[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] xanderpokefan:
my HD2 experience

Hi folks,

Just want to share my ups and downs with my HD2. :)

I’m an average kind of guys who just likes to tinker with stuff and to be honest I’m still not 100% familiar with the terms used here and there (flash, roms, port, kernel, etc.). Wanted to post just to share some info and maybe help those in similar situation

CURRENT STATE:

Hardware – HTC HD2 (Asia version)

Winmo Rom – Stock? (I mean orginal, no custom roms whatsoever)

Android – MCCM SE V3.4 FroyoStone Sense

Stability – Almost PERFECT :D

HISTORY:

-Bought HD2 when first launched in Singapore (can’t remember exactly when)

-I don’t like the iPhone so I was soooo pleased about the positive reviews it was getting vs the iPhone

-But then the ‘freezing’ happended… argh… I’m a windows lover but dang the thing always freezes!!!

-Went thru several hard resets, pulling battery out, contain-my-frustration cycles…

-One thing I learned is that you can never be impatient when dealing with anything 'windows'

-In contrast to iPhone, Winmo is soooooo much more complicated and needs to be handled with care :p

-Anyway, moving along…

-Found Cookies Home Tab and voila!!!! It’s like a whole new phone!!!

-Loved the customizations plus new apps brought to you by O-market!!!

-Had reignited passion to make this the best phone ever!!!

-Must have apps (in my opinion)

- CleanRAM

- BSB tweaks

- Flip2mute

- Data Controller

- FPSCE

- ClearTemp

- TreeSize Mobile

- mmReset

-So, was crusing along enjoying my revitalized HD2… when…

-along came ANDROID on HD2…

-and there there was BLISS…. :o

-Seriously, the feel was so awesome I couldn’t describe it

-Finally a great piece of hardware in HD2 found its perfect match!!! :)

-Of course, finding the bliss was no easy journey… here are a few of my ups and downs

- Bluescreen on start-up/stuck on htc – Hoping it went away fully already!

- Random reboot – I think lots of the folks here having the same problem

- process.android.acore not responding

- O M G. This is the worst!!!!

- All contacts are deleted!!!

- Can’t touch the phone!!! This acore thing cannot be force closed!!! Keeps coming back again and again

- No choice but to start from scratch

- I finally figured-out what was causing this on my phone after several miserable days…

- If you’re interested to know all you have to do is ask

- com.htc.bgp (or something like that)

- not nearly as annoying nor fatal as the acore stuff but still annoying

- figured it out for my phone as well so problem gone

- market app gone missing – this is because of Titanium back-up messing it up!!! Grrrr…

- fixed by simply recopying the build to sd card again

-Anyway, those were the downs… so I’m looking forward to the many ups!!! ‘coz I think right now it’s as stable as can be!!!

-BIG BIG THANKS again to Darkstone and MCCM and everyone else who loves their HD2 and cared to share their info on the net for others to enjoy and follow!!!! :)

-Must have apps on Android on HD2 (in no particular order – I’m just looking at my screens and writing them down)

- Days Until widget 1X1 (18 days before Xmas on my screen right now – so simple but love it!!!)

- Current Widget - informative

- pFinance (for currency conversions)

- Gesture search – amazing

- Vignette – for camera lovers

- Birthday Assistant Pro (Birthday widget, Ebobirthday and eGreetings all in one!!!)

- Yahoo mail and Yahoo messenger – staples for me

- App Manager/App2SD

- Music Downloader Pro

- Cleaner Pro

- Snowfall Live wallpaper

- Barcode Scanner

- Instant Heart monitor or something

- Friendstream (part of Sense)

- Notes widget (part of sense)

- Titanium Backup Pro – Lifesaver so many times

- MyPhone Explorer (forget about HTCsync!!! This is the best sync tool ever!!!)

- Angry Birds – nuff said

- Live Holdem Poker

- AppBrain

- Daily Strip – for comics lovers

- ES File Explorer

- First Aid – live saver in the future

- Desktop Remote (awesome!!!)

- Document Scanner

- DroidEmuLite

- GoChat

- JEFIT

-iphone ringtones

- Metal Detector

- Overclock widget or

- SetCPU

- Quadrant (my highest ever was 1761!!! Take that!!!)]

- TubeMate

- Task Killer

- Y5 Batter Saver

WOW – long list!!!! And I can come up with more!!! But let me leave it at that and for you to discover what more great apps are there. :D Btw, at first I had this principle NOT to buy anything… but I fell in love with Snowfall Live Wallpaper … and well… that is the start of the snowball I should say. Anyway I’m happy to support those awesome developers! More power to you…

For those who got to this part, wow… thanks for reading! :eek:

I still have a few issues which I’m hoping MCCM or any of you knowledgeable guys can help me with:

1)	ORIENTATION/G-sensor issue

-	Not a biggie for me but I’m still puzzled by it

-	I have the typical HTC leather case to which I attached a Braun Buffel money clip with a STRONG magnet (don’t ask why)

-	Anyway, when I’m on Winmo – the magnet causes NO ISSUES – meaning the auto-rotate and flip2mute kind of apps are working fine

-	On android HOWEVER, the magnet interferes with the G-sensor/compass, such that it’s just stuck there, not moving. Can anyone explain to me why?

-	Anyway anytime I need to, I just take it out of the case, but would be awesome if there is a fix to this

2)	Facebook birthdays not accurate

-	Still can’t figure this one out, but again for me it’s no biggie

-	For some reason when Facebook for Sense pulls the data from FB some of the birthdays are off (earlier) by 1 day

-	Funny thing is that other apps such as Ebobirthday does the same thing

-	Only Birthday Assistant has everything correct (hence no biggie for me ‘coz then I just rely on this app)

-	But of course if someone could explain and fix would be great!

3)	Battery life

-	Still looking for a way to manage battery effectively despite wanting to use internet all the time and use live wallpaper :D Care to share your battery consumption setups?

-	Anyway I think the ultimate solution is an advance in technology that will give us 10 days of battery life in this awesome device!!! (dreaming on – yes) I really hate the bulky extended batt!

Well, that’s it for me!!! What a long post!!! :)

Please forgive as this maybe my first and last. :D ‘coz I’m really not a writer and I’m really a lazy person. :D

Hope I was (or will be) able to help/inspire some souls. :o

Peace!!!

Xander