[HD2 Android SD Development] FreakyFerret:
Hi Darkstone,

Just tried v2 of FroyoStone. I used the PPP version, ChuckyDroid for WinMo, radio 2.12, on T-Mobile USA.

During my testing, I had a lot of hard freezes requiring a battery pull. I'm going to switch back to your HDFroyo (no Sense) build. I love that build. It's become my main stay even with its few minor flaws.

** Network **

PPP did work though, giving me download speeds of around 2mb in an area with a known weak signal. Very good results if you ask me. The phone switched between Edge, 3G and H signals automaticallys and quickly as needed.

WiFi works for me now. If you recall back in another thread ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=757724 ) I mentioned how WiFi didn't work in my setup at work or home. I am not home, but my work place wifi works with the phone now. Great job!

** Data **

Marketplace and the web work just fine with PPP for me.

SMS worked fine but MMS did fail due to network error. Looking at APN, it does seem to be set wrong. I didn't bother correcting it since I was planning to switch back at this point anyway. I suspect changing the APNs to proper listing will correct the problem.

Some people have complained about not being able to add a Hotmail account. I tried adding mine as an Exchange Email since Hotmail uses Exchange now. It authenticated the account okay and asked what I wanted synced on the phone. When I clicked "Finish Setup" it gave error "Failed to create the account. Please try again later." This suggests to me a problem with HTC Sense. The phone seemed to communicate with the Hotmail servers just fine. Also I've setup a Hotmail Exchange account on HDFroyo. (For those wanting to try, you need to put your entire email address as your username. You'll also need to set the server to m.hotmail.com)

I then tried to setup my Exchange account from work. That did work, though I had to manually put in my domain information. This is common with all other builds of Android, so I consider it expected behavior.

Once I had an email account setup, I was able to use the Mail client to Add Account and put in my Hotmail information. This added Hotmail as a POP email account. Not how I would want it added, but it is functional at the least.

I deleted the Hotmail (POP) account. I went to Settings / Accounts, and tried to add Hotmail again as an Exchange account. It immediatelly gave me my work Exchange information in the boxes. I'm guessing HTC Sense doesn't allow more than 1 Exchange account. I had 2 Exchange accounts working perfectly on your HDFroyo build. (Respectfully, this is just another one of the reasons I hate Sense.)

Weather widget failed to find any data, but the News widget worked.

Facebook widget added to desktop, it asked me to sign in. It then auto-created "Facebook for HTC" account. Worked. Fried Stream works as well.

** Performance **

I noticed the phone is slower over all (compared to HDFroyo). It's not as responsive as I'd like and find myself waiting a few seconds almost constantly. Also there's the screen / touch freezes for around 10 seconds that plagues every build. As mentioned at opening of post, quite a few hard freezes.

** Customization **

I tried changing the DPI to 160. I copied the build.prop file to the SDcard using a terminal emulator. I powered down phone, popped SDCard in computer, edited file using Wordpad, saved, popped card back in phone and booted up Android. Used terminal emulator to copy file from SDcard to /system. Powered down Android and booted it back up again. The screen had the new DPI settings in place. So much more room! HTC Sense doesn't like 160 dpi though. Some things are cut off or not properly aligned. This is a known issue though. It's recommended you use around 200 or 210 dpi. I used 160 just to see how badly things mess up. To give you an idea, the HTC Favorites (people) disappears.

I downloaded ADW.Launcher. I was able to switch to it and use it without much problem. I prefer LauncherPro, but ADW lets me set how many rows and columns I can have on the home screen. With a DPI setting of 160, I can have all 8 rows and columns on the home screen without anything overlapping. This gives me more room for not just icons, but widgets as well.

Sadly it's just the launcher / home screen I can change. I'm still stuck with the HTC Sense framework, which means even putting in ADW, I can't have more than 1 Exchange account.

Hopefully all of this will be useful to you in your future cooking of Android builds. I look forward with great enthusiasm to see what your future releases will bring us. Your builds are the most stable and feature rich of all the various ones I've tried. You are definitely my favorite chef. I will certainly be trying out the new version of HDFroyo you release hopefully soon. I'm eager to see the performance it has with PPP and a working WiFi stack. If there's anything I can do to assist you in the future, just let me know. :)