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[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmafighter077:
I think I read somewhere here on xda someone else had the tp3 prototype. Unfortunately they were out of luck because of the specs and the limited number available there is absolutely no support for that phone.I don't think there is even a hardspl for that phone? Have you been able to flash a custom winmo rom on it?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raudi1:
I think there were others with the same problem as you. They said the devs told them that there most likely wont be any support for them. You should try to trade it for a normal HD2. There are some people who want the pro.three

Maybe someone will trade...
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ZekeWolf:
Ask user xmoo.

He seems to know a lot about that particular proto.

Thread example:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=708637
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattfmartin:
Why wouldn't you just get the hd2 in the first place
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alan5354:
Yes.

am able to flash normal HTC HD2 ROm. I have tested many such as:

- ChuckyDroidROM

- Energy

- MINi ROm
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alan5354:
Is give by my company.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alan5354:
i get it from my company.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alan5354:
Thanks to xmoo.

After i flash the Radio, it show:

RAM Size : 448

Flash Memory Size : 512 MB

In order to run the startup.txt for android i need to do some changes:

But which to change:

Startup.txt

set ramaddr 0x11800000

set ramsize 0x1e400000

Basically, i need know what to put in there in order to address the RAM correctly.

Any one have idea on this?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmoo:
I don't think you have a real prototype. Cause the max rom on prototype is 340mb.

Android won't run on the PRO THREE cause of chipset diffrence. Best thing you could do is trade for a real HD2. I got a retail HD2 if you want to trade pm me.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] white-energy:
Don't give up.. don't listen to them.. you better give this phone to cotulla for some days and ask him to figure out something and thank him.. or just use IRC and participate with their discussions anyway.. I'm sure there's a way to fix this..

-What about the old Android builds since they use only 252mb of RAM.. maybe try asking marychima for an old kernel ;)

Good luck with your Pro 3.

EDIT: Quote from xmoo "Android did not boot? Before or after the HaReT patch? Cause one of my friends who still has a pro three (under HTC contract) can bootup Android using the patched HaReT" well.. i'm sure there's a way out to get it working.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alan5354:
Thank you. Old Android builds? Do you mean 2.1 or 2.0 android? and may i know were can i get it?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidthomson:
In the early days for HD2 android we only had 320Mb ram working

I would have thought one of those early startup.txt files would give you what you are after. Having said that if Pongster didn't advise this then maybe it's not that simple.

He knows a hello of a lot more than I do about HD2 Android
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alan5354:
hi you say : Quote from xmoo "Android did not boot? Before or after the HaReT patch? Cause one of my friends who still has a pro three (under HTC contract) can bootup Android using the patched HaReT" well.. i'm sure there's a way out to get it working.

Basically it didnt boot up after i click the HaRet.

If you know any possible way, please do let me know. Thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xmoo:
Wel cotulla himself said that it won't work on the pro three, and won't work ever.... there are couple of thread of people owning a pro three and all of them can't run android....
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ElBartoME:
Well the memory management is written in the kernel, not in the startup.txt. So without changing the kernel I highly doubt that it'll work...
[HD2 General] VisualOddity:
*Please Read Before Answering*

Here's the deal. I have been using the Energy Cookie ROM's for a while now, as well as booting to Android about half the time. As of last week (the day they hit stores), I use my iPod Touch for almost everything. I have had 7 previous to this one (none 4th gen), and the downfall has always been that you have to be near WiFi to do anything (basically). Well, I have solved that. When I am away from work or home, I just turn on WiFi tethering in Windows Mobile and put it in my pocket. Works great.

Here's the issue. I have noticed that w/ the Aug AND Sept. Energy Cookie ROM's the date is set to sometime in January 2011, the time is a few hours off, and it will not allow this to be changed. I have not seen a fix for this (tell me if I missed it), and I still use calendar/time/apps/etc on the HD2, so I have to have a ROM that keeps this info accurate. (BTW, I'm not knocking NRG's ROM's, I love them. This is just my current experience!)

So, the general jist is, what is a good ROM for what I need? One that has CHT, reliable WiFi tethering, and will keep the Date and Clock accurate?

Thanks!
[HD2 General] dy2k:
I recommend trying Kumar's Rom ^^
[HD2 General] Scabes24:
Just go into your settings tab and hit "get carrier time". should at least fix the time problem, and most likely the date.
[HD2 General] VisualOddity:
That did it. Had NO idea. Thanks a TON!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] cenedra:
Hi everyone,

Im using a rooted Magic, running a very old version of Amon-RA's recovery and cyanogen's rom (both around Jul 09, before Android 2.0 was out). My Magic was bought way back in May 09, and after Jul 09 I havent updated it at all, and kinda lost touch with the current versions of android OS...

If I wish to flash my rom to some newer roms currently in use now, do I need to install anything else, or change to a new recovery source? Or can i just use the old recovery which Im having in my phone right now and just flash to a new rom without any problems?

Any inputs and advise will be welcomed.

Thanks alot :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] ekoandrew:
well, you will need the following!!

most likely the new RA-Sapphire

Need new radio for some certain custom builds

and SPL may need to be upgraded.

Oh yea!! the phone make sure is Unlocked.
[Desire Android Development] l1nuxfre4k:
Hi all.

I thought i give you a little hint what you can do with your Desire.

Have you always wanted a bigger screen?

Now there is a way.

It's been known for a while but not many people done it on Desire what i've seen.

You do it by changing LCD Density.

The original is 240.

A good value is 200.

You cannot do this on the phone because we dont have full root :)

You can do it with 2 ways.

Either use ADB

Or just simple edit a ROM :)

I will add this feature soon to my kitchen so you all can do it easy.

If you want to do it in a ROM now this is how.

1. Unzip the rom

2. Go to the sytem folder and open build.prop in notepad.

3. Find lcd.density, the current value should be 240.

4. Change it to 200

5. zip the ROM

6 factory reset

7. flash the ROM

8 and you are now set to go with a bigger screen ^^ kind of :p

ADB method:

Thanks lennyuk

UPDATE:

It now works with the app from market!

also

DONT F****KING forget to turn off compatibility mode :=)
[Desire Android Development] b3ndik:
will this work with AMOLED?
[Desire Android Development] Lennyuk:
it works with any android device
[Desire Android Development] TxDLoaD:
How does it work :O

Kinda confused...

Maybe some pictures would help;)
[Desire Android Development] rafi300:
Hmmm .. So basically what will v c different ? Could someone explain a little more in detail with screens if possible.

Sent from LeeDroid powered by HTC Sense using XDA App!
[Desire Android Development] @ngel:
I guess it's like altering the "dpi" setting under WinMo...
[Desire Android Development] Lennyuk:
basically it makes your screen look a bit "zoomed out" i.e. smaller (so you get more on the screen.

Or alternative increase the number to make your phone more "zoomed in" i.e. everything is bigger, fit less on the screen.
[Desire Android Development] Scann69:
Sounds interesting....screenshots would be nice to compare the difference between 240 and 200 :)
[Desire Android Development] l1nuxfre4k:
i.imgur.com/DJ8gm.jpg

i.imgur.com/06Vt6.jpg

i.imgur.com/j62Ee.jpg

a few pictures.

might not show very well.

You fit a lot more on the screen.
[Desire Android Development] rafi300:
Hmmmm .. Not bad . Get around 2 lines extra visibility ... Its like increasing resolution of our phones . What would u recommend the real recommended resolution; 200 or the current 240, for our amoled Desire's ?

Sent from LeeDroid powered by HTC Sense using XDA App!
[Desire Android Development] l1nuxfre4k:
I would stay on 200.

But try less if u like:)

It gets bigger hehe
[Desire Android Development] nikosrs4:
there is an app in market called lcd density doing exactly this, but it doen's work on desire. so this is a nice trick :)
[Desire Android Development] l1nuxfre4k:
Yea that's why I did this:)
[Desire Android Development] updiliman:
what are the instructions for doing this via ADB
[Desire Android Development] Lennyuk:
yes it won't work on desire due to our current inability to write to /system
[Desire Android Development] LoQo_:
thanks for this curious trick

When you put the pin, leaving shifted to the left.
[Desire Android Development] mercianary:
I use 180.

Have had no problems with it. Works great with adw launcher.

Make sure you turn off compatibility mode in spare parts or you will encounter problems with some apps.
[Desire Android Development] l1nuxfre4k:
Hehe ok cool,

Good to know:)

ONE thing, we now have same the same resolution as iPhone 4 :D
[Desire Android Development] Lennyuk:
adb pull /system/build.prop

Edit the file save

adb push build.prop /system/build.prop
[Desire Android Development] l1nuxfre4k:
Added to first post:)
[Desire Android Development] updiliman:
nevermind.....
[Desire Android Development] yjlee168:
Hi yes, it's bigger now, but quite ugly on screen. Half of texts under icons are hidden.
[Desire Android Development] bradputt:
some apps are in a 'windowed' mode after this.

any way to make them stretch to the whole screen?
[Desire Android Development] mercianary:
Turn off compatibility mode in spare parts.
[Desire Android Development] GANJDROID:
This messes with my head. Feels like my phone has shrunk. :p

I know i'll wake up tomorrow and think i'm a giant or something..
[Desire Android Development] rafi300:
Yeah I know ... It duz shrink the phone look .. lol .

Does iphone4 lok like this too ?

Sent from LeeDroid powered by HTC Sense using XDA App!
[Desire Android Development] GANJDROID:
If it does, im damn glad im an android boy ;)

Seems to work well with customizable launchers, no Launcher2, TouchWiz etc. Anyone tried with Sense? Id quite like to see how funny it looks :D
[Desire Android Development] impolyt:
sucks with sense + widgets :D
[Desire Android Development] GANJDROID:
Screenshot please! :D
[Desire Android Development] klaas4:
This MOD + Sense = ug-ly.

Screens attached. I greyed out my location for privacy purposed, this is not caused by the mod. Duh. ;)
[Desire Android Development] GANJDROID:
BAHAHAHA, that's hideous. I like some aspects of the mod; status bar, easier to access long menus etc. But some things are just so bad. Reverted back to normal until I get bored.

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire Android Development] klaas4:
I think it would be possible to mod Sense and some of the other framework graphics to work with this. It would just take time and I doubt anyone would spend any time on it.
[Desire Android Development] talhamid:
See, let's face it: Sense is the best UI for noobs and even semi-pros. TW doesn't do enough, stock is great in itself but the small bells and whistles HTC adds in Sense (not necessarily the obvious visual ones) makes it THE mobile UI to have, bar none (if you know a better AND more functional UI please tell me). That's how HTC get away with their price premium!!

So this would be totally worth it if someone talented can fix Sense to work with this. I would have helped but I know zilch about custom ROMs etc. The 4x4 icon/widget limit on all Androids just drives me mad - what use, for instance, is EVO over a Desire if you can't see more on the screen?

P.S. Fede makes an option to fit more rows and columns in his wonderful LauncherPro Plus, but sadly it looks ugly as well.
[Desire Android Development] nikosrs4:
well, this is how SE X10 looks like. Iphone is normal :P

I think I like it so far.
[Desire Android Development] BSAB:
Hum, trying to ADB it, but everytime I run

I just get the adb help menu.

Currently connected through ClockworkMod Recovery, anyone can tell me what I'm doing wrong, please?
[Desire Android Development] pexon:
+1

and +1 "willing to help" - resizing graphics ?
[Desire Android Development] l1nuxfre4k:
Just stop using sense? :p

It works fine with Defrost and such.
[Desire Android Development] LBTaylor1984:
still can't see the difference. maybe i'm Stevie Wonder? I mean will we see crisper graphics? without a benefit as such i'm a bit curious to the real bonus of this mod.
[Desire Android Development] iinga:
This does to your phone, what changing the resolution on your pc does.
[Desire Android Development] Kashban:
Well, with root explorer you can edit the file on the run... once you press save, phone will reboot, of course.

EDIT: Scrap that, changes are not saved at all... So editing the ROM or using ADB is the only way to change the setting.
[Desire Android Development] l1nuxfre4k:
you dont think i tried it? :p

hehe yea edit ROM or ADB :)
[Desire Android Development] Lennyuk:
think about it.... we don't have access to write in /system when booted so how would root explorer work?

Once we have S-OFF then we will be able to do this, but you still need to reboot the phone after making the changes.
[Desire Android Development] Kollegah:
Very nice! but the problem is that the most apps are not optimized for the resolution
[Desire Android Development] Lucifertfa:
Build.prop file pulled from phone, but no lcd.density. I only sees "ro.sf.lcd_density=240" and when changing that to 200 or 180 does´nt change anything after a reboot. Using Aurax 7.6.1
[Desire Android Development] TieT:
same here...

After boot it changes back to default
[Desire Android Development] Lucifertfa:
But when I pull build.prop after reboot it stays at 200 in the file.
[Desire Android Development] TieT:
mine was back on default
[Desire Android Development] l1nuxfre4k:
This might be a stupid question guys...

Did you just edit and then not push it back? :p

If ADB is not working for you,

Edit the ROM, its not harder then that.
[Desire Android Development] Sultan1993:
Like this mod :)

But... Keyboard became smaller, and the quality of icons in drawer became worser. So don't know wheather to stay with it or not
[Desire Android Development] l1nuxfre4k:
Try using ADW Launcher instead of the normal one.

you can set it up a lot more.

You can also add more rows :)
[Desire Android Development] mmaacc:
Can I get Full HD with this mod? :p
[Desire Android Development] l1nuxfre4k:
I dont have a clue :D

I doubt it lol..
[Desire Android Development] GANJDROID:
You have to reflash the rom with the modded build.prop

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire Android Development] nikosrs4:
200 vs 240
[Desire Android Development] Jgruar:
This is awesome! With launcherpro and density 210 I can fit 30 icons in the drawer. 5 in a row, 6 in a column. Looks pretty cool. Using aosp rom and everything seems to scale nicely. With fontchanger you can change the fonts to more suitable ones, too. Loving the customability of android...
[Desire Android Development] StuMcBill:
This is a great mod. Totally love it.

The only thing I have noticed was on seesmic, the writing overlaps the avatar pictures.

Sent from my Amiga 500 using Workbench
[Desire Android Development] Kashban:
Too bad I'm addicted to HTC Sense ;-)
[Desire Android Development] neitin:
Can somebody share the screenshots of keyboard like to see how small it looks like before I actually approach.
[Desire Android Development] TieT:
huhum....

its not a stupid question,

But im not that stupid :p
[Desire Android Development] K900:
It works fine with Sense too.
[Desire Android Development] iinga:
Keyboard on 210 (the setting i find most comfortable to look at/keyboard is still useable)

You can see that beautiful widget also no longer spans the full width
[Desire Android Development] neitin:
Thanks mate, I am gonna try this now
[Desire Android Development] talhamid:
Funny thread. Nobody is posting screenshots!!!! PLEASE GUYS

I have three questions:

1) Is it possible to reverse this using ADB?

2) What about homescreen? THATs where I want more icons/widgets.

3) Is it working well on ADW and LauncherPro? Those two have the ability to add more rows/columns to the desktop, but kind of mess things up with the 240 setting. Is it fixed with the 200 setting?
[Desire Android Development] iinga:
1) re-edit the build.prop and push it again. I have played with many values and 210 is what i like best.

2) You can partially see my home screen two posts up. And attached here.

3) LP looks very good with 5 rows. No cluttering etc.
[Desire Android Development] djind:
I wonder how this will affect battery life.
[Desire Android Development] Bisis:
Is it the only way? So adb doesn't work?
[Desire Android Development] K900:
adb works in recovery
[Desire Android Development] gergohad:
This looks REALLY nice! But as mentioned earlier, many apps aren't compatible with this resolution. Especially not games.
[Desire Android Development] Bisis:
I tried a lot of times from recovery screen but it doesn't work!

I'm using clockwork but after reboot screen density is the same and build.prop is the same.

adb push command says file transfer is successfully done.

where am I wrong?
[Desire Android Development] K900:
Are you rooted?
[Desire Android Development] Bisis:
yes of course! I've clockwork!

Do you mean "recovery" the black screen with green writes of clockwork?

In that screen I use adb pull/push command and they return no errors but successfully file transfered.
[Desire Android Development] updiliman:
i have the same problem. and sadly. no one wants to help
[Desire Android Development] Lyson:
Hm... when i adb my phone (device is found by adb-windows.exe) it says:

"remote objevt /system/build.prop" does not exist!?

What's wrong here?

---

Mh, edited Rom and flashing.

Yep. Works. No need for ne Launcher ;) toooo much space on screen :D

(AMOLED, set to 200, ADW Launcher 5x5 Rows = nice)

(info: do not unzip your rom, edit the build.prop directly in it and only update this file in the end)
[Desire Android Development] Bisis:
I found the problem!!!

/system/ is not mounted as default.

You should mount /system in clockwork recovery

Please MOD add this hint on the first page!
[Desire Android Development] philJ:
**** want to try this mod but my shell isnt working anymore. is it possible over a putty shell or something other?
[Desire Android Development] iinga:
The same effect on battery life that changing your laptop display from 800x600 to 1600x900 or something similar.

That's all this does: change resolution
[Desire Android Development] cCeT:
is this makes the icons bigger too? if not is there any program for it?
[Desire Android Development] GANJDROID:
Screeeeeenshot :D

Grown used to feeling like a giant now. ;)

Shame the lwp doesnt like screenshots :(

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire Android Development] p3anut:
I was getting used to it. Quite liked it actually. ADWLauncher forced closed a lot when it rotated though so I switch back to normal :(
[Desire Android Development] Etomer:
This is all well and good but what's the actual resolution of the panel in the Desire?

Much like your computers LCD has a native res, the desires screen does too.
[Desire Android Development] Jgruar:
Quick comparison of the drawer in LauncherPro and OpenDesire. Lookin' sweet.

240

210​
[Desire Android Development] emalf:
Quite nice a mod, but it seems the widget will get somewaht awkard in this setting.

Besides, for some apps using fixed width have a black border.............
[Desire Android Development] Beaverman20:
1st of all, all this does is telling the phone, i have this many pixels, and this many ppi, you ate telling it to have 200 ppi, thereby telling it that there is further between the pixels...

In conclusion, no this does not make your display like an iPhones, to make it as crisp as the iPhone, you would have to increase this to 356 (or whatever the doing is on the iPhone)
[Desire Android Development] SterAllures:
Heya I'm trying to change my Screen Density but I've ran into a problem. I'm currently working on my Macbook and I've pulled the file from my Desire.

Now I've edited the file and want to push it again, first I had a problem with read-write but I solved that.

now when I do adb push build.prop /system/build.prop it says "directory not empty"

do you know what my problem is and how I can solve this?
[Desire Android Development] updiliman:
Do this first before adb pull/push:

adb shell mount /system
[Desire Android Development] SterAllures:
If I do: adb shell mount /system

it says: "Can't read /etc/fstab: no such file or directory"

any idea what I'm doing wrong?
[Desire Android Development] jibril.r6:
tried in recovery?
[Desire Android Development] Lawliet:
I tried it and it works flawlessly. Only thing is that Sense looks ugly and the general UI seems a little broken in some places. Sticking with 240 until the process is improved... or baked into my custom ROM.
[Desire Android Development] SterAllures:
Lol, I just did and that indeed worked! Now got my screen at 200 but I don't have th checkbox in my spare parts thats says to turn on compatibility mode so my screens look really tiny and alot of free space so I think I will have to go back until there is a few to stretch the screens.

but thanks alot now I've learned to change that with adb xD!
[Desire Android Development] jibril.r6:
try 210 looks better.

Compatibility mode must be disabled. :)
[Desire Android Development] SterAllures:
ya but the weird thing is I don't have that option. I'll post a screenshot later then you can see ;)

Screenshots:

can anyone tell me where to find compatibility mode cause as you can see this looks like sh*t
[Desire Android Development] Muhilica:
I tried it with OD 4.0.15 and it works, well, okay (though you really have to use ADW or LauncherPro and set things up).

210 seems the optimal value, and, the easyest way I found of applying it is:

-download custom ROM,

-open in WinRar (or zip)

-find the /system/build.prop and open it in Notepad,

-edit the 240 to 210

-save the edited file in rar, replacing the old one

-copy ROM to phone with USB

-flash

I sort of didn't like the "bigger" screen and reverted back to 240 :)
[Desire Android Development] wardy277:
I have tried doing this via adb. I can ge tthe file but when i try and push it back i ge tthe following error:

failed to copy 'build.prop' to '/system/build.prop': Directory not empty

I have tried adb remount but it does the same.

any help?
[Desire Android Development] SterAllures:
I had the same problem.

Go Into recovery.

Then first do adb shell mount /system

after that push and pull the file.

Goodluck!
[Desire Android Development] philJ:
one of the best Mods but without a Zoom app :-(

look at a navi soft, the window is too small ... **** at 210 the rest looks perfect.
[Desire Android Development] hlchbro5:
MiniSquadron?

I've tried this solution - and it works - no doubt! my only problem is that the little workaround for me (HTC Desire) "pushes" or "moves" the sensable area on the touchscreen slightly to the right - not much, but enough to make games like MiniSquadron! harder than normal. Any ideas as to why this happens? :confused:

I use setting 200 - haven't tried any other... but any comments would be much appreciated!