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[G2 and Desire Z General] Ruud Westerhout:
Hi all,

thanks for your nice reactions.

I feel that the DZ might be a good choice, but some minor things are just unknowns to me.

To go by the topics mentioned by You all :

BT initiated calls, no problem, I am not using that.

@steviewevie, Yes, I can see You like it :)

I understand the keyboard to be worse than the TP2, but still better than the DHD or HD7 which do not have a real keyboard anyway. I think I can live with the fact that I cannot "bend" it towards me. IF I go for a keyboard again, I will probably have not much choice.

I am very much using the synchronizing of exchange mail, contact & calendar. Do I understand that the DZ out of the box cannot do this, so I need to purchase something, Which software is confirmed to be working without mistakes ?

Further I am using Excel to open some of the files I synchronize through USB (ASync now). I understand that the software to open or work with them will be another one, will the mentioned QuickOffice let me do this, or what other solutions can You this (I am not against paying, but it just should be working)

What about internet sharing, is this flawless ?

Thanks once again for your answers !

Ruud
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
On my TP2 I used to sync my Outlook (2007) Calendar with my phone. I initially tried using HTC Sync (free software download) to do this with my DZ, but I found trouble sync'ing edited repeated appointments. I found that Google's own Calendar Sync utility worked well though (from their site). So I used that to sync my Outlook Calendar with the Google Calendar (online), and now they both stay in sync with my phone.

I never used to sync my Outlook Contacts with my phone. What I did was to find a utility to export them from my phone in CSV format, then imported them to Google Contacts online, and then keep them in sync with my phone that way. HTC Sync is meant to handle Outlook Contacts, but I haven't tried it.

I can't comment on Exchange mail. There was a bug with that in the stock ROM, not sure what the outcome was, I think there was a workaround - try a search.

QuickOffice will let you edit Excel spreadsheets, yes. I imagine there are some limitations but I haven't tried it out myself yet.

Internet sharing in what way ? You can use the DZ as a Wi-Fi hotspot (not tried it myself) or you can use it for tethering a PC/laptop.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Ruud Westerhout:
Bummer, that is a real must for me. I have a gmail account privately, but I need corporate email etc. through exchange. No way around it.

Anybody to recommend what software is working here ?

Well that would be enough. My requirements are very poor. Opening, looking and a seldom change of value, nothing much really.

What I am doing today is connect the TP2 to my PC in an area where I do not have any other internet connection. The TP2 will provide internet connection towards my PC in such way. After that I can go to our VPN in the office, I can use all corporate applications I need etc. (through Citrix) Main thing is I need the PC to receive internet. Today this is done by one of the options I get when connecting the USB cable to my laptop (Async, Internet Sharing, Hard Disk accesss)

I just do not know what tethering is ?

regards,

Ruud
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
Check out this thread, where a workaround for the problem is available, and maybe ask there - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=832931&highlight=exchange

Tethering is exactly that. Yes, it works fine. Not sure about the VPN bit but I don't see why it wouldn't work.

Bear in mind that with Android, we have the source code for the vast majority of stuff. So if there are glitches, someone can try and fix it without having to wait for the vendor to do so !
[G2 and Desire Z General] Magicorolla:
Made de jump few weeks ago... Man what a change....

Almost everything works better/smoother/faster/more stable.

Only minor thing I can think of is the keyboard and the lack of directional keys.. but that is just a matter of changing your habits...

Go for it dude... TP2 was good until DZ came out !!
[G2 and Desire Z General] monomer888:
Out of the box, Froyo does have basic ability to synchronise Exchange mail, contacts and calendar. However it doesn't have the full features of Exchange Activesync (like searching the exchange server and some security options like device encryption). As steviewevie points out, the known bug seems to be with Exchange server 2010.

You might want to have a look at Touchdown, which gives you back some functionality. The downside is that you have to buy it (although the trial is 30 days to test it out). It uses its own interface for calendar, email, and tasks, so they can't be 'combined' with the HTC ones. Contacts can be combined with the phone's contacts, but editing these contacts must be done via Touchdown's interface. See here for a review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJM46Rno3M4

If you need to sync with Exchange server 2007 or older, and only want simple synchronisation with email, contacts and calendar, then the Desire Z should manage that. Anything else though, then do investigate the thread steviewevie has posted, and also see whether you need to get an app like Touchdown.

Hope that helps.
[G2 and Desire Z General] kappo78:
ok but what about the sound quality, I am led to believe the Desire Z has a mono speaker so calls are mostly missed, whereas the TP2 had stereo, am i correct?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Ruud Westerhout:
Hi Monomer888,

highly appreciated comments.

Had a look at the link, this looks impressive to me, I might really jump for touchdown if I see that the build in function does not do the job. But I will just start without Touchdown, we use Exchange2007.

Hi, kappo78,

I have no idea about the speakers in either of them. Why would I miss out on something if I have only mono ?

Ruud
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
The speakerphone quality on the DZ isn't as good as the TP2. Don't know if this can be tweaked or not, I don't recall reading that anyone has tried that yet.

The audio quality, however, listening through headphones, is apparently very good. There's a separate thread on that.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] snadge:
Hi all,

Grab kernel image here: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15005030/vision_t1.zip

Install from clockwork.

Full credit goes to Bumble-Bee for providing first CIFS enabled kernel for Cyanogenmod Vision builds. Tested on nightly #47, should work on RC4.

Kernel image compressed from 2.5mb to 2.0mb. NLS support for non latin filenames. CIFS for accessing remote windows networking / SMB servers.

Grab CifsManager from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=756158 or from Market.

Play xvid/divx videos with Arcmedia from Market.

Enjoy! :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Bumble-Bee:
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[Touch HD General] Pawel_:
Since two days I have strange behavior of my Blackstone touchscreen.

Just after start (or reboot) it works correctly but after few minutes when I hit for example start button it actually point about 1,5cm upper. So all touches has offset and hits not in the correct place like this:

Hit spot

^

|

|

Touched place

If I mange to go setup->screen->Align screen it's fine for a while and again after few minutes it's happen again.

ROM is Energy.BLACKSTONE.23149.Sense2.5.Cookie.2.0.Dec.01

Do anyone have the same issue?

It's more software or hardware problem?
[Touch HD General] optyqus:
At least yours still works... I also got problems with touch offset and decided to change the digitizer... but broke the lcd screen during the operation...

My device was acting just like yours: after screen alignment it worked for couple minutes then just went crazy... unfortunately, it's a hardware problem (problems between the first and the 2nd layer of the digitizer).

To align the screen more convenient just do this at any moment (with the phone switched on):

Press VOL UP and VOL DOWN simultaneously and while keeping them pressed, lightly touch the screen. This will surprisingly initiate the screen alignment procedure.
[Touch HD General] Mr. Dynamite:
Hard reset? :o
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] iiztempo:
hi there, my hd2 has spl 3.03, radio 2.15 and ROM 3.14. from doing a bit of research on the forums I've found that i can run Android roms without needing to flash. however after trying a few different roms they all seem to freeze on the white htc screen even after leaving them go boot for around 30 mins. can anybody please help me with this issue?

appreciate any help given.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] iiztempo:
Bump.

Does anybody please have any ideas? I bought the HD2 because I thought I could run android on it...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kaiceman:
I've tried multiple ROM and android build combinations and the only one I can get to boot up is from the minimum "energy" package. I've formatted the SD card in each case, and still no luck. I;m new at this whole process so I'm sure I'm screwing something up
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] azert789:
Hello!! Me too, i have the same problems : Artemis v44, Rom 3.14, radio 2.15.50.14. and i have 8gb sd card. I tryed different android rom, but it's the same problems.

I continue to try....

Sorry for my bad english.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] t1h5ta3:
read the other threads with the same topic on the 1st couple pages...

basicly the proven way to fix it is to format the sdcard to get rid of ghosts that are left over from old data.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kaiceman:
Does that mean a full format or Quick format? Ive try quick multiple times. And what first couple of pages are you refering/ Thanks for the response!:)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] t1h5ta3:
full format actualy wipes it, all quick does is removes file names.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kaiceman:
you da man! Im doing a 16g......its taking a long time.....is that normal?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kaiceman:
Well.....that didnt work. Full format on a 16g SD. Still locks up on HTC screen. Any ideas. Gonna try new SD card tomorrow.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mlm00:
I have the same result, use a new 8g card, android build MCCM_SE_V3.3_FroyoStone_Sense. On my first boot OK. I need to change battery and sim often. switch off and next boot stay on HTC screen forever... Found some solution saying that you must run the two "exe" within 15 sec. after boot into WM, but still doesn't work... help help
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] teejee:
Same problem here.

Tried all the steps.

Installed HSPL2

Upgraded radio to: 2.12.50.02

Fully formatted my sd card

Tried several builds (FRG83.MCCM_IR_1.7 & desire hd2)

But it keeps on freezin at the HTC screen when booting.

Any help would be very much appreciated since I'm very much out of guesses.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jose makalolot:
have you tried deleting cmd line?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mulich:
Same Problem...

Rom 3.14.407.2

SPL 3.03

Radio: 2.15.50.14

pls help
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] teejee:
Nope, I haven't. Could you explain or link me some explanation?

Gr

TJ
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jose makalolot:
open startup.txt and delete the whole line with "set cmd..." then try to boot android again.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] teejee:
This got me further yet it didnt work fully. It got me passed the HTC logo and unto the Android logo but then it crashes and fully restarts.... into windows.

So this might be a different problem... any thoughts?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jose makalolot:
I can give you a copy of my modded system.ext2 based on mdj 1.7, maybe it will work for you. Maybe we can do it through IM. Just PM me.

By the way, what is your location and carrier? I cant see info, am using phone.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] kaiceman:
Ive formatted multiple times and have ran different Android ROMs. NOTHING. Only thing that works is the basic one provided by ENERGY. (Thanks by the way). Not that this is a bad ROM, Im just trying to learn about this stuff and its frustrating. I'm sure there is more guidance within the threads, but thats like pretty difficult if you dont know where to look
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] t1h5ta3:
adb logcat

post it, then we can troubleshoot.

dont know how to do that? search. theres atleast 10 stickies in the forums on adb for dummies.

also, i get kinda tired of folks begging for help that cant even do simple stuff like fill out location, sig line etc... come on throw us a bone.
[Hero, G2 Touch Themes and Apps] ablivian:
Hello,

is there someone who can port the white lockscreen and statusbar, so it could work on our htc hero G2.

I've tried the version from the link below, but when flashing I received the message: aborted..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=770315

The black edition is allready available on

http://classical-gas.blogspot.com/2010/10/testing-mdpi-devices.html

Thnx
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] impatspence:
Saw this on the "wireless tether" homepage, so i just copied and pasted it as it explains my problem as good is i could. I have tried different kernals, ive tried wiping.. unrooting rerooting etc... and it happens on all tether apps including the stock one. It starts happening after it gets over 35 degrees Celsius. :/

Currently using MIUI rom, however does it on all of them including stock unrooted one.

Anyone know how to fix? Its quiet annoying! :/

Which device (manufacturer, type)?

HTC Incredible

Which firmware is installed?

2.2

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1.turn on

2.connects

3.works for about 5 minutes

What is the expected output? What do you see instead? Works really good for the first 5-10 minutes then stops and 3G symbol will disappear and reappear along with 3G service
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ptsmith24:
I remember seeing the same issue, but I don't recall seeing it since flashing skyraider vanilla.

The last ROM I used was virtuous.

I don't use tether very often, but I can pay attention to the 3g and temps when I do.

Do you see interruption in your connection on the connected device(s)?

sent from my Droid incredible using the xda app
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] impatspence:
It usually only takes 20-30 mb download to heat it up to the point it starting flickering on and off. But no, it doesn't interrupt if its wired tether, only wireless...

veeeerry annoying as I like to have it for college.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanneman101101:
what verison of Wireless Tether are you using. I know that I had the same problem for two reasons, 1. there are at least two verisons that I know of that have a problem. I had the same trouble. 2. You might have a the 3G Drop problem.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BodingisanAndroid:
I've had this happen in MIUI 0.11.26 as well as CM 6.0.2 on my AMOLED Inc.

For me its not a temp problem but rather a heavy data traffic problem. It only seems to do it when I'm intensely viewing multiple webpages with flash or videos.

Only fix for me is reboot.
[G Tablet General] jcarlospr:
I tried and I got the unsupported platform message.
[G Tablet General] Sprdtyf350:
I could never get it to work but look here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=856318
[G Tablet General] dkhilo:
Hulu Tips

The trick for getting Hulu working is to do these things:

1) Use Either Dolphin Browser or SkyFire

2) In the browser, Settings...set User Agent to "Desktop"

3) In Advanced Settings set Plugins to "Always On"(Default is "on demand"))

4) Install either the Adobe flash player hacked apk or hexedit the libflashplayer.so file yourself. I had issues using the hacked apk, I just hexedited my own on the PC and moved it over. Instruction and hacked apk in first post of this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=856318&highlight=hulu

5) Install AdFree from the marketplace

6) Delete/Rename the Host file in /system/etc (TNT Lite Builds)

7) Start AdFree, it will want to create the Host file. If it exists when you run it, it will hang and not complete the installation.

8) When AdFree comes up there is an option to "Revert" click this button to allow ads, Hulu needs this to work.

9) Reboot to clear the host cache.

10) Turn back on AdFree Host file restrictions if you like after you're done with the Hulu Goodness! Enjoy!
[G Tablet General] thaigai:
rooted?

Is there anything special that needs to be done in order to delete "system/etc/hosts" file? I am running TNT lite 2.4 with Cwm, and/\ have had superuser capabilities for everything else, I'm assuming it's not root related?
[G Tablet General] jcarlospr:
I did it - I can see the video but when clicked after waiting for a while to run I'm getting the "unfortunately Hulu is not supported on your platform...
[G Tablet General] Sprdtyf350:
Well it works, sort of. It played real nice until it reached a commercial. Then it paused for a few seconds and Dolphin crashed. Tried again and had no sound. Re-booted, tried again and it worked again. Haven't watched long enough to see if it crashes at the commercials again.

Full screen sort of worked. Had to disable the popup blocker in Dolphin. Then it played for a few seconds until the video froze. Still had sound, but frozen video.

I wish there was something not as touchy as flash too...

Update.. Made it past the commercials this time. Seems pretty touchy but it works...
[G Tablet General] dkhilo:
thaigai - you can use root explorer to delete the hosts file. All the firmware distros get you to root. You will need root in order to access the /system/etc and the /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib directories.

jcarlospr - Unfortunately.... message is usually caused by either the User Agent is not set to "Desktop" or your libflashplayer.so is not set correctly.

Download this file, unzip it, and use Root Explorer to copy it into the /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib directory

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=K4C7N34D

You can use this with both the Folio 100 Adobe Flash apk and the GLES Optimized Flash apk. The GLES Optimized is linked in Roebeet's TNT Lite Thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=842004

Copy the libflashplayer.so file after installing the Adobe Flash Player apk.
[G Tablet General] jcarlospr:
No luck!!!

But I also notice that I didn't have the /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib directory - so I create it myself - is that right?? :(
[G Tablet General] dkhilo:
That doesn't sound right. Try uninstalling your flash player and reinstalling with the new GLES optimized Flash apk, then copy the libflashplayer.so file. Like I mentioned I had issues with the hacked apk.
[G Tablet General] jcarlospr:
Ok, This is what I did

1. Re-downloaded Adobe Flash Player 10.1.12.1 from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=842004

2. Went to settings/Applications/downloaded applications and uninstall the Adobe Flash Palyer 10.1

3. Using ES File Explorer I put the adobe flash player 10.1.120.1.apk

4. Went to the data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib/ I renamed the libflashplayer.so that I got from http://www.megaupload.com/?d=K4C7N34D

5. Using the app App Installer I install the apk from step 3

6. Turn off the table after reboot I went back to the data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib/ and rename back the file.

7. Went to hulu using skyfire (first, I verified that the option selected by default is desktop).

8. I selected a video from hulu and after 30 seconds I got the unsupported message.

Something else, I created data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib/ directory because it was not there.

I am using TnT Lite V2.2.0
[G Tablet General] Sprdtyf350:
I don't see where you are doing the adfree part. I got it to work using the Flash apk that was already modded without having to play with the lib file.
[G Tablet General] jcarlospr:
My bad - for some reason is not letting me to delete the host file or even rename it and I don't have anything else open - I tried right after turning on the tablet
[G Tablet General] Sprdtyf350:
Are you trying to delete the host file with something like androot, or root explorer? The folder has to be set to read/write or it won't let you change it.
[G Tablet General] Sprdtyf350:
Folder has to be set to read/write with something like root explorer.
[G Tablet General] ceo4eva:
Is this in general for most devices?
[G Tablet General] dkhilo:
The hack original came form those that discovered it on the Nexus One Phones(rcgabriel thx for correction). It just edits what Adobe Flash Reports to the website the client using it, in this case it reports WIN instead of AND. So, I believe it would work for all mobile devices as long as they use a libflashplayer.so file as well. You might want to hexedit your particular libflashplayer.so file since it may be different from the one posted here. This apk is specific to the tegra2 devices.
[G Tablet General] dkhilo:
Also make sure your firewall is not doing some kind of ad blocking either. Some firewalls like Untangle have a ad blocker or if you use OpenDNS, you might have problems also if you have the restrictions to block the ad sites. Anything that blocks ads might prevent hulu from showing you the video.

Strangely enough, I needed to delete the host in order to have the AdFree even get to the point where it gives me the option to "revert" or load the updated hosts file. I'm not sure if the hosts file itself was blocking things, or the hosts file had some permissions preventing AdFree from modifying it. Either way, using Root Explorer after making sure the directory is R/W and not R/O is probably the easiest route for deleting this file.
[G Tablet General] jcarlospr:
How I switch from r/o to r/w?
[G Tablet General] rcgabriel:
Minor historical correction - the hack originally came from the Nexus One forums. :) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=687842&page=3
[G Tablet General] kirov70:
Fancast works great without all the BS, hulu is a waste of time.
[G Tablet General] dkhilo:
Thanks for the info. Learned my one thing for today. LOL.
[G Tablet General] jdnyc:
Tried fancast but it locks on the "starting playback" image. Any special settings or browser trick?
[G Tablet General] rob_z11:
Yes, please share any secret tricks or settings to get fancast working.
[G Tablet General] kirov70:
I'm running the stock browser, hex edited flash, and have ads allowed. All fancast videos I tried worked except Hell's Kitchen, not sure why. I suspect regular flash will work also.
[G Tablet General] jdnyc:
Are you using the flash player hack that is posted in this forum or did you modify? Are ads allied by default or does something need to be modified? I have a long flight (with wifi) this week and would love some TV viewing! Thanks for the info.
[G Tablet General] prking07:
Guys i have hulu working excellent using the lib file afew posts back and using the Miren browser set to chrome user agent. Im on tnt light 2.2. And works every time!
[G Tablet General] Zachhaman8031:
HULU

I am using tnt 2.2 and miren browser with the updated flash file as well and works fine be sure to change to chrome desktop
[G Tablet General] h8rift:
I did this and it works great! Thanks for the advice!!

-h8
[G Tablet General] anlog:
Yea this is total junk. I hex edited the file and removed ad blocking. I have no problem watching Hulu commercials, but as soon as the episode is about to start I get the exclamation point.

Flash is a joke... It needs to die...

Can't watch Fancast videos either. It just sits at "Starting playback"...
[G Tablet General] h8rift:
I used the pre-edited flash.apk and left my lib alone.