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[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Blesseld:
Hey All,

Today I decided to look into a larger capacity battery for my DZ NAM, and I took a look at my old Touch Pro 2...

The Battery fits quite well, its 1500mAh as opposed to the 1300 with the DZ.

I had to trim out the plastic on the TP2 battery, and then place it in upside down.

The cover pops up slightly after the battery is in, nothing that would bother you lots, in other words its not as flush as the original DZ battery.

I am going to use it to swap out between my 2 batteries.

Hope this helps, not bad for a free battery in my case
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Pouic:
Great news !!

I have also a BA-S390 from my old Touch Pro 2... I'll try this tonight !

When you charge the battery inside the phone is it getting hotter or colder than the original DZ battery ?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Lennyuk:
I just got 2.5 days out of my stock Z battery and still had 60% left (granted didn't use it much).

I left my charger at work, and had a snow day yesterday.

I don't know what all the fuss about battery life is about.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] JupiterDroid:
Len,

To get 2.5 days out of a smartphone you must firstly not be overclocking at all, and secondly you must not have used it one bit.

2.5 days = total non usage

Even the iphone4 with its powersaving a4 chip does not get 2.5 days, unless you dont touch the beast.

And i like to generally use my phone;)

JD
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Lennyuk:
Actually I am overclocked to 1.4ghz and underclocked for screen off.

You are right, I hardly touched the phone at all, I did need it as an alarm twice in the time I was without a charger. (I was forced into this situation by leaving my charger at work)

But it shows that with no use the phone only loses 1% a day.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] JupiterDroid:
I generally lose about 2-4 percent an hour not in use. But my phone is sync'ed up to everything, lol

Sent from my HTC Desire Z Beast
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ante0:
Mine was down at 30% after exactly 48 hours.

Which is great, cause I did use it. Played Angry birds, sent sms and made a phonecall.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Blesseld:
Who said anything about fuss?

I was pointing out that the TP2 battery works, and is larger capacity... I have a ton of reasons to have a second battery and would rather not spend an extra $40.

I travel lots... and I use my phone to watch tv :) on the plan.

Not sure about how hot the battery gets on charge, haven't used it much yet.

As for the original I get 2 days with moderate use.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Lennyuk:
that comment wasn't aimed at you :)

Just that there have been lots of complaints about battery life on this phone (and the desire HD)...those people obviously never had a Desire as the battery life on the Z and HD are loads better than the desire ever was.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Blesseld:
agreed, I find the stock battery tollerable on my DZ

:)
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] abprie:
@Blesseld: i also have a tp2 battery lying around, so if you happen to charge it, i would be really thankful for any reports about the charging behavior...
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Blesseld:
I'll do a little test tonight/tomorrow and report back.

Cheers
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] wolek76:
I have descended from tp2pro aswell, and must admit that I have used my old tp2 battery from the second day I had a DZ. I must admit I have 'trimmed' it ;) so that it doesn't cause any bulge on the metal flap covering the batt compartment, and I can say that even though the old batt is 6 months old it performs well enough to get me through the whole working day. I do make a lot of calls a day, I keep I-net connection constantly on, and I never switch Bluetooth off....

I realize its a heavy load on the battery but afterall I got the fone to do its job (calls, emails, driving, gps, etc).

The battery lasts well into from 8am to 7pm (with my heavy usage) but must say that whenever I'm driving I will have fone charging, regardless of its power level.

Nevertheless, I have a spare battery at hand ( original DZ one) should the worst happen.

FYI, my daily batt stats is usually as follows: display 30percent, voice calls 35 percent, and remaining 35 percent spread somewhat evenly amongst remaining series that have to run in the background.

Unfortunately though, I haven't got enough experience with the original DZ battery, to give you a comparison.... remember I used it only for a day or two, when I was still getting used to the whole new world of android and DZ :D

sent from htc desire Z
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] mickliq:
Does anyone have experience with the 1800mAh Mugen battery from the TP2 in the DZ? I'm tempted to go for that assuming it fits...?
[HTC Typhoon] HeathHayle:
Hi guys is there any way to sim unlock a SPV C500 mobile phone locked to orange now spv-developers site doesnt exist thanks for your help from David Heath
[HTC Typhoon] gutek85:
Look here;)
[HTC Typhoon] tobbbie:
Unlocking is possible free of charge - don't follow any commercial scam here.
[Windows Mobile] stronkyz:
hi to all chefs!!! :)

i have some problems...

- i can't rearrange manila tabs

- the photo tab have this problem:

- quick shutdown haven't transparency

(i've tried to make quickshutdown to default and the result is this)

- it's possible to make the selection of the menu green instead of black?

another problem:

-when i receive a call the dialer of htc and the default dialer of wm starts

How i can disable the wm default incoming call popup?

P.S. sorry for my bad english
[Windows Mobile] NRGZ28:
1. Check your Manila_Photo package from the VGA port you're using. Make sure it overwrites the WVGA original one.

2. Quickshutdown transparency works ONLY with 6.5 ROMs. You would have known that if you read the first post of the application.

3. Look for PNG files in the HTC Menu Enhancement package for the OS menus.... and you'll need to find the corresponding _manila files for the menus in your screenshot to edit. Sorry.. dont know them off the top of my head.
[Windows Mobile] stronkyz:
thanks for the answers :)

but why i can't rearrange the home screen tabs?
[Windows Mobile] ai6908:
Dont cook in manilafull.xml.
[Windows Mobile] stronkyz:
i've just eliminated this file
[Windows Mobile] stronkyz:
Can anyone post a functional version of the manila 2019 photo tab VGA port pls?
[Windows Mobile] stronkyz:
another problem with the dialer

screenshot in the first post

-How i can disable the wm default incoming call popup?
[Windows Mobile] stronkyz:
i forgot to tell that i use WM 6.1 21057
[Windows Mobile] stronkyz:
i think i've just eliminated this file but it's in CHT!

thanks for your help!!!
[Windows Mobile] ai6908:
Yup it should have been in CHT. Original manila files will not have ManilaFull.XML...:)
[Windows Mobile] stronkyz:
but for the dialer what can i do?
[G2 and Desire Z General] kcchen:
Sorry if this has been discussed. I'm running the stock ROM with some apps removed via TB.

I use Vlingo to issue voice commands to my Desire Z NAM. After issuing a Vlingo command through my BT device (Blueant S4 or Q2) and then turning off BT or the device, my phone reboots (and gets stuck in landscape mode) when I turn-off the BT headset. This is a known issues as posted on Vlingo's support FAQ. But reading through the ticket, it seems as though this may have been fixed in Android 2.2.1.

I'm fairly new to Android. How can I get the Android 2.2.1 update for my Desire Z NAM?

Regards,

Ken
[Android Apps and Games] nemuro:
Hi,

Don't know if this is the place but I fancy the thought of helping with the development of an android app or game.

I just want to take part in the growing android market.

And because I know very little about programming, I wish to make this announcement:

For more than five years I worked as a graphic designer and I am a currently unemployed. I am specialized within all areas of design from user interface to web design and 3D. Therefore, I want to take part in in any app or game.[/B]

I will not work for free if the app is a paid app or has in app purchasing.

rplus4immer[at]yahoo[dot]com is my email.

All the best,

N.
[Android Apps and Games] appelflap:
Nice gesture and great initiative.
[Android Apps and Games] nemuro:
Still here. :)
[Android Apps and Games] RaptorBot:
i offer mine too! can we collaborate in one big group :) ?
[Android Apps and Games] diehard2222:
can i help.. maybe i can test it loll
[Android Apps and Games] knoxcoder:
I'm currently working on mClock but I have also been looking into doing a super metroid style game if you're interested in helping me.
[Android Apps and Games] friendsradar:
Hello, if you wanna make a new UI for the FriendsRadar App on the Android Market, we give it for free, and put the names of the collaborators on the About screen.

Let me know.
[Android Apps and Games] nemuro:
I already was contacted by a few folks and took on my first project. I hope others will follow. Don't be shy to ask for my help for whatever graphics you would need, though :).

Replied to everybody who contacted me to this date. Hope I didn't miss anyone

Thank you all.
[Android Apps and Games] dr1337:
I'm an Android and iOS app developer in need of some graphic designers to design some icons and glyphs.
[Android Apps and Games] nemuro:
Well, let's see it. Send me via email the details of the free app so I can play around with it and see what can be done.

rplus4immer[at]yahoo[dot]com is my email.
[Android Apps and Games] urfavoritemazn:
kudos to you for doing this :)
[Android Apps and Games] dr1337:
Do you have an iDevice to test it out on? The iOS version is actually much more mature than the Android one and I'm planning on releasing the iOS version first.
[Android Apps and Games] nemuro:
No, I don't. As I stated, I want to help the development of free android apps and games.

If whatever you are developing has a free android version, I'm the man to see.
[Android Apps and Games] nemuro:
Now available mainly for hard body (lowpoly or not) 3D Modeling/Texturing.
[Android Apps and Games] nemuro:
Sadly, I am now unemployed and I will have a greater amount of free time on my hands.

I will now also take on paid projects as well ( where the case ). So feel free to drop me a line.

Thanks!
[Desire HD General] ej145:
I'm not sure if anyone else is having this issue at all, but it seems every time I pick up my Desire HD it sends a tingling sensation through my hand and arm. It feels like theres a current going through the phone. Has anyone else had this problem? I assume using a rubber case will fix the issue but I'd rather not use one if i can avoid it. Am I the only one having this problem?
[Desire HD General] Gurps777:
yes...I have no such problem at all...
[Desire HD General] Nodeuk:
That doesnt sound good. Have you checked the battery compartment to see if there is anything in there allowing it to short across the case?
[Desire HD General] ej145:
No theres nothing noticably loose or out of place inside the battery compartment or the sim/sd compartment.
[Desire HD General] DarthGRE:
Dude,that's scary.You DON'T want anyone with a pacemaker to get a hold of it.Ask for a new one
[Desire HD General] iznee:
Looks like your phone has a bad grounding somewhere,it does not dissipate static charges properly...best to take it back and get a replacement...bcoz a built up of static can actually damage internal circuit.
[Desire HD General] freecom2:
Don't even bother considering it - get a replacement ASAP.
[Desire HD General] ej145:
Thanks for the advice guys. It's going to be hard to part with it while I wait for a replacement, but i guess I have no choice.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] felixk87:
I am using virtuous but would would love to get my stock calendar and lockscreen back. How do I do this? If I have a backup of my stock ROM can I extract the .apk's and push them to my phone?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 82_Z28:
if you push the old calender apk it should work fine.

as for the old lockscreen you can get it by renaming:

/system/app/com.htc.lockscreen.apk

to com.htc.lockscreen.apk.OFF

note: this will cause a glitch with the HTC Clock so be sure to push the stock clock as well.

Theres also a patched HTC Clock thats fixed if you'd like to continue using it. I've attached it here.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] grandmaster_b:
Hi guys I have just attempted to use the satnav installed on the MDJ 1.7 rom which I believe is google ? anyway I can get a gps lock by using gps-status then in the application it hangs on getting directions and will only work using the data connection any ideas ? or is there a better one ?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] grandmaster_b:
Just wondering fi tis fault with google or the GPS ? I can get lock so must be with the app ?

Oh it does work using data connection but no good in europe or USA.

I guess I could use WM just for SAtNav and copilot or tomtom but would be nice to have it all working.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Archer:
AFAIK, it gets your location with GPS and then attempts to calculate the route, which requires a data connection. I'm not sure whether it needs the data connection after that or not, but I've driven 100's of miles using it and have never had the map stop moving or lose any information, so I don't believe it uses data during the journey. Maybe just a touch every now and then.

If it gets your location and then fails calculating your route then it suggests that there is an issue with your data connection.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] grandmaster_b:
Ahh that makes sense now so it needs data connection to download the route data then you can switch it off.

Still bit crap when you are abroad because data charges are like £1 per mb or so.

So guess I may get co-pilot from the "market" which seams quite reasonable ?

Thanks.
[Desire HD General] marty200:
Hey guys! I'm a new user on this forum and I also a completely new android user, I have just gotten the HTC Desire HD. And I'm really really enjoying the OS. The way you can customize the OS is amazing! And Therefore I feel like I have been missing out for a while.

However there is one single problem about the HTC Desire HD and sadly it's a pretty big problem. (You guessed it,) the battery life. I'm not gonna lie, if i cut some features i can easily get through a whole day. But whats the point of buying a phone with lot's of features if you can't use them, and whats the point of having a 4.3" screen if you can't have the brightness level at 50+.

To the point!

HTC have already made updated batteries that have a much higher capacity than the original batteries, these are for some of their other products.

(just look at the higher capacity HD2 batteries by HTC, they have a higher capacity than the original HD2 batteries.)

That's why i suggest that we all contact HTC and let them know that we are both aware and annoyed by the horrible battery. And then request a better and improved battery for the Desire HD.

If you look at their updates, they have a pretty good history of listening to their customers.

And if their customer service department get about 300 requests in one single day I am absolutely sure that we will see a result in a month or maybe even faster.

I live in Denmark myself and I've seen a similar thread in

a Danish forum and in two days time we have had 183 people send mails to the Scandinavian HTC customer service.

Now there is only about 2000 active users on that forum so that's pretty good for two days. And with such a huge success in a Danish forum, I'm sure a big forum like this would do even better!

So if you have the time to write a little email to the HTC customer service telling them about the poor battery life and then make a request for a better battery, I (and probably every DHD user) would appreciate it.

And even if you are one of those lucky users that can go for days without charging while having standard settings,helping us wouldn't hurt.

Thanks in Advance
[Desire HD General] paulus_01:
Well....although I do get your point, I am not sure that I, and probably other people as well, agree entirely on the 'horrible' battery life.

Yes, at first, it does look to have poor capacity when you get your DHD out of the box.

But remember, a lot of people, if not allm are using their new toy a lot the first couple of days.

If you browse this forum and the DHD topics you'll see that people report a lot better battery life after a couple of charges.

In addition to this, when you get into rooting and flashing, you'll see that users with custom roms, custom kernels and special profiles setup in Setcpu (like less Mhz usage when the screen is off) actually even get better battery life out if their DHD....

In essence, from what I have read, most people are able to use their DHD for one day without charging, which in my opinion, is quite acceptable, considering the size of the screen, the speed of the device and the possibilities and syncing going on....

If I sometimes read other cells'threads, it appears to me that the battery life on the DHD is not that far off, or even is better, than other top devices....

Having said that.....the effort you take I understand for sure, I just am not sure that HTC will do anything about it (as I think what we get is what we should expect)...
[Desire HD General] vimto25:
Where is the solution in that? Infact there is no solution its how it is
[Desire HD General] kingcedz:
DHD battery life sucks.

:(

There is no point defending it. Its a bloody mobile phone, it supposed to be able to work out of box, not a science project that u have to spend days tweaking it in order to last a day without the bloody adapter!

u can tell i m really crossed with DHD battery life...
[Desire HD General] AndyCr15:
It does work out of the box. Did yours not turn on?

If you mean 'it's supposed to have the best possible life the first time I fully charge it on day one' then, no it's not. You are wrong.
[Desire HD General] wakers:
I just don't get it this was my first proper Android phone after coming from a HD2 and an iPhone 4 and the battery life is on par with both out of the box however simply reducing the time some apps sync I mean can you really not wait the 2 sec ish Twitter etc take to update? Really does improve battery life I have my screen set to 30% brightness which is more than enough if not you need specsavers not a new battery.

At a push I can get 2 days out of my DHD and I would say I'm a average to heavy user about 30 min calls 50 odd text and a couple of hours playing games surfing the net

Gadget show last night drained an iPhone 4 from full charge to flat in 2 hours using the layer app

I don't use setcpu etc I've just used some common sense.
[Desire HD General] kingcedz:
well, i charged mine overnight, leave home at 7, phone dead most days by 5pm. u can defend the battery life as much as you want, and i m glad u like yours. less than 12hr of standard use makes any smartphone useless in my view.

I use iphone4 along side my DHD, almost identical setup in terms of sync and updates. when my DHD battery flat out in the afternoon, iphone4 has typically over 80% left.

I dont think it takes a rocket scientist to see DHD's battery is an issue.
[Desire HD General] AndyCr15:
Yeah, I would agree.
[Desire HD General] ghostofcain:
Unplug mine from charging about midnight, get home from work between 18.30 and 20.30 and most nights I have approx 30-40% battery left, LiOn batteries need multiple charge / discharge cycles to get the best out of them so no phone is gonna be at it's best outta the box.
[Desire HD General] wakers:
There seems to be massive difference in peoples experience with there DHD mine defo lasts as long as the iPhone 4 I had how yours can last less than 20% there must be something wrong
[Desire HD General] noobdeagle:
mine actually died last night (the first night i had it) i was a little surprised but i checked the battery usage and com.zxing..... used like 70%

lol it seems the barcode scanner didn't close and kept the camera on all night
[Desire HD General] Aamir.Badat:
I am a heavy user Facebook sync every hour a hundred odd texts a day few hours of internet browsing and I can get more than 12 hours mainly like 15 hours unplug at 7.30am and charge it 12.30am
[Desire HD General] iznee:
it seems that some people have a very good battery life even with heavy use,and some don't. I am new to android having come from windows mobile. In winmo devices,the radio version on the device can make a difference to the battery life on similiar devices.maybe this is the same case on DHD because I noticed there are several version of stock roms with different built of radio image.
[Desire HD General] Nodeuk:
There isn't really a benchmark for "heavy user". I reckon its largely due to different interpretations. Throw the difference in batteries that are likely to exist due to the manufacturing process, and you'd get varying reported results.
[Desire HD General] cattleprod:
why do people complaint so much about battery life of DHD and other smartphone. when you look at their capabilities, you wouldn't switch your laptop on an expect it to last all day. cause its a smartphone doesn't mean it can do everything for you!

if the battery really bad, then the is a fault i.e faulty battery,app which is eating up resources, radio constantly changing from 2g to 3g which i think one of the biggest drain on battery or a set up which just going to drain battery faster etc etc. These phone when "out of the box" are set up to show the phone off, so yes its going to have it all sing and dancing at you! with everything switched on why you taylor the setting to meet your needs. please don't come back and say "but yes why have i got a smartphone and then i have to switch off all these features" you don't but don't expect it to last all day.

sorry about the rant but i think some people just have unrealistic expectations how long a smartphone can last. people who complain that the phone cant last 24hrs, why would you want it to last that long?. you telling me you don't sleep in that period of time if you want a phone to last 2 days get a nokia 8950! an if your a person who uses it as a business phone, come on what do you expect? your a heavy user. use some sense, have it so you can charge on the go or a get a nokia 8950 as your business phone, an use your smartphone as your own phone.
[Desire HD General] marty200:
True, but i honestly cant see why it would hurt to encourage HTC to make a new battery with higher capacity as a part of their accessory lineup for the Desire HD.
[Desire HD General] cattleprod:
sorry yeah i do agree with you, that HTC sould bring out a higher capactiy battery and don't understand why HTC have not used a higher capactiy battery in first place. ive also have a X10(1500mAh) and BB storm2(1400mAh) both have higher capactiy, and X10 is the worst for battery life out of the 3 phones and DHD beats both these phone on battery life. :)

HTC have the reasons why they used that size battery for the DHD and if they do bring out a higher capactiy at least you can believe the claims of it being a 1800mAh, were these 3rd party batteries claim 1800mAh but really you only getting 1400mAh.

i was not aiming this rant at you, an im sorry, its to people that complain about battery life of todays smartphone and there expections of them.
[Desire HD General] walda:
Test it! You must not use more Power per Hour than 1%.If you are at 4% you do something wrong. In standby of course...
[Desire HD General] t-pip:
How would you test it?
[Desire HD General] Nodeuk:
Mine is using about 4 an hour. But I figure that's cos I rarely properly exit apps.