yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bradleyw801:
First time around, I would download ROM Manager from the market. It has alot of popular roms available to download and flash right in it. After you get a little more familiar, and see what one is like, you can go ahead and branch out. AOSP Roms (Cyanogen, MIUI) are great, but you may feel more comofortable with a stock ROM first.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bizdady:
If you want to play around with your current rom just mess around with Launcherpro. Amazing what a custom dock and icons can do to spice things up.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cbrown245:
I second that Virus roms are good , battery life is good and they are smooth. A rooted evo can be customized in anyway you can think of. I change something on mine everyday. Congrats on joining the darkside!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] quietpopcorn:
I'll admit I was put off by Virus rom's title, but it's actually quite nice. I haven't run it in about a month, though.

If you don't need 4g, try out cyanogen or MIUI. If you need 4G, there are tons of sense based roms available. I personally like Myn's rom. But I also like Fresh & Frost.

I flash roms like they're going out of style & every new rom or new update brings at least an hour of excitement to my day even if I don't care for the rom. Try 'em all, dude.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] firestetz:
Best thing to do is flash flash flash till you find something you like fresh roms are as close to stock as a modded rom can get personally I don't care for asop roms but to each their own. Myn is releasing rls3 tonight I'm on the beta version and this rom is beautiful, ava has a good one and calk too. A far as themes go you can use a pre made like riptides or flash a few options out of several to get what you want the only thing that holds you back is your own imagination so have fun and flash.

Sent from my warmed up evo
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caguirr4:
I completely agree. I first rooted my Evo with unrevoked3 and soon after started messing around with launchers (adw is beast imo) and themes. Then I quickly got bored and decided to use Rom manager and start flashing roms. But once you do that it is trial and error with the roms till you find the one you like. Keep searching the forum to find one that you think you will like and read the posts so that you are aware of problems that some roms have.

Sent from my supersonic EVO 4g

ROM] Dark Angel (AZRAEL) v2.41

KERNEL] KiNgxKernel # 11

RECOVERY] ClockworkMod v2.5.0.1
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nobodyever:
Is there a non-sense rom with working ziimote AND hdmi?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tlr386:
how do i flash a kernel? can i use rom manager to flash a kernel? how do you know what kernel you are running?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bender1077:
First of all you could find each answer you just asked using GOOGLE!

You flash a kernel in recovery the same you would a ROM. PERFORM A NAND B/U FIRST!

No. But you can boot into recovery in ROM manager to flash a kernel.

MENU>SETTINGS>ABOUT PHONE>SOFTWARE INFO
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tlr386:
If I can find everything on google what's the point of this ****ing forum im so sick n tired of people responding with "just search it on google" no ************ obv I want help from real people!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bender1077:
Although you are correct in the fact that one of the functions of this community is to help out one another and share information, the information you requested is easily accessible without starting a new thread. I answered all of your questions precisely, and did not disrespect you in any way. If you took any offense to my reply, I apologize as it was not meant to be conveyed as disrespectful.

In response to your reply, **** YOU AND LEARN HOW TO FIGURE SOME BASIC **** OUT ON YOUR OWN YOU TWIT!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _MetalHead_:
I have high hopes for this thread.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tlr386:
My nigga metalhead I got my goons in here now, **** you gonna do brah
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jhoffy22:
hahahahahahahahhahahaha
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timothydonohue:
this ^ +1
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rugedraw:
+2

OP: You're a douche. Bender answered all your questions and even told you that it can be Googled (which it can), and you respond by calling him a motherf*cker and saying you're sick of the people on this forum? Well, I can speak on behalf of A LOT of people when I say the people in this forum are sick of borderline-retarded people like you coming in here and taking up server space to ask a question that is equivalent to "what is 2+2?" in the world of Android. If you don't like this site, then cancel your worthless account, and go to AndroidForums with the rest of the f*cking noobs that don't know a kernel from their own little d*cks. Obviously you don't know wtf a kernel is or what it does, so why do you want to know how to flash one? Maybe if you were to take the time to educate yourself, you wouldn't have to open your c*cksucker on a public forum and show everyone what a damn sh*t-kicking idiot you are.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tlr386:
Do you feel better now? Just let it all out buddy it will be okay.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Visionikz03:
How come these major corporations arent keeping up with Android nd developing apps for us? I saw an ad for chase bank app that lets u deposit a check into ur acct just by taking a pic of it with ur camera! Im like wow why is everyone so focused on the iphone? Give us droiders some love

Sent from M y I ncredibly U nique I ncarnation
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jeffhbo:
Apple should change their company slogan to "Apple, powered by ignorance". People buy iphone's and blackberry's, because they are iphone's and blackberry's. " I work in an office, I need a blackberry". Blackberry's and iphone's are so underpowered and restricted, it's a joke. Seriously, if ignorance was some how wiped out, apple and blackberry's stock would plummet. It's crazy, its like people are brainwashed. They love their iphone, they dont why, they just do. I think it makes them feel cool. Why else would people continue to buy a malfunctioning problematic pieces of crap. My ex had nothing but problems with her iphone 3g and then nothing but problems with her iphone 3Gs and what did she do? she ran out and bought the iphone 4 and guess what? nothing but problems! Who would have guessed it? She cant even go 5 minutes without accidently muting the phone call with her face! And even if she gets passed that it doesnt matter because the phone drops everyother call and god forbid it the phone dies!!! It'll take 30 minutes of charging before it can power on!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] perry215:
I was depositing checks from my scanner for over 3 years and from my phone for over year now... USAA rocks.
[General Questions and Answers] Nexus Two:
I mean- it has the capabilities of 4G on TMO when released

dualboots android (perfectly stable and daily driver)

win mo 6.5 for buisness use/ more apps/ preference

top of the line specs... snapdragon, 4.3inch screen, dual led flash etc.

the only thing missing is an 8MP camera, but i would rather have a dualboot android than 3 more MPs.

This leads me to the question- is the HD2 the best all around phone out today?
[General Questions and Answers] the5ifty:
Yes ....if it wasn't on t-mo
[General Questions and Answers] dowmace:
I bought one the day they debuted and it was a pile of crap I went through three of them and didn't get one that didn't freeze on boot at least every other time, or delete all my information every other day. So no I do not believe it is the best all around phone, I would say thats the nexus one personally
[General Questions and Answers] orb3000:
It not only let you boot Android and WM, coming soon will boot WP7 too!

So it will be the first and only device booting 3 OS and specs are same or even better than newer devices.

I say yes: Leo is one of the best HTC devices ever made!
[General Questions and Answers] donkeypunch85:
Dont forget Ubuntu and now: MeeGo
[General Questions and Answers] orb3000:
that´s right thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] cam_hamlin:
I believe it might be...I own an N1, G2, iphone 4, and soon to be Glacier and I use my HD2 the most...Android is now stable as ever...Gingerbread will be on it soon...this phone has been a monster since it dropped..!!
[General Questions and Answers] GbrilliantQ:
I love my HD2. Wouldn't trade it for any phone out right now. I still get questions about it.
[General Questions and Answers] fazz:
Agreed (^_^)

I would agree too, which is why I'm finding it so difficult to upgrade and part with now.

The HTC HD7 or HTC Desire HD are my current next thoughts (hopefully this month too), but can't say I'm excited about either of them and hoping for something a little more special to come out by anyone really (of course leaning more towards HTC as I have done so for over 8 years now).
[General Questions and Answers] qipengart:
Easily my favorite phone ever which is non-Android.
[General Questions and Answers] le nitro:
I was actually thinking about picking an HD2 up for the hell of it to throw Android on since I'm getting sick of the size of my HTC Aria...but I may switch from AT&T to Spring to get an Evo or Evo2.
[General Questions and Answers] 5318008:
I'm one of those guys who won't use a phone without a physical keyboard. I can't get used to screen-typing, I just don't like the feel of it. If the HD2 had a Pro variant with a slide-out, I'd own it already. I recognize it's an awesome phone though, just not for me.
[General Questions and Answers] Monty Burns:
+1. If there was a pro-version THEN it would be THE best phone ever to-date. I consider myself a VERY heavy user and the ROM I have seems to work like a charm.

The only reason I have to take the battery out is to turn it off as the on/off button has been reprogrammed! :D

Sadly, switching to a Dell Venue in two weeks... oh for the keyboard.

(Orb, AFAIK - and I could be wrong! - WinPho7 requires hardware mods for it to work on a HD2 so don't expect it)
[General Questions and Answers] fazz:
Hell Fire MB

So you're going the W7P route? The Dell Venue looks good, but not please with the 3.5mm jack on top (like silly iPhone thingys) and the keyboard looks like old school keyboards being far to small to actually use. Hmm... decisions... decisions?!
[General Questions and Answers] Monty Burns:
The jack on top means that when you dock it (which I'm guessing you will be able to) into a 3rd party desktop cradle you will still be able to listen to music - unlike my HD2's docks!

Don't know how the keys will feel.... I can always send it back if they are bad :)
[General Questions and Answers] orb3000:
I had a Rhodium before and must say I´m a real keyboard device person but got tired of the slowness of Rhodium, then got Leo and I´m still missing a real kb but in terms of speed there is no comparative.
[General Questions and Answers] Big Dawg 23:
I moved to T-Mo almost two weeks ago over from VZW. I had T-Mo before but coverage was far less back then.

I picked up the HD2 and really liked it but missed Android. I had several failed attempts to get Android to run. I then decided to separate my work and personal line with two phones so I grabbed the G2.

Now I re-flashed my HD2 to a Mega Leo Rom, was an Energy ROM. Then I made a second attempt at Android on a fresh reformatted sd and put on Mdeejay EVo Sense rom.

I was amazed how slick Android boots on HD2. Of Course there has been some bumps with a Flaky Data connection and it will not install Angry Birds from the Market. I was drawn to the HD2 because I had a Droid X and the larger screen was the attraction.

In the end the HD2 is a great device with all the options and have a Snapdragon processor makes it available to compete with current phones.
[General Questions and Answers] fazz:
Android or W7P?

That maybe, but I've never used mine for playing music through a dock, I usually make my own custom docks and prefer to have the ability to pick up my phone from out of my pocket, with it being the right way up already and the jack underneath for easy usage generally, especially whilst seated on the TfL for example.

However, I'd image this is a 50/50 point, where half would prefer the jack on the bottom and vice versa.

CPW are bugging me weekly to upgrade to anything fro free and with just a 12 month contract, but stuck in what to go for. I'm only going to keep the phone for 3-4 months too and probably give it to my other half to use (whose a heavy Outlook user) so thinking a W7P, but I know she'd prefer Android with the newer HTC sense. I'm also not impressed enough with the Desire HD, so wondering if I should be waiting.

I just bought a Sony LiveView to go with an Android 2.0+ and can't find out if it will work with a W7P at all (too early to ask I guess), so thinking to go with a Desire HD with the Sony LiveView until a newer handset comes out that is much better (probably in a couple of months) and give the above to my Mrs to use, maybe?

I think I read that Android 3.0 (Gingerbread) needs 1.5Ghz to run well and in general smartphones are still some months away from that official speed.
[General Questions and Answers] souljaboy:
best non android and android phone ever ... its the BEST FONE EVAAA !!
[General Questions and Answers] PoisonWolf:
After 3 phones, the statistical odds are is that you're the one with the manufacturing defect.
[General Questions and Answers] Pickx:
Yes, because clearly repeated freezes on boot and random data loss are completely subjective flaws :rolleyes:

HTC's quality control is crap. His claims are quite plausible.
[General Questions and Answers] PoisonWolf:
Plausible? Yes. Statistically likely (i.e., of getting 3 consecutive lemons)? No.

Ergo, what's left in the equation? Him.
[General Questions and Answers] souljaboy:
agree with poisonwolf

there are some ****ty apps for wm that make the phone lock up as soon as they autostart ... apps that work on other phones thus are advertised as working and the effect only comes after a restart so the user doesnt know what hit him

and im not even gonna start about the "device process : 99% cpu usage" nightmares (also due to crappy installed apps/crappy apps in rom)
[General Questions and Answers] orb3000:
How I can say which is the best phone?

The one that is capable of running WM/Android/WP7/Ubuntu/Maemo

Why would I want other phone?? It´s like having 5 devices in one!!

Only when a hardware keyboard device with 1.5GHz processor and capability of run at least WM/WP7/Android arrives, then only then, I will upgrade...

Meantime I have the best device ever build (at least for me)
[General Questions and Answers] nirpaudyal:
I love my sony ericsson w910i.

Multi-tasking : DONE!

Video calls: DONE!

Camera: DONE!

Emails/internet: DONE!

Music: DONE!

IM: DONE!

Lightweight/fingerfriendly: DONE!
[General Questions and Answers] Monty Burns:
You keep saying that mate but it doesn't make it any more real.

It cannot run Windows Phone 7 without some serious, hardcore, motherboard mods and even then Cortulla is still struggling and has even admitted its a much harder task than first thought. Its looking increasingly unlikely.
[General Questions and Answers] orb3000:
You know what? I really hope that action get´s completed just as everyone sayd the same about Android and now we have it!

I have total confidence that one way or another WP7 can be ported in some manner and if not that is not the real point of this thread.

My thinking stills the same regarding Leo (I just miss a real keyboard!!)
[General Questions and Answers] dowmace:
I don't think its me, I usually get a new phone every 3 months or so, save for my nexus which I have had for quite a while now.

When I got my HD2 and had to call tmo and ***** every single day they told me that there were plenty of other people calling in for replacements, I had to get put on a list to receive a replacement so no I don't think it was me.
[General Questions and Answers] Cal3b:
with all the multi booting it is doing now it just might be a contender, i kinda wish i had kept one of the ones i had, just to play around with and stuff.
[General Questions and Answers] Step666:
According to SE, they're not available yet.

And the only UK sites I can find with a quick look that have product pages up for it yet, Play.com and eXpansys, are reporting release dates of the 19th and 26th respectively.

In terms of hardware, the HD2 can't be the best phone around - the Desire HD and Evo4G offer better specs in the same chassis.

With regards to running multiple OSs etc, only time will tell if these other handsets end up with such a determined development community.
[General Questions and Answers] N8ter:
No. It isn't.

HD2 doesn't have 4G capabilities. It's not even an HSPA+ phone.

I wouldn't call Android on an HD2 perfectly stable.

Dual Booting introduces a clunky workflow. You're better off just getting an HD2 for work reasons and using a cheapo Android phone as a daily driver IMO. Lots of Apps aren't available for Windows Mobile, or have dropped support. Developers are leaving in droves and if you've tried using that XDA Facebook App you'd see that what's left doesn't give many of us hope IRT WM 6.5 app devleopment in the future.

Now, as far as the Camera is concerned... It's not the best Camera, but 5MP is big enough for everyone, unless you like sending people pictures as big as a poster. Even if my HD2 or Vibrant had an 8MP camera, I would not have it set to 8.

The Camcorder does not do HD video recording, which is a sin in 2010.

So yea, I don't think it's the best all-around phone. It's perhaps the best "developer phone" these days due to its ability to dual boot both Windows Mobile and Android, and the fact that it's basically the only WM 6.5 device worth paying for/buying/developing for these days.

Also, the battery is weak as hell.

EDIT: I just wanted to comment on the QA/QC isues with this phone. They are real. Hoards of people have had to get replacements or send their phones into HTC to get the motherboard replaced due to chain rebooting and the phones overheating and going into reboot loops (i.e. the phone becomes unusable until it cools down). That poster up thread was not just an "outliner."

It has nothing to do with rogue apps. You can factory reset your phone (3 button method) and it will still do it if you have a defective phone (which were quite common, from what I've read on many forums).

The reason why the issues are perhaps less voiced, at least in the US, is because the phone is on the smallest carrier. HTC Quality Control is terrible. I had an Aria that I had to replaced because the touchscreen stopped working after 3 days, as well.

Oh well, at least their software and widgets are good.

HTC also love to put their screens flush with the front of the phone, as well, which is dangerous for obvious reasons.
[General Questions and Answers] 5318008:
I guess dreams really do come true. Looks like a slider-with-4G version might be in the works. Do a search for 'HTC Evo Shift 4G' and it looks like a 4G w/ Qwerty version is coming out.
[General Questions and Answers] orb3000:
Well at least we have something to wait for...
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] dogwoofer:
After installing 2.1, blink no longer seems to function.

Does anybody know why or have any solutions?

Thanks
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] urs74:
Yeah i noticed this myself but I thought cause I hadn't went through to do the setup again for it, I'll see how it goes since I change some colors up.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] dogwoofer:
I have found blink is working, but only when the phone is locked :)
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] katinsh:
For me it is not working only for incoming SMS
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] urs74:
Is this the newest version that's working for you?
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] DangerPanda:
It is working fine for me, only when screen is off though, just like original 2.1
[G2 and Desire Z General] SmartHat:
will begin tomorrow 11/03 and run till 11/08.

-- just was informed by a T-Mo rep when I called in to request a replacement for my G2...

Rep mentioned it was supposed fix most of the known issues

-radio / freezing issues etc.

+ enable wifi calling

+ HOTSPOT feature (wireless / wired tethering) -- access this Feature by going to -> Settings -> Wireless & Network Settings --> Tethering

*****

UPDATE

The OTA is slowly rolling out across the country...

Manual 'OTA' Update:

(for the impatient)

Download-

Revamped Manual Update Instructions

1- Be sure the file is simply named UPDATE (do not put .zip at the end). --> the file name should be in ALL

lowercase letters

...this might resolve errors for some

2- Copy the file into the Root (base) folder of your memory card

3- Power Down phone manually

4- Hold down the Volume Down button and power on the phone

5- Scroll up/down using the volume button, highlight RECOVERY & then Press the Power button

6- You'll see the HTC Logo, then will be prompted with a picture of a red exclamation mark w/ a pic of the phone

7- Now press the Volume UP & Power button

8- A menu will 'pop-up'

9- Choose the option to Apply SDcard: update.zip (by pressing the power button)

10- Give the phone about 5 minutes to finish the update, it may (will) reset itself a few times during the update.

******

'checking in' directions
[G2 and Desire Z General] Tatdude806:
No offense, but until I see an official release, it is still rumor... This was the case last time, and people got all fired up for no reason. I don't believe TMO reps about 98% of the time. If it happens then great, hope some folks have logcat running.
[G2 and Desire Z General] chewy106:
This makes me chuckle as T-Mobile just replied to my tweet telling me the resets, reboots and other issues are "app conflicts" and a master reset should fix it lmao. Hopefully there is an OTA, I'm on my 3rd G2 and remorse period now, this swapping game is getting old...
[G2 and Desire Z General] mingkee:
Get your logcat ready and grab the update files!!!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Android Approved:
Well here is some proff

http://androidapproved.com/item/tmobile-g2-gets-wifi-calling-via-ota/
[G2 and Desire Z General] Tatdude806:
Ok then, we shall see... Logcat ready...

http://www.tmonews.com/2010/11/t-mobile-g2-to-get-wi-fi-calling-update-starting-tomorrow/
[G2 and Desire Z General] robinsmy1:
Tmonews has confirmation of an update....we will see if it fixes other issues

http://www.tmonews.com/2010/11/t-mobile-g2-to-get-wi-fi-calling-update-starting-tomorrow/
[G2 and Desire Z General] ~~Tito~~:
Shoot, I have never been through an OTA, does it erase anything? I hope it comes with a little exploit that grants us root :).
[G2 and Desire Z General] Girlypeekaboo:
Sooo excited I could pee lolz!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Mftek1:
And the waiting begins! (=

Sent from my T-Mobile G2
[G2 and Desire Z General] lalalandrus:
i am using a carrier unlocked g2 vision outside the us. any insights on if the RO NAND flash will prevent a manual OTA if the OTA is worth it?

thanks
[G2 and Desire Z General] Bishybob:
If you read the screen carefully it mentions "Several other updates" included.

Excited!!
[G2 and Desire Z General] franky1029:
as long as its signed properly there shouldnt be a problem
[G2 and Desire Z General] slinky1914:
I wonder how this will affect root if at all. Guess I'll wait to here something before applying update. Just in case
[G2 and Desire Z General] willham:
Will I have to unroot so I can receive the ota?
[G2 and Desire Z General] wickednix:
I love the time that the picture was taken on the site.
[G2 and Desire Z General] scottch699:
I would suggest that people wait to do the OTA so the experts can look at it and give us the go ahead if it is safe and wont ruin the chances of being able to root.... I am however getting a replacement tomorrow for my current phone if the update is available I will do it on the old phone if the new one doesnt already have it... then I will report back.
[G2 and Desire Z General] -RotorDemon-:
Logcat standing by. ;)
[G2 and Desire Z General] willham:
Sweet thanks!