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[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodyh1:
Hi all !

I tried to look for a thread talking about that, but I didn't find some ...

I have a problem with my Desire Z, with the physical keyboard.

I need to write specials characters like the : < or the : > and others

But I don't have them on my physical keybord, even if I do the key : FN + Symb I have only few special characters ! where are all of special characters I have with my tactical keyboard ??????

If someone has few informations about that, that would be very helpfull !

Thanks for reading my poor english.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aznsnake666:
On the G2 i hold Alt and K to for like 2 secs and a small menu will pop up allowing me to do 3 additional characters one of them is >. For the desire z i am guessing my alt button is your FN button. Give that a try
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodyh1:
Thanks for the answer.

I tried again to long press on all the keys of the physical keyboard. I have other specials characters with most of the keys but no < or > .... :(

And for the letter : K , I have only one other character : ?

I dont know why its a : ? ....?!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KarlosTheJackal:
This works the same on the Desire Z

Hold FN & K for 2/3 seconds & a menu pops up with '>'

Hold FN & J for 2/3 seconds & a menu pops up with '<'
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neggnegg:
Doesn't work on the German version of the DZ...all I get when I press and hold FN-K is:

üüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüüü

...because the German Umlauts sit on jkl. Hoping for an Update...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodyh1:
Maybe I have to say that I have french Desire Z.

I think it's a problem with the localisation of the language .... maybe, maybe not ...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodyh1:
I up the post !

nobody have informations about that ?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drakulinda:
Desire Z HW keyboard problem

hi to all,

i have purchased htc desire z from O2 (CR) and also had a problem with HW keyboard, on the second row from the second or third key the special characters were shifted by one key....

O2 wanted to exchange the phone for a new one immediately, but a second phone we unpacked at the store had the same problem....

ive got my money back, and i have no new phone 8:o((

im so far hesitating to purchase the phone again elsewhere....
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oliverbenduhn:
I have the german version of the desire z and for > and < you can press the FN key with the key label SYM and an magnifying glass on it
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subworx:
Weird, as my German Desire Z (stock Sense ROM) with German keyboard setting only allows these characters with the SYM button:

'...' ¥ · ® © ± [ ] { } \ |

Holding Fn + something else for two seconds doesn't work for any key.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodyh1:
Same problem.

I dont know if some dev can correct the problem, I think its software and not hardware.

I will try to call HTC to know more about this problem

EDIT :

I just called HTC center. After 30 minutes on the phone, they don't have a solution for me, their best solution was to use the virtual keyboard, I said it is not a solution for me, I bought a HTC Desire Z to always use a physical keyboard, and if some countries don't have this problem, why I have to stay with this problem without doing something. The guy on the phone told me he will send this problem higher and if he has informations he'll call me back.

Maybe people who have the same problem can call HTC to show to HTC that it's a permanent bug, permanent missing option and we need this option back. (I need in fact, but I think I'm not the only one who need the < and > when I use my physical keyboard)

I'll give new informations as soon as I have news :)

Thx again for reading my f****** poor english :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cartman09:
Similar topic is DZ Sym Key Menu.

HTC says its only possible through the virtual keyboard.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rodyh1:
Yes without doing something it's only possible with virtual keyboard.

But if they do something, they can "fix" that by including < and > in the FN+Symb combo popup.

It's easy to say something like that. But for a customer like me, I can't let them saying that. Why because I'm using a Azerty Desire I dont have these characters and why US people have them correctly with their physical keyboard, in fact there is no problem for US keyboard, only for French keyboard (and I guees German too).

It's not my problem, it's their problem, and I hope they will fix it.

Saying to use the virtual keyboard is a funny joke, when we know that the Desire Z has a physical keyboard ! People you buy this smartphone does it because they don't want to use the virtual keyboard ....

These kinds of answers make me crazy so sorry because its totally stupid and think people are stupid, I AM NOT !
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cartman09:
I agree with you. Yes, it is normal to expect that you will be able to input the same characters on the HW keyboard.

I do not understand why they left them out.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subworx:
Especially weird seems leaving out different characters on different layouts while barely/not using the symbol key and pretty much omitting Shift-Fn-.. combinations...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tivchev:
Does anyone know if at all possible to swap the Z and Y symbols on a QWERTZ hard kb on an Austrian Dezire Z?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Matherion:
Work-around (lame but nonetheless)

Hey all,

I ended up here yesterday, also looking for a way to input the "less than" or "greater than" symbols (<, >) on my Desire Z using the physical keyboard.

I don't have a solution, but I have found a workaround that is acceptable to me (until somebody finds out how to add symbols to the SYM list :-)).

Just enter the symbols as "quick text". Then, you can press then MENU button on your keyboard while typing, press "quick text" on your screen, and then select the symbol you want.

It's a good idea to delete the default quick text messages (unless you actually use them :-)), so that you won't have to scroll to select your symbols of choice.

I know it's far from perfect, but better than the only other way to get to these symbols. At least for me (Desire Z bought in the Netherlands), I would have to:

1) close phone

2) tap text area to activate onscreen keyboard

3) tap '12#' button

4) tap '1/2' button

5) tap symbol (e.g. '<' or '>')

6) open phone again and continue typing

I also know this is a pretty obvious "workaround", but I thought that the possibility that it might provide some relief to somebody somewhere made it worthwhile typing it out :-)

For the rest, but the way, it's seriously an amazing phone (and OS)! My previous phone was a Touch Pro, with Windows Mobile 6.5 I think (or 6? Don't even remember - and never got around to flashing it, sad as that may be :-)), and this is amazing. I'm not so much of an Apple person, but I can now for the first time understand what they experienced when they played around with an iPhone or Apple for the first time. The gap in functionality and userfriendliness is mind-boggling.

So, bar the fact that it's not so easy to type "<3" anymore, great phone :-)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] missparker76:
< and > characters have been added to the SYM list in the OTA 1.72 version ;) I know this version has been pulled out by HTC but I'm sure the SYM list will also be updated in the next OTA.

But I still can't find the degree symbol. Am I missing something?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Becksman:
What still is totally missing is the clause symbol (§). I did not find any way to type this (neither hard- nor softkeyboard). I really hate it, as I need it regularly.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] julianwachholz:
The '<' and '>' characters are available through the C and V chars. :)

@Becksman: I found § in the 'S' menu.

(Although I'm not sure for the Sense ROM, I'm on Cyanogen 7)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Victorino86:
If your saying just by software, then you should try

this guide
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agacar:
I believe you can find keyboards on android market instead of change the existing
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Becksman:
Thanks for the hint, tried that intuitively before I posted here. Unfortunately, this does not work for my Sense ROM (Virtuous). One more reason to switch to CM - though I'll wait for CM7 stable...

Regards,

Becksman
[Gen8 General] cajl:
I have all Archos gen 8 and one Samsung Galaxy TAB

see that in french

http://www.jbmm.fr/2010/12/18/7-0-it-vs-tab-impressions-n°1/

with Google Translate

http://translate.google.com/transla...8/7-0-it-vs-tab-impressions-n%C2%B01/&act=url
[Gen8 General] denoxster:
Archos 70IT FTW, because I like cheap but quality stuff and under dog :-)
[Gen8 General] richdaley:
I'm with you on the Archos (I have an Archos 70 so no surprise). Price was my biggest concern. The Samsung is several hundred dollars more or you have to get it with a contract and it is still more expensive up front for similar specs.

My thinking was that optimized Android tablets with Honeycomb are about from 6 months to a year away and I wanted one NOW so I would go as cheap as possible (within reason) and then upgrade next year. I really wanted to be able to use the Kindle app on a bigger screen compared to my phone.

I have not regretted my decision. The Archos 70 isn't perfect but it is the most fun device I have purchased since my first computer with a modem (2400 baud!) almost 20 years ago.
[Gen8 General] madsquabbles:
you can actually get a galaxy tab (verizon or sprint) for $500 right now from best buy off contract. that's the price of the wifi only version they haven't released. the only caveat is that you have to activate it for a month. so the final price is ~$530 depending on your carrier.

i've actually given up my a70 for the tab now. but i do have the a101, which replaced the a70's spot as my carputer.
[Gen8 General] Techngro:
I stopped by a T-Mo store in NYC a few days ago to pay my bill. And by chance, I asked the guy if they had a Tab to play with. He said they did, but they were "by request" cause they had already had one stolen.

So I played with it for a couple of minutes. Honestly, I prefer the design of the Archos. It is thinner, and lighter (in my opinion), and it just feels sturdier. But the software is where you can see the difference between the two devices. The Tab flies through menus and web pages and opening apps. The Archos is no slouch either, especially with the new update and it running at full 1 GHz, but the difference is noticeable.

That being said, the price of the Archos just CANNOT be beat. So I would stick to my Archos over the Tab.
[Gen8 General] ArchosGamer:
When software is the weakness that is easy to fix. Changing launchers can speed up menus and launching apps. Changing the browser (Dolphin HD for example) can speed up web pages. :)
[Gen8 General] Techngro:
I've done all that, and still the difference in speed is noticeable between the two devices. It's a matter, in my opinion, of the level of polish that is put into the software. And why shouldn't Samsung have put more time into optimizing

Android for the Tab, they are a huge company with enough staff to dedicate to such a task.

Archos just released another update a few days ago. They are still in the process of optimizing Android and getting proper Flash on the device. Eventually, they will reach the level of optimization that Samsung has.

Again, i'm not knocking Archos, I think it's amazing what they've done with the Gen8 devices (design, battery life, price). But the reality still exists that software wise, the Tab is a step ahead right now.
[Gen8 General] madsquabbles:
yeah, launcher and browser replacments don't do much. they speed it up if you'r only doing 1 thing at a time and browsing only 1 tab, but still not galaxy tab speed. the gen 8's are not multitask friendly. but still, they beat galaxy in multimedia playback.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Breakthecycle2:
I'm looking for the Nexus S wallpaper (the revamped Nexus wallpaper). Im just looking for one with all red lines, not the multi-color one.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Segnaro:
Try this. It's a normal apk made from santiemanuel's livewallpapers.apk port. I changed the colors to all red.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Breakthecycle2:
Thanks man! Exactly what I was looking for.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Vinsane:
Yeah. It looks really good on the N1
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Prodigy Joey:
Does anyone have all the default wallpaper (still pictures]
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Case_:
I hope it's not OT in this section, but I figured it belongs here more than to General...

I've been wondering for quite some time now...is there any guide for how to create the extended lockscreen for I9000 ROM? I've tried searching for it quite a few times, but never managed to find any info about it. Most of the posts mention something along the lines of "I think I saw one somewhere in thread X", but when trying to locate the actual guide, you usually end up going in circles and the guide is nowhere to be found neither here on XDA nor anywhere else.

So - is there any such guide? And if it isn't, could someone who knows how to make the extended menu perhaps spare a few words/tips/links? I could probably try to make a proper guide out of them once I'm succesful in creating the extended menu myself...

I notice there isn't many themes/ROMs that offer the extended menu. I think having a proper guide would benefit everyone - the extended menu is SO handy...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jim_panse:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=811532

Here you go
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Case_:
Oh, it's in Vibrant section...damn...never occured to me to actually look there. (Like I needed another proof that this splitting of Galaxy S forums into hundreds of subforums was a very bad decision...oh well...)

Thanks a lot!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karansk94:
i have a 32gb kingston micro sd card installed on my device.

i have several movies in .avi format and when i transfer the movies to the SD card, the video player cant play the file at all. however these videos play perfectly on my computer.

could anyone help me to resolve this problem?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SexyIceCream:
did you try any other apps? for example, rockplayer, mvideoplayer, arcmedia player, V player..etc. im assuming ur using the stock video app lol
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxx2878:
Your micro sd 32gb probability is fake.

You have bay to ebay?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karansk94:
I have tried other apps ok the market and still no luck. :(

My micro sd card is legit from a major computer store.

I have not tried to plug my device in with the memory card yet and tried to transfer the movies this way? As i have been using the micro sd to sd card adapter and using the sd card port on my computer, could this make a differance?

Thanks

karan
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marioos2010:
no, it couldn`t.

if you still can`t play those files with diff. video players that means your problem may not be from sd card. Did u convert those files before transfering them to your sd.card ?

try downloading this file. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PZTX5U36 and test it .

can you play it ? try rock player universal :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karansk94:
i have found the solution! =)

i found that when i transfer the files to the micro sd card through the sd card adapter, the files came corrput

however if i transfered the files with the micro sd card in the phone itself, the movies played

thanks for your help

karan :)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] SeaViper:
Does anyone have a way to get back various HTC Sense Widgets including: Friendstream, Favourites, Weather, Text Messages and Locations?

I'm running MDJ FroYo HD V4.3 but for some reason, after a low battery and various restarts, those widgets have gone and don't show up in the widget menu. Can anyone help?

Cheers
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] SeaViper:
Just for further information, the widgets are showing up in the Application setttings, I just can't add them to the home screens.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] SeaViper:
Would it help if I cleared the Data from the Sense Application? Or do I need to do anything else?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] SeaViper:
Anyone got any ideas?
[Captivate General] mspencer100:
I have a Samsung Captive, just tried the Froyo update following he wiki notes, ran Odin and was able to get to download mode and did the update, (from Wiki) the it completed and said successful 0 failures but after the reboot, I see the splash screen Galaxy GT-19000 Samsung then I get the Galaxy S large S screen and the S turns colors like a normal boot then the screen goes black. The Home and other buttons on the bottom turn on and are lit but the screen stays black? I tried to boot to re-flash Vol- Vol+ Power and I get the Galaxy S GT-i900 screen flashing loop. Any way to get this booted?

Thank you for your time
[Captivate General] mcord11758:
Flash stock using odin

Should be able to recover
[Captivate General] mspencer100:
Thanks that did it.
[G1 Android Development] sjbayer3:
Is there a way to update spl and radio (*.img) using amon ra 1.70 without using fastboot or adb?

Essentially just flash it from console on the phone itself?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] simeezee:
Just wondering which android build without sense has the best wifi tethering feature?

Thanks.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] deadmansink:
With any build you can download an app from market called WiFi Tether.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stigslim:
Hi peeps just curious to know if there is a way of removin system apps from a Rom i allready have flashed on my desire.Thanx in advance.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikep99:
if you're rooted, you can use Titanium Backup or ADB.

HTH
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stigslim:
tried titanium backup but it didnt seem to acheive anything.Rebooted and the app was still there (unless i was doing something wrong).As for ADB i'm not sure how to use it or what it is?.Can you enlighten me?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IVS IVRIS:
when rooted.. I always use this.. works very good.. and pretty easy to use.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
you need to s-off before you can remove apps from /system while booted, you could always use the rm /system/app/xxxxx.apk command from recovery using the sdk :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stigslim:
Back again, i have managed to get it done with Titanium (forgot to turn on debugging), the only one i cant see in there is car panel.Would this be under a different name or is there a different way of getting rid of this?.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bajazz:
Just got my Desire Z a couple of weeks ago, and I'm all new to this android platform.

I (think) I wanna root my device, dont know too much about rooting and what it does, but I like the idea of getting the most out of my phone. My number one wish is to get the Gingerbread version running on my Desire Z.

I've tried searching for a couple of hours, tried some rooting thats for the regular Desire. Did not work, I think I'm not doing it right, or that the Desire rooting doesnt work for the Z.

Ok, how do I do this?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
First off, you shouldn't mess with these things if you don't know what you're doing. Just guessing around, and thinking the Desire root method would work on the Vision (G2, Desire Z) was possibly a risky thing to do. You could brick your phone if you try to root by the wrong method.

Basic info on rooting (what it is) can be found here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9143411&postcount=2

The Vision has special write protection which initially prevented rooting, which was not present on any other Android phone before it. But the guys here on XDA quickly found a way to gain write access. The proper rooting method is here:

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_G2

If you don't know what rooting is, you might want to read up on it before doing something that may void your warranty, brick your phone, etc.

Also, there are no Gingerbread ROMs out for the Vision yet, so you may want to wait on rooting until that happens (if that is your only reason for wanting to root). Again, you might want to do more research before diving into it, since you won't get what you want just yet.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] N3N1T0:
Try looking up root methods using visionary root. should have a 1 click root method. Although I did the manual root. But worth a try nonetheless, BUT READ THE ENTIRE THREAD AND ITS POSTS, just in case.
[HD2 General] abass0108:
I recently purchased a HTC HD2 Tmobile. I understand that you can convert the phone from Microsoft to android. How do you do that?:confused:
[HD2 General] ashasaur:
You use the search button...seriosuly, not trying to be an ass...but at the top of THIS FORUM there is a topic on Android...it's not hard to find the answer.
[HD2 General] thompsd:
Go to the core HD2 forum not this one and you'll find all the threads on converting over to android. It works way better than winmo and new builds are coming our daily.
[HD2 General] Tester30:
OK... Here it is..

I installed it couple days ago. Works great. Instructions are really clear and easy to follow.

Good luck!!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=843221
[HTC Cavalier] sherifrasheed:
After Flash My Cavalier with Japanese Soft Bank rom, the mobile is blocked at the attached screen "TEST ONLY NOT FOR SALE", and i can not even connect it to Microsoft ActiveSync to change the rom, i think the boot flash need to be replaced but i don't know how? since i can't connect with Activesync from the start.

hard reset with both soft keys failed

Any help please?

(see the photo attached)
[HTC Cavalier] sherifrasheed:
i have been advised to flash the old rom using

the sd card method

can any one guide me with the link related to the subject please? thanks
[HTC Cavalier] Mr. Clown:
can you get into bootloader?. Have you try to flash via sdcard.
[HTC Cavalier] sherifrasheed:
yes i can enter bootloader mood, and managed to install many roms but on startup still this black image appear, and i can not flash it by SDcard because (PSAS program of QMAT) can not connect to the cavalier exactly as active-sync
[HTC Cavalier] sherifrasheed:
with the help of (OOKba) i managed to fix my CAVA with MTTY program, thank you very much
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] screamor:
Hello..

I read many posts about this, but i aint able(after 3 hardresets:mad:) to enable landscape mode on my HD2.

I want the Manila like on my Xperia X1 with a custom rom(Thank to the cooks, i love ya ;). When i pull out the keyboard every tab was in landscape.

The HD2 should do it when i turn the phone into landscape mode.

I first tried this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=588476&highlight=HD2

Didnt work for me, except there are any steps to complete to work on HD2.

Then this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=637671

But nothing works...

I am using an german o2 rom:

1.72.207.0 (82124) GER

with manila ver:

2.5.2012.1429.0.

I this the any way to get this working without flashing a custom rom?:cool:

regards
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nushuth:
i think your manila version does not support landscape... you may need to upgrade.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] screamor:
I tried but how? i tried this one:

bigboss Manila 2.5 2015 full.cab

but when its finished with the installation process, it says unexpected error. Any other patch 4 me? :)