yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Software Development] Manos_Arriba:
Hi,

Send and recieve sms text messages from your computer via the mobile device connect through ActiveSync.

There will be 2 distinct editions; Standalone Edition and the Outlook Edition

The Outlook Edition will be available for Outlook 2003/2007/2010

It will be ready for both x32 and x64 versions of Windows.

Initial releases won't read data from the SIM card
[Windows Mobile Software Development] greenhacks:
Sounds cool.

Sending from Outlook will be very useful i guess.

thanks.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] pizzaguy:
Being able to type out a text on my large keyboard, or even— to copy and paste long messages into a text!? Sign me up, right now!
[Windows Mobile Software Development] core7x:
basically u can do this if u remote your phone using pc.

example : use mymobiler
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diaolos:
Hello Guys and Girls...

I have an issue..hope someone can help. Well 2 days ago i flashed the stock rom that i had on my hd2 and flashed a custom one on. I also changed the radio as suggested by the creator of the rom. Unfortunately that ****ed up my signal. People couldn't hear me and i would hear their voice breaking up. After that I managed to load an older stock rom on it. When I tried today to upgrade it to the 1.66 stock rom I got this error 00028002.

My boot loader shows the following:

HX-BC

SPL-1.42.0000 XE

MicroP(LED)

MicroP(TOUCH)

I am really struggling here. Tried the SD method with no result. Also tried connecting with the USB and running the exe of the stock rom but once again with no successful result. Actually with that method i got an error saying error in vendor id. I am starting to feel that I have bricked my phone...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
are you using the correct stock rom? you cant just use any stock rom, it has to be the one that came with your phone. So for example, a phone from O2 would need the O2 stock rom, not just teh HTC stock rom. (Well, except that O2 ship some rom locked and some rom unlocked phones, but you get the idea.)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diaolos:
Well I am trying to find the rom that I have to use..as I bought the phone with no contract i am having some difficulty finding the right ROM

My phones model starts with HT02...if anyone knows to which ROM that refers to I would be overjoyed.. and I would buy beer too :p

:)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
why not just hspl it then you can flash any stock (or indeed custom) rom you like.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diaolos:
To tell you the truth i was in a bit of a panic and wasn't thinking clearly that I didn't try that

I am trying that as we speak...thanks for the replies :)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diaolos:
Just wanted to say that it worked!! I'm grateful for your advice. A clearer mind always helps!!! Thanks a lot!!:D:D:D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
heh, always easier from the outside looking in.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] James72:
James72 ITA ROMS

WM 6.5.X Pro (Build 25028) with Office 2010

WM 6.5.X Pro (Build 23688) with Office 2010

WM 6.5 Pro (Build 21916) with Office 2010

WM 6.1 (Build 21057) with Office 2010

All Roms haven Sense 2.5.2016 by Programmatix ​

P.S. If You like my Work, please offer me a beer: PAYPAL

Well, to first a big thank to Ervius, GenY , Programmatix, Captain Throw, eToy and all the Developers of Xda, without They was not possible to create those Roms.

ATTENTION: Those Roms are ITALIANS and only for Touch pro alias Htc T7272, I’m not responsable for your damages.​

Name of ROM: James72 ITA

Version: Releases (????????)

Creator: James72

Language: ITA

Release Date: 11/04/2010

Description: Windows Mobile 6.1, Windows Mobile 6.5 Pro, Windows Mobile 6.5.X ITA with new Manila 2.5.2016

Screenshot:​

Features

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- Updated from Manila 2.5.2012 by Amarullz to new Manila 2.5.2016

- CHT V. 1.85.1

- Fixed bugs from my other WM 6.1 and WM 6.5 Roms.

- Fixed issues

- Integrated Facebook version 1.5

- Added People Tab 4x3 Alignment Mod

- Disabled FullScreen Music/Photo

- No Twitter Tab in Manila

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Radio: I reccomended 1.13 version ​

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Download 25028 ITA (WM 6.5.X with Office 2010):​

http://www.4shared.com/file/bq4okyj9/25028_NUOVO_MANILA_25016.html

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Download 25027 WWE (WM 6.5.X with Office 2010):​

http://www.4shared.com/file/T8MO8IIP/25027_NUOVO_MANILA_25016_WWE.html

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Download 23688 ITA (WM 6.5.X):​

http://www.4shared.com/file/wQkdi3KS/23688.html

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Download 21916 ITA (WM 6.5 with Office 2010):​

http://www.4shared.com/account/file/kZ3Vjq08/21916_NUOVO_MANILA_25016.html

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Download 21057 ITA (WM6.1 with Office 2010) ​

http://www.4shared.com/file/agFEmxXT/21057_NUOVO_MANILA_25016.html

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Old Thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=661727

This is the 1st Italian Rom for Raphael with the new Manila 2.5.2016

Thank You Very Much for Feedback and flashing

P.S. If You like my Work, please offer me a beer: PAYPAL

Donatori:

- Sweet_Romeo

- Montezemolo

- Paolor.1984

- likeren014

- Fisco_Paolo

- Enrychemp
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] likounin:
downloading :D

I'll flash it tomorrow thx
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] James72:
Hi my friend, You're welcome.

Today morning I've Coocked a new Rom with a new Build, 21914.

I think today evening or tomorrow I will upload WM 6.5 Build 21915 and WM 6.5.X Build 23676.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] serra2112:
E' stato risolto il problema del salvataggio nei contatti dei nuovi numeri in entrata?

Grazie, ottimo lavoro.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] James72:
Per i new come te, ti ricordo che oltre a scrivere in ITALIANO, sei pregato di scrivere anche in Inglese, lo dice la regola del sito, se riscrivi manco ti rispondo più. Usa un traduttore come Google.

Tornando alla tua domanda, non era un discorso di salvataggio dei numeri in entrata, ma era un problema di numeri acconsentiti al momento che si scegli di mandare un SMS e di scegliere un altro numero al posto di quello scelto predefinito. Questo succede, perchè gli utenti, invece di seguire le discussioni, saltano subito all'ultima pagina.

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For new as you will remember that in addition to writing ITALIAN, please write in English, the rule says the site, if you miss rewrite say more. Use a translator like Google.

Returning to your question was not a speech to save incoming numbers, but it was a problem of numbers agreed at the time you choose to send a text message and choose another number instead of the default choice.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] serra2112:
I installed version 21909. Unfortunately I find it very unstable.

there are still crashes and slowdowns.

much better than the old version.

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ho installato la versione 21909. purtroppo la trovo molto instabile.

ci sono continui blocchi del sistema e rallentamenti.

molto meglio la vecchia versione.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Havana*:
@serra2112 : Which version did you installed before this one lastest?

I'm using 21908 with problems in messages, in particular with MMS, I'm sending but the telephon is going to be iced for a few seconds .. everything else works fine !!

Great work by James ;)

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@ Serra2112: Quale versione hai installato prima di questa ultima?

Sto utilizzando 21908 con problemi nei messaggi, in particolare con MMS, sto inviando, ma il telefono sta per essere ghiacciato per alcuni secondi .. tutto il resto funziona bene!

Grande lavoro di James ;)
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] James72:
Havana, ma gli MMS te li invia?

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Havana, but send MMS?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] James72:
La 21908? Cosa manda im tilt la 21909?

Ok, fatemi un favore. Prima fate le dovute prove senza installare niente, vedete se è Ok, NON FATE NESSUN RIPRISTINO (credo l'hai mandato in tilt per questo) e poi reclamami i problemi. Intanto sto lavorando sulla 21915 che sicuramente ti darà problemi anche questa. Strano, i moduli sono sempre stati gli stessi e problemi non ce ne sono stati. Mah!

=========================================================Build 21908? What sends crash It?

Ok, do me a favor. Before you install anything without the necessary evidence, see if it is OK, NO DO NOT RESET (I think you've knocked for this) and then reclamami problems. Meanwhile I'm working on the 21,915 that surely will give you problems too. Strange, the forms were always the same and there were no problems. Mah!
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Havana*:
si, li invia, soltanto che da quando scelgo di mandare sms o mms e vado da manilla va lento ed e' capitato di bloccarsi il telefono pure .. quando li attivo dalla tastiera, sms/mms buttone, va tutto bene

edit: devo dire che sto utilizzando la 21908, da due settimane, senza installare programmi, senza "toccare" niente, solo varie personalizzazioni .. sono molto contento, soltanto che ci stanno evidenti rallentamenti nei SMS/MMS ..

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Yes, I send them, but when I choose to send SMS or MMS and I am going from manila goes slow and it 'happened to block the phone as well .. when I activat them from the keyboard, sms/mms button, everything goes good

edit: I must say that I'm using the 21908, two weeks without installing programs without "touching" anything, just different customizations .. I am very happy, only that there are obvious delays in SMS/MMS ..
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] James72:
Build 23676 v.2 at First Post.

- New Camera 6.4;

- New Icons;

- GPS Tracker;

- Torch

The same Apps will be in Build 21915 (soon)

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Build 23676 v.2 al primo Post.

- Nuova Camera 6.4;

- Nuove Icone;

- GPS Tracker;

- Torch

Quueste applicazioni ci saranno anche nella Build 21915 (in arrivo)
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] James72:
Build 21815 on 1st Post

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Build 21915 al Primo Post
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] pinguinolandia:
CUMPà HO USATO RADIO 1.17 PER LA TUA ROM CHE TROVO BUONA MA MI DA UN PROBLEMA DI CONNESSIONE CAVO (ERROR) MA VOLEVO METTERE RADIO 1.3 COME CONSIGLI. HO SCARICATO LA RADIO DAL SITO HTC MA MI DICE CHE NON ADATTA PER IL MIO TERMINALE. COSA DEVO FARE? GRAZIE:confused:
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Cla73m:
Ciao James, ho installato la Build 23676 v.2 , veramente ottima e reattiva, forse la migliore che hai fatto, ma non ho trovato integrato Cookie Home Tab, come mai, va per caso in conflitto con il nuovo Manila ? Hello James, I installed Build 23 676 v.2, really good and responsive, perhaps the best you have done, but I have not found integrated Cookie Home Tab, as ever, to be the case in conflict with the new Manila?
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] Kyodo:
Well, I've downloaded your gorgeous Rom: I really think it's wonderfull but does

anyone else experiment block? I mean: everytime the phone goes in standby it's

impossible to turn it alive! I have to make the softreset..

What's the matter with it? :confused:

Thanks..
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] buz_68:
23676 v2

Ciao a tutti, ho scaricato la 23676 v2 e la sto installando, vi farò spere le mie impressioni tra un po'

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hi everybody, I've just installed 23676 v2 ROM and testing. I'll come back soon with my results.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] buz_68:
23676 v2

Ragazzi, ho provato la v2 della 23676 ma non va bene:

manca cht

nei tab del manila non sono riuscito a fare uscire nè twitter nè facebook

non riesco ad entrare per configurare il long press key

scarico la versione con win 6,5 (21915) e ci riprovo

senza cht è un dramma, comunque

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hi guys, 23676 v2 rom is not good

cht is missing

the configuration of manila tab (facebook and twitter) doesn't work

long press key configuration is not accessible

i'm downloading 21915 ROM with win 6,5 and i'll let you know.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] sergybizzi:
Rom fast and stable

Ciao a tutti è da molto tempo che uso le rom di James72 cerco una rom veloce sempre con manila 2.5 attualmente ho installata la 2.5.016.5.3.5 con radio 1.14.25.35. Mi consigliereste una rom che faccia al caso mio, quindi veloce, l'attuale mi sembra un po' lenta! Grazie a tutti S.

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Hello everyone that has long been using James72's rom. I want a fast rom currently have always manila 2.5 installed 2.5.016.5.3.5 with radio 1.14.25.35.

I recommend a rom that is worthwhile for me, so fast, now seems a bit slow! Thanks to all S.
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] cracker_pazzo:
Ciao james72 :D allora io ho la 23676 v2 e ho dei piccoli problemi:

-quando sto nella tag messaggi di un contatto se premo il tasto chiudi chiamata non mi fa ritornare al manila, ma devo spostarmi sulla prima tag e poi fare indietro;

-quando mi mandano un messaggio alcune volte mi sballa l'ordine dei messaggi e mi mette i nuovi in mezzo ai vecchi ed è scomodo. Se fosse possibile "staccare" lo scorrimento dei messaggi dalla scrittura di un nuovo sms, per non scorrere sempre su e giù.

Per il resto per adesso non ricordo bug importanti.

Ciao e buona serata...ah dimenticavo: grazie delle rom :D

Daniele

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Hello james72: D then I have the 23676 v2 and I have some problems:

-Tag messages when I'm in personal contact if I press the call close button does not come back to Manila, but I have to move to the first tag in personal contact and then press "back";

-When they send me a message sometimes the order of messages are wrong and te telephone put the new sms into old sms. If it were possible to "detach" the flow of messages from writing a new text message, not always scroll up and down.

I can not remember important bugs.

Hello and good evening ... ah forgot: thanks for rom: D

Daniele

(google translate and me )
[Touch Pro, Fuze ROM Development] buz_68:
21915

Ragazzi, ho gli stessi problemi anche con la rom 21915

peccato perchè questo nuovo manila sarebbe veramente bello.

spero che sia solo perchè James ha dimenticato qualche pezzo in giro per la cucina :)

ci farà sapere ...

nel frattempo sono tornato alla mia vecchia 23662 con il vecchio manila, in attesa di sviluppi

grazie

ciao

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Hey guys, I have the same issues with 21915 ROM, perhaps it's only because some pieces are missing in James kitchen

In the meantime I got back to 23662 ROM with old manila, waiting for any news from James.

Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtkansan:
Anyone gotten wireless tether to work over bluetooth? My computer never recognizes it as being a PAN capable device. How can I manually tell windows 7 to connect as PAN to it when Im running tether?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dees_Troy:
HTC used a somewhat non-standard Bluetooth stack on the Evo. I don't think it supports Bluetooth PAN. You'd probably have better luck under CyanogenMod 6 if you can put up with some of its other missing features or going with wifi tethering.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtkansan:
I just have issues with WiFi tendering too. It seems to disconnect every few minutes. Was hoping Bluetooth would work. Poo. May have to end up paying for pdanet instead (i need access to https sites).

Amazing Program https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTYwNzM2ODk
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Hi,

Let's say I want to check, who's connected to my hotspot. I've searched for an application or terminal commands that can show this info, but didn't find anything. Is there such a thing?

Thanks,

William.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bohemus:
Good question, I'm interested as well.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] houzuoguo:
i never tried to monitor wifi hotspot clients but i think these ways should work.

way 1:

goto terminal, type:

arp -a

this command displays all entries, since the wifi connection actually makes the phone a router, so all connected clients should have corresponding arp entry.

way 2:

goto market and download Network Discovery application, use it to scan the whole network. Also it provides port scanning function too.

(but .. this application usually crashes on my phone after scanning for long time)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Interesting, thanks. I'll test and reply.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Tested, even the basic "busybox arp" with no switches works. The result needs to go through grep or use "specify interface" switch to avoid showing the 3G data IP.

I suppose that access control has to be implemented in the kernel, so I won't mess with it - but now I have a script line to see, who's connected. Thanks :)

And one day someone could write a widget for it. At least modify the on/off widgets to show the number of connected clients.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unknownrebelx:
Any more news on this? The network discovery app kind of worked, but it had to use wifi which disabled tethering.

I think there has to be a way to see who is connected to your hotspot at one time without disabling anything.

The Palm Pre Plus on Verizon does this automatically. There are a lot of features that phone has that I wish android would impliment...Man it would have been nice if google had bought palm :p
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Is that news?

You want an app/widget for that? There is none. I've turned to the creator of the "hotspot widget" and asked him to implement counter for connected clients (which should good enough for anything I can think of), but I got no answer. I also tried to find any open-source code for such widget to modify and add the functionality, but didn't find any.

The older Eclair CM build had such app for manual control, showing MACs of connected clients.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flippy125:
I dont think the stock froyo tethering implements this but the wired/wireless tether apps included in 2.1 roms has the function, mac address filtering too =D
[HD2 General] frenchmonkey:
Hi there - now that the new T-MOUS ROM has been out for a while and we have the touch sensitivity fix - is there general consensus (or what are folks opinion) on whether the new ROM is actually better? Response time? Battery life? Radio reception? Thoughts?

I'm struggling with whether or not to upgrade the ROM from my original 2.10 (stock) to the new ROM 2.13 (stock) with the sensitivity fix or does someone have a better performing ROM?

Thank you in advance. -fm
[HD2 General] zelendel:
This has been covered many times already, please search before opening a new thread.

Thread closed
[Epic 4G General] Poryhack:
Does anybody know where I could possibly buy this awesome phone without a contract? Ebay is the obvious answer but I was hoping for an etailer where I could put in a preorder.

Thanks.
[Epic 4G General] Pops_G:
Sprint will sell it without contract. $500. Reserve a copy.

You *might* have a problem with a representative not wanting to sell it to you off contract because they will miss out on the commission. If that happens just tell them it is a gift for a Sprint Customer(Your mom or whoever).
[Epic 4G General] TheBiles:
This is why I saved a copy of the pre-order page saying that I can reserve and pay $500 off contract.
[Epic 4G General] ImSoHungry:
im switching to sprint from t-mobile for this phone, or probably just keeping both since i want to keep my nexus active, but is there any incentive for me to buy off contract if i am a new customer?
[Epic 4G General] Poryhack:
Awesome. For some reason I didn't think Sprint did. Thanks guys.
[Epic 4G General] TheBiles:
You can't. You have to get a contract with a new account.
[Epic 4G General] ImSoHungry:
10-4

ill get the 450 plan, with my military discount, including the stupid $10/4g cost, will only be 78.85/month
[Epic 4G General] Poryhack:
Could you show me where exactly it says this? I'm not seeing it. All I see mentioning the retail price is, "If you're not eligible for an upgrade, you'll need to pay full retail price, $499.99."

I'd like to save a copy to take with me on pickup day too. =)
[Epic 4G General] TheBiles:
That is the part. Not eligible for an upgrade is off-contract.
[Epic 4G General] Poryhack:
Ah. I thought that might mean something along the lines of "You can use your current contract but we're not gonna give you this phone at a subsidized price."
[Epic 4G General] TheBiles:
$500 is the unsubsidized price, so no worries.
[Epic 4G General] entropism:
Just letting you know, Sprint has put out orders to NOT sell this as a cold handset, you HAVE to activate the phone if you're buying it in store, even if you pay full retail. They want subscribers, not to take a loss on the handsets for no return.
[Epic 4G General] nismology:
So you're saying that I can't, as a current sprint subscriber, unbox MY phone at MY discretion?? The last thing I want is some monkey behind the desk unboxing my $500 device and leaving fingerprints all over it just because it needed to be activated before I left the store. This happened with my Evo and bothered the heck out of me; although I understand in that case as I was a new subscriber having a number ported over AND purchasing the device at a subsidized price (should still be able to activate the phone at my leisure but whatever). However, I should be able to purchase the device at "full" price, take it home, unbox it myself, and activate it through the established means since I'm already under contract and past my 30 trial period. They will be getting paid either way.

P.S. Unless activation refers to line activation, as opposed to phone activation. Big difference.

P.S.S. Is sprint's "subsidized off-contract" price of $499.99 (compared to $549.99 at, say, RS) only for new subscribers and/or upgraders? In any case, that "no cold handset" policy is about as clear as mud to me right now.
[Epic 4G General] Poryhack:
Sounds like I'm back to my original question then. If I can't buy this without a contract from Sprint who can I buy from?

On an unrelated note, why would the price the unsubsidized version so that they are losing money on the hardware?
[Epic 4G General] nismology:
Unless a phone is factory unlocked or unlockable I don't see what the benefit of doing this would be. To my knowledge you can buy the phone from vendors like Best Buy without needing to activate the phone and just have it shipped to your house. Just be ready to shell out $649.00.

The low price is there to entice people who don't want to renew a contract to buy it from them as opposed to another vendor. This in conjunction with the "no cold phone sold" policy allows them to ensure that every Epic sold by them will either retain a current subscriber or add a new one so they will be making that money back. You can have a cold unactivated phone mailed to your house by another vendor but you will be spending more than $499 and won't have the added convenience of optionally having the purchase billed to your account.

According to RS, Samsung's SRP is $699.99.
[Epic 4G General] nismology:
This is incorrect. You will still be required to have a contract, you just won't be required to renew it.