yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] tonyh0905:
stock orange rom

I am using a stock orange rom. I did HSPL3 and updated the radio to 2.14.50.04.

I went for the FroyoStone_Sense_V3.2 build, and have had no stability issues. I use this as my main phone and never revert back to winmo.

Like most I do suffer from data drops, but get around it by toggling airplane mode.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] aenedor:
Hi, two seperate things here, you can run it on a stock rom see my sig, but you must install HSPL3.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] i n f a m o u s:
Mines working just fine...

Didn't alter the WinMo ROM, radio, or even SPL. Just cut & pasta the Android ROM files to SD Card, and magic!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hinky:
No, you don't need to install hspl. A radio version >2.08 is enough. Recent stock ROM has 2.15
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bryangopan:
having HSPL is safer .. I am running the Tmobile stock with hspl ,running Mdeejay Evo and works like a charm .
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] huggs:
I don't see how having HSPL could possibly be any safer for running Android from your sd card, as Android doesn't use or touch your SPL at all. You are perfectly safe to run Android on a stock rom, as long as you have a X.XX.50.XX radio everything will be as if you were to run it on a cooked rom
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] aenedor:
Thank-you for correcting me :) this change to the builds had totally passed me by :eek:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Vehuel:
I have a Samsung i5800 and would like to use my data plan to use the Internet at home.

I tried setting my router Dlink DIR600 (ddwrt) to connect the phone but for some reason the Dlink is unable to connect to the Adroc network generated by android-wifi-tether.

So I thought to make the phone connect to the Dlink and to make the computers to route the internet through the android but the android does not allow the Wifi and 3G running at the same time.

Is this possible?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bigirb2002:
no!!!!!!!!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] johnston9234:
you cant link your router to your phone to boost the signal per say. What you can do is just a simple android tether to the devices you want to use at your home
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Lukehluke:
You can't do that on your Android phone.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Vehuel:
Thank you. :(
[Galaxy Tab General] woobanger:
Hi all,

I'm struggling to get data connection over the 3G network, even though I've got a data plan and the settings seem to be on point.

I'm based in Dubai and I've got a Middle East tab (garbage as the firmware excludes the Android Market), so I've flashed a recent Euro firmware (JIP was the build if I recall)

When I go into network settings to choose 2G/3G/Auto, it shows me GSM and WCDMA as the choices. I'm pretty sure before the flash, it showed GSM and WCDMA. Is WCDMA the same as HSDPA?

The problem could be with the carrier, but I'm troubleshooting at the moment and this WCDMA is a bit confusing.

Any insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab General] foxmeister:
Have you checked your APN settings? Chances are that the Euro firmware doesn't have the APNs "pre-installed" for your carrier(s). The good news is that you can add them in manually if this is the case.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab General] rotohammer:
If your display shows a 3G or H type signal, then your problem is a bad APN setting.

WCDMA is 3G and H on your display, if you have that then you're in good shape.

Search the net or the carriers website for the the correct setting, then create a new APN and data will instantly start to flow.
[Galaxy Tab General] woobanger:
It was missing the apn setting. Justed typed it in manually and Im hooked up. Although i was bamboozled for a little while as the H didnt apear until i had turned off the wifi.

Thanks for all ur help guys.
[Desire General] funkymagicuk:
Hi.

Gmail keeps updating and eating storage space without asking me first.

I don't want it, as I prefer the htc client...so how do I stop it happening, automatic updating is NOT ticked.

I'm concerned about how this happens, as it implies any application can update without my permission which would seem to be a privacy risk (although its the storage usage that concerns me most)?
[Desire General] _Dennis_:
Are you rooted? I have not seen gmail update but deleting it should stop it from updating.
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Gmail is a push email system so when an email appears in your inbox it will be pushed to your phone. It's how Android works. Although, as you said, turning off Gmail sync should stop this...
[Desire General] funkymagicuk:
Apologies, maybe I wasn't so clear. It's not that 'emails keep arriving' that I'm on about!

I mean the actual "Google Mail" application itself. I don't use it...I have tried it on occasion but I always come back to using the HTC Mail application because I prefer the UI and I don't need instant push email, I'm happier scheduling to recieve mail every few hours.

BUT...what I find is that every so often, the Google Mail application UPDATES itself with a new release from the Market. I don't want that to happen, and I have to "remove the updates".

Same happened with Flash for a while which kept insisting on installing a big update that I had no interest in recieving, although that seems to have disappeared from my Applications list now (and I can still use Flash fine).

I'm not rooted, the stock ROM is fine for me, I've toggled that setting that enables all apps to install directly to SD...but things like the updates to Google Mail seem to take up a load of on phone storage.
[Desire General] EddyOS:
Ah right!!! Unless Google ignores things for system updates I can't comment. I have the opposite issue in that nothing updates automatically ever!!
[Desire General] eddie0uk:
In the market page, can you turn off "automatic updates"? I think for google mail it is on by default.
[Desire General] xdab1u3:
Hmm, am having this same problem. Gmail App keeps updating, dispite auto-updates (for gmail app) unchecked. Problem is I'm using email-notifier app, which only works w/ earlier version, hence I need the current gmail version to remain.

For what it's worth, this is a non-HTC phone / stock ROM. Found this thread via google search and am posting here (sorry to revive old thread) in case there is some other 'android wide' solution someone's come up with.

Blue
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charliemuscat:
I have had my hd2 for about 4 months now, and during this time it has worked fine with gmail, but in the past few days it keeps asking me to input the incoming mail server password every time i go to check my emails.

I have tried deleting the account and inputting the settings again, sometimes it works initially, but then asks for the password straight after. I have noticed that when i go to email / options, edit account setup and go through the stages, my password has always changed in there by itself, and even when i change it back to what it should be it changes again automatically.

I am not an expert with these things (obviously), but i have checked all the settings and can't find anything left to try.

Any help would be much appreciated

Thanks Charlie
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charliemuscat:
Sorted out

I realised what setting i had wrong, it was the outgoing server authentication box that was ticked, since i have unchecked it everything is working fine again.

Only bothered posting this reply to my own post i the hope that this helps someone else.
[Galaxy Tab General] hairyman:
I updated my firmware and now have no uk option on swype. Can anyone with a regular uk tab let me know if it was there before the update, as I never looked?

If so I may have to go back!
[Galaxy Tab General] mmace:
I'm at work now so can't check (I cycle to work so don't take the Tab until there's a fitting to mount it!) but I've noticed it keeps putting "z" in words that we spell with an "s" and it also keeps putting "76ers" instead of "cheers" (I'm from ooop north and use cheers a lot) and I cannot stop it from doing that, I don't even know what 76ers means or why it would be in my dictionary!

I've complained to swype about it but never had a reply (it also puts "god" a word I'd never, ever, need to use instead of "good")
[Galaxy Tab General] kupuguy:
Yes, you should have English UK as an option under language settings for swype.

(I was planning on including a screen shot but the xda app tells me it isn't a valid image format.)
[Galaxy Tab General] hairyman:
Thanks for the speedy replies. I guess I either need to go back & lose the brower mobi/full site switch or just learn to live with it!
[Desire HD General] GemeenAapje:
Please can someone tell me how to remove Facebook birthdays from the calendar? It's added hundreds and now my calendar is dead, wont work at all.

Thanks

Matt
[Desire HD General] Trifidw:
Done this today to try and find out why Calendar is eating so much power... Open the calendar, Menu, More, Calendars and then uncheck the Facebook one.

Still uses a very high% of battery...
[Desire HD General] MarkieSA:
I'm new to Android so I have a few noob questions, my HD is on pre order and I need to clear this up first before I get the phone. When you sync it for the first time with Facebook does it let you choose what you want to sync or does it automarically sync your Facebook friends into your contacts and calendar etc. ? Basically I just want the Facebook app on my phone but I don't want it to integrate into my contacts, calendar etc.
[Desire HD General] martjah:
clear your calender cache and files in. options --> applications --> all installed applications --> calender.
[Desire HD General] GemeenAapje:
Holy crap, now my calendar is using 60% of my battery!!! What a pile of junk! That's AFTER removing all the facebook stuff.

No way should I have to wipe all my calendar entries cos of this crap. I had to clear my news app cos that broke last week.

This phone is getting worse and worse, simple things that should work without trouble are constantly being a pain in the arse.
[Desire HD General] vansmuk:
Calm down man. Check your sync settings with Gmail/HTCSense. If they are too frequent (or push) lower the frequency. If they are normal try reading a little bit on the subject. It's called a smartphone because sometimes it thinks on itself and that means doing things u don't want/like. U just need to be smarter than it ;)

Some people complained of the hungry Calendar as well and for many the issue was that they had more than one widget using calendar on the homescreens. If u got let's say Agendas, Calendar and Friendstream as widgets try removing one or two

success
[Desire HD General] GemeenAapje:
Thanks. For my homescreens I have...

News / Calendar / Blank (shortcuts) / Clock and shortcuts / Email / Friendstream / Bookmarks.

All my syncing is like 2-4 hours.

The calendar running at 60% explains why I've been getting occasional days with bad battery usage (which is normally ok for a few days after restarting the phone).

I've now wiped the calendar, uninstalled the Facebook one (or rather just didn't reinstall it). Restarted the phone and I'm gonna see what happens today now.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ne0n:
Hey,

is it a good idea to wait until next year (approx. Feb) for a new WM7 Phone from HTC, or not? I do not know, if there will be a better CPU or else. I know that Qualcom will bring a new CPU Generation but it will be in 2012. And for 2011 I read something about a 1,3GHz or a DualCore 1,5GHz CPU. Is it true? Is it worth the wait?

ne0n
[Windows Phone 7 General] agentnobo:
There is always reason to wait. If you wait for 3-4 years more you even can get a WP8 with quad core 3Hz CPU.
[Windows Phone 7 General] acecooper:
Wait

Wait, while Windows Phone 7 is easier to use... they've limited it like an iphone... so u gotta use Zune, no easy internet sharing, no expandable memory, etc.

Also remember that Windows Update program on your mobile... when has Microsoft EVER issued an update on it. It's worth waiting till feburary to see if Microsoft do deliver on their promise to easily allow updating of the phone OS. Also to see if they've made is a feature rich as Windows Phone 6.5 (or even 5.1 :) ).

New phones will prob be out in Feb too... fingers crossed they have expandable storage as thats making Windows Phone 7 a 'no, no' for me straight away... plus I'm enjoying Remote Desktop and drag and dropping of audio/video files on my TouchHD still (something you can't do on Windows Phone 7 as it works like the annoying iphone system... your forced to put everything though Zune ....) . Zune is a great program but I don't wanna reencode vids etc or Microsoft forcing me to use a particular program... I thought only Apple do that!

Anywoo, i'm babbling. Wait till Feb- new phones, you'll have a better idea of what is hacked for us power-users, you'll know if Microsoft use their own phone update system or not, and if they add expandable storage... as it looks like they've removed removable storage to make it more likely you'll pay to use their 'Zune' monthly subscription to stream it over the internet.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ne0n:
@agentnobo

I know, this is the reason way I say until Feb 2011. I talk about a period of a few weeks. It will be very annoying to buy a new phone and in 5 weeks there will be a next generation or something else. As an example: It wasn't important to wait for a new Core 2 Quad becaus it will be 2,88GHz and not 2,66GHz but if you buy a C2Q and 4 weeks later Intel drop the new i7 Generation it will be annoying.

@acecooper

Thx
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
considering these phones just came out, I don't think you will see new phones in february. My guess is they may announce some things at mobile world congress but the phones probably won't make it to consumers until summer.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Ren13B:
The phones are really fast with the current hardware. I don't see any reason to wait for new hardware right now unless you don't like any of the current phones.
[Windows Phone 7 General] lonbordin:
I'd wait for the updates...

I'm waiting until after the promised updates arrive... I sent my Focus back to AT&T because of missing functionality and will wait to see if the issues are resolved with the updates.
[Windows Phone 7 General] aquamoeba:
Maybe to get better multimedia experience (like better photo and video shoots), as usual it is always a weak point of our beloved phones...
[Windows Phone 7 General] kennyken747:
Lol @ February, isn't the first update coming in January?
[Windows Phone 7 General] ZaForD:
Aren't the second batch of WP7 phones (the Blackberry type) or 'chassis 2' coming in Q1 next year.

I doubt the internal spec's will change.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
I will probably wait longer.

As WM user I hardly imagine working with this devices at this state,

it's not available in Poland anyway.

Today my carrier gave me X10/Android and I'm also interested in trying this

but bummer: I have to have Gmail account to use it, which I don't have (horrid!)
[Windows Phone 7 General] lip:
Probably will see new phones coming out in 3-4 months. Hardware internals will not change(processor, etc...). I'd expect to see bigger and better screens and more memory...

The bigger thing you have to ask yourself if you like windows phone 7...personally I think it completely rocks...yeah it's missing a couple of features that they have to fix but they will. I've been told there will be an update the first 2 weeks of January and continually after that.

I think MS is on to a winner, they just need to do a better job at marketing (so far I'm shocked at how bad they are doing with all the money they have) and they need HTC to put up their a-game and not release the crap they have released so far...
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Decent phones have good cameras.

Maybe you want 1080p video recording? Lol.

It's usually a weak point of the phonse becaue the phones are phones first, miniature computers second, and cameras/video recorders third.

Better to have a crappy camera than drop 20% of you calls, or have applications force closing left and right, eh?
[Desire HD General] Conchas:
As far as I know, DHD is available in two case colors (Black and Dark Brown).

Although, I'm only being able to find the brown version, as available to purchase in/from Portugal.

Do you know if the two colors are targeted for different markets, or should be world wide available?
[HD2 General] Buddhahb:
I have ran multiple Android roms om my hd2 and also Ubuntu... Ubuntu is cool but not very useable and pretty slow. Wouldn't a lite version of linux like puppy, dsl, or feather work better? My vote would be for puppy since it is the most feature filled light version. Just wondering if any one has worked on it?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Alx0363:
Hi all....sorry for my bad english.... :p

After load an android version ( that works fine :D ) and read tons of posts, I don't understand if exist an android rom version to install on HD2 instead WM stock rom.

Thanks in advance

Alex
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Alx0363:
Sorry...after another hour of "search" I understand that not possible at the moment :(

Please mod can U close or better delete this thread.

Thanks

Alex
[General Questions and Answers] fgingat:
Hello,

my operator doesn't allow me to use imap or pop freely.

I've got an imap server at home and would like to know if there is a way to use gmail application with my home server.

My imap home server is used to centralize about 20 pop accounts in one so i can access all thoose accounts from one imap account ...

Is there is any program that permit to do a "fake" gmail server and a tweak to redirect requests from gmail terminal app to my "fake" server, it would be really cool.

Thanks in advance.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dudekiller:
i was looking for the screen off animation that you see for the nexus s video where its like the old school tube tvs where the screen goes white then goes into a ball and disappears is it possible to have this on cm6.1? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2ivG0IvckM&feature=player_embedded
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rusty!:
It'll be available in the coming weeks.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khaytsus:
And how about an "old school" effect of turning on the Nexus and the screen squishes and bounces then slowly grows to full screen over the period of about 15s?

It's beyond me why such things are important to people....
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dudekiller:
its not important its just cool looking and to be honest ill probably play with it for about a day or two then wipe it off

its just fun that you can do whatever you want to do with the nexus why not enjoy that freedom
[Desire HD General] saquib:
If anyone who has a vodafone desire HD in the UK, can they confirm is the phone is supplied unlocked or locked ? Could they also tell us where it was purchased from. Many thanks!
[Desire HD General] MarkieSA:
I don't want to hijack your post but ditto on the T-Mobile phones, any information on if their phones are locked or unlocked.
[Desire HD General] Hero Yu:
If you buy from carrier retail shop they are normally locked, but if you buy from a third party they come unlocked most of the time. Just ask who ever your buying from.
[Desire HD General] Xera1:
I can't speak for Vodafone or T-Mobile but Three sells the DHD unbranded and unlocked.
[Desire HD General] saquib:
Back to the original question, anyone with a vodafone dhd in the uk who can confirm the lock status? thanks!
[Desire HD General] mupet0000:
Got my DHD from T-Mobile as a contract upgrade, it was sim-locked but not branded in any way. I sucessfully unlocked the phone as you can see here.
[Desire HD General] lemat1:
mine is yes!
[Desire HD General] saquib:
Was it from Vodafone directly or some other retailer? Thanks!
[Desire HD General] lemat1:
from the vodafone shop in norwich, tried with tmo, and orange sims - its also unbranded!
[Desire HD General] tekmobile:
Got mine direct from Vodafone online it is unbranded which is good but is also simlocked
[Desire HD General] ccart:
My friend got his from Vodafone unlocked. The guy at Vodafone said that due to the short supply they were just getting them unlocked from the manufacturer and sending them straight out to customers. This was about 2-3 weeks ago so the situation could have changed.
[Desire HD General] nickhammond121:
I received my replacement from Vodafone last Friday, its completely unbounded and unlocked
[Desire HD General] jacahaca:
Best way unlocked Desire HD in vodafone -take from mobiles.co.uk

http://www.mobiles.co.uk/vodafone-htc-desire-hd.html

This is new contract but You can upgrade too-100% unlocked
[Desire HD General] ghostofcain:
My t-mobile DHD came via them and that is completely unlocked
[Desire HD General] mian23:
I got my DHD directly from Vodafone - it is unbranded and unlocked - per my own experience with Vodafone - over the last 2 years or so I got the following phones from Vodafone:

- Touch pro2 - branded but Unlocked

- Windows 7 Trophy - unbranded and unlocked

- Desire HD (DHD) - unbranded and unlocked

so far all phones have been received direct from Vodafone and all have been unlocked - so I think I can make this healthy assumption that HTC phones are pretty much unlocked from Vodafone.

Hope this helps.
[Desire HD General] tommyturnip:
Can confirm mobiles.co.uk was unlocked
[Desire HD General] hhawarii:
Got mine from Vodafone online 1 month ago, unbranded and unlocked

Sent from my Desire HD
[Desire HD General] jonny68:
I'm with T-Mobile UK as well and thinking of getting one of these,is it unbranded as well?
[Desire HD General] gilest1:
Luving this site which I've just stumbled on and answered my question straight away, so here's some info that I've been told from two different T-Mobile UK staff.

Phone is SIM locked but the firmware hasn't been touched (this site has confirmed this too)

The phone will have some kind of T-Mobile logo branding but that's it. I can't wait for my new DHD to turn up now, no stock with T-Mobile and may not be for 3 weeks or more :( ...... nevermind hay I'll just have to wait.
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] J&M:
Has anyone had any issues with syncing their contacts with Google. When my phone connects to sync it just grinds away and nothing happens. I did notice the other day that my name card comes up really slowly like 30 seconds and it won't allow me to delete it. I'm wondering if this is the problem? Does anyone know how to replace a name card?
[Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tklives:
My girlfriends phone is having the same issue. I was able to remedy this before I flashed GSB, but it doesn't work now.

You might try going in your contacts, display options, and disable view of your google contacts. Exit your contacts, then go back in and enable to view them again.

Like I said, this did the trick once; but isn't working this time around for me.

If anyone else has any other ideas of level 2 troubleshooting, It would be appreciated!!

Good Luck! :)

TK
[HD7 General] lumpaywk:
I think i have found a bug or does anyone know how to fix this. I went to download assassins creed but it said i needed wifi so i connected to works wifi but it auto connected to one that has no internet working at the mo. Then the message changed to there was an error try restating. I tried this a few times got noware so i deleted the download and decided to plug in via zune. Now the download button is greyed out and when you go to the market on the phone it has check download but then nothing in the downloads. now i cant do anything with it i have rebooted the phone and no change. :( has anyone else had this and if so was it fixable? or will i just have to live without the creed in my life.
[Captivate General] sclRanger:
Check it out. Samsung lists Addroid 2.2 as the os for our phone.

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones/SGH-I897ZKAATT