[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] kevinyunlai:
Well, I just got a free dopod 900

my family don't like tech, and had this phone for 4 years siting in a drawer because they didn't know how to use it, I went to visit my relatives and they gave it to me

After doing some searching, I realized that the dopod 900 has another name, HTC universal

I'm a bit behind on the devices stuff, my first device was a hp2200 (RIP), then the ipaq 910c, and now my "new" free htc universal

Some questions:

1. How old/bad/good is it? I'm using it, and I like it more than my dead (RIP) hp2200, and my new ipaq 910c (which I believe is newer), I never seen or used all the fancy new models most people have here (htc touch, dimand, etc)

2. Reason I'm asking how old/bad/good the HTC universal is because, although I am very pleased with it (and I got it for free ) there are some ANNOYING problems

a) I can't get starcraft to work, I tried 0.18 Lite VGA and Full, it goes to menu, I go to custom game, start, and it just exits, my guess is mem problem? if so, what is the min req? I only can have 20mb free at most -.-

b) I can't get linux to work, I get some annoying error FAIL FAIL FAIL can't access (something I can't remember) (I'm using the simple method, just install the cab file...and the other simple method, just run the .exe, no need to install anything, still same error)

c) I can't get worms world party to work, it just shows that light sim starts, but it stays like that and the game never starts. I'm using the file I got for my really old hp2200, is it device locked? (it didn't work for my ipaq 910c either), can any universal users inform me if worms world party works? if so, what should I do to make it work?

d) WOW SRS works, but destorys the camera function (giving a camera can't intialaze error 36001 or something), any working wow srs for universal for the tomal 8.9 rom that doesn't interfer with anything?

I got so annoyed with the default wm5 taiwan rom (english programs were unable to run after reset since the storage card was name in chinese, so file path was wrong) that I upgraded the rom to wm6.1 WWE (tomal 8.9, wm6.1, first rom I tried and it seems perfect so far) so I should be up to date with all the other HTC universal users (if it isn't completely outdated yet -.-, I have no idea..but so far, I'm impressed with the hardware)

Can someone enlighten me on some of the questions I have? (and yes, I know most are software, but after searching xda and google for a long time, I don't think that any of the 4 problems relates only to the universal)

Thank you for your help and time

PS: what is the proper/best way to cablibate battery?

my problem is common, the htc shuts down at a certain percentage

1. I HAVE READ THE THREADS, so please don't be rude and tell me to search for it again

2. the thread on the htc desire method is

charge using wall

unplug, charge using wall until green again

repeat

hardreset

the thread on the htc universal is

charge using wall

run down using bootloader mode

charge using wall

run down using device on

recharge

do any of these steps work?

Please do not tell me it's a battery hardware problem

first time, it always shut down at 20%

I fully recharge it using wall only once, and it was at 18%

after a while, I using the second method, and let it run down using bootloader mode, and now it's turns off at 16%

I didn't complete the second method, because it takes too long, can anyone confirm that it DOES work?

Once again, thank you for your time and help!