons are no longer of any use. It seems to only do this on newer roms as I can use the original ATT firmware just fine. I do not use a sd card to flash.

From what I've read over the internet I need this file's certificate or something or another. If this can be provided by anyone I would appreciate it. Thank you.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Farmer Ted:
The message almost never has anything to do with certificates (if you're on a cooked rom, if definitely shouldn't). It usually means you have a bad shortcut, or an app is missing some files so when you try to launch it, it can't open. When do you get the message? What are you trying to start? Is it a program in the start menu, or is it something you're launching with a button.

You can always hard reset-clear storage will do it, and there are apps like sk tools that will initiate a hard reset.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] JRhule07:
It happens as soon as I turn on my phone. It's the first thing that pops up so it makes it really difficult to even do anything. I'll look around for that program for the hard reset. Thank you.
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Farmer Ted:
Ok, saw in the title that it's the program 'start'. Before you hard reset, look in your startup folder (\windows\startup). If there's a shortcut for something called 'start.lnk', try removing it (move it to your sd card for safe-keeping). You can also see what the shortcut points to by opening it with Total Commander, using the editor.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] bloobloo:
Hi folks, I seem to be having a few problems with my Magic handset and after reading through all the threads and trying to install things on my laptop, I am now even more confused than when I first started!

The thing that started everything off was my auto rotate stopped working for no apparent reason. I hadn't installed any new apps or done anything to make it stop working. I tried a soft reset with no avail, and then did a full factory reset and still no auto rotate (even though it is ticked in settings).

Also I can't seem to connect the handset to my pc..... I have tried HTC sync, WMDC, and downloaded and installed the sdk thingy but it still won't connect, I am running Windows 7. Can anyone point me in the right direction on how to install a new rom, get the pc to recognise the handset, and hopefully fix the auto rotate problem? (kinda hoping that the new rom will fix auto rotate)

I can access the sdcard when mounted in the phone so I can't understand why it wont connect to the phone.

I have usb debugging enabled etc, I have read that much I just dont get it anymore! I even thought of contacting Vodafone to see if they can do an update over the air, but don't know where to start. This is my 3rd HTC device but my first Android based one.

Is there anyone local to me that could help in anyway?

As you can probably tell I'm getting desperate now lol

Many thanks in advance

Bloo
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] keinengel:
Does the phone show up at all when you plug it in? Does the charging LED come on? If the answer to these questions is no, I'd try another cable, USB port or computer and if that fails I'd send it in for repairs.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] bloobloo:
Hi, thanks for the reply. When the phone is connected to the PC, it charges up, lights up and i can access the SDcard in the phone, but i cannot get HTC sync to find it and the sdk program i downloaded just confuses me. I am having problems installing the correct drivers for htc sync and sdk, everytime i try to update the driver, Windows7 tells me I already have the most up to date driver installed and wont let me change it to the one that is recommended in the guide!

I am currently uninstalling everything and starting over, Just about to re-install sdk and try to get the right drivers installed.

From what I have read so far, the accelerometer problem is likely to be a fault with the software and re-installing the rom might fix it, sounds easy on paper but in reality is proving difficult (very) I'll give it one more go and if that doesn't work then sod it, its back to windows mobile based devices for me!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] bloobloo:
update**

I have managed to get the serial number etc using the cmd prompt & sdk, followed the instructions on how to make a goldcard and copied the files required onto it.

in the guide it tells me to copy certain files into the root of the goldcard, is the root section just the bit you see when you open the card?

the reason i ask is that when i have inserted the goldcard back into the handset and powered up using vol - & pwr, hboot does not find the files, i just get a load of green writing saying file not found. what am i doing wrong?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Bharann:
Hello friends!

I want to change my pda's operation system from WM to Android.But i can't do this anymore...I'm trying all the time Eclaire and Myn's Warm Donut and i've read all threads but i cant do this :( I want to install Myn's Warm Donut to my Kaiser, but when i click the run button, my Kaiser is freezing on this session, and i'm doing soft reset to my Kaiser.

Is anybody explain that step-by-step, How to Install Android on Kaiser?By the way my Kaiser's Radio 1.70...... and HardSPL newest version.

Thanks for everybody.(I'm sorry my poor English)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] salooo:
first edit your default-kaiser just in default then run haret if again it freezes then open default and change the panel no 1 to 2 and then agian try
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] lava163:
You can refer to this article:

h t t p:/ / forum.xda-developers.c o m /showthread.php?t=680518

shortly is:

1:format you sd card to FAT32

2: download the nbh files and rename it to KAISimg.nbh and place it on you sd card

3:Download your favorite Android build. On your SD card make a folder called andboot and place the androidinstall.tar file in there. It could also be called androidinstall.tgz. You may have to change settings in Windows to see extensions.

4:Place the SD into your Kaiser and hold the Power button and camera button down, then take your stylus and hit the reset button. Follow the instructions on the screen to flash your Kaiser. When flashing is done, reset the device with your stylus.

5:when you see the text " Hold down Volume Up or D Pad",hold down the d-pad.until the install menu appears .you can setup as default

6:selcet "1 install system",if some window popup,just select "yes" and confirm.

7:wait several Minutes,when the menu appears again,selcet "10 quite".it will began booting into android.for the first time, booting maybe taking longer time.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Bharann:
:(

Thanks for reply :) But i can't do this again.I'm downloaded .nbh file and putted to my SD card and i putted androidinstall.tar file to my SD card into andboot folder.I'm pressed these button everything is ok, loading screen came to my kaiser, it just installed to kaiser but, after same screen is came to me again.i did same things again again..When i reset my kaiser, i saw my WM rom..

Where is the wrong thing?

Thanks for your help.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] hawks-SOAD:
if you are installing to sd card you need to run haret again to run android if you installed to nand once you install it press exit on the installer menu and wait for android to boot you do not have to install it again :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Bharann:
I've changed to .nbh file it updated the firstly.I'm receving that message UPDATE SUCCESS.But while android installation i'm receiving too many errors and it did not installed.

Other error is, for example when i want to install Myn's Donut Android, haret freezed all the time.

Please help, i cant install any android rom :S
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] abhi98228:
reaplace system/fonts with the fonts u want reaplace first two only others no need and resatart your x10 mini.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] darebak666:
I tried, and I messed up my phone, it does't boot, it's frozen.. gonna have to reflash with original SW again :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] abhi98228:
weird it worked for me well. what did u do exactally? did u rename the fonts before replacing?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] darebak666:
re:

yes, I renamed the fonts (I wanted to use) in PC, to have the same namings like those first two.. after that I used root explorer to copy it from sdcard to device, overwrote the original ones in the device, after reboot, the device did not boot..

but no problem for me, I expected some issues, so with my backup I was back in an hour.. but I am not going to try it again untill somebody else try it with success :P
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Zocker Tko:
Hi, rename your fonts in DroidSans.ttf and DroidSans-Bold.ttf and put it on your sdcard after this

adb shell

su

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock2 /system

dd if=/sdcard/DroidSans.ttf of=/system/fonts/DroidSans.ttf

dd if=/sdcard/DroidSans-Bold.ttf of=/system/fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf

reboot

so it worked for me:)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] abhi98228:
i renamed them through rootexplorer and then replaced and its woriking with me i tried many times do with tht adb methode and see if it works or use the app typefresh it would be simpler :D tell if it works :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] darebak666:
re

ok, so I tried again and it worked, strange, I had to make some mistake previously, now just to find some cool font.. any suggestions?

I like those used in comix, like hand written.. something similar is used for a text in bubbles in PicSay app. Any chance to find it in the device?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] abhi98228:
http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/list/style/Calligraphic

u myt like these :D
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] abhi98228:
anybody found new classy fonts?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] darebak666:
I found this for changing the fonts.. give a try click here
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] abhi98228:
ya i had allready tried it but dnt knw its not working properly :confused: has anybody got it working?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] abhi98228:
There is app for sms hancent sms which has some inbuilt fonts
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] 71baker:
I had to open up a shell and type this to get TypeFresh working on my X10mini:

busybox --install

After that TypeFresh worked.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] kimb0:
Hi 71baker

you say.. "I had to open up a shell" is that on the pc ?

could you pls explains for us newbi's here thank you