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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] darkt123:
I feel like there needs to at least be some report of first hand experience on the many options we have. Instead of looking through the last few pages of each thread to see what works, what doesn't, having a collective thread is nice.

So far this thread has had a lot of preference based answers based off of theme, sense, and what the user uses day to day. Also every build has been mentioned on here so far I think.

One thing we could do without is the poll part. That does create a bias.

And at least as reference we can try and figure out what the people want in a build and why they flock to a certain type.

Always good to know the opinion of the end user. Lets just not be nasty and respect each and every chef for their work.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] willgill:
mattc 1.5b for me. It has the most features working and stable. Version 1.6 should be incredible.

... but lets give credit where credit is due, they each borrow from each other so a big THANK YOU to all the Android devs for making this happen.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] blax123:
guys, what about a poll thread? it would be better and clearer than this thread
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] suzaku:
+1 for xcelsior sense build

the best android build i've tried
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hashnon:
At present time main difference between build is amount of speed optimization made (and type of it for some builds) and theme of the build.

But there is much more important differences:

1. Will BT in calls work or not?

2. Is there a nice and functional app for taking photos.

3. Is there a nice and functional app for taking videos.

4. Is 720p video supported or not.

Maybe there should be tread about what you get with each build and what you don't?

But then again, one can just read first post of each build tread and find out all that.

So this tread is more like Hit-List of users of which build is most active. :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] blax123:
Dito! thumbs up
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Dro216:
need help

i dont know how to get android running smoothly i need a new build or something i downloaded a old when it was first posted and cant find i new one some one please help windows mobile is the worse ever i want to smash my hd2 and burn it biggest mistake i made buying this thing
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pongster:
Best ROM threads are closed immediately in WinMo sections. Seems fair to close down the Best ROM threads in Android too.

Sent from my HD2 Froyo HyperDroid CM6
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pongster:
I quadboot using 1 sdcard.... much faster using Excellers Android Loader.

Sent from my HD2 Froyo HyperDroid CM6
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ryan562:
X2
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] 1013:
mattc Leo + Froyo w/Sense 1.5b

can't live w/o Sense~:p
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pappadj:
I don't think this is a wasted thread. Sometimes a release has a small cultish fanbase (ie I've always been biased to cyanogens work and shrub has done it justice... but without bt audio I switch to mattcs stuff a lot... no big deal.)

I do think its interesting that some people overprotect the devs. Granted I love their work and will donate and give kudos and critisism where needed. Some devs prefer people to be brutally honest... respectful... but honest. I like darkstones stuff too as he throws it all in there (and apparantley has bt audio now.. itching to test it out). So yeah I like pretty much all of them for diff reasons but the first one that solves the walking dead issue and has bt headset support along with good screenrotation support in various main functions like the desktop, phone and car mode nav will get my number one slot. Till then, I love them all for diff reasons but again, this is a good thread imo as it gives me new things to consider between rom to rom... I use five plus ubuntu and still enjoy nrgys winmo roms... I guess I treat the art of rom development like music... I am a fan of all these guys stuff as I can tell they each put their own riffs in that's unique... I don't think jack white will hang up his guitar just because many think page is better. Tell jack why and he just may notice something he didn't see about page and then he may incorporate something into his own music that may blow us away... good artists.. and good devs will take critisism and use it or ignore it appropriately.

I bounce between these three in order I guess.. depends on the need or mood.

Mattc.. bt audio is a must for me and the rom has a similar feel to shrub

Shrub.. screen rotate, nav and overall a slick feel

Darkstone... chock full of goodies and sometimes I really like sense.. or what dark does to it anyway

These are my three but I don't forget others like dans work that got me started having fun with my phone again in the first place.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pongster:
For the reference of those who may be interested to know where the "Best ROM Thread" Rules come from... have a quick look here...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] chvvkumar:
After using SHUBcraft's rom,i am a total fab if it.now, android is nearly 100% usable.
[XPERIA X2 General] gunawan-1:
How do you think about X2 now? I already check and still no update. Do all X2 users think no need for another update or what?

Thanks
[XPERIA X2 General] The Solutor:
I'm afraid that no MR3 will come, but I strongly hope for a couple of bugfix.

The phone is now stable and usable, but there is a large room for refinements.
[XPERIA X2 General] gbajzelj:
X2 is better phone then when it first came out in january but its still noway near complete.

even if the phone was like this on january and then got a couple of updates it wouldnt justify its price unless if it would work flawlessly.

the general importer of SE for Slovenia still sells it for 550€ and galaxy I9000 costs around 600€ (I9000 got european smartphone award 2010-2011, X2 is a bad joke).

if you pay €500+ you need it for work (email and internet work fine but calls get weard sometimes and its anyoing and embarrassing) or for showoff (if you use the slideview or the panelmanager alot it will freeze soon or later and embarass you in front of people).

SE has to do what he should. if we have to pay for thair product they need to make X2 work as it should.
[XPERIA X2 General] gunawan-1:
X2... bye-bye

Just say bye to dear X2.

Just blame myself so fool to trust this X2.

Now I am going to consider to change with X10.

Senior, Any idea the difference between X10,X10mni,X10 mini pro? Of course about the OS?

And I review to another thread, They are debating about android and apple. But in this case I never ever think of using MAC because of my own reason. But... Senior, Can some one tell what is so special about Apple 4?

Is it true about big different between Android 1.x and 2.1?

Will X10 dissapointing again like X2?

Is there another good smart phone to suggest?

Thanks.
[XPERIA X2 General] Jolo_:
For me, I will never consider to ever buy a Sony Ericsson product in my life.

So, stay away for the X10, X10 mini, or whatever.

Cheers.
[XPERIA X2 General] gunawan-1:
May be the problem is not SE. But it is about Microsoft or may be about WM 6.5.3.

But believe me, SE is still good phone.
[XPERIA X2 General] eenll:
Hello friend, i'll suggest HTC Desire. If you go to the SE blog, you will see a lot of disgruntled x10 users as well. That is why SE has disappointed me so much. I therefore decided to try the HTC Desire, and i'm not regretting it at all. The device is very responsive! And the Android OS is lovely, and there are lots of free apps in their appstore. The only thing i've found disappointing about the Desire is its speaker phone. The volume is a bit too low. Apart from that, every other thing about the phone combined with the OS is just LOVELY. Cheers :)
[XPERIA X2 General] needmoregigs:
In my experience, there are always dissatisfied users with any phone. If you wander into any forum here at xda, you will find different opinions.

On to android. It's a very nice operating system. It was made for touchscreens. The X10 is a great phone. Sony ericsson did a good job with 1.6 and soon will be updating to 2.1. That much is guaranteed.

With 2.1, you will get native exchange support. It will support more colors for the screen; 16m colors. You will get access to more apps that are only compatible with 2.1 and up such as google earth, advanced voice search, and other third party apps. You can have multiple google accounts and native facebook sync.

I have both the X10i and the Nexus One. I will say, hardware wise, the X10 is the better of the two. It could have used an optical track pad, but it isn't as important since I have the swype keyboard with a software dpad. The nexus one has the most software features since it has 2.2 but is buggy. I guess what I'm trying to say is the X10 is a really nice phone to use if you don't mind being a little behind with the OS version.

If you are really interested in any phone, you should hop into the different forums and get a feel for each phone from what people are posting about it.
[XPERIA X2 General] gunawan-1:
Thanks to all friends. I just buy X10. hohohoh. very responsive. I like that. The sound is too low but clear. Still upgrading. The style is very exclusive. I like that. but... don't know yet.

But one thing is upsetting, no video call.
[XPERIA X2 General] gunawan-1:
Just like what I imagine. No update till now. May be SE confuse how to upgrade more with this phone. hohohoh.... May be they have given the best shot to this phone. And last word is : "SORRY".

But from deep in my heart, I really disappointed with X2, I feel being cheated.

After I change to X10, many things is different. in many aspects, X10 is different.

My opinion, X10 is my phone. just meet my expecting.

considering to the: design, responsiveness, camera, connection, features, display, etc.

Nb: Friends, try consider X10. You will not disapoint.
[Android Apps and Games] EnViiDisLoCo:
Hey guys I know this is in the wrong forum but I installed swype on my Evo 2.2 stock no root and I can clearly see the options in my settings but it doesn't work....any suggestions ?

Sent From My Evo
[Android Apps and Games] Thanar:
Did you change the input method by long pressing in a text field? If the option isn't there check your keyboard settings in settings and enable swype.
[Touch HD General] 2dy:
Hi guys

After I activated my data services, I'm having problems with voice connections.

Usually(not always) it just kills my connection if i'm connected to data, but from time to time it says i cannot dial because my service is not available (or something like this).

is there a way to fix this?

I'm on vodafone Romania
[Touch HD General] trodert:
There are several versions of froyo for our blackstone released so far, but none of those have htc sense.

i wanna ask to developers why don't they have had the idea to make android froyo 2.2 with this wonderful user interface on the hd yet

We want froyo with htc sense on our Blackstone!!!
[Touch HD General] rs125:
In fact I would even understand why you have not included the Sense. Eclair has it, FroYo why not?

Sorry for my English. Rs ;)
[Touch HD General] TheBrilliantMistake:
A couple of reasons....

1) The legality of it is questionable

2) It's not ACTUALLY that wonderful

3) It's a MASSIVE resource hog

4) Similar widget exist in the public domain

5) It's not some 'add on', it's very closely coupled with the OS and developers are busy porting Froyo properly

oh and...

The battery on our devices lasts 8 hours if we're lucky

The camera doesn't work

There are crashes

We can't reboot our devices without removing the battery or using the reset button

We have no multitouch

We have missing buttons in the hardware

And you want Sense so badly?
[Touch HD General] KidxxNinja:
yes but can you please make some adjustment to it so it wont crash as much?
[Touch HD General] accountabc:
what do you think the devs are trying to do? :rolleyes:
[Touch HD General] camro:
hopefully the touchscreen bug on HTC HD :(

gallery3d also not working (mem lack of GPU ...

swapmem, etc ...

but there are 1000 things which are to be done ...
[Touch HD General] Oliwe:
Touchscreen bug fixed

You should take a look at the latest kernel. It is supposed to fix the touchscreen bug :D

please pay attention to this:

"@Blackstone users: You have to calibrate your touchscreen during first boot!

Delete the ts_calibration file on your sdcard if you made a mistake while calibration

(or if it doesn't ask you for calibration)"
[Touch HD General] Smobbo:
... wow this could possibly be the most ignorant post i've seen in months...

Sorry for this not so useful post, but i just couldn't resist replying ;).

Android on Blackstone is a continuous struggle for speed, battery life and usefulness. The devs are working hard on giving is the best Android-experience possible, it just seems to be a tough job :).
[Touch HD General] camro:
which kernel should fix the touchscreen problem ?

do you have a link ?
[Touch HD General] Oliwe:
The latest kernel in glemsom's autobuild. It allows our device to use a newer touchscreen driver, which has no jumping issue.

I'm not allowed to post links (just remove the space after http)

http ://glemsom.users.anapnea.net/android2/htc-msm-linux/
[Touch HD General] camro:
you mean -> htc-msm-linux @ 20100818_135751

haven't tried your kernel version yet, but i'm sure, that it is on the same base as GIT kernel - or ?

i tried latest GIT kernel: htc-msm-linux-20100818_125513-package.tar, where it is now possible to calibrate.

but the bug (touchscreen - with finger jumping) still exist.

it is now a littel bit better. (old version was jumping sometimes 2-3cm to left, not i only jumps 1cm to the left..)

phh told me, that this is a filtering problem in:

-> drivers/input/touchscreen/tssc_manager.c

i will try to prepare my system for compiling android kernel, so that i can play with it ...
[Touch HD General] Oliwe:
Okay, I thought the tssc driver (the driver with calibration) would solve the problem (That's why I created this patch for Blackstone). I tried it for a few minutes, played some games and couldn't notice any jumps.

The tssc_manager.c is the right file to look at. It takes multiple samples of your finger's position and averages them to one single position. The old driver didn't do that. That's why those jumps are smaller now (I just tried it again and I dont't see any jumps).

btw, I don't know if I am the only one with this problem, but the latest kernel (20100818_135751) causes some serious lags for me.

Edit: You are right. I just tried the "pointer location" tool and there still are little jumps. I will also take a look at the filtering, maybe we can find a solution.
[Touch HD General] camro:
fine to see, that i have now the BIG BOSS which can fix this maybe in the filtering :)

i'm also as camel on *chat*...

i tested again it - and see the attached file ( i made it via "paint" - found on market). i only tried to make dots via my finger...see the result :(

it is better, but for writing via SIP it is not fully satified for me (ex: swype need the real position on start -otherwise the word will begin with wrong char and never fcan recognize the correct word).
[Touch HD General] Oliwe:
BIG BOSS, haha.. I started working on this yesturday, I never saw a Linux kernel (source) before ;)

Okay, I have some experience with programming, but that's it.

What I noticed that far:

- the jump allways happens when you touch the screen for the first time. It looks like it (almost) never happens while sliding your finger over the screen.

- if you disable the averaging feature of the tssc driver, the jumps happen less often.

- the jump mostly happens on the left half of the screen.

Unfortunately I can't disable the averaging feature, because the other devices rely on it :(

At the moment, I am trying to make a "filter" which checks, if the first touch is far off the second one, but this will take some time...

Do you know, if this is a Blackstone-only problem? The other devices use the same driver, so they could have the same problem (okay, they have other touchscreen hardware)
[Touch HD General] camro:
see http://gitorious.org/linux-on-qualc...6.27/drivers/input/touchscreen/tssc_manager.c

i checked the filtering ...

see 378 -382 - is the logic there correct ?

if they are to strong, then remove it - or set it to 255 ?

but the touches can be to soft or corrected ?

this logic, there is for me not looking normal, but the problem is ...it is working on diamond, so why should it not work on HTC HD ?

so it must be a problem of msm touch screen or device - so should the problem not a address problem of msm display ?
[Touch HD General] camro:
this problem seems to be a "only HTC HD problem".

(tried on raphael & diamond) - also never heard about this issue and i look for this problem last 2 weeks and readed a lot of postions.

so - i'm sure this is a "only on blackstone bug".
[Touch HD General] Oliwe:
I hope that it is not an address problem, but I can't check it, because I have no experience with revese engeneering.

Maybe I should take a look at the pressure values before they get filtered. They could be a hint for a jump...

As I said, I am trying to filter the first input, when it is far off the second. Let's see if it works ;)
[Touch HD General] Oliwe:
I made a first "proof of concept". It compares the x and y coordinates between first and second touch and overwrites the first touch, if it's too far off.

The problem is to find the right value for "too far". If it's too small, then it will allways delete your fist touch, when you slide the screen. If it's too big, it won't prevent jumps. Atm it's set to 75 units (of the touchscreen, not pixels of the screen). Please tell me, if you want it higher or lower ;)

It's far from perfect, but it's working in most cases. Maybe you could redo the paint test with this kernel?
[Touch HD General] camro:
can you look to the code ?

maybe you have more aknowledge in this stuff, how we can include a patch to ignore the first pointer ?

ex:

i would check: if irq_down = 1 and if "firsttrigger" is 0 -> then ignore first input from irq + set a "firsttrigger" to 1

on next check there would be then irq_down also 1 and "firsttrigger" is also 1

i mean this is in code http://gitorious.org/linux-on-qualc...6.27/drivers/input/touchscreen/tssc_manager.c

see line pos. 583 - and then on 588 and 384 there it should be an ignore possible - isn't it ?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ultrasone:
Reading various reviews, I saw that the HD2's photo and video capabilities are not that great.Does the Android port make any difference on the device ?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinirockman:
Is there any software that i configure a vibration time in my incoming calls?

mine is vibrating full time. when the xperia start the ringtone the vibration do not pause or stop till i answer the call

can someone help or suggest something?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] altae:
In Sounds & Notifications you have the possibility to choose between ring only, vibrate only, ring and vibrate (it seems like you have chosen this setting) and the alternative of starting with vibration and ringing afterwards.

If this is not enough for you there is the possibility to adapt the sequence of the incoming call notification either in the registry (I don't know the keys though) or by using tweaking software such as SK Tools.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vinirockman:
Thanks

Thank you! I did a long search about it and I found Vibro which is what i'm looking for :D
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yinjianweizxc:
I found a program about it long long ago,but it not perfect
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sylau90:
[/IMG]just wondering is it possible the Zune HD keyboard to android on htc hd2...because it is just awesome and eye candy with the great animation...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] RJackson:
I'm sure it would be possible to recreate it (but I'm unsure what effort it would take), but I doubt one could port it: Linux and WinCE are two very different platforms.

I haven't used a Zune Keyboard but it looks pretty stylish from your pics, so I'd love to try it out.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] sylau90:
Yea,i hope it can be ported to android too.This keyboard is just awesome and stylish. If you are interested you can go to youtube to watch some Zune HD hands on video.

Anyway,I understand that zune are is windows platform....but i just hope that someone can re-create or port this keyboard to android...since android keyboard is pretty dull and sometimes unresponsive...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryant_16:
Hey guys, what roms can I look for if I want to have an rom that is close to the official 2.2 stock rom? Meaning to say that, is oki that I do not have those extra features implemented in some roms, I just want a rom that is close to froyo. And also I'm based in singapore, so is the rom out there oki for my usage?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryant_16:
Anyone has any ideas?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agent.m:
Dude you'll have to do a research for what you want as the same thing has been asked 100 times. I understand where you are coming from.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryant_16:
Oki cool. Any keywords that I can use first for the head start?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeeDroid:
Think you put them in the title ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bryant_16:
Yeah, but is there any head start? Like which rom is very close to it?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fightspit:
Here the link !

:D
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] volapyk:
Have a look at the ROM posted by nickiberli. It's official HTC + root and busybox only.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] THUDUK:
Perhaps its just me getting old, I dunno...

But I was so used to the windows mobile world, that I just can't seem to get used to this Android and Galaxy S device, here is why, maybe I am doing it all wrong.

1) I can't seem to get my emails to come through instantly, even when I run refresh, even though they have come through on my Laptops outlook it sometimes take over an hour or so later to appear on my device, on my old WM phone I would simply click send and receive and the mail would appear.

2) When I plug in the USB, I get all these options, so I have been trying mass storage, sometimes my USB connects sometimes it takes forever, even though its says usb connected, I then have to pull down the menu thing and hit USB connected and then Mount, then it say s turn off USB and I then get some explorer windows pop up on my laptop...for the life of me this confuses me, I used to simply plug in the USB and it would be connected.

3) Even though I have had these applications running fine, I seem to be getting this big pop up SORRY, The application has stopped unexpectedly, Force close, please try again, what the hell have I done.

4) Now I used to test out and update custom roms on my old Touch HD and all you had to do was run a file on your PC and it would basically flash the device with a new ROM...do a backup restore and your away, for the life of me I haven't got a clue what all these custom things are, you have firmwares, lags, Kernals, samsets, froyos, FJ, FP's...god its confusing.

Perhaps I am just not ready for Android yet, I used to love customising my old Windows mobile device, but I simply can't seem to do it with this one...HELP