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[General Topics] wearefree:
I have used TP2 since its release to Tmobile then switched to HD2 recently. After using HD2 for a couple of months, I can't stand the resistive touch screen that TP2 uses anymore. The capacitive touch is much much more sensitive.

Now I'm using TP2 as a backup phone in case HD2 goes out but if I had the choice initially, I would be all in for HD2.

BTW, unless you have to have WM6.5, the new MyTouch 4G and Samsung Vibrant are pretty good as well.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrWeeks:
So i wanted to try and load up the newest RA-1.8.0, i havent been able to do this because my phone never would recognize the img so my dumbass decides im going to download the Part2.evoroot.amonra.zip and extracted the new pc36.img instead of loading the entire thing, . well i put it on my sd and rebooted the phone into recovery well my phone loaded the new img and i went to goto recovery it went to the evo4g white screen and that is where it stays i dont know what im supposed to do but i could use some help please. this is my 3rd htc phone that ive had root on but right now im screwed
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hecklbrg:
1 - Try getting a new PC36IMG.zip from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=715915

2 - Put that on the root of your SD card.

3 - Hold down on the volume down button while pressing power.

4 - when it boots up run the update.

5 - this will downgrade your recovery, but it should re-update and fix up your software (albeit to an older version.. 1.47)

6 - from here...flash your recovery again by not doing what you did to get into the mess!

Hope this helps!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrWeeks:
thanks man i ended up running the pc36.img to unroot ill just do it again thank god its not a paper weight tho! thanks again man
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] adecker:
Hello, after sitting on the IRC for a few days and helping out a load of people with everything rooting I gathed a list of questions that are often asked. This thread will be added to often to keep up with any questions we recieve alot.

If you were linked here from the IRC or somewhere else, look for the question you asked, if you cant find it use CTRL + F and search for keywords in it. Thanks!

--------------------FAQ------------------

Q1) Where can I find the 2.2(or higher) build of unrevoked?

A1) Look in the TOPIC area of the window. DO NOT disribute these builds. They are in the "testing" phase but are generally stable. DEVS ARE NO RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR STUPIDITY.

Q2)I have a HTC phone and Im running windows, I have set up the HBOOT drivers but it still is not working! What gives!

A2)You need to first install HTCSync, then you need to uninstall HTCSync. HBOOT is for when you phone is in recovery and the HTCSync drivers are for when you phone is on and in the Android OS. There is a universal method out there but I am not familier with it and it seems to confuse some people so I stick with this as its pretty simple just time consuming.

Q3)Do I need the HBOOT drivers.

A2) This depends on your OS.

Mac - No, It's all packaged together.

Linux - No, It's all packaged together.

Windows - YES. see this link: unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install"]HBOOT install guide.

Q4)Where is setCPU?

A3) Market or there is a thread where XDA members can get it free. Search!!!

Q5) Where can I get Rom Manager.

A5) Market. Search for Rom Manager.

Q6)Do I need to be rooted to use ROOT Apps.

A6)Uh..DUH! Rooted apps are all found in the market! Search for them.

Q7)How do I s-off the desire.

A7)YOU PEOPLE NEED TO LEARN TO READ THE DANG TOPIC!

I will continue to add to this as I get more questions. Thanks!!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] badzi0r:
I'm just after updating ROM in my HTC HD2 to 1.72.206.3 (86372)WWE and there's still old versions of Opera, Googlemaps, Facebook, Adobe, Youtube etc...

How to safe remove old versions to get more memory and to install newest updated versions?

I've found only thread about removing googlemaps: xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=721502

TIA
[Captivate General] micro2112:
How come the epic which released only weeks ago has a new update but we cant get an update for the cap. to get a freaking GPS lock. This is soo gay Samsung!
[Captivate General] pmpntl:
Could also be att I bet
[Captivate General] fraztto:
well, i really think samsung is not the responsible for this lack of updates, i would point att
[Captivate General] YellowGTO:
+1 vote for ATT
[Captivate General] NotATreoFan:
Samsung has acknowledged an issue with the Galaxy series having issues with getting GPS fixes. It was reported on Engadget that the Epic 4G does not suffer from the same major GPS flaw, and a software update is being tested that will resolve it for the rest of the lineup.

While I currently have Verizon, I was an AT&T user for several years, and I remember how they drug their feet with Windows Mobile updates as well.
[Captivate General] s.m.knipe:
I am going to hold off pointing at AT&T until the Vibrant gets an official update (not just a leaked firmware). Once T-mobile has an update to push out AT&T should as well, and then it will be on their head. Until then it is Samsung's fault, and I think (hope) that they are waiting to batch it with the update that turns Media Hub on (one update is better than two).

I just hope it comes soon...
[G1 General] cydia:
where is the best place to buy a cheap G1 in the UK?
[Fascinate General] jatilq:
Names have been changed to protect the innocent :cool:

Enter Power Control widget... Added Brightness to the widget on the Angel recovery Rom.

While on a call Booger is playing around on the phone and hits the Brightness widget to see the three settings it has....

Screen goes black (literally!), Booger thinks nothing of it and finishes the call he is on.

Booger not able to get brightness back. The nightmare begins....

Wipe and Reset nothing....

Mr. Odin didn't help with Stock... not even An Angel could fix this... no light in sight!

Booger decides to try and be crafty and Throws Mr Galaxy i9000 on there to fix the issue or maybe Mr. Galaxy s "pit" would solve the issue by erasing the Fascinating memory... Works, but it shows yellow and red when it tries to do the wipe...

Booger turns to Mr. Vibrant and his 'pit' or recovery....

We now have the story of the Homicide of Mr. Fascinate! Lucifer (The white and red VZ) decides to grant Booger with a New Fascinating Body.

Moral of this poorly written story? Don't use anything to mess with Brightness except stock Widget or Tool! And never ever turn of usb debugging!
[Fascinate General] namebrandon:
Yikes, sorry to hear about that. I was luckily able to recover from an extended fight after flashing the i9000 kernel.. It was a nightmare, but I got it back.
[Fascinate General] bdube:
dude i just lived this horror story with the app Power Manager from the market...turned my screen completely black reboot to recovery and wipe data-nothing, restore system through odin, nothing. going to the store tomorrow for a replacement- i am livid.

listen to these warnings, dont f*** with the brightness
[Fascinate General] jatilq:
I will never turn usb debugging off. If you have it on you can fix it! I posted something about creating screen-cast. By doing that you can see everything you do on the phone on the pc. Let me know if you have it turned on. Don't get creative and flash anything else!

I'm glad some of you got this goofy cryptic story. I have my reasons for not making it 100% clear. I wanted to give a warning, but without being to obvious about certain things. I have a certain connection with "The Devil"

The root options never worked with my DX, but maybe Droid Explorer, Android Commander or the like would work as well.
[Fascinate General] wonsae:
I had the same problem I got a new one a few days ago

Sent from my Fascinate
[Fascinate General] darukhan:
Is the threat of this total darkness issue (via brightness widgets) something that is unique to rooted Fascinates only?

...or is this a potential problem with stock 2.1 ROM Fascinates as well?
[Fascinate General] bdube:
not sure, i was rooted however i didnt have power manager with super user permissions so i presume it could happen un-rooted as well
[Fascinate General] NOsquid:
I did it to an unrooted phone. Don't mess with brightness widgets.
[Fascinate General] jbrdr985:
Brightness = serious business
[Fascinate General] NOsquid:
If you have the time, a link or instructions would be nice. This black screen problem keeps happening to people.
[Fascinate General] chopper the dog:
My expirience from another thread, but I didn't get burned.

good day.
[Fascinate General] xenoaurora:
I had the exact same thing happen to me after installing powermanager. The only thing that saved me was the fact powermanager has default settings for different power sources. So although i botched my battery setting and it went black, i was saved by the fact i could plug into a pc our AC power and get the brightness back up to where i could fix the battery setting.

HOpe this helps spare some people some trouble.
[Fascinate General] erasmogjr:
Do you work for Verizon?

Sorry but curiosity takes over with anything resembling a riddle ;)

Screen cast seems like the perfect tool for this problem..assuming you have debugging on of course.
[Fascinate General] mr_schticker:
Just wanted to post this here, because when I was googling "screen brightness android" looking for a way to decrease the brightness on the amoled screen of the fascinate this page came up, but it didn't have the answer I was looking for.

I have pretty sensitive eyes like most of you on this thread (otherwise you wouldn't be looking for a dimmer), so reducing the brightness on the Fascinate was a must.

I found this app, called screen filter. Don't really know too much about it other than it works fantastically well and its free. Reduces brightness to almost nothing if you want, and the app functions as a widget for toggling as well.

So anyway, just wanted to post this for other people like myself, looking for a way to dim the lights. I don't have enough reputation to post a link, but just look up screen filter in the app market and you'll be good to go. For some reason it doesn't come up when you search for "dimmer" or "brightness", which is a shame.
[Fascinate General] CNemo7539:
Hi guys!

A few of you mentioned that it beneficial to have USB debugging on in such situations. a little bit off topic, but I just in the middle of dealing with USB problem on SF. I been able to get in download mode at one point and flash odin. Now my comp able to see phone. Is there any tools to exploit this debug mode? What information I can get in debug mode? I'm trying to collect as much information about problem as possible, just to make sure I'm not going to have it in the future.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Stephen:
Ok I have pritty much got a working android build using the nexus one build, but it doesn't have sense. I am looking for a compatable build for the hd2 that has sense does anybody have any images that I can download?

Also now that I can create the build I would like to change the ROM version number from HTC HD2 to GhostXSeries. I can see other people have done it but I am not sure what file to change.

Cheers
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Stephen:
Can anybody help with this?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bobmarsh72:
Look for this in the build.prop

ro.modversion=

Add whatever you like, and it will show in settings / about phone / mod version.

As for the image, can't help u there.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Stephen:
If i simply modify the build.prop file and then manually create the ext2 file by using the genext2fs command is that enough?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] atoore:
Yes. Its enough.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Stephen:
Can anybody tell me where I can get roms from? Shipped roms keeps on crashing when I try to download them!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexh3791:
Hello,

I am itching to install CyanogenMod on my Nexus One, but I am holding out for 6.1 so that I can take advantage of A2SD functionality, since from what I've gathered it would make me have to totally wipe my phone twice (initially to install to 6.0 and then again once 6.1 comes out).

Is this just insanity? :confused: Will I need to wipe once the 6.1 update comes out, or will CyanogenMod 6.0 gracefully upgrade to 6.1 without forcing me to wipe again?

-You guys rock! Thanks for your help.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayvecs:
since you would be going from cyanogen to cyanogen you would not need to do another wipe only unless otherwise stated. if you were going from cyanogen to another developers rom then you would need to wipe.

hope this helps.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexh3791:
Awesome! I'll install it tonight! Thanks for your help... :D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] cjbarth:
Recently I was playing with the settings for my A-GPS on my Tilt 2 and now my Wireless Manager won't open. I don't know if they are related. Even when I browse directly to CommManager.exe and try running that nothing happens. There is no error, nothing. And I also note that CommManager.exe isn't running as a process either. In Sense the 'Wireless controls' button under Settings doesn't work either. Does anyone have any ideas as to what may be going wrong or where I can check?

I'm using the latest stock ROM on my Tilt 2, the one with Sense 2.5.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Outlaw78a:
sounds like its time for a hard reset....
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] cjbarth:
I was hoping it wasn't going to come to that. Has anyone seen this before? I would like to prevent this from happening again if possible.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Outlaw78a:
use regedit and check for anything wierd in the comm manager string,i thinks its local machine/htc/software/comm(might need corection)

Sent from my MSM using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] cjbarth:
Your good! The DisableButtonText value was 0 on my phone and 3 on a working phone. The SupportedFunctions was 8 on my phone and 6 on a working phone. I changed mine to the values on a working phone and all is good now.

Thank you so much.

UPDATE: I did some tinkering and having SupportedFunctions at 8 is no problem. The problem was having DisableButtonText set to something other than 3.
[HD2 General] dan138zig:
Hi guys,

I've been wondering whether the real reason of forbidding "best rom" threads is because it'll make people only download certain ROM's thus some lesser known ROM's won't be downloaded and it'll make the chefs sad? Because the chance of a "best ROM" thread causing an endless debate is low. We're all grownups here :D
[HD2 General] ap3604:
"Best rom" is quite a subjective term and leads to a thread having hundreds of opinions but nothing concrete. If anything it lets people get a crowd majority.

I use Dutty's creme de la creme because I personally like:

- feels like I get better battery life than stock or energy based on my own personal tests

- 2g/3g toggle in communications manager app automatically

- slide to unlock on the bottom of the screen instead of the top when waking the phone

- 12 icons instead of 9

- task manager in system notifications

- start menu on bottom left
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
Finally! someone who knows about 'best'.

Can i ask a favour? Im dbuying a new car soon, whats the best colour to go for?

Thanks in advance.

EDIT - sorry, but i have another question whilst we're on it. Whats the best music to listen to please?

Thanks again.
[HD2 General] Wilco:
Well no, more because it is useless...

Best ROM threads are not forbidden, just useless.

The best ROM is the ROM that fullfills the most of your personal needs.

Since there are 6 billion people on the world with varying needs, there are at least 6 million different needs.

How to weigh?

eg for some people 1 hour extra standby is more crucial 3D video performance.

So How to grade?

Some people do not mind offering up stability if they get more batterylife or more performance.

How to grade?

Best ROM suggests absolute truth, in case of ROMS there is no absolute truth, as people differ, their needs are different and the relative importance for their needs is different:

Take two business analists (A and B) :

They need just office 2010, WIFI access, Internet and phone, and their agenda, tasks, GPS for navigation and an occasional game (teeter will do)

Performance for Navigation is very important. WiFi access is also very important.

Still one analyst will offer 1 hour of standby in order to have more fluent GPS navigation at 25 fps, while the other is more prone to longer batterylife, even if this means navigation will "stutter" at 2 fps

Suppose also there are two ROMS (X and Y) Rom x fulfilling all wishes analist A, Rom y fullfillig allwishes of analist 2.

Now tell me whichof the two ROMs is best?

Have I illustrated sufficeintly how pointless these thraeds are, or should I be even more more elaborate?

Off course it is disappointing for chefs if their ROM is not liked, but a good chef will tweak his recipe so more people will start liking his work.
[HD2 General] bates_1974:
:D Wilco, samsamuel, I'm off to bed with the biggest smile on my face!!!!!! :D
[HD2 General] ap3604:
Rofl :D

Love it sam :)
[HD2 General] dan138zig:
well, that's not really fair. color and music are entirely personal preference. whereas with ROM, there's some definite factors that will help us choosing the "best" ROM: looks, battery, apps, ease of use, speed, and many many more. so if asking about best ROM is useless, so it's useless too to ask about best laptop, cell phone, etc., no? yes, it depends of what you need, but when people ask about best they just want to know the best overall-wise. and it won't hurt to share your opinion of what's best. see the reply from ap3604 up there.
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
completely subjective, using looks as a 'best' decider is the same as me saying which colour is best. Some like sense, some hate it, some like the gtx theme, i think its terrible, some want chunky bright coloured icons, others want dark icons

Some are heavy wifi users. sopme are gamers, others talk all the time on the phone. The radio you use is probably the biggest measureable factor in battery life, and we all know how arbitrary the radios are,,, great for one person, terrible for the next, so again, a totaly useless comparator

Any rom that has the right apps for every user is gonna be so bloated as to be pointless. Theres not a user here who would use 24% of the apps in such a rom. A totaly arbitrary way of deciding on best.

The way i find easiest to do tasks is not gonna be teh same as the way you do things, and the way x y and z do things. Some want HTC messaging, some want MS messaging, , which is best? Well theyre both best, depending what you want.

A fast rom wont have eye candy, it wont have loads of apps running, so it wont fulfill your desired looks and apps categories, therefore it will be a trade off, and every person will trade those differently. Some will preffer no sense at all, in exchange for fast response, others will use sense with cookies hometab and tons of background apps and still consider a rom fast. Subjective.

So you see, THIS rom is the best, but so is THIS rom, and THIS rom, and THIS rom, and THIS rom, and THIS rom.

Which is best for you, however, only you can say.

At the end of the day, there isn't THAT much difference between the majority of the hd2 roms, its mostly surface differences. You can pretty much take any rom and make it much like any other rom. The ones that get the most downloads arent necessarily the 'best', they're just the ones that get updated most often, thus fulfilling the flash adicts needs for 'new new new', released by good chefs who support the userbase.
[HD2 General] smeddy:
So which one's the best?
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
this one is teh one i considered best before i started to cook my own, sadly the chef moved on in february. On the PLUS side he gave me the kitchen to get me started, and i applied my own tweaks directly into it, so no more restoring serttings when i hard reset, cos theyre all hard coded, so now MINE is best!
[HD2 General] bronx:
that was easy. now everyone knows that best rom is by samsamuel. how about closing the thread now??
[HD2 General] hazard99:
this thread is awesome!!!!!!

that is all for now!
[HD2 General] thegios:
let's put it this way...

instead of a thread about the best rom, why not make a thread (or whatever else) with a matrix comparison list? This will allow everyone to compare one or more roms and choose the best rom for himself ;-)
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
there are already a few threads that started to do that, none complete. you offering to go through teh roms and benchmark them, and make note of their includes/excludes? it'd make a nice evening project. :)
[HD2 General] Wilco:
I agree.

However, since there are so many roms, updating cery fast, keeping this matrix up to data will almost be a full-time job. That's also why every initiative has stranded. It is just to much work.

If cooks would maintain their rom in a matrix.....

But still it would only be about functionality (and perhaps known bugs). If one would include battery life and stability, testing will be a big effort, especially if one chooses to integrate battery life..... even more
[HD2 General] sike222:
Pretty much yes! I wanted to know what would be the best native android phone sgs or htc dh. Simple question, right? Apparently not. 8 Pages in with folks unable to decide which is the best.

So with devices/roms so similar it really does come down to personal opinion based on attributes sam is more able/willing to explain than i.

Dont get me wrong i trawled thru many rom threads wanting the 'best' and soon realised the question was simple. the answer? anything but!
[HD2 General] Kalavere:
I hate these threads, they are so ****ing redundant... :rolleyes:
[HD2 General] kurt-willems:
Please peoples don't open each time a new thread fore "with rom is the best"!

No it isn't forbidding, but it is useless!!

Reason way, What is Best? Best is abstract!

something good fore me isn't fore someone els.

reason:

-use

-personal taste (how to measure this?)

-personal needs (professional/private use?)

-Language

-Options

-...

You see?

You know it will be easy fore some user to have such list, but here you have a big tip: Experience/Traying give you knowledge.

And what stops you if the rom you install don't satisfy you? nothing you just take a other one!
[HD2 General] ap3604:
People usually get way too bent out of shape over newbie threads (Im surprised no one has rudely said "SEARCH DAMNIT!" already)

Instead of asking for the best though, I would ask a more specific question like: "Based on your guys exoerience, which rom gives you the best battery life?"
[HD2 General] josemedina1983:
Having a debate about best roms here its like having a discussion of politic and religion you just cant get the right answer or a nice answer. Same goes with people bricking their phones and asking the same question over and over people get stoned for that. LOL this forums its like the streets you gotta know how to walk them and know who to ask and what to ask its a cold cold strees I mean forum.
[HD2 General] ap3604:
Just wondering... what does this mean in english? :confused:
[HD2 General] Wilco:
It means what is means.... :D

I believe you are wondering what point the poster is trying to make.

[not clear for me too]

What I believe to understand is:

You need to adapt to the "main stream", if you don't you will get cold responses and people here will ignore/ban you, just like in real life when one tends to divert too much from what is generally accepted.

Just guessing though :rolleyes:

This thread is turning into a quite funny one though :D