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[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technillion:
Since I knew everyone would think I lost my mind, I verified this for weeks before posting it...so here it goes!

When I charge the device at work (with the power on), it sits on my desk about 16 inches under my overhead cabinet that has fluorescent lights underneath. The lights somehow triggers screen actions on my HD2! It's the strangest thing I've ever seen! After about 30 seconds, the device looks like a ghost is randomly tapping the screen, randomly starting programs! :eek:

This NEVER EVER happens in any other condition--outside under sunlight or while the device is on any other surface where the fluorescent light is higher up, like on the ceiling. I have no problems with using the device otherwise.

It's just strange and I'm wondering if anyone else has ever seen this... :confused:
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsamuel:
hmm interesting.

Might there be power running up inside the wall near the phone too? PC and monitior around it?

could be patches of field building up just enough to fool the capacitive screen, or maybe exciting the grease on teh screen or some such.

Course there has been a lot of talk about ghost taps, is it really only ever happening there?

Could be you need to change the starter plug in the fluorescent, if its a standard strip, they can hold quite a charge, and if its on its way out it could be losing charge to the air.

Especially when you look at how many electrical items we have on/near our desks, easy to build up a standing charge.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Batbriel:
I tried to search on the forums for this but kinda didnt find anything. Is about the TWLauncher From the samsung galaxy, is this has been ported to eris allready i think I had it before on one of the early versions of Cyanogentazz ROM. is this app out or something? Thanks :)
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrackMonkey91:
If you really want it you can get it here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=724694

BUT the samsung widgets are not there because its only the the touch wiz

and they have this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=710951 BUT it dose not work on Eris if you can port it maybe i will but i gave up on this a long time ago and just us ADW :D
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Batbriel:
ohh Ok !! Thank u Very Mucho !!! for ur Help !! :D
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
Saw this , :D probaly old new but i thought apple were lying when they said when you hold a phone a certian way it will loose signal :D tried this out on my hero and it dropped to 0 bars although it did take 2 hands covering most of the phone :p; :D

http://www.techi.com/2010/07/apple-posts-motorola-droid-x-death-grip-video/
[Off-topic] wdfowty:
Sad to admit, I notice the same with my nexus. Not as pronounced as the iPhone, but it happens.
[Off-topic] jaszek:
With my nexus I have to put it in a nuclear bunker for it to lose signal. lol.

j/k but I do sometimes lose signal and have no bars in some basements. My friend with at Droid has bars in a basement where there is no sign of life while mine doesnt. FUUUU AT&T
[Off-topic] xaccers:
While it takes a deathgrip for most phones to lose signal, the thing about the iphone 4 is that it can happen with a carefully placed fingertip.

Something Apple didn't want to go into when asked after trying to suggest the iphone problem was no different to other phones.
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
Haha yep :D
[Off-topic] captainstu72:
I noticed this with my Hero too, it is easiest done when holding the phone in a U shape with my fingers up the side and covering the back. But like xaccers said, the iphone only needs a finger!

I have noticed this on all of my phone I had had to be honest, with possibly the exception of the Omnia HD, but that ran Symbian, so I doubt the signal bars even worked :P

(Oh and this is mainly a pointless post, to make it 400!)
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
Haha congrats on the post :p :D well then this is a meaningless post to make 717 :p :D :D :p
[Off-topic] lonelykatana:
congrats! Pointless post by me to make it 313

On another note:

Of course covering the antenna up will make you lose signal lol.

But I thought apples problem was some sort of short between two parts of the antenna! Hence the reason it can be done with a single finger

I have to hold my HD2 with both hands in the bottom corner to lose even 1 bar
[Off-topic] Zd0s:
can't loose signal with my touch hd :cool:
[Off-topic] flyboyovyick:
My lg goes up two bars when i hold it with two hands!
[Off-topic] xaccers:
Dare you to walk into your nearest Apple store and do it at them :D

You know that, we know that, heck the whole world knows that, but at the press conference Apple would not discuss that, preferring instead to suggest it was due to normal signal loss like other phones suffer from (if you give them a death grip).
[Off-topic] captainstu72:
Strangley enough, I can not find any way to hold my old HTC Touch Elf with the death grip to kill signal! Yet another reason to keep that phone as a backup!

And yes, Apple is due to a really bad design which only needs a finger - and it is something they were aware of way before release iirc.
[Off-topic] nrfitchett4:
that's because the plate in your head boosts the antenna's signal!!!:D
[Off-topic] b0dge:
Yeah, apple's problem is crappy design (something you'll never ever get them to admit) as opposed to the negligible problem with EVERY RF transmitter/reciever that covering the aerial will attenuate signal.

What they're illustrating is totally different from their ill thought out antenna design.

Apple should really be made to recall all affected handsets...
[Off-topic] lamborg:
is it for every smarphone as steve said? I don't think so...
[Off-topic] captainstu72:
Not every, but I would say that pretty much most have some symptom of this though, but no where near as extreme as what is being seen on the iPhone 4
[Off-topic] MacaronyMax:
Went to vodafone yesterday and tried out the iphone4 and it realy is sensetive touch the bottom left and almost all bars go LoL :p :D :D
[Off-topic] johndub71:
Youd think engineers would design the grip like holding john thomas so it didnt break lol
[General Topics] LEGEND94:
I tried to post in the Mytouch area but it tells me I'm not allowed till a Mod validates me!
[General Topics] LEGEND94:
Hi All!

I have a MyTouch 3G and I rooted it via Universal 1-Click Root App and then loaded CyanogenMod 6 and all went well but now I can't enter recovery either using Rom Manager or Holding the [Home] & [End] buttons.

I think the sluggish problem I had started after I got CyanogenMod 6 loaded and then restored a backup of all my apps/data from Android 1.6.

So I want to start fresh since I know now not to restore the backup of apps/data from before the when it was Android 1.6.

When I go to Settings >> About Phone >>

Model# HTC Magic

Android Version 2.2

Baseband Version 62.50SC.20.17H_2.22.23.02

Kernel Version 2.6.34.5-CyanogenMod shade@toxygene #2

Mod Version CyanogenMod-6.0.0-DS

Build# FRF91

It used to be:

Model# MyTouch 3G

Android OS, v1.6 GPS,

Build# DMD64
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bazinga:
When I open up the games it just loads and no virtual pad comes up. So I can't play the game. I tried installing different skins but nothing. Even the default morphgear skin wont load.

I am using gba roms not snes ones if that helps.

thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bazinga:
*bump* bump
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PMad:
Hello! So i'm new to the whole android scene, ive been using iPhones for 2 years, and windows mobile for years before that.

Currently on my phone, i have the gmail app for my gmail, some other email app that came with the captivate for my exchange syncing, and im using K-9 mail for my MSN email accounts (there's 3).

Everything works very well EXCEPT for the hotmail accounts. I would prefer to have all of my email accounts in 1 email app where i can open it up, pick the account and choose the folder i want to view (inbox, junk, trash, sent items, etc..)

Im having a tough time finding one... I'm ok with using 2 or 3 but 1 would of course be ideal. The biggest issue im having is the syncing. Ive tried every setting possible and my K-9 mail will not auto sync with the msn/hotmail servers. The only way to get my mail is to get into K-9 mail and tell it to sync, then after several minutes i'll have everything synced and see my new emails.

Is there an app that can combine all these, or just the hotmail accounts that will sync every hour or so automatically that anybody knows of?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcnaquin:
Why not auto-forward your hotmail to your gmail. Or POP your hotmail from your gmail? You can set up a filter to label them as hotmail messages, or even use the multiple inbox lab.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AsSiMiLaTeD_77:
There is no good all in one email app
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foxbat121:
MSN/Hotmail now supports full exchange sync with email, contacts and calendar. MS claims there is known issue with Android 2.1. In my case, I found the contacts sync doesn't work for me. MS advise you to use Android apps like TouchDown etc to do the sync instead.

The exchange server address is m.hotmail.com and use your email address and password to login.

So, you can use the default email app to add exchange sync for your MSN/hotmail account. The downside is that email app limits you to max two Exchange accounts.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chillmeow:
Hi,

I updated to Froyo, and HTC added Chinese input which I appreciate, but it still lacks the handwriting recognition. I know there's an apk for HTC_CIME, but I am not sure if that works on 2.2.

Does anyone know about how to get HTC's Traditional Chinese Handwriting Recognition (HTC_CIME) on 2.2?

Thank you!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martparve:
Tried to flash it to Pinky, but the device never managed to boot up, just stays on the white logoscreen. Waited as long as 15 minutes.

Wiped everything, installed the ROM several times, no success.

Searched on the forums, didn't find anything useful.

Now what? :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AdamLC:
Have you tried another ROM or downloading it again to make sure its not corrupt?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martparve:
Yes, I tried Leedroid and djdroid. The Leedroid image I'm using is the very same that previously worked, so the image should be ok.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phil750123:
I had this,

it was my sd card.

I brought a new 8gb one, which worked on nextsense rom but no other roms at all,

i replaced it with my 4gb one i got with and its been fine since.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martparve:
Yeah, indeed. I was using a 16GB class 2 card, and when I switched back to the stock 4GB one, I got it booted up again.

Was your 8GB card partitioned with an EXT? Or was it just plain FAT32?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ieatcannibals:
Hello.ive got mini pro like 2 months and got this problem from the first time.everytime when i finish my call - i want to hang up - my screen doesnt turn on.like the sensor doesnt work. But when im calling and its only ringing and i want to hang up , it works .any ideas to fix it ? I really hate it cause i tell bye but im still calling .do you think its only my phone's problem? Thanx! :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ieatcannibals:
Could you help me, please ?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] LeeRiley:
I kinda had the same problem with my phone, until, I realised that, when removing the phone from the side of your face, the sensors should pick the movement up and turn on the screen, giving you full use of the buttons. The whole way the calling function works, isn't exactly perfect and something I personally think that SE half hearted.

Like it or lump it I guess?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ieatcannibals:
Uhm :) Im not that good in english but i hope i understood it right.So the only thing i should do is trying to move the phone from my face from many sides ? Or what? Dont you think that i should go to shop and ask them for that? Sometimes the sensor is not thaaaaat slow, but when it does , im sooooo nervous ... :) what do you think? Thank you for answer!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] thebazman:
ive posted this in jpc bug thread but no one has replied and if in the wrong place please move.

ive got a galaxy s from tmobile and is unlocked ive put in a giffgaff simcard and everythings good

i then flashed jpc thru kies and like a few poeple lost the product code and ime.

i flashed back to official jm1 and then after about 2 days my phone wont send or accept texts and i cant call out or receive.

i thought because the ime was corrupt my phone was blacklisted as i tried with different sims but it said "not regestered to network. so i decided i was going to brassneck it and phone tmobile and say after i upgraded to official jm1 it fooked my phone.

but met a friend today with a tmobile simcard and asked if i could use it just to check before i phoned tmobile and guess what it worked no problem.

the giffgaff simcard works on my kaiser winmo phone

the phone doesnt ask for an unlock code when i put my giffgaff simcard in and i can use market and internet no problem

if it doesnt ask for an unlock code how can i get my giffgaff simcard to text and call as i dont want a tmobile one

regards
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] lgkahn:
that is becuase you cannot goto jpc and then back as you loose your imei.. unless you backed up your efs directory your are now hosed.. unfort. you should have done some more reading before the flashing..
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] thebazman:
with all due respect i know the pitfalls of flashing and i was one of the first to flash it so all the pros and cons of jpc wernt there.

im asking about the texts and calls and the simcards

i wasnt asking about ime

so read what i wrote then if you can help then do so,

if not dont give me a lecture about it

regards
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] lgkahn:
i am answering what you wrote about.. the reason you phone is acting funky and locked in my opinion is that the network is not accepting your screwy imei and that is why texts and calls are not working..

or possibly more than one person on your network has the same imei which would also cause problems.
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] thebazman:
please read again

its working with tmobile simcard but only data with my giffgaff simcard

i know about the ime problem thats why i never asked about the ime so instead of telling me to read more i think you should practice what you preach

once again

i am asking why its not asking for an unlock code when i put another simcard in apart from tmobile simcard

regards
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] lgkahn:
maybe because of the obvious that another person is on that net with the same imei , but not on the tmobile net or tmobile doesnt respond in the same way.

or somehow it got relocked to t-mobile.

maybe try a 3rd sim to isolate the issue?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] thebazman:
yes only tmobile sim works but as i said when i put my giffgaff sim in i cant send texts or call but can use internet

ive tried an orange sim no dice it acts the same as the giffgaff

so for some strange reason the other sims are half locked as it doesnt ask for code

serves me right for downloading jpc then downgrading before most people had tried it

regards
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] lgkahn:
sounds like it still may be locked or half locked have you tried the unlock methods used on the captivate or your phone to see if you get any results.

the internet wifi would still work while locked i think? so that is no suprise...

(you could always change to tmobile ;)

i have never unlocked but if it doesnt ask for code i assume you cannot try the lock methods above.. is there a way to force it to the unlock menu?

luckily if this ever happens to me i have a copy of the efs directory on my computer (I read about someone loosing their imei even b4 the latest froyo update.. dont remember why but i quickly made a backup)

also you could do like someone else said in a forum flash back to stock.. then reflash and unplug in the middle to purposely try and brick it (but i think even in that case bootloader still works) but feign ignorance about flashing and just bring in to t-mobile store and say it is not working.. hopefully they will reflash with everything and fix imei as well.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Wouty:
Hey,

I have bought an HTC Hero, which I have updated to Android 2.1

I thought it would be easier to get the custom Recovery... it seemed like a good idea then... :o

Now it seems that it is much, much harder to get the custom recovery for 2.1 :eek:

I heard all different strories about 'Goldcard', 'MS CMD', etc.

I really, really don't get it... can someone please clear it up for me a bit?

I realy want to get this recovery but I don't know how anymore...

Thanks in advance!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] thinhletien:
actually, i have a same problem with you.

I hack root, spl, and do everything to up my G2 to android 1.6 JacxHeroski v1.6r2

but later then, i hard reset my phone, so i clear my recovery in my phone, and set up a new recovery. But when i did it, always have error:" sending recovery fail...." something like this.

Now i cant install new recovery to my phone.

Some1 plz help me solve this problem.

Thanks cheer
[HD Mini General] myhdmini:
Hi All,

Can any one please suggest how to warp text within pdf`s using the stock adobe reader on the HD mini.

if the different app is needed please suggest the same too.

Thx
[HD Mini General] sunnyhj:
Use BsB tweaks....In it there is an option 'Adobe reflow'...enable it...with that an option is added in adobe's view.. "Reflow".. it warps the text very nicely..i'm using it too.:p
[HD Mini General] myhdmini:
Solved.

Man this is gooood..... now all my PDF`s can work well.... thx a ton.
[HD Mini General] kabali1:
just want to say thanks! i'll finally get to use adobe reader; irritated the heck out of me when i have to convert pdf's to other formats. :D
[Android Apps and Games] Acidictadpole:
So i recently rooted my N1 with the 1click root. Worked really well and it seemed to work for most respects.

I had Orbot a while ago but couldn't really use it to the full extent without root, so I grabbed it again and started playing. I set it to transparent proxy all apps, and the new version has the check feature which sends you off to the tor check website (check.torproject.org i think) and it tells you whether you're using Tor or not.

Well I always get a "Sorry. You are not using Tor." I've tried restarting, reinstalling Orbot and I don't know what else to try.

Has anyone else had this experience? If so, could you share how you fixed it?
[Android Apps and Games] geekabetic:
had the same thing

I'm on an Evo - was OTA 2.2 - used Unrevoked to root and wanted to use Orbot- no love... a lot of searching later, found this little gem:

Open: Voice Dialer

(no, the above is NOT a typo)

Say: Proxy

You will get a prompt Voice Dialer title with the option "Open Proxy Settings"

Open them and put in your loopback address (127.0.0.1) on the first line and the HTTP proxy port on the second (8118 by default) and you are all set for http proxy - now if someone can just tell me how to get the SOCKS proxy working...

Hope this helps a bit!

Cheers!

Aron
[General Topics] saurabh88:
No bull****.

Just two option and don't like notice or Samsung.

My only love is HTC..

Just give me enough reason for each one so I can live very well..

I have heard so much about desire but still want to hear from users..

I m from India so plz no suggestions for ego desire be or something suit..
[General Topics] orb3000:
Leo all the way!

you can have both Android and WM on it and specs are same or even better than "newer" devices:cool:
[General Topics] saurabh88:
Hey does desire have light senser?
[General Topics] saurabh88:
Heard that android cannot.download other formatlike.cab file or etc
[General Topics] captainstu72:
I'd go for the Leo, dual boot is a big plus, and I am not sure on the styling of the Desire after having played with both. Although the Leo is too big :s

Android can't use cab files - they are windows installers. Android version is .apk. They can still download them though.
[General Topics] saurabh88:
i know already but my real worry is that wether android s capable of playing avi,flv and able to download them/?
[General Topics] captainstu72:
My hero can definately play avis, I haven't tried to use flvs, and I am not sure on those.
[General Topics] saurabh88:
Final quest.. I have seen that i phone beats desire in gaming and how is the battery life on desire.@ what are the games available for desire
[General Topics] whynot66:
If you want an Android phone wait for the desirehd think its out in some countries,

But if I had to choose between hd2 and the dedire is go for hd2 because if dual boot and large screen
[General Topics] whynot66:
As for the iPhone well................. not git much to say really
[Galaxy S I9000 General] digitalhater:
I'm about to buy a Samsung Galaxy S Phone and I want to know the following:

- how easy is it to root it (I'm very new to this, currently on HD2 and I've been running Android from it)

- how is the phone behaving?

- how easy is it to customize it?

- will the PS3 jailbreak work on it?

- how's the battery life?

- how are the picture/video quality?

- how's screen sensitivity/typing messages/emails on it?

Please be very honest on your answers, I'd hate to buy it and sell it two days after that because I won't like it.

Thank you very much for taking the time to reply.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
1) use the search!

2) go back to 1

3) go back to 2

...

you get the point?

anyways, to sastify your lazyness to search

- too easy, just download the app

- perfect! according to my standards, others might say otherwise

- as easy as any other android phones

- no such thing as jail break, this is not an iphone, not applicable

- ok, depending on your usage, personally i need like 2 battery packs to last 24hr due my heavy usage

- excellent as a media center

- super sensible, some times you can just pass the finger on top, and it will trigger the action

so wont like the SGS, it's too good for you get an iphone4 instead then come back to the SGS :p
[Galaxy S I9000 General] digitalhater:
Thanks for your reply. I didn't wanted to search as people could just reply here with their experience based on my questions.

- about the jailbreak, if you haven't heard it yet, the Playstation 3 has been jailbreaked and you can achieve this with Android phones as well...HTC HD2 port included. I wanted to know if there's something going on for SGS as well.

Thanks again.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
it is not called jailbreak

the proper name in Android, it's called ROOT as in Linux root su

don't use jailbreak as that is only applicable to iphones
[Galaxy S I9000 General] digitalhater:
Why don't you really read what I'm posting man...I refer to Playstation 3 jailbreak using an Android smartphone...

I know that for Android is ROOT and jailbreak is for iPhone but it's also for Playstation 3.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
AFAIK there hasn't been any released packages for the SGS to unlock the PS3, specially because the SGS is not very friendly when it comes to acting as a Mass Storage device, which is part of the requirement to do the PS3 unlocking
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DrBarrell:
Why the hostility dude? He's just asking some basic questions, yes they can be answered if he spent his evening trawling through hundreds of threads but even then he'd only get a fragmented idea of the current situation of the device. Wasn't the PS3 jailbreak patched anyway? ;p
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
it's not hostility it's in the sticky

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=777604

if i was being hostile, why would i even have bothered to answer at all, don't you think?;)