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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mcbyte_it:
I got my HD2 last month only to run Android, and i am very satisfied with it.

Since i got it, i used windows mobile part of it only for a couple of hours, the rest of the time i've been using android all the way.

As many others said, Androids on HD2 are ports, and are not 100% perfect, some lags, but still better than native androids.

I wanted a HTC Desire (v1, not the HD), but first devices had hardware issues, and many say they overheat. GalaxyS has issues too (with GPS, and others). so instead of needing to resolve issues with native android phones, i got the HD2 and can use any build i want...

And if a nand version of android will become available for it, it will become even better !!!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Wildcopper:
To each is own - some people may be satisfied with the high battery drainage and the incomplete current ports. GSensor is still working incompletely, the display lighting, specially auto mode, doesn't work on most builds or works badly. But the major problem is battery drainage. Other annoying thing, the Audio DPS from Desire HD doesn't work either, and it's not possible to install the DSP from CM6 on it, so the sound on all HD ports is sub par and sucks with earphones compared to other Android ports and compared to Windows Mobile.

And yes, I'm using MDeejay builds, tried all the tips and tricks given here with setcpu and other tools, the drainage is still at least twice a high as in Windows Mobile. I'm using my phone daily professionally and can't afford letting it on charge all the time.

Android for HD2 remains a toy for "enthusiasts" who don't care too much about unreliability or about turning off essential features to save battery, and indeed when I'm off work I'm also using Android for stuff Windows Mobile can't do, but even then, it's limited by battery drainage.

A little example... simply reading an eBook will drain the battery twice as much under Android even if everything (3G, Wifi, Sync, etc) is turned off than under WinMO with everything except Wifi turned on.

What I mean by usable professionally is the OS being running with all features turned ON (except Wifi which is indeed occasional), and not turning off everything to save battery.

And NO, Android ported on HD2 is NOT better than the native version on the Desire HD. At least not now. Maybe soon in the future? But personally, if I had no phone and wanted one with Android, I'd go for a Desire HD, and not for a HD2 with ports which are still more or less wacky, even if the admired work of our developers makes it better every day.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] zarathustrax:
Very well said. Android on the hd2 runs great for a port... probably the most functional port on a winmo device besides maybe Vogue. But it will always be a port. I can get 5mA battery drain during standby and get maybe 18hrs if I barely use it, but an hour using xda app and playing a game for an hour and my battery is half gone. You get much better battery with actual use with native devices. And yes, you can get the hd2 to run android as fast as a native device that's still running stock, but once you root and tweak a native device properly, it will run much smoother and faster that the hd2 port probably ever will.

But on a budget, the hd2 can make a good android device, as you can get them pretty cheap these days. Also, for someone like me that still likes and uses winmo, and loves tinkering with phones, the hd2 is perfect. I love using both OS's equally... android is great and it's getting better all the time, but I've been using winmo for 9 years, and still love the way I can customize it and its better for certain tasks, so I'm gonna use it until my hd2 is dead... at which point I'll probably get a native android phone. I find it perfect having both OS's on one phone.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] wendellc:
I am running Android on my HD2, but will be looking to get a native android phone early next year, a desire HD or a Nexus S when it comes out. Android on HD2 is not perfect but I have no complaints, I use it daily. It is a lot better than my MT3g that I sold to get my HD2, larger screen and faster. When I get my native android phone I will keep the HD2 to play with.

I'm with t-mobile and don't have a contract with them. I pay full price for phones and that is what I did for my wife's galaxy S. She wanted me to get a Galaxy also but I don't like the idea of having the same phones in a household and no other phone really impressed me. I got the HD2 for $50 on craigslist when they normally go for $250 on the used market, basically it was a deal that I just couldn't pass.

I bought the phone purely to run Android. Windows isn't bad, I am running Chucky ROM and carries a lot of features but I prefer Android;) I'm not too fond of Window's interface, maybe I am just not used to it.

If you got the money or are due for an upgrade on your contract get a native Android.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nolimit99rbs:
I finally got around to changing my ROM (ChuckyDroid) and currently running MDJ FroYo Sense Clean v. 2.

Its the first time I've run Droid on my HD2 as my primary OS. I must say I haven't had any major issues or anything that would make me want to go back to WinMo. It runs perfectly for me and is far better and more responsive than WinMo 6.5

I dont have any battery drain issues, battery last just as long, if not longer.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jdmitr:
I have had a lot of phones over the years. I have t-mobile and I have never had a more reliable, expandable fun phone! I have ran android on it for about 6 months....tried lots of builds. Right now I am using tytung's nexus based build and it is amazing (really no g sensor issues!). Every thing works great! I am so trusting of my hd2 and the build I use that I rely on it as my business phone! I have owned my share of samsung phones and have friends with galaxy's and I will never own another samsung again! Htc makes a great phone. I will be keeping this phone for quite a while.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] martymoat:
I got the the hd2s back in august with the full intention of running Android off them. And well I have been since . I can honestly say that my hd2 has seen only about 3 hours of Windows mobile time.

If you want Android you can get an Android phone but if you want Android and don't want to have to pay An ARM and a leg for some hip new Droid phone then this is the way to go if you ask me
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jas0nw0ng:
The above sums it up very nice. Android on the HD2 is adequate at best. I do not own an actual android device, but the speed of my HD2 running cm6.1 with a quadrant score of 2400ish is far the most part smooth, but it is not perfect. I hear that Nand will not be faster than booting from an sd card (which in some sense, defeats the purpose of Nand). I read this forum and people saying "some new hip droid phone", and those droid phones cost around 400 dollars, which is 50 dollars more than a new hd2 on ebay. In conclusion, if you want an android phone that you can manipulate, get a g2. the speed that cyanogenmod 6.1 on the g2 I bet is multiple times faster than what is on the hd2. If you want a large screen, get the Nexus S.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Louer Adun:
I just upgraded to a T-Mobile HTC HD2 to do exactly this. I installed HD2ONE 0.3.4b built on CM 6.1 Stable and this thing flies. The only thing it can't do that I wish it did was play 720p video content without the codec lagging/glitching (which I never expected it to do), but other than that the phone is awesome on android. Running live wallpapers and all sorts of widgets with no problem, and get over 2500 Quadrant score.

Flash works great, I can have several ads on a page and a video and still scroll across the page. The video only runs at 15-25 fps, but if it is the only flash content or you make it full screen it plays pretty flawlessly. (BTW it can also do HULU fine if you get the hex edited version of flash)

I was able to pick up an HD2 on craigslist for $200 in new condition. the G2 and MyTouch 4G that I was looking at ranged between $350-450 on craigslist. I am not regretting this phone purchase whatsoever, and it should hold me over for a few more years.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nemuro:
Are the letdowns of android on hd2 now gone ?

Mainly the battery drain.

I will see a guy selling one hd2 in the next hours and I need to make up my mind.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Archer:
I consider myself an average user. That is, maybe an hour of calls a day, 10-20 SMS, about 1-2 hours browsing the internet/market, and maybe an hour just playing with various apps. After about 15 hours I'll be down to about 20% battery. I also work from home, so have wifi turned on 24/7.

Personally, that's as good as any WinMo device I've had so I really can't complain. Maybe a real Android device would be better, but that's more than adequate for me. On days where I don't use it much I sometimes don't have to charge it again that night. I've got about 36 hours off 1 charge, but that was with minimal use.

BTW, I'm running Android 2.2 from NAND.

Hope this helps :)

Edit: Oh yeah - I've always got either WhatsApp, Kik or both running all the time too.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nemuro:
Then it's shopping time.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Archer:
You won't regret it mate. Have fun :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nemuro:
:D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nemuro:
Half an hour later, cleandroid. It seems made with android. Just like my Wildfire.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Unconn:
Nice. Enjoy it. I have to say I love mine. It is not perfect, but what fun would that be?
[Galaxy Tab General] castlevanian:
From the following thread I learned how to overwrite the default font:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=854589&highlight=font

Instead of doing this, can I add additional new fonts in the Display Settings menu so I can switch between them? Another related question: Can I add additional locales so I can display other languages in the menu?

Thanks
[Galaxy Tab General] rattenzadel:
I want to know how to do this too .. it would be nice to get a decent wicked looking font :)
[Galaxy Tab General] alfredtv:
I just install the apk's, not sure where I got them from and am able to switch between different fonts very quickly under

Settings

Display Settings

Font style

make sure you have "unknown sources" checked under applications
[Galaxy Tab General] skoogee:
you can use the [get fonts online] button and install couple of exta fonts fromthe matket. as shown in this picture
[Galaxy Tab General] Justin^Tan:
mine says cant find FllpFont in the market

if i search for fonts, there are some in the market but its not free
[Galaxy Tab General] castlevanian:
What's apk's? Is that an app you can download from Market or AppPlanet? If not where did you get it?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] atomiq:
ME WANT D:

mine is a tmobile one

ME WANT ME WANT D:!!!

this is the facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/We-want-Windows-Phone-7-on-Our-Htc-Touch-Pro-2-NOW/162988837078172?v=wall
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] atomiq:
Let's start making noise!!!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] sh4d0w86:
it is good to want. one always desires what they cant have.

sh4d0w86.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] cajunflavoredbob:
The best you can get on a Touch Pro2 is a Windows 7 theme, which can be had from all over the site. One appeared on the frontpage recently, I believe. Neither Microsoft nor any other company will ever release an official update for this device to bring it to Windows 7. There are hardware requirements for the operating system that the Rhodium does not meet. The two biggest ones being the lack of a 1GHz processor and a capacitive touch screen. Without those two components, this operating system will never, ever make its way to the Rhodium platform. Your best bet will be to get the HTC 7 Pro when it makes its way into retail stores. This is basically the TP2 with the hardware requirements for WP7.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] atomiq:
i know but they could make a Lite version for us at least, and work with what we have, i'm sure something can be done. i'm so tired of wm 6.5 and the slugishness, and crappy apps for wm, perfect example the facebook app, we dont even have an official app of pandora etc etc. when i tried the Xdandroid it felt so different, smoother and faster (even without the cancerous overclock).
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] cajunflavoredbob:
You're missing the point. The UI isn't too heavy for us. There are hard coded requirements in the OS. If the device doesn't meet them, it will not run. The OS will not function without a capacitive touch screen, 1 GHz processor, or a minimum of 8GB of storage. You are asking for the impossible here. The other matter is with the SD cards. WP7 bonds the SD card to the device in a sort of RAID 0 array. This means you would have to hard reset your device anytime you removed the SD card. That's why the WP7 devices hide the SD cards from the user. This isn't a matter of the company not paying attention to its customers, it simply isn't possible for them to put this OS on our devices. The only WM6 device that is even capable of running WP7 is the HD2.

It's rumored that the HTC 7Pro should be out next quarter. Maybe you should just wait for that. It's basically the TP2 with the specs needed for running WP7.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] UstesGreenridge:
I don't really think the hardware is the problem, I think they dont want to take the time to figure out how to get wp7 (basically titatinium on steriods) to work on 6.5 devices.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] redpoint73:
You have any actual knowledge/facts to back that up? Just saying something doesn't make it so. I think its been pointed out on these forums that WP7 is written for a different ARM processor than older WM versions.

And the poll choices are dumb. Not wanting something that is impossible and will never happen does not make one a conformist.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] uncleswoop:
hahaha, its as if developers are Santa Clause or something. Maybe if your good enough, one of them will provide us with a perfect android/winmo 6.5 and 7 SUPER port! Ya know, because of course the newest technology can be put on 2 year old phones.... its just that the the darn DEVELOPERS are tooo LAZY!!!

hopefully it is the sarcasm is noted.

Before you start saying "i want, I want"

maybe you should study your device and the software/hardware it came with. Its actually good to do these things BEFORE you buy the device. you see, i have a touchpro2 as well, and it is indeed the perfect device for my needs. and though it aint an EVO, i wouldnt define it as sluggish. but I guess you just have to know how to use your equipment if you want it to work right.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] uncleswoop:
and i like how the "no, im conformist" vote is winning.

bro....maybe you should just get an iphone or something. i dont wanna see you ruin perfectly good htc devices.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Gunstar_Hero:
Well, I mean, if you guys want to get completely rewrite WP7 for the Rhodium's processor, go for it! As has been said before, system requirements are not met and the actual OS is written for a different kind of processor. WP7 will never be more then a idea for our phones unfortunately. Rhods' processors are only around half of what WP7 needs bare minimum, and at most can be OC'd to 768 mb/ 787mb, about 3/4 of the minimum. Aside from the lack of the ram, space, hardware support, and really just any basis to go on, it should be easy to port. Not.

Hate to sound like a pessimist or a jerk, but before you guys go around talking about how you think it's not a hardware problem or that "someone could do it", maybe you should read up on the idea.

And before anyone asks, WP7 was ported to the HD2 because an HD2 and an HD7 are, from what I heard, almost identical hardware wise. Plus, the HD2 met the running hardware requirements.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] cajunflavoredbob:
Crap in one hand and wish in the other. See which one fills up faster.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] DavidinCT:
Mods this thread should be closed...

I have a touch pro 2, and I know deep down inside that it's crappy CPU (that was outdated when the phone was new) would not be able to handle Windows Phone 7.

Anyone who says it's not the hardware on the TP2 is 100% wrong, it's all about the hardware, CPU, memory, buttons, this is why it can't run WP7.

Even if it COULD be ported, it would be slugish and would never be as smooth as a WP7 phone. WP7 is about the experiance, what is the point if your going to put it on a a device that will not give it.

Just install this theme...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=859799

It really gets as close as your going to get (look at the end of the thread, there are new updates to files) with a Touch Pro 2.

I'm one who dreams for it to work but, no one is going to re-write all that code for a old outdated disco'd phone.

If your on T-mobile, sell your TP2 and get a HD7, done...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] neohemp:
You know quite a bit, including how to tell the mods to do their jobs. Sounds like a Napoleon complex
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bleepbloop64:
I recently attempted to do the One Click Lag Fix 2.2+ on my Vibrant. I am running Froyo Macnut R14. The OCLF installation froze in the middle, I left the phone for 30 minutes but it was still frozen. I had no choice but to remove the battery. I booted up the phone again and everything is working but I am stuck on EDGE, I cannot get 3G no matter what. I reflashed the ROM but still nothing works. When I enable only WCDMA I lose all signal, but when I go back to GSM or GSM/WCDMA I have signal with no 3G. Any idea what's going on?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bleepbloop64:
Nevermind, I reflashed the ROM again and did a couple of reboots and 3G is back! w00t. Could the mods please delete this thread? Thanks.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] vellowax:
This is a gingerbread framework for froyo to reproduce -work in Fresh Froyo and CM 6, took it from krispy.

The different from froyo is the animation after sliding the unlock screen and the pop up notification.

I have try it, and this is nice just for refreshing our froyo before the source is come out.

This is not an update package.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] manu33xtro:
How to apply it ?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] vellowax:
First post is intend for releaser, but i'll give you an update. This update is the one that installed on my vogue but not include the fonts. Only for Fresh Froyo based off -ie incubus/kyle build (i'm never make a theme for CM ;))

How to make it by yourself ?

simply open your framework ( /system/framework/framework-res.apk ) with winrar or 7zip ( dont extract it ).

Then extract my 1st attachment on 1st post, add it to your framework via winrar or 7zip.

Remember to follow the structure of its folder.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] aceoyame:
Don't worry! I already did make a theme for CM lol. I just pulled the animations and it looks great with CM.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] vellowax:
lol, i know that CM guys is better than me. goodluck with the new rls.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] manu33xtro:
Thank you guy. It looks very good :)
[Touch CDMA Android Development] Does_It_Matter:
This update works quite well on any Froyo

Very cool animations and looks - Thanks!
[Touch CDMA Android Development] N00b-un-2:
I patched my framework and then reinstalled it via ADB shell (using root file manager caused a boot loop for some reason)

This theme looks fantastic, and I love the animations. My only problem is that I can no longer see my clock on the notification bar. I'm assuming it's because the numbers are still black therefor match the background.

Any way to change this? I can't make sense of the XML files, they don't look like anything I've ever seen before.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] leoleotheiii:
im guessing this doesnt work with odex'ed builds?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] thoughtlesskyle:
themes will never work on odex'd builds, its one of the few drawbacks to the odexing process
[Streak 5 General] diffstyle:
I just got a Dell Streak today and used superboot to root it. After following the instructions my Dell Streak is stuck at the dell logo with the home and menu button flashing. Whats going on? I tried search for similar problem fix but was unable to find it.
[Streak 5 General] fards:
Superboot is designed for an old and specific version of 1.6 and 2.1

Its not good to use it.

There are hundreds of posts on here modaco about it.

The problem is a mismatch of kernel(boot.img) and baseband

To repair it you need to flash the correct boot.ing for your build version.

Superoneclick is The best current way of rooting

I would seriously recommend spending a lot longer reading
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arnauddisberg85:
I've recently rooted (unrevoked) and flashed my HTC Desire with Cynogen 6.1.

This worked for the first couple of days until my phone suddenly turned off. Now I cannot get it to boot past the white HTC bootscreen, unless I flash it again with a custom rom (tried Cynogen again, OpenDesire and Miui) with a complete factory reset. Then it will boot once into Android, but after a reboot the same problem occurs.

I've been reading numerous topics on this and similar problems and it seems I have to unroot my phone. Is this correct? On some sites there are warnings you should not root/unroot with a certain hboot version. Is this still the case?; because the unrevoked method states that it rootes no matter what the hboot version is.

So I'm planning to go back to stock now by following the unlocker.com unroot tutorial and flashing a htc europe stock rom (I have the HTC Desire from T-Mobile Dutch).

I'm posting this topic to double check, because I do not want to brick my phone completely :-)

Thanks in advance.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
You are right, just flash a stock rom and start rooting again. It doesn't matter anymore which boot version you are using. You have a go ;)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arnauddisberg85:
Ok, thank you, will do and will post my results here ;-) I understand from you answer that unrooting and rooting again may fix this issue?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lennyz1988:
It's possible, you could also try a different SD card. Maybe that is also causing the problems, but unroot first and if that doens't solve it, try switching your sd card. Make sure you use at least a class 4.
[Android Software Development] firstin:
Hi guys any body know if the upcoming playstation ph and gingerbread will bring ps3 connectivity . E.g ability to control musicplayer
[Android Software Development] shou77:
i wanna know this 2

this would be a very nice feature, hope s.o. has more information about
[Android Software Development] baric88:
Yep that would be pretty sweet that be pretty good extra ps3 controller idea
[Android Software Development] firstin:
I know they found ps3 controls in the gingerbread sdk but what that means as far as connectivity goes I don't know
[Android Software Development] kxs783kms:
What is this Playstation PH that you speak of sir?
[Android Software Development] firstin:
Sony Ericsson Zeus z1 aka (ps phone)