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[Android Software Development] hazard99:
As the owner of an Htc hd2 coming from a iphone 2g and A t-mobile g1

had I waited for the samsung galaxy s( i actually prefer the att version)

Android runs great on the hd2 but its still a work in progress so while It make be dependable for me it may not be for you.

Winmo on the hd2 sucks. sense is a must. as everything else just barely gets by.

I met a lot of people who didnt like the htc hd2's because of the software.

Personally I love mine. But i cant help but admit how nice the hardware in the galaxy s is.

It is based on the same cpu in the iphone 4. I also hear that the gpu is close o or the iphone 4.
[Android Software Development] hybridb:
I think you missed the OP's point since he said he would be putting Android on the HD2, so it's not a matter of Android vs. WinMo..

Anyway, I think you should go with the Samsung S, mainly because of the gorgeous screen and the more powerful graphics
[Android Software Development] st0101:
I gotta say get the HD2 and put Android on it. Its the best of both worlds. I run 2.2 FLAWLESSLY on my HD2, its very quick and reliable these days..
[Android Software Development] bas85:
thanx for all the replies to my question. Ive been still swaying to more of the galaxy s. The flawless andriod is what did it for me basically and i also like the fact of how fast it is plus the front screen camera. I think its the route im planning to go. But still i do own a ATT Tilt 2. So i can still switch to windows mobile if needed. But once again thanx for your opinions. Keep them coming if you have more. Im not making my purchase till friday so i still have time just incase any of you have issues with the galaxy s.
[Android Software Development] player911:
The bad thing about Android on the HD2 is that you boot into Windows. You run Android off of the SD card. While it may be "flawless" it isn't the best. It's something to play around with but still isn't the best stable day-to-day solution I'd used as my mobile phone.

I ran Android on my AT&T HTC Pure and it was meh. I basically just tested the waters before jumping to another device.

If you want Android, get an android phone.

I wouldn't BUY an HD2 just to run Android on it. If you HAD an HD2 and wanted an Android phone... then it might buy you some time.
[Android Software Development] dbiggss:
The Galaxy S is not without its problems, like gps(that samsung will fix by september). Plus windows mobile has gone a loooong way. I would go with the HD2 or wait for the G2 or Mytouch HD to drop. The galaxy has a screen that's a little better, but I really don't see what All the fuss is about, the screen on the HD2 is amazing. Plus wait till windows phone 7 drops, the devs are going to end up hacking it to work on the HD2 and you will be able to have your choice of flavors.

Or you can get the galaxy and enjoy android 2.1

Ill tell you what I tell my coworkers, if you are looking for an open box vanilla solution go with the galaxy, go with the hd2 if you are serious about getting your hands dirty pushing the capability of your phone to the limits while enjoying every minute of it.

Tmo US HD2

EnergyRomz -Shubcraft Froyo
[Android Software Development] TweetyPeety:
I would recommend the Galaxy because of a full working Android System. HD2 with Android is still good but not perfect and some things don't work.

Android has way more Apps and you can customize it better + WM6.5 is running out. The new WM7 Phones will be incompatible with WM6.5 Software and I think more and more programmers will switch to WM7.
[Android Software Development] TP-Power:
I completely agree with that! Well said ;)
[Android Software Development] 8525Smart:
As my signature indicates, I own the Samsung Captivate (which is the AT&T version of the Galaxy S). It's an amazing phone with a very good screen and, as always from Samsung, amazing specs.

The GPS does seem to be a bit of a problem as noted within the forums, but there are plenty of fixes available. Personally, I've never noticed any problems, but perhaps I'm an exception.

As a side note, though, the GPS on the Captivate worked far better than it did for me on my HTC Fuze.

But moving on, perhaps the bigger thing to note is that the Galaxy S will get an official update to Froyo in September. As it is, one can easily get the Galaxy S to great performance (thanks to the folks on this forum), but Froyo is supposedly 4-5x faster than 2.1, so I have high hopes for the next update.

If nothing else, I agree with what a prior user said. If what you're looking for is an Android OS, it makes a lot more sense to actually purchase an Android phone instead of getting a WinMo phone and trying to run a ported version of Android.
[Android Software Development] ady:
Short answer: Galaxy S.

LCD, no matter how good, is no way close to being as good as a SAMOLED. And the better performing processor + gfx chip, polished touchwiz interface and samsung apps definitely make it a way sweeter deal.

Also, the GPS problem is close to non existent in the newer hardware. Myself, I never encountered it. The build is satisfactory, not as good as droid but definitely as good as any HTC device, HD2 included.

Not to mention that the touch display sensitivity is close to being as good as droid/milestone. On most of HTC devices, you have to press much harder to register your input.
[Android Software Development] Bec07:
I would never recommend HTC and Motorolla when it comes to build quality and support.

I know many may disagree but I had my share of bad experiences with both.

Moto was obviously a disaster, but I'm not ashamed to criticize HTC any day.
[Android Software Development] ker0ltjuh:
samsung support is aweful -.-' i own a samsung galaxy spica i5700 and samsung fcked it up thank god for good devs that developed multitouch and better 3d driver.

BTW go for galaxy s (captivate or something) and w8 for android 2.2 and some custom roms + tweaks to make it super aawesome. HD2 is ****
[Android Software Development] nicefellow:
this thread will not give you an exact solution to your question, but, you may benefit from what everyone's experience is.

I would say if you are settled that you want flwless android then go with galaxy S I9000 since it is an excellent phone.

The HD2 is also an excellent phone and the win mo running on it is very good, i did not have any problems with the performance or touch response and i like the HD2 because it gives me an option to a lot of mods for win mo and now i have android 2.2 installed from few days and working very nice.

Finally the descision is yours, and both devices are really good, eventhoug the screen on the galaxy is superiour to the hd2 screen also galaxy S can capture a HD video, but i believe as a camers, the hd2 is better.

hope i was usefull and if you require something in specific, dont hesitate to ask.

Good luck
[Android Software Development] player911:
I used to be a chef of Windows Mobile roms a few months ago before my Nexus. I cooked for several phones ending with the Diamond 2. I've known Da_G before he got into HTC phones. I'm pretty sure that Windows 7 is incompatible with existing phones. The entire file structure is different and the drivers are different.

I'm not saying the guys here at XDA aren't amazing and things may have changed in a month or so... but IF it can be ported over at all I doubt it will be soon nor perfect.

I believe HTC is building an HD3 that is suited for Windows Phone 7.
[Android Software Development] judhi:
two cents from HD2 owner

I never tried Samsung Galaxy S, so this is just my experience with HD2.

Installed both cooked WinMo (just for booting) and Android which run 99% of the time.

For the past 3 months I've been trying almost all sorts of Android built.

It's kind of love and hate experience.

You need to spend time upgrading, patching, backing up, restoring.

On the other hand you can enjoy quality apps, widgets and easy integration with social networks at zero cost.

Also, I can't deny the good feeling when someone ask "wow.. what phone is that?" :)
[Android Software Development] Nelisje:
I would say the HD2. The flexibility is awesome. You can use WinMo or Android. You can use the sense interface. Sense looks great, the galaxy S looks like a wannabe iPhone.

I tried some builds on the HD2. And the most recent MattC build gives me everything i need. GPS works, Bluetooth carkit works and the normal phone stuff works. I like the HD2 a lot.
[Android Software Development] johcos:
Hi I'm proud owner of both phones.

My opinion is that if you want to by an android phone buy the galaxy s don't take the hd2 and try to make it something that it's not.

Comparing the two phones:

hd2 disadvantages:

1. it has winmo 6,5 which is no longer supported,

2. it has a much less vivid display.

Hd2 advantages:

1. build in flash,

2. screen is bigger,

3. the phone although it has a snapdragon processor it's much snappier than galaxy s (I use JPC firmware with lag fix)

4. The build quality of the phone is much better.

Galaxy S on the other hand:

Advantages:

1. Android.

2. Screen is very bright and no pictures displaying the phone can capture the brightness and how much vivid the colors are.

3. It has tv out. (haven't tested it though)

4. Lighter.

Disadvantages:

1. Poor build quality. (it's all made out of plastic)

2. The camera although it can capture 720p video, it has very poor quality in pics.

3. Touchwiz is crap compared to sense.

Overall if hd2 had android I would prefer that one but only if it had android build in. I have tried many android versions on hd2 but none is compared to the real thing.

Hope I helped, if you have any questions don't hesitate to pm me.
[Android Software Development] daheufster:
I second this. oke winmo isn't the best OS , but with sense and using custom rom OzRom 5.0 and running android mattc Leo + Froyo w/Sense 1.7][Kernel: mattc 2.6.32.9 #4 without any major problems, it's a great machine.

look at the HD2 section.. it's already heavy with different sections and if winmo 7 is fix for the hd2 an other section will be there (would be nice) but not a big deal for me. this is no option for the galaxy..

tested andriod now for two days, never had it on before, because i didnt feel the need for it, but i have no problems with this combination. :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Accessories] oopeteroo:
i need to do a replacement housing on my white hero.... want to change it to pink.... is it hard to do ? all i need is like changing front cover.... how to do ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Accessories] Menelaoxda:
It's not so hard to do, but you need to remove the touch windows from the front cover. the glass is glued and you have to heat it to soften the glue.

you can find many video on youtube

Where have you find the housing?
[Hero, G2 Touch Accessories] oopeteroo:
iam planing to buy this one, the only one in pink... http://cgi.ebay.com/OEM-HTC-HERO-G3...KEYPAD-TOOLS-/120580614060?pt=PDA_Accessories

anyone know how the quality is ? compare to the orginal ? i really want the pink one badly xD but when the touch windows is out how do u set it back on the new housing ? do i need glue ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Accessories] Menelaoxda:
The housing in the link is OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer), i think the quality it's the same of the original one.

If you see the picture, all the black part in the front pannel, is the glue.
[Hero, G2 Touch Accessories] oopeteroo:
so i dont need to glue it ? =/
[Hero, G2 Touch Accessories] oopeteroo:
so do i need to buy glue ? XD or does the housing include ?XD how big chance will i break the touchscreen ? is it safe to use the oven or hairdryer ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Accessories] ibnabatoot:
its not glue exactly. its a double sided sticky tape which is already attached to the housing.

when you remove the glass front from your old housing, you reattach it to the new one using the tape that is already applied.

so no, you dont buy glue. id think if you did try to glue it yourself, youd royally mess it up

i wouldnt put it in an oven myself. hairdryer it for a few mins, gently pushing the glass out until it loosens up enough.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hetman6:
I just flashed CM6RC3. A few days ago my sd card received errors so I ended up formatting it. While doing this I stumbled upon the SD partition options in rom manager and ra.

So I set them 32mb swap, 512mb ext3, rest fat32 (16gb card).

When I install apps and use App2SD I don't see much of a benefit since the apps are just moved to the fat32 partition. And not all apps support being moved.

Am I correct in these assumptions? Or am I missing something?

Exactly what and how does the ext3 partition do for my android?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
You can use alternative Apps2SD and move all your apps to the ext3 partition.

In that case, your widgets can also be moved, and your apps won't be terminated when you mount your phone as USB drive.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hetman6:
should i be using ext3 or 4?

do i need swap at all? i've search and found contradicting posts :(
[Hero, G2 Touch General] YDardeer:
Contacts: I loved the sense contacts (People) app. I liked that I can assign a facebook account for each contact. I used it for getting my contacts' facebook profile pic as their display pic. worked fairly simple and if a user updates his profile facebook pic, his/her contact pic is also changed. I didn't use the other functions of Sense's facebook integration though. The status updates was poorly implemented and displays "this person has updated their facebook profile" for whatever that friend does on facebook.

Now with vanilla , the sync with all contacts that the official facebook app offers doesn't work as I want, cause:

- I have some facebook friends that I don't want them as contacts in my phone. facebook will always sync the contact if he/she has a phone number in their profile. Which, for some friends, I don't want.

- If the same person has different names in facebook and in my contacts list, I won't get his picture.

So, is their a way to fix this sync issue?

Or, can I get the sense Dailer/People app in vanilla?

Or, Is there a good alternative in the market?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] wacas:
:o have downloaded jg4 from samsung firmware and the files are password protected how do you find the passwords for them
[Galaxy S I9000 General] distortedloop:
Dude, you mean samsung-firmwares.com?

Did you even look at the download page? :)

Hint: it's right next to link to download, where it says PASS:. It's the same for all of them. Check the image below.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] wacas:
that makes it easier thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] snapper.fishes:
Had the same problem I downloaded for the first time :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Snuble:
In my browser samsung-firmwares.com says they've closed down after an email from Samsung. Not really surprised if it wasn't official.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DaanJordaan:
RTFM

10char
[EVO 4G General] nenn:
I bought my phone with the intent to move across the country and be a bit homeless for awhile. Without steady internet or steady place of residence; although I did have a few places to stay. This phone would have been my main source of internet to apply for jobs, download tv shows and general internet use.

Im CURRENTLY (and thankfully) in a situation where I still have a steady source of internet (outside of my phone) and it doesnt look like I'll be making that trip of mine until January at the earliest so getting this phone although awesome and is great, isnt pulling the weight i expected it to.

The most internet usage i get out of it is streaming pandora as well as day to day emails, probably in the range of 100+ and chatting (meebo) when im not at a pc.

I tether when im not home with my laptop but since working a 9-5 i dont really have that luxuary of no place to be all day.

TL;DR - How are you getting the most out of your data plan?!
[EVO 4G General] ravenboilinux:
I am using my phone to sync my emails together. Tatering my laptop with wifi is not present. download music movies. Use maps(since I travel alot) apps that use internet(the parking app saved my live a few times) I love my phone. and otterbox need to speed things up. I am rough on phones
[EVO 4G General] SilverZero:
I'm taking mine to Cancun and making good on that unlimited data plan to not rack up crazy data charges! Wait....
[EVO 4G General] fachadick:
lol

Sent from my blah blah blah blah
[EVO 4G General] IceCreaMan:
synching emails with Touchdown, google maps, checking out BGR a few times day and listen to pandora. occassionaly i will load up friendstream and get updates. every now and then i will upload a picture to facebook. I really don't abuse the data usuage as internet on the evo is not as fast as the internet pipe i have at work (dual DS3 *45mb) or at home using comcast 12mb service. I don't have great signal for 4g at home so it wouldn't help anyway and i also turn on wifi when i get home as well. I ride a motorcycle to work and don't lug a laptop around but on my commute i only have 4g during 25% of it, so the no voice and data really bugs me sometimes.
[EVO 4G General] Borg1982:
I'm just surfing a lot, using FB/twitter.
[EVO 4G General] colorado_al:
4G Android Wifi Tether. Bye bye cable internet! And no $30/month wifi thether plan needed (Thanks Toast! and Thanks Android WiFi Tether!). Thanks Sprint and Clearwire!
[EVO 4G General] ntron1:
Slingbox in the car, at work, and at home in my workshop. It is unlimited right......lol. Between Slinbox, LogMeIn, Email etc. I could go without a PC or TV for Days on end.
[EVO 4G General] Sporkman:
Roflmao! !!!

Me im surfing streaming email facebook twitter etcetc
[EVO 4G General] rutter9:
I use it for streaming and email. The occasional ebay purchase. Wireless tethering works great when I meet with clients at restaurants and such for their design work.
[EVO 4G General] nenn:
LogMeIn is great, all you REALLY need is a linux box where you have root/ssh/rtorrent and some sort of streaming software (CLI VLC would work) and you dont need a pc :)

good times.
[EVO 4G General] drewtorrespr:
Data by the tons

Been Loving my Evo. Its one of the greatest inventions. I Been running data out the ass on this phone. Use and abuse it to the end. If i'm paying 10.00 extra for truely unlimited data, im sure as hell gonna get it used. Highest data run I've made was 12Gb(Youtube, Tethering to comp, Surfing the internet, Connecting ppls ipods and ipads, and porn)...What was I charged? Same as always. Since i updated to froyo(biggest mistake of my ****ing life), now its curb the usage down below 10Gb.

To all the developers good luck on rooting the OTA 2.2. Its become the common rooters worst enemy, but Sprints ****ing Hoorah and Booyah! When we get root, Im gonna run data to 20Gb and break my own record, just to keep sprints head spinning.
[EVO 4G General] topdawgn8:
I mainly use it to download roms, lol. Go figure. Currently, I have over 14GBs of files for school. WinServ '08 (x2), WinServ Dev, VmWare, Visual Studio 2010, SQLServer '08...yay for unlimied data!
[Captivate Accessories] captivatedroid:
Just got the Amzer jelly case in black. Very nice. Textured edges, raised corners. The middle of the back is thicker than i like but that is an easy mod. Overall very pleased. About $10 and fulfilled by amazon.
[Captivate Accessories] mack:
hey can you post pictures?

thanks
[Captivate Accessories] Sirfearoth:
i've got a gray one on the way bought off ebay will post some once it gets here
[Captivate Accessories] khoavuong:
I think I have the same. You said mod? How would you do that without making it look butchered?
[HD Mini General] nek46:
hi, is any way to make the sortcuts from 9 to 16? thanks
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bradm23:
I unzipped the 2.1 rom, I'm wondering what folder I can find my wallpapers in? Also what's the best place to find wallpapers online or in an app?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jtcarnes:
In the original build, the HTC static wallpapers are in customize/resource. The live wallpapers, etc, are in the app folder, contained in various .apk files.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bradm23:
Thanks, you seem to be the one to answer all my questions
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] toonarmy85:
I heard myplayer has been discontinued from the market has any1 got the apk they could share with me plz
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] SXUsr:
myPlayer ;)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] toonarmy85:
Cant get it m8 keeps linking me to the market where its not available
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] vrthe1:
megaupload.com/?d=056BUITN

here my friend
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] superleeds27:
Thats YXPlayer not Myplayer
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] toonarmy85:
Someone must have it or are able to point me in right direction the thing i dnt get is i know two other people with android 1.6 phones yet they have it available to download in the market but its not available on mine
[Captivate Accessories] captivatedroid:
fyi

I have been able to purchase cheap micro Usb cables made for the blackberry storm or bold on ebay. Some of the car chargers and cables are a little fat to fit the curve of the captivate but you just have to shave an angle down the back of the connector with a utility knife.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vantskruv:
Hello! I've searched all over the internet about this but haven't found any usable information about this. I was thinking about storing music files etc on the ext partition on my SD-card. I've a 8GB sdcard with a 64MB swap, 1024MB FAT32 and rest of the space goes to an ext2 partition. The problem is, how do I acess the ext2 partition in the phone? I know it is placed in /system/sd. But it seems it is only the super-user who has access to this folder. Is it possible to symlink the folder to another place and make it accessible for the user?

Every info I find is about storing apps on the ext-partition, which works. But having 6GB space for apps feels very overkill. FAT32 seems to be quite limited to speed when copying files, and also it have size limit of files.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erasmux:
The easiest and most recommend way to solve your problems is to repartion your card to:

0M swap (no use for swap on hero)

512M ext2 (see below)

rest as FAT (over 7G for your music)

If you plan on having every single one of the apps on the market you can give the ext2 partition 1024MB, no need to give it any more. There are numerous problems that can arise from having larger ext2 partitions, just of the top of my mind if you do have more data on the ext2 partition larger than your FAT free space you can't do a nandroid backup, you'll end up storing too much stuff on the ext partition which is usually wiped on ROM update and replacement, and it is much harder to access these files, as opposed to the FAT partition which is can be mounted as a USB drive to your PC.

Finally note I said ext2, and not ext3/ext4 because Ext3/4 are journaling file systems which are NOT suited for flash devices. They also have much more CPU overhead then ext2. Finally not all ROMs/kernels support ext3/ext4 and for a good reason!

BTW, please post questions in the either the Q&A or general sections. This is the DEVELOPMENT fourm.

Good luck.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vantskruv:
Thanks for your reply, and sorry for posting in the wrong forum, which is quite obvious when I see it now! :o
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxomus:
+1, Yeppers, wow a 6gb ext... That is some serious overkill,why?

Sent from my phone.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vantskruv:
I was thinking to use the ext partition as a storage of music etc instead of the fat32 partition. The ext-partition is faster to copy files on, especially if you get a 32gb card and maybe you want to transfer big files. If I remember it right FAT32 table doesn't allow file-sizes more the 4GB, and it is also slower to copy to or from.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] btdag:
Any linux operating system should be able to read the ext partition on your sd card, or a program such as gparted is another thing to look into. Remember you can boot to linux without installing the operating system (boot from CD). Ubuntu or Knoppix is a good one to check out if you're new to it all.