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[G2 and Desire Z Themes and Apps] ihateusernames:
If you have root explorer you can do it easily. If you do not have it, you should. Worth every penny if you don't understand adb yet.

Anyway, with root explorer, you just download a swype enabled rom. Open root explorer and navigate to the swype enabled rom on your sdcard. Make sure R/W access is checked at the top of root explorer. Locate the app directory and longclick on the swype apk. Select extract and it will extract the file to your system/extracted folder or something like that. I believe it tells you where it puts the file so keep an eye out. Now locate the library directory and find the swype library file and extract. At this point you just need to copy the files to your system app and library directories. When you have the files placed in their respective directories, navigate to the swype apk file and install it from within root explorer. Now your golden. Make sure to enable swypw in you keyboard settings.

Hope this is legible enough to help.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Exanimus:
I have been trying to check the Phone locating service at Htcsense.com but i can't get it to work.

When i login to my account and click on phone finding i get the message that i need to activate that function on my phone, the thing is that i already did that, over and over and over again.. and nothing works.

Anyone else had that problem?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Janik_dk:
Well - Htcsense.com seems rather buggy for now.

Some times i can make all the functions works - other times i can't.

Mine is working fine in Denmark.
[G2 and Desire Z General] t-mon:
I've had the same problem. I forgot to set the HTC Sense update schedule to "As items change (Push)"

go to Settings -> Accounts & sync -> HTC Sense -> Update schedule -> As items change (Push)

At least that was the problem I had, hope it helps
[G2 and Desire Z General] Exanimus:
that was already set as default for me, and i have tried to change it and then change back. i have tried to change every setting even with wifi on and even with it off (in case that was any problem). i have removed my account from the phone and even at htcsense.com and then readded it. i even tried with a different email adress when i created my sense account again. I have tried everything now i think and htcsense.com says my phone finder is inactivated and i need to go to "Settings>location>phone finder" and turn it on.. but it IS turned on :S

The lock phone function doesn't work either.. but htcsense.com says it does :P

can it have anything to do with that i run the stock rom but rooted and with S-Off?
[G2 and Desire Z General] D3LTA9:
I have the exact same problem as you, and my htc sense sync is also by default on as items change (push). I was about to have another try and getting it to work so will let you know if I find anything. I can get htc sense to make my phone ring loudly but havent tried locking it down, other than the location finder just tells me I need to turn on phone finder which I have done many times like you.

I am in New Zealand if that makes any difference using a desire z from UK.
[G2 and Desire Z General] skulk3r:
similar story here. Desire Z from UK, but HTCSense.com is not syncing my contacts, messages, or location. cannot call/make it ring.

to be clear, I have set the Account to 'push-sync' and I have also checked the box in "Location" setting for my phone to be able to be found.

....and I was looking forward to being able to use this feature as I lose my phone in the house too often :p
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
HTCSense.com told me that I have my "phone finder" turned off on my phone, right from the start, even though that setting is definitely on :rolleyes:

I rooted my phone last night, with S-OFF too. I can still make my phone ring from HTCSense.com, though it seems it needs a data connection to do that - because I had been using my phone with Internet pass-through and (as per another thread I posted) that made it lose the data connection when I'd finished, and it couldn't make the phone ring till I restarted it.

Even though I've specifically sync'd HTCSense.com from the phone, I still don't see any of my Contacts or Messages on there (same before root/S-OFF too).
[G2 and Desire Z General] Lennyuk:
It might be a gps issue, can you confirm that your gps is working on other apps?

My gps is working fine as is Phone locator on htcsense.com
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
My GPS works fine on other apps.
[G2 and Desire Z General] curbsam:
I've called up HTC Europe (UK branch) and spoke to customer services.

They are aware of the problem and said they couldn't give a definite time frame, they just hoped to sort it in the next few weeks.

Kinda sucks as this was 1 of the features I was really looking forward to with the D-Z.
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
Thanks. Which problem though, just the locating thing or also the lack of Contacts/Messages ?
[G2 and Desire Z General] curbsam:
All of it. On Dashboards on htcsense.com it doesn't pick up the handset - says phone finder is off in locations.

I heard that some people got it to work by signing in with a google email address but this didn't make any difference to me.

None of the features work on htcsense for me.
[G2 and Desire Z General] serikm:
I'm already signed for HTCSense account from start with google email address.

Have all the problems as described in thread.But a month ago everything seems working at least I can make my phone ringing and have all the contacts and data synced.

P.S. Just tried all services from htcsense.com and seems everything started to work but very slooooowly.For example I get phone locked after one hour after send a command from web site.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Exanimus:
after some waiting i noticed that all the services at htcsense.com now is working for me, i guess it was Htc that had problems :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
I just had a look, and it's still telling me my phone finder settings are off on the phone (they're not).

No messages/contacts being sync'd either.
[G2 and Desire Z General] NXUS:
Exactly same problem, I don't know how to fix it

Sent from my HTC Vision
[G2 and Desire Z General] Mnemoch:
I see my contacts etc. but for location has me in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean! Location is fine in Maps etc. so something weird happening at the server end.
[G2 and Desire Z General] CoolinHL:
I tried this a week or two ago and faced similar issues. At first it wouldn't detect the phone location tracking as being on. After a while, it finally picked up my phone but said I was in the Atlantic Ocean just off the coast of Africa. The next day, I went outside for 15 minutes with the GPS on and only then did it get my location correctly. It looks like the website can't use the wifi/cell tower approximate locationing system and needs a clear GPS signal to get the location. This limits the usability of the feature somewhat.
[G2 and Desire Z General] NXUS:
Atlantic Ocean just off the coast of Africa is exactly where it put me!!! still cant get it to work tho
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
I selected the option in Menu/Settings/Location to reinstall Locations. Also then got myself a GPS lock. Still tells me my "Phone Finder" is off at HTCSense.com, and most of the other stuff not working either.
[G2 and Desire Z General] lovelldr:
Well, I had this working perfectly fine. However. On wednesday, I took my sim card out of my phone, as I was wanting to set up a friends android phone. There were some things on my memory card I wanted, so I turned the phone on, connected via usb, and took them over. I did notice there was a htc icon in the menu bar, but didn't think much about it...

Sim went in, all fine. Yesterday, I noticed that my phone number in the htc sense site was my home number, not mobile. I then noticed that it hadn't synced anything from after I put the sim back in the phone. I went to the settings, and changed my number to my mobile number, still nothing. Went in to the sync settings, and my htc account wasn't included in the sync settings. I added it back in, and it says it's all synced. Look at the messages and missed calls etc, nothing in there...

Tried using the location, phone ringer, send message, nothing works! On the phone it says it's synced fine. All settings to be able to locate my phone are switched on. But, it just doesn't recognise it...

What's the point of this htcsense, if someone puts a different sim card in and it doesn't work?!

I cannot even make it work back again!!!
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
Perhaps we should all hassle HTC about this and get their attention ? I'm going to contact them myself.
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
Well I got a very quick, and quite illuminating response from HTC on the way most features of HTCSense.com don't work for me :
[G2 and Desire Z General] lovelldr:
Well, Previously, I had all of my sms and missed calls etc displayed on the htsense.com site until Wednesday. Couldn't get anything to work though. No location, no ringing, no locking etc...

Anyway, deleted the account on the phone, and deleted my account on htcsense.com. Then, signed up online to htc sense. Then, went to the setup under the apps. Then, added my account, and it then read the phone number and uploaded that to the site. Checked online, and I got the locations, phone locking, remote ringing all working. However, I have no contacts, sms, call logs or anything available on the site...

Very frustrating! Might send off an email and see what happens!
[G2 and Desire Z General] rb14:
It said that for me too, but then I am on a yacht in the the Atlantic Ocean just off the coast of Africa. I'm going to stay here until they fix the website, otherwise I'll never be able to find my phone.

Of course I could just chuck it off the side of the boat. If anyone else is worried about losing their phones, send them to me and I'll chuck them off the side of the boat too. Problem solved.

My adress:

rb14

A Yacht

Just off the coast of Africa

Atlantic Ocean
[G2 and Desire Z General] goldcat:
I was having the same issues as mentioned above I went through and everything was set as it should be.

I told sense to ring the phone then reloaded sense in my browser and now it is finding me.
[G2 and Desire Z General] andrewilley:
What a coincidence, my phone is located just south of the Ivory Coast too. Perhaps we should all meet up and have a party?

Andre
[G2 and Desire Z General] balander:
i have same problem! Very annoying! When HTC going to fix that ?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Eager:
Yeah, I was very disappointed with this issue as well. When I got the phone - I think on the 12th - the first thing I did after playing with all the settings was to create an account there and associate it with my device. Initially i got the “Phone finder" is currently disabled. For security reasons, go to your phone to enable this feature in Settings >> Location >> Phone finder. message like many other new users.

I tried the following based on posts here and in various other forums:

- unchecking/rechecking the tick in the menu - nogo

- unchecking -> syncing -> rechecking -> syncing - nogo

- the above through HSPA as opposed to WiFi - nogo

- finally unchecking it, restarting the device, updating my location in Locations/Maps/Navigation, syncing over HSPA, rechecking the tick again, updating Locations/Maps/Navigation, and syncing again - still nogo.

I was kinda worried that it might be due to me living in Bulgaria, so I decided to drop HTC a line and see if their answer differs from the ones already posted here. Here is what I got:

[sic] with removed hyperlinks

So... I waited. Five or so days later I finally had a map there and my phone appeared just outside the west coast of Africa (coordinate 0:0 for Google Maps), which was a good sign, and after another day or two it finally displayed the last location where I used the GPS (the actual thing, not AGPS).

As per the other services:

- Call forward works for me

- Never tried message forwarding

- It does ring most of the times I try that - sometimes it simply refuses to, and every now and then I get a message on the website stating that it's unreachable (sometimes it will no ring with no failure message whatsoever)

- I can "lock" it but it does pretty much nothing

- Never tried deleting all data :)

Now, the thing that bothers me the most is that I can only see the Dashboard tab of the site. Actually there are no tabs at all, and whenever I try to enter the address manually (e.g. htcsense/#footprints etc.) it returns me to the dashboard.

So I have a few questions for my fellow Vision owners:

- is your device able to update its location in real time or with a delay <1-2 hours?

- is your device able to update its location via AGPS using the carrier cells?

- are you able to see any of the other tabs?
[G2 and Desire Z General] jinxman:
same case here in germany (along with 2 colleagues). i wish htcsense displays a correct error message instead of instructing us to fiddle with our already correct phone settings.

extremely annoying, considering the amount of advertisement htc has been doing about it htcsense features. some sort of official announcement in the htcsense site would be the least one could expect
[G2 and Desire Z General] tbalden:
First i was quite disappointed with the front speaker when talking. Even loudest setting gave too low power. But have you noticed that if you hold it in an interesting angle, ear not parallel with phone but a bit above the speaker its much better? That way Getting closer to what i had with my old hero.

-- sent from htc z using xda app
[General Topics] bigwooly:
Soo Black friday coming up and it looks like there are going to be several deals on tablets out there.

Anyone have any suggestions on which one to get?

I'm hoping to use it for browsing around the house, watching movies on vacation, and various other uses(hoping there's a vnc client out there so i can use it to vnc into my HTPC.), also hoping for something w/marketplace access

I don't need one w/ celluar i have enough devices i can get internet from when i'm out and about.

Here's what i've seen so far

Kmart - Sylvania 7.1" comes w/2.1 Wi-Fi - $139.99

Toys R US - Sylcania 7.1" comes w/2.1 Wi-FI - $139.99

Hastings - Sylvania 7" WiFi Tablet w/ Android O/S 1GHz ARM 11 Processor 256MB RAM 2GB Hard Drive - $149.99

They all look to be the same tablet although each add words the device differently. Best buy has a couple of E-reader devices listed however i'm not sure if any of those could be rooted and flashed.(nook, cruz e-reader)

I've never rooted an android phone but am technically capable of doing so.

If this question has been asked and answered then please forgive my failure of using a search engine in an attempt to find an answer. Any and all helpful input is greatly appreciated.
[General Topics] Knedjo:
it's 200, but euros:

;)
[General Topics] player911:
me too

I've been looking at those too. I think they are all the same model. The Sylavania 7" has a 1ghz processor, 256/512 memory, TFT Resistive screen, 480x800

I've been doing a lot of research and it seems like a winner for a cheap tablet. It lacks Android Market but you can manually install APK's (these are the install files) from the SD Card. Plus there are alternative markets.

The only bad thing I see is the Resistive screen. I guess it isn't a kill joy but lots of android games use multitouch.

I'm actually wanting to buy it for my 4 year old son. He's showing a huge interest in my Nexus One and loves games like Angry Birds and stupid Basketball games and such. I figured it would serve as a decent web browser from the couch.

Supposedly the USB ports don't work out of the box, and the headphone jack is only mono. There are reports that an upcoming software update is supposed to fix them.

I'm new to the tablets, but supposedly the Sylvania is faster and more responsive then other 800mhz android tablets. So I am in the same boat. The Sylvania is around $119-139 which seems to fit the bill for my 4 year old. Anything else that compares that is rootable and upgradable from a rom standpoint.
[General Topics] jagpoag:
All of these are resistive touch screen. I wouldn't pay $5.00 for a resistive touch screen on any device. So they have decent CPUs and ram, they run flash and can/will run Froyo? If they have a resistive touch screen, it's pretty much pointless. It's like using a ball mouse with my gaming PC, it just doesn't make sense to me. Just my opinion, nothing more or less.

Side note, for about $75-$100 more you could get a nice capactive touch screen tablet with even more features. Archos 70, herotab and a few others.
[General Topics] player911:
wth my post is gone.

Take 2:

Basically if I was buying one for myself, yea sure I would get a Capacitive touch. Lots of Android features requires it. But I'm more intested in the price point of $139. I'm looking for an Android tablet that will run games like Angry Birds and stupid basketball games for my 4 year old.

When he's not using it I might use it for couch surfing or something... but basically it is a toy for my child.

I'm not sure what the OP's primary uses are, but I'm looking for a cheap Android Tablet that has at least 2.1 on it and decent memory specs. I've been doing a lot of research tonight and I think the Sylvania is a winner. Lots of people are saying the run faster then most of the low dollar tablets out there.

One major flaw is the battery life is 3 hours. For me it isn't a problem as no one in my house should be on it for 3 hours. I just want to be able to throw a few silly games on it to keep my kid entertained and off my Nexus One.

[EDIT]

I just saw a post for the Maylong M-150 Tablet and it looks promising

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=808961

Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yybv6XCrO4Q
[General Topics] jagpoag:
For the kids, yeah it's a great price and product. I would much rather my kid have a tablet in his/her hands than a game controller. At least there is more of a chance they might actually learn something.
[General Topics] bigwooly:
I ended up getting the sylvania and i am loving it. I have market working and Over on xda someone noticed a process called cell stand by was running and eating up the battery. Once i followed their lead and unistalled some apps they said to i am getting much better battery life on my sylvania. I am going on 3 hours of mixed use/standy and till have 61% battery remaining.
[General Topics] player911:
I ended up getting the HeroTab X5A from Merimobiles.com for $149.

800mhz

7" Resistive Touch w/ Multitouch

G-Sensor

Capacitive touch controls on the side

Glass top, metal surround

Android 2.1 w/ Market

Looks like it runs great.

http://www.merimobiles.com/Herotab_X5A_Multitouch_Gsensor_800Mhz_Android_2_1_p/meri0524.htm
[General Topics] player911:
Yea I've been playing with it. I loaded up Angry Birds and a few games he likes to test before putting it back in the box.

Yes it does have multitouch. I loaded Launcher Pro and lots of little apps. Runs great. The only issue is the only Widget available is Google Search. Supposedly the latest Firmware update fixes it but I had already wrapped it up for Christmas.
[Desire General] otscho:
Hello.

I have some issues with my three day old mobile which I already changed, because my previews Desire which I bought two weeks ago had dead pixel (and this 2nd one has also a green bright pixel... but I don't bother to change it one more time because of this small error - I have to live with it - and it is a little frustrating having brand new but broken hardware).

Now my real issue... from time to time the screens are moving itself and I haven't control anymore. I don't know how to explain it.. but imagine you are dragging your home-screens continuous and in small distances really fast... it flickers... mmmh.

Is my touch screen broken or is it a software problem or.. or.. I really don't know.

I turned the device several times off but it does not really help, when I reboot the problem occurs sometimes again. And if so, I can hardly unlock the screen, because the response is so bad. Then I send it to sleep... try again, sleep, try again... sleep.. forget about it and later it is working again.

It is happening quite often.. 3-4 times this morning and in the afternoon I turned the device off completely. Now I turned it on again, and the problem occured two more times but now it's back to normal again. So ... haha... this is weird, probably I'm not using my HTC Desire right? :(

Since the problem comes sporadic I don't know how I should reproduce it and present a probably working device as broken to the customer service.

Any ideas? What could be a problem?

And do you have pixel errors on your Desire? I had several devices in the past (mobiles, laptop display, desktop display and so on) but never ever any pixel errors. I didn't even saw any on other devices as well. Now I had them on two HTC's in a row ... :eek:
[Desire General] tolis626:
Well,it had happened to my device two times when,after training,I tried to use it with sweaty hands.Probably sweat stayed on the screen causing false touches because the screen is so responsive.Try to reproduce it that way.If it's not that,then most probably you'll have to change to a new one again.And as for the screen problem,however small it may be you are entitled to ask for a new one as it is a factory problem and is inexcusable for a high-end 500 euro phone.
[Desire General] otscho:
hello again..

I have still my "broken" Desire. Probably I will change it in the next days.

I made a short (****ty) video of frustration today, because it ended up not being able to response a call... (turn off the sound of the youtube-clips :D)

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Then I shortly decided to buy a cheap ZTE Blade, but it turned out, that this device will be even more broken than my HTC Desire, which you see here:

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this can't be random... three devices, and all were broken.

simply impressive.
[Desire General] noobdeagle:
all htc devices I've ever had have been perfect including a desire imo you should return it.

I've had bad luck with other tech before sure its annoying but all companies have dodgy units that make it through qc because they don't test every one just a random sample from each batch

What desire is it a world wide model or is it a branded one with telco software? Imo get the ruu and re flash it could be software rule that out first
[Desire General] CalumD:
Wow, you have some bad luck! Broken any mirrors recently?

Definitely looks like a hardware fault, but the Desire in your second video looks fine. Is that the broken unit?
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mbkarlos:
Hi! I have a HTC Magic 32A from Venezuela, the specifications are the same as the Rogers one, so I want to know if I have the manual update from Rogers, can I flash my venezuelan magic without problems? Is there any risk? I don't think so but I just want to know, as I said before, the hardware has then same especifications. Will be the phone locked just for Rogers sim cards? My phone is not unlocked, it just accepts sim cards from movilnet. Thanks!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] themaskfly:
u can do it w/o any problem. but at first u need to make a goldcard to bypass the CID check.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oxigy:
Hi all,

SInce the froyo release didn 't came out here in Belgium for proximus i updated my SGS with the registry hack and downloaded the firmware from another country, now froyo is out for Belgium, is there a way i could replace the froyo release installed with the hack by the one provided for my country through Kies or by another way?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] gil80:
Hi.

When going to the apps in SGS, there's a black background. Is it possible to add background when viewing the app windows?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] AllGamer:
good question, i've been wondering the same as well

just it never bothered me that much as i use a black them, so the default kinda combines
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] snapper.fishes:
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