yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Accessories] 88EVGAFTW:
Go to any AT&T store and buy their screen protectors, they are the same as Samsung ones and cost $9.99
[Captivate Accessories] diablo009:
I see from samsung site that they have a separate screen protector called "scratch resistant"... well, since when did screen protectors giving being scratch protectants? Isn't it their basic job?
[Captivate Accessories] ManuWKK89:
I need a privacy one not just regular finish.

And yes that is a bit redundant
[Captivate Accessories] ManuWKK89:
NO ONE has used a privacy protector that didn't disable the touchscreen?

ANYONE?
[Captivate Accessories] Sqdnguns:
The operative word in the OP is PRIVACY............AT&T does not have the PRIVACY screen protectors.

See signature
[Captivate Accessories] masmai:
Throw your coat over your head... Cuts down on glare and saves battery too...
[Captivate Accessories] 88EVGAFTW:
Thanks Capt. Obvious
[Captivate Accessories] dbs179:
My wife had a mirror screen protector on her captivate for a bit. It too was thick and her back button worked about 5% of the time. She has since taken it off and went back to a standard screen protector. I think you might run into the same issues with most "privacy" protectors.

Dave
[Captivate Accessories] aalh:
Hmmmm

Buy a phone noted for its bright, wide viewing angle screen, Then complain that other people can see.

Maybe you should have got a phone with a smaller dimmer lcd screen
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] carlost24:
Going to purchase a hd2 solely to run andriod, how does andriod run on it? How responsive is it? Does it lag? Are there any issues?

Just need overall feedback on the andriod experience runnin on the hd2...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] omnia1994:
y dont u just buy an android phone if u wan android?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Wildcopper:
It would be stupid to buy and HD2 solely for Android. The port is still not perfect, the battery drain high, and there are still many things not working.

If you want solely Android, do yourself a favor, and buy a Desire HD.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] carlost24:
I would love to buy a desire hd but I'm in ny and it doesn't work here... and I'm on t-mobile so buying a evo is out of the question also...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] carlost24:
I'm using a nexus one I just want a bigger screen
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] shree.cse:
For bigger Screen, with out any other thought you can simply buy a Desire HD, which is far more better than HD2 in all aspects
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] vartp:
Using Android as every day system on my HD2, didn't boot in WM last 2-3 weeks.

Battery drain isn't high, for me it's equals or less then in WM. It does lag sometimes, but my friend's native android motorola does lag too.

I would say that Evo 4G or Desire HD would be a better option for android, but for me Evo wasn't an options as Iam not on CDMA, and Desire HD costs 300$ more then HD2 for almost same hardware.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] carlost24:
I would love to buy the desire hd but it doesn't work in the US, more specifically new york, an I'm on tmo so evo is a no go...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] hebbe:
i'm using android on my hd2 since august, never booted winmo again cause android works perfect for me. no need for winmo for me anymore.

battery drain is high, but when you have the possibility to recharge every evening it's no problem at all.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] st40611:
Uh, I've ran three Android builds (Desire base, CM6.1 base, HD base), and I barely see any problems with any of them. Worst yet is just some lag on the HD build and MMS refusing to work on the 6.1 build.

I got my HD2 solely for Android for $200 w/o contract. In all honesty, it's a super good "budget" Android phone, but like others said get a Desire HD/G2/native Android phone if money is no worries to you.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] zarathustrax:
The galaxy s line of phone have 4 inch screens... or wait a few weeks and get a nexus s. That is going to be Google's new development phone, so newer apps and games will be built to take better advantage of the better gpu and chipset in the nexus s and the galaxy s line of phones.

Or wait a month or 2 and I'm sure there will be another native android phone with 4.3 inch screen.

You should definitely get a native android phone if you're just going to run android. The hd2 only runs a port, and it will always be a port. In the long run you will be much better with a native android phone. I can understand 4-6 months ago getting the hd2 for the big screen... but now there is many more choices out there for android. Also, I'm sure in a few months our devs will be moving on to new devices, and development will slow down for the hd2... at this point I would go for a newer device instead of a phone that's already 1 1/2 years old.... especially if you're not going to use winmo. If you were going to use winmo, it would be a completely different story, as the hd2 is going to be the last, greatest winmo device probably.... but just for android, go for a newer android device that still has a life ahead of it.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Smygflik:
I think Android runs really well on the HD2, even faster than some "real" Android phones (Like Galaxy S, which btw feels so damn plastic). But you have to be prepared that some functions might not work (like 720p recording). Ive used Android as my main OS since August without any big problems.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] carlost24:
I don't mind no 720p minor issues like that are not a problem...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Leechoonhwee:
720p recording does work now..... :)

I tried Android on my HD2 just 2 months ago and I was totally blown away with the rich application base and customisations that can be done to it. Battery drain wise is manageable with some cpu settings and tweaks. I had a Hero some time ago and I took a peek at the Hero section and was astonished that they are already running froyo roms too! So in that context I think that the HD2 Android development still have a long way to go before developers and chef starts to move on to another device...

Besides, with Nand multiple boot options coming along, you get to choose running various platform on one device like WM7 with Android and to me, that is soooooo amazing!!!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] chikitsak:
wait for gingerbread and buy nexus1,desire hd is another option but running android on HD2 has its own fun.you will become flasher after few days of buying HD2.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] markmarkr:
I bought a HD2 a few months back purely to run Android and I haven't regretted it for a second. I've got friends with Galaxy S's and other Android phones, and I wouldn't swap mine for any of them.

There is only one other phone with a 4.3" screen, the Desire HD, but that costs twice (or more) what you can pick up a HD2 for. And with other phones, how many of them have fully unlocked bootloaders? We know that when 2.3 and 3.0 come out the HD2 will get them within a day or so, you can't say that about most Android phones coming out now as they lock them up tighter and tighter. My mate is still waiting for 2.2 on his Galaxy.

I get no lag at all running CM6.1, my only remaining problems are that I'll occasionally get high current draw that needs a reboot to clear, and that if you use the SD card mount thing within the phone sooner or later you'll get data corruption (a consequence of running Android off the SD card and then trying to mount it elsewhere). I wouldn't complain if the battery life was better, but I'm happy to stick it on the charger each night. There's people complaining of battery life on the Desire HD too, that big screen takes some juice to run.

Frankly I don't care at all that we don't install to NAND, it adds a few seconds to the boot time and then you don't notice it. In return you can make a 1 or 2G data img and never have to worry about running out of app space like native android phones do.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] FrAsErTaG:
a Desire HD if in euro or a Evo if in US would be the best solution for you if you are a simple person and wanted a android phone on a 4.3" screen and wanted it rooted (you would not be on XDA if you were average Joe/Jane)

This is the most obvious solution for the OP.

In my case I owned a G1,G2 (MAGIC,Before the real G2) and an N1 before exchanging the N1 for a HD2.... originally I found the HD2 + WM + Android a chore and flashing this radio, formatting my sdcard this and that way to make android perform the same as my N1.... then I found I could settle for a problem here and there to get the ability to have multi roms and not worry about nandroiding...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ax0r:
I switched from a nexus one and I solely run android. Windows sucks and I have been very happy with my decision. If you know how to use adb then you will be fine
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] IphoneKiller125:
HD2 is a tinkerers phone,if you like tinkering around with different builds and roms then its ideal,solely as an android phone it ok,performance is good,even a bit faster than my girlfriends Desire but dont expect it to be perfect like native android phones and yes it simular Hardware to the desire HD but acording the guys on here in that section of the section of this forum,our beloved sister phone has a phew issues so im gonna say,down to personal preffrance,if it was me and was over there ide get a unlocked Evo 4g but as im in the U.K im happy sticking with my HD2.its still has a thew up on the Desire HD suprisingly
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] otaku888:
I also bought my HD2 a few months ago solely to run Android. It works brilliantly and gets higher quadrant scores than the equivalent pure Android phones. It also lasts me a good 24 hours with moderate use.

With new clean builds like cedesmith's Desire Spot I really can't see any difference in everyday usage to a dedicated Android phone.

I've just been offered a new phone from work, and to be honest even though that could be a Desire HD, I can't really see any benefits to upgrading, I can use the same sense build on my HD2 if I want and the only other plus is that it has a few extra megapixels in the camera sensor. It's also heavier and a has an annoying little ridge around the edge of the screen.

I think I'm sticking with the HD2 until there is something similar with a tegra inside.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] carlost24:
Been seeing a lot of you tube videos of the hd2 running froyo and I must say I'm impressed from the videos I've seen it runs very smoothly I saw no lag, and I'm planning on running a miui rom on the hd2 and saw a video of that and it was even smoother...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] otaku888:
Unfortunately there are no youtube videos with a HD2 running Desire Spot, but I'm running it with Hasterins latest kernel and cannot see any lag whatsoever, also seems faster than MIUI builds. I think the smoothness of the MIUI builds are to do with custom animations anyway.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] JonSolo:
For everybody posting that the Desire HD or EVO is the solution...STOP...he is in the US on TMobile. The EVO will not run on TMobile and the Desire HD will have Edge only as a network. So understand the man before you answer!

The HD2 is a fine choice, especially if you are a tweaker. Lots of OS options with more in the future.

On the other hand as mentioned, if you can be patient there are some fantastic phones coming out that might be native to what you are looking for.

Android is running fine on the HD2 and the battery life is fine, all things considered, namely: battery is poor on the HD2 WinMo to begin with, battery life tends to be poor on any Android device I run because of usage, and ultimately it is not native to the phone.

Users mention a Nand version (internal memory) of Android coming. This may address the battery issue or not.

But as it stands, Android is real fast and stable on the HD2.

Jon
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] pr0x2:
Most people buy HD2 because it's cheaper than the normal 1ghz android phones ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] carlost24:
Woah thanks bro everybody just kept saying evo evo or dhd without reading I got tired of writing my situation being under tmo and US lol but beside that I got a good amount of feedback and saw a few vids on youtube and i think I'm going to go for it, I'm on a nexus running rods miui mod but I want tio seeee what that big screen is about lol getting a bit bored with it so wanna play around with the hd2 by next year feb or match hopefully theres a phone that covers all my needs...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Unconn:
Go for it. I bought my T-Mo HD2 for $220 of Craigslist specifically to run Android on it. As soon as I got Android running on it I have not looked back. I love the phone and it runs very quickly and smoothly and if you watch WiFi/GPS/BT switches (off when not needed) then your battery life will be fine. Well, it wil be on the days that you can stop messing with your phone! LOL. When I got mine a few months ago there were more problems then there are now. The only real problems to mention are mobile data drops sometimes (airplane mode switching on and off fixes) and sometimes the unlock screen does not respond for a second, but I think this has gotten better and may not even be an issue on Sense or MIUI. If you do not mind tinkering and flashing then this phone is the best bang for the buck.

As I said, go for it and have fun.

-Unconnected

PS and for the guy that said in the second or third post that it was stupid... :-P
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] projection:
On which build exactly?

It does not record true 720p. It just doesn't crash.

AFAIK.

Anyway, I don't see what the problem is with the battery drain. I get the same as in WinMo.

HD2 has a pretty small capacity battery, it's batterylife is not great regardless of OS.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] norodaigh:
Thats not really true, I have mine working near perfect apart from a mail issue where I cant add my hotmail account but I think that's more to my own stupidity on the issue. The battery drain is about the same as the WM6.5 ROMS and performance is lightning.

Sure you should just by a droid phone for droid but if your set on the leo then I got a good ROM and BUILD you can use.

Recommendation for the ANDROID phones, Google Nexus One is a good choice personally, very nice browser config on it.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] denyboy:
I bought myself HD2 two weeks ago with intention to run WM and android

From day2 i have android on my system and i never use WM.

in Bosnia HD2 is way cheaper than DesireHD. So today its not a bad idea to buy HD2 to run android.

I did it and it looks great.

Im using MDJ_FroYo_HD_v._4.3 with hastarin_r8.5.3 kernel

Everything is fast and smooth. Everything is very stable and battery consumption is low. So if you like big screens and android you can definitly go with HD2.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] EpicFail236:
My thoughts...

I've used the HD2 with various builds 100% since getting my HD2 (3 months ago), and have been extremely pleased with the performance. However, I came from a G1, so your mileage may vary. Really, the only serious drawback I've found (since some of the newest kernels have come out in November, thanks kernel devs!) has been battery life, which prevents me from running sans power cable for more than eight hours of occasional use, or four hours of heavy use (I basically use my phone as my sole internet connected device, so by heavy i mean heavy heavy.) Load a super thin WM build designed for Android, keep the screen brightness down as low as you can, and use SetCPU to keep your processor speed low, and you should be good to go as a daily driver.

My only real suggestion outside of this is to avoid sense builds. Though many of them are excellent, as a daily driver I've found to many small problems to consider them usable.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] lms1407:
Buy it!

Get the HD2!

I have it for a year now and i can't be happier...

I started looking for another phone and i found the Andro builds!

There were some problems, but for the last two months, whatever build i installed worked flawless.

The battery lasts for 2 full days with moderate wifi/3G data usage.

If you use alot of data/gps it will be a full day!

My setup for the moment is:

Radio_2_12_50_02_2

PPC-ShiftPDA.29002-SENSE-WP7S_H-1-WWE (05.12.10)

Moto234_EVO_Black_Blue_V0.3A

i was also verry happy with

ChuckyROM-23145-Tabtastic.Nov.05

Mdeejay_FroYo_Revolution_v._1.7_S6.1

same radio as above

Mdeejay builds are very stable and responsive

What i would like to see is the 720p video, but its not "to dye for" issue.

Hope i helped!

;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] MemphisM3s:
HD2 with Android vs Evo4g, vs Incredible - This is My 2nd Post..

HD2 with Android vs Evo4g, vs Incredible Option - This is My 2nd Post...be nice:)

For those who think it is Stupid to buy a HD2 to put Android on it shhh & Read the 1st Thread I have ever posted on

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=863945&page=11

Android is the best. I Just sold my Eris-with a metro.flash. I had it for a week and then found out about the HD2 with Android. I was planning on getting a HTC HD2 just so I could put Android on it. The Benchmarks I saw with builds that have been ported to Android, & that are running off the SD card--making Windows still available made it clear that this was the phone to get. HD2 Benchmarks scored the highest scores compared to the phones with Android already on them. Plus you get the stress free feeling of not having to worry about the -Br|ck- factor because your not flashing the internal memory on the phone. You can just put multiple builds onto 1 SD card, & you always have Windows 6.5 as well. I Just put Android on my Co-Workers Phone today. I also found out today that v2.3(Gingerbread) is on the way to the HD2, along with Windows 7.

There a problem...

The Evo 4G has the same basic hardware & software of the HD2. It just has other things too like upgraded camera, HDMI port, 4g, Sprint(no contract) unlimited talk, text, & 4g-Web.

So the better phone is the Evo as far as 4g, HDMI, & Service goes yes, BUT! The HD2 with ported Android Runs Faster, &T-Mobile has a plan like AT&T but no 4g.

My Problem is that the HDMI port on the Evo makes you think you can run your phone to a TV-Out Setting, which you can do but are restricted as to what you see on the TV... It is not the same as the Droid Incredible Cable you can buy and that allows you to see everything. It's could be called Dual-View. The ability to view content on the phone screen and at the same time on your HDTV, or in my case, the Touch Screen in my car.

I want the portability of Android o.s. with HD2 Speeds, along with the upgrades that come with the Evo 4g, I want to control my phone in my car from "the phone" & also see everything I'm doing on my TV in my car.

I have read other threads & I havnt found someone that has been able to run Full TV Out/HDMI Out on Evo 4g or the HD2. I really want the HD2 but people say this can't be done at all. If I can't make the O.S. show up on my t.v. in my car then I will have to wait to see if someone finds a way to do it with the EVO. They made a Cable for the Incredible to do what I am talking about like I said before. Are they going make a cable for the Evo or has someone found a solution? "Phone Access & Screen Display on TV" for Evo4g would be the BEST option for me.

Please let me know if it has been done, or if any of you Dev's figured it out. Thank You Dev's...If it can't be done with Evo then I'll just get a HD2 because its pretty much the same Hardware & The Software's better with the Custom Builds. I also don't think you can ever do this with a HD2 but someone might surprise me!!!:D...Halp me decide!!! Thanks

Fa Sho:D---
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] aenedor:
HD2 is a very cheap way to get 4.3" screen and 1 gig processor.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] akbisw:
I get 2 days of battery after the games(:)) the goodies and the smushies. I use extended battery and its awesome. After one day of charge turn the phone of take the battery out and turn it on after putting the battery in and another day worth of charge(unless U dont put it away from your palms enough).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=852630

running MDJ Desire HD 4.4. SMOOTHer>>>>>>Butter
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Muurtegel:
I bought my HD2 to run Android and I have no regrets. I love to experiment with new software and ROMs, so it's perfect for me. The community is great and Android works really good. Just be aware that it's not a perfect product, but it does work. (You'll be spending some time figuring out how to make it all work though)

I'm lovin it
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] buzz killington:
I think it's the ideal choice if you want a large screen phone to run Android on T-moble. In a way it's a bit sad that T-mobile was the first in the US to have a 4.3 phone and the first to have Android, now everybody else have 4.3+ android phones and tmousa seems to be focused on keyboard phones.

As long as you're willing to do a little tweaking, including possibly flashing your windows rom/radio, follow some step by step instructions to apply some tweaks. HD2 will be super at running your android. I'm now getting less than .5% battery drain per hour, that's 200 hours of standby time.

I've played some games on android. Need for speed shift runs very smoothly and that's in 3d. Angry birds runs very well too, although I haven't gone too far into it. You should expect the same or better performance compared to similar spec'd phones like the Nexus One and the Evo, etc. I ran a couple of benchmarks since I saw your post and since I installed a new build, I got 30.9 on Neocore, 19.7 on Nenamark 1, and over 2000 on Quadrant, these are all without overclocking of any sort. It doesn't beat the newer phones on speed since the Samsungs and Droids have newer faster graphics chips in them. Other than that, you should be very happy with the HD2 on Androids.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] eenbox:
I disagree...

Battery drain can be worked around with the best combination between ROM version, Radio version and Android build.

"Many things" - there are no "many things" not working... one build may have something others don't ... but, if you are counting 720p recording not working on HD2 - it was natively not on it anyway, wo no issue there... then, auto-brightness... how many people actually use it on their phones? Not many... etc etc etc ...

But I agree with the point of - if you want an Android OS GET Android phone then... Either Galaxy S (lower budget) or Nexus S (higher budget) would be my suggestion.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bdkinney:
I bought my HD2 in May knowing full well WinMo was dying but having faith that the devs would get Android up and running soon. They didn't disappoint...

I first booted Android in August and haven't looked back. And please understand, I've been a rabid Windows Mobile user for nearly a decade (had a PDA before a cell phone). If this was some half baked port I would have ran right back to the familiar arms of WM. And I've had zero problems in any recent build. The fact that I haven't booted into windows for over 4 months should speak volumes.

Despite what others may say, this is a great Android device...period.