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[HD7 General] PrisonerOfDoom:
Hey guys, I currently own a myTouch 4g which I love, but I'm thinking about giving it to my wife and picking up an HD7. I love Microsoft's new OS and the phone itself, but have a couple reservations. First, I'm worried about the reception issues (death grip) that people are talking about. Anyone on here experiencing this? I'm also worried about the quality of the camera and the fact pictures come out looking pink. Does anyone know if it is going to be updated in the future? How are all of you liking your phone's otherwise?
[HD7 General] eternalemb:
there's an issue with reception? News to me...having had my HD7 for almost a month now and experiencing no problems at all with reception I reckon its an invention of the media (or Steve blow Jobs himself) to try to weaken the public perception of WP7s. Just because iPhone 4 is crap doesn't mean they have to trash others as well. But I digress... As far as camera quality...its a phone. Its not going to plop out perfect pics but they look pretty nice if under the right conditions. The 720p video recording is the same, under optimal conditions it looks great. The pink thing should be fixed, I'm pretty sure I heard it was a problem on the HD2 and HTC fixed; don't quote me on that though. As far as everything else about the phone...its amazing (excluding the missing features coming in Januarys update, already dubbed "WP8" by Chris Walsh), quick, smooth, never laggy or glitchy (cough Android cough) and is honestly just a joy. I've always been a phone hopper (mostly WM6 & BB) but I could definitely see myself staying the course with my HD7.
[HD7 General] yly3:
There are no antenna issues simply because the antena is on the lower back case and trust me the phone being massive it's pretty hard to squeeze that case even if you do it intentionally. However, if issues do appear it really might be an overall faulty device or some weak coverage.
[HD7 General] phenixdragon:
Hey, a Romanian. My wife is from there and still is a Romanian. :)
[HD7 General] tfn:
Hi I have an HD7 and no problems with reception at all .. its on o2 UK.

camera is average, takes better pictures in daylight like all other 5mp camera phones..

But you will like a lot of the features of WM7 and guess some of them you will downright Hate

But still its fun and the screen is the best for browsing .. you definetely wont need to be on your comp all day :)

Hopefully by next year with the updates and more apps we will be rocking...
[HD7 General] carmeng4evr:
I think you will like it

i dont have the deathgrip issue although i do have a problem sometimes in my home but that is because it is very rural where i live but all in all, its a great phone

and i havent noticed the pink hue yet
[HD7 General] PrisonerOfDoom:
Thank you so much for all of your replies! I think I'm going to pick one up today. I'll let you guys know.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Asumbod1:
sapphire pvt 32a ship s-on g

hboot-1.33.0013 sapp31000

cpld-13

radio-6.35.16.19

oct 21 2009 22:33:27

the method i use to create a gold card from theunlockr.com i follow every step and even do a full format to fat32 before using hexeditor. save it and when i remove the micro sd card from my laptop it didnt read and need to be format in order to use it.

i use GoldCardTool_0.0.5 to create a gold card and i download sappimg.zip from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=547133

the main version is older error

could anybody explain to me what i did wrong. i could access hboot and fastboot menu but no recovery menu
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] bunu:
ummm, use universal androot to get root. then just use terminal emulator to flash a custom recovery! You can find the .apk online or on the market (if it is still there)

You have a perfected spl so no fastboot access.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Asumbod1:
thank for the tip but is that method for the old mt3g only. im stuck at the boot screen and it wont boot up. do you think because there norom were flash that why it didn't boot up
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Asumbod1:
i tried sappimg image again it still got the same error. i would like to know what is the best method for creating a gold cards. the type of card i was using is a kingston 2gb micro sd
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Asumbod1:
please help root or unroot my phone i been doing research but still no progress try alot of tutorial
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] cmacia06:
This has happened to me before and what i did is I looked for another sappimg.zip file on Google. The one on the link you said would always tell me that the main version was older.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] DonJuan692006:
Easy with this. You load the wrong sappimg and your phone will turn into a paperweight. Your either doing something wrong in the goldcard process or your SD card isn't going to work. Got another to try and use? Your in a boot loop because your using the wrong radio BTW.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Asumbod1:
thank you guy for helping. can you guy provide me a link to the right sappimg.zip for my phone and how could i make a gold card if my phone doesn't boot up. I would like to know is there a way of making a gold card without a phone.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Asumbod1:
now that i found a sappimg .zip that read in my phone

sapphire unknown 32a eng s-off h

hboot-1.33.2010 sappp31000

cpl

radio-6.35.16.19

jun 2 2009 17:27:13

im stuck at the radi0v2 part i let it load until the battery ran out. Please help what can i do to wipe out that radio that was mention to me it was the wrong radio.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mumilover:
You are VERY close to BRICK your device...

Follow my instructions, and you will be safe... READ ALL BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING

You have a very bad spl/radio combo.

But luckily, you have eng spl, so we can still fix this!

1) Flash the 1.76.2007 spl to match the radio or else we will no be able to do ****!

Download my fastboot commander tool (from my signature, magic version).

Boot into fastboot mode

In the first tab(using the tool), select SPL, and navigate to "magicFiles" folder and find the spl version above (tagget "NewSPL").

Flash ONLY the SPL.

Reboot and verify that your hboot info changed.

2) Flash the right radio/spl/recovery combo.

Download this file:

http://rapidshare.com/files/432674806/MagicFenderCombo.zip

Still using the tool and the first tab, make sure that you now fill all 3 options. The "Flash all" button should be enabled by now. Go ahead and push it. If all goes well, then the only thing left is to flash a good rom using the custom recovery. I recommend cm6 to start with.

So, download this:

Download rom: http://cyanogenmod-mirror.local.host.name/ds/cm/stable/update-cm-6.1.0-DS-signed.zip

Download gapps: http://cyanogenmod-mirror.local.host...020-signed.zip

Reboot into recovery and flash the rom + gapps right after each other. Now reboot into system and enjoy.

IF you get ANY problems flashing the radio or spl... then DO NOT reboot the device, DO NOT close the tool. Take all the text from "Actual output" tab and post it here and wait for help. Or you could try to reflash ( some times the second time it works). Or try to flash only the parts which failed!

NB: Make sure that you have FULL battery before you continue!

Good luck
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Asumbod1:
###Calling fastboot with: getvar version-baseband###

version-baseband: 6.35.16.19

finished. total time: 0.002s

********************************

###Calling fastboot with: getvar version-bootloader###

version-bootloader: 1.33.2010

finished. total time: 0.002s

********************************

###Calling fastboot with: getvar product###

product: sapphire

finished. total time: 0.003s

********************************

###Calling fastboot with: getvar mid###

mid: SAPP31000

finished. total time: 0.003s

********************************

###Calling fastboot with: getvar security###

security: off

finished. total time: 0.001s

********************************

###Calling fastboot with: getvar build-mode###

build-mode: ENG

finished. total time: 0.004s

********************************

###Calling fastboot with: flash radio C:\Users\T\Documents\FastbootCommanderV1.0_Magic_\MagicFiles\hboot-1.76.2007NewSPL.img###

sending 'radio' (512 KB)... OKAY [ 0.436s]

writing 'radio'... FAILED (remote: image update error)

finished. total time: 0.773s

********************************

please help
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] mumilover:
Why the FU*K are you flashing the spl on the radio partition...

Flash spl/hboot image on spl/hboot partition!!!!!!!!!!
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Asumbod1:
that was my fault loading the wrong file but thank you for helping me out now my phone work again
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] Binary100100:
I swore that he was going to brick his phone.

You need to be more careful while flashing a radio and spl. For your phone you can only have 1 radio and 1 spl (perfected spl). No other option. Anything else and you could end up having a bad day.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] icemanjakers:
If you are getting Main Version Is Older when using the sappimg.nbh you will need to replace it with the 2.53.707.2 sappimg zip file. I cant post links yet so just google it. Dont extract it just leave it as a zip and make sure its just named sappimg. as long as you made your gold card correctly and your computer reads it, this will get you back to where you need to be to root.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jm5503:
Just wondering if anyone is interested in having this?? I might begin working on this tonight??
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MILH0U5E:
Would be cool to try, especially with a working rear camera.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] backdown:
I would love this..but only with everything working. Especially camera.
[General Questions and Answers] Maurosso:
Sup,

Dunno if this has been answered, search didn't help out much but:

I have root'ed my 2.1 Android Moto Milestone with the Universal Androot. Once the official 2.2 update kicks in, will it update with ease, or will I have to Unroot it before I update. Might there be any unexpected problems?

Sorry for my noobish question...but better safe than sorry.
[General Questions and Answers] Product F(RED):
It'll update fine, but you'll lose root. Updates don't take long to get rooted. Sit tight.
[General Questions and Answers] Maurosso:
thanks for the quick reply :)

Cheers
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technomancer75:
Hi guys.

I made the mistake of not making a proper backup of my phone before flashing a rooted version of 1.6 and would like to be able to return it to its original state before Three pushes out the 2.1 update.

Could anyone with a backup of the original 1.6 firmware of Three Australia please share their backup ?

My phone is an Xperia X10a

Thanks in advance.

PS: at the very least I will need the following files in their original form:

/system/default.prop

/system/build.prop
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mentat6059:
from another Oz 3 clients comments and my own very frustrating dealings with them I think its unlikely that they will be realeasing 2.1. I updated my x10a to the Brazilian 2.1 software a couple of weeks ago and have had no problems with the phone or using the 3 network.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kylec:
I called 3 and was told that they dont do updates :-S. So you might be waiting a while.

I flashed to global generic 2.1 and my phone is perfect. Only thing is I cannot use planet 3 anymore lol
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] delbuenno:
If its just rooted then simply do a master reset to restore it to its original state. If you debranded it and rooted it then just flash back using this method http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=824711, changing the id to 1234-4828.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technomancer75:
Thank you delbuenno. Will give it a try shortly.

Update: I used code 1234-4820 to make it a generic X10a and then the SEUS updater upgraded me to 2.1 without a hitch.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] JWhipple:
[Q] Android on HD2 - how fast and stable is it compared to "official" Android phones?

I had great experiences with "Official" Android phones - the Nexus One, Cliq, Samsung Vibrant, and now the MyTouch 4G. Something that they all seem to lack though - that big, beautiful screen on the HD2!

So I have to ask - in it's current form, how does the speed and stability of Android on the HD2 stack up against "Official" Android phones with similar hardware specs?

Just curious - not trying to start a flame war or anything, just looking to get educated a little!

<DING DING SCHOOLS IN!>
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] c_legaspi:
cant compare it as i do not have a strictly android phone but android on my hd2 is pretty fast and stable. if i were to guess, its just as fast and stable. only con that i see is fast battery drain but from what i saw from my friend incredible, it didnt have good battery life with everything turned on (data and locatin services turned on)

if i didnt own an hd2 already, i wouldnt hessitate to buy an android phone if it had all the features i wanted on it.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] karendar:
I'd say the HD2 in its current form (With most ROMs) is as stable and fast(er in some cases) than stock android phones... Although if you want a real android phone with the 4.3 inch screen, get the desire HD... The HD2 is a tinkerer's phone, so if you don't like messing around with your phone alot, I wouldn't bother. ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Genesis3:
I have a Vibrant. IMHO the HD2 is as roughly as good as the Vibrant (with the lagfixes) and BETTER in the battery life area under heavy use - the latter is due to the Vibrant's AMOLED screen, which is a power pig.

The Vibrant is a bit smoother, but I like the HD2 better - running Android. The Vibrant is currently in a drawer.

One problem that vexes - the HD2 will not send or receive an MMS when connected via Wifi. None of the builds thus far have fixed this. It's the only serious problem I have with Android on the HD2 at the present time.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] eenbox:
I have demoed following Android phones and found NONE to be even comparable to how smooth Android operated on HD2 phone. Among the phones are Nexus One, G1, G2, MyTouch series (all phones), Desire, Hero, and few more I don't know the name but were from Sprint and Verizon Carrier in USA.

I am really not kidding - any phone I tried it was not smooth whatsoever. Scores on Quadrant really do not show everything but if it's to judge by the scores even, Galaxy S Series is the only phone to score higher but still does not have smoothness I have with my HD2.

Battery wise, I got it to deliver 3-6mA and that is plenty for me and my usage (over 24hrs)... Can battery be better? Well, 1230mAh capacity I think delivers the best posible. If it was 1500mAh like in Galxy phones it would be better as well :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jas0nw0ng:
I don't know what you guys are smoking. I have played with a vibrant and an incredible. When I leap with an incredible, it's smooth. When I leap with my HD2, it takes 3 seconds for it to leap and its not even remotely smooth. Android on the HD2 is far from smooth. Secondly, you claim that the vibrant is lacking a big beautiful screen? HD2 is only .3 inches longer diagonally, and you can barely use the HD2 when it is sunny outside. The screen on the vibrant is what every android phone deserves to have.

Hopefully NAND can fix the lag issues, which will probably be released when America has another non white president.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] eenbox:
I forgot to add that it really depends what build you have, what WinMo ROM and Radio you paired up with that build and what apps you use. Any phone OS can be choppy - important is to know what slows it down and eliminate those issues to get smoothness :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jas0nw0ng:
Energy ROM, VBN, Chuckydroid, OZDROID, 2.12 or 2.15, shubcraft, Mdj, froyostone, (I'm going to try biffmod next week because I can't stand HTC Sense) all the same results. Though I do have over 50 applications installed on my android build.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jas0nw0ng:
Also, I'm guessing that the smoothness you fail not to see in a Galaxy S phone that you do see in a HD2 is probably related to android 2.1 and touchwiz which cyanogenmod will fix soon enough.

I bet you that g2 is probably the smoothest phone running when it has cyanogenmod6.1 RC3 running.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] THUDUK:
Never really got on with my galaxy s the bright colourful screen was nice, but it was still pretty useless in full sunlight, even worse it was over bright in bed at night reading ebooks, you could never lower the brightness enough, the gps was sometimes ok but most of the time inaccurate, cheap plastic build, no camera flash...and I spent a lot of time trying to get rid of the annoying lags.

Now on the other hand my hd2 runs both windows and android very well if set up correctly, the screen is noticeably bigger even though on paper its only 0.4 inch larger, you have an amazing array of choice from wm roms to every kind of android build including sense instead of the awful touchwiz, the camera flash is perfect for photos as well as doubling up as a torch, I know have my hd2 predominantly running android its fast smooth and runs practically every app and game available without a glitch, the gps is far superior to the galaxy s setup and the build quality is solid and well manufactured.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] adamsweeting:
+1

Couldn't agree more. The thing I like most about the HD2 is the pure "tinkerability". For me the fun is in trying all the different ROMS, and being able to dual boot the phone.

With Magldr coming soon (we hope) it will be even better
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dunkelfalke:
It feels faster than my father's Galaxy S. And I clock my HD2 at 768 MHz max (as did Windows Mobile) because at higher clock rates the screen gets too hot.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] gshadow325:
for me, i am "supporting" 5 HTC HD2 owners plus my wife and mine = 7 HD2's. When i used to run WinMO i'd get "hey can you help me with....?" phone calls all the time. Now i have converted everyone to Android on the HD2 running chuckyDROID rom, 2.15.50.14 radio adn bluetopia 1.03 with a hastarin 8.2 kernel. I have not gotten "service" calls for 3 weeks now. LOL, i do this for fun for my friends and family. Other friends that dont like tmobile have went with the Evo, vibrant and Droid X have always referenced the HD2 as the "standard". I will be using my HD2 for a while until something better comes out. Doenst look like it will be anytime soon, at least for another 6 months or longer. With bluetooth, gps, and 2 emails accounts checking every 15 minutes i get 9 hrs or more out of my phone, also i make about 100 minutes of calls a day minimum.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Spl4tt:
sounds like i should finally set up a propper android hd2 build xD but im soooooo lazy xD
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jaidedfocus:
Fix PPP data drops, MMS issues people have been experiencing, battery drain and give me Nand and ill be using Android on my phone as long as possible. I'm reluctant to give the phone up because of the screen size but I need the stability in the above mentioned areas.

As it is, the newest build I'm using has excellent data connection using 3g with maybe 1 or 2 drops so so far so I'm guessing that will be a thing of the past soon.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Spl4tt:
well.. right now im using a nexus one, to try out how it runs

in a way.. i like it more. the screen size is just hurting my eyes.. im wondering if, when i set up my hd2 correctly, can run that fast too... i should just finally stop being lazy :P i love my hd2 too much to exchange it with a nexy xD
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Lozone:
I have a few Co workers with official android phones. Droid2, DroidX, and an Evo.

My HD2 runs smoother and faster than theirs.

My battery drains is just a little more than when I was using winmo. Bit enough to get me they the 10 hour work day with the usage.

I will not get another phone until T-Mobile gets another phone with a screen as big as the HD2.

I have been fully using android for about 2 months now and about 3 weeks with the Nexus build.

I do not like sense.

I have not had any data drops at all. GpS locks within 30 seconds.

No screen freezes.

Everything is working perfect enough for what I do on daily use.

I installed hadcent for text and mom's ans I can send and receive full size pics.

Just my findings.

Sent from HD2 on Androids.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] zarathustrax:
I've got a lot of friends with various android phones... the HD2 can easily run android smoother and quicker than a native android phone that is still running a stock rom... as long as you take the time setting up your HD2 correctly and work out any bugs you come across. But almost any android phone (with similar specs to the HD2) I've seen that the owner took the time to root, put custom rom on, and tweak to improve performance can out-perform the HD2 without question. Everyone compares the HD2 to stock android phones and says how the HD2 runs android better, but it's not really a fair comparison because the HD2 isn't stock... it's tweaked and has custom roms that are rooted, so if comparing to other android phones, they should also be tweaked and rooted with custom roms to be fair and accurate with the comparison. My friend with an original desire has android running amazingly fast, smooth and stable... much more than I've ever seen anyones HD2.

I always tell everyone if you plan on only running android, you will be better off with a native android phone. There are custom roms for native android phones, too, so you can play with different build like you can with the HD2. Personally, I still like using winmo a lot, especially with the new cht2.0, so I wouldn't trade my HD2 for any other phone right now. And we will have a taste of WP7 soon. So if you also want to use winmo and be able to play with wp7, then the HD2 is great. If you're just planning on using android, go for the Desire HD or another native android phone, because with tweaks found on these forums, I'm pretty sure that you will always be able to run android more stable and smooth on a native android phone.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] OrionCarl:
couple of my friends have the desire HD,ive played with both and tbh, hd2 seems to run android better, but I will still get a desire when i upgrade, galexy doesnt even come close....no flash....funny screen, no thanks!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] JWhipple:
Ok, so, I think we've established that the speeds are close to that of a native Android phone, if not better in some cases... Great!

Now - lets talk battery life.

On my Nexus One I was getting roughly 16-18 hours.

On my HTC G2 I am currently getting roughly the same.

On a Samsung Vibrant I was getting probably almost consistently 18 hours. (Go figure? I never understood why - everyone else is getting worse than the N1 and G2)

How does your battery life compare to that of native Android phones you have used (using them roughly the same amount)?