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[Windows Phone 7 General] OGCF:
Here's some stuff to think about.

If you want a phone that...

Works out of the box with little to no hassle: Both

Has a big community with lots of support: Desire HD

Has a large app store with more mainstream acceptance: Desire HD

Has a lot of power for movies, music, internet, and more: Both

Has an easy to use interface: HD7 is slightly more intuitive

Is very fast with more complex gestures: HD7

Supports turn-by-turn out of the box: Desire HD

Has a large media ecosystem with lots of content: HD7
[Windows Phone 7 General] Audio:
I have both and must admit that after using the HD7 since launch, you become increasingly frustrated with the Lag of the Desire HD.

The Desire HD is a Fantastic phone, probably the best and smoothest Android you can buy. But the OS is not nearly as smooth or fluid as WP7.

The main benefits of each phone for me are:

Desire HD - Fully customisable - There's pretty much nothing can't customise

WP7 - Silky smooth and much easier to actually use day to day

To be honest the media player aspect of both phones is pretty much identical. They both play movies & music very well, albeit the way you navigate and use the media players on them is very different. But untill I see Android running as well as WP7, i'll be leaving the Desire HD with the mrs. and won't be giving them a second thought
[Windows Phone 7 General] circleofomega:
Just what I wanted to hear. This Desire HD lagging is something I am getting to hear almost everywhere. But its good cause, its directly telling me HD7 is superb..which it is and I have made my choice I think....But again, the confusion amongst the WP7 phones...Mozart OR HD7?? Or even Samsung Omnia 7???
[Windows Phone 7 General] circleofomega:
Thanx a lot for your help...but I am not very sure of Desire HD..as in the post below yours, the guy told me about how Android felt laggier than ever. Can't blame him, as I am hearing this from almost all who have used WP7 first and then Android...ANyways..if only you could help me with a littl more info of the Zune background....THANX again..i realy appreciate
[Windows Phone 7 General] adesonic:
Android currently has more features than WP7 (cut n paste, voice turn by turn nav etc. For what you want (email, music etc.) WP7 will be fine.

I find IE on the HD7 very good, only thing I miss from my Desire is text reflow, but meh no biggie, there are also alternative browsers for WP7 in the market place.

The backgrounds are downloaded automatically form the internet, it has always worked perfectly for me, some people have had problems getting the backgorunds to display but there is a thread on here which tells you how to fix any issues you may have (I think it is to do with song ID tagging). It is a really cool feature BTW.
[Windows Phone 7 General] circleofomega:
Thanx...I know...its a v v cool feature...in fact its one of the main reasons I am buying HD7...
[Windows Phone 7 General] jhughesy:
Samsung Omnia 7 seems to be a better WP7 phone if your not needing that little extra screen space.

In our company we have lots of issues with our Android phones, lag, bugs our WP7 phones are running smooth and with no problems.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Audio:
I've seen this on quite a few threads, people claiming the omnia to be the better, but when i've used the omnia i just don't get it? Sure the screen is a bit better looking, but a slightly brighter display over a slightly bigger display? The bigger display wins every time.
[Windows Phone 7 General] davidebanks:
i own a wp7 device (samsung omnia 7) and i recently got to try my cousins Desire HD. personally, theres no way im going to android with an interface running like it is, its quite laggy and once youve used wp7 you can really see how laggy the desire HD is. the only thing is that you get more a microSD slot in the desrire HD i think. ( the HD 7 also has one but you will void your warrenty unless you are very careful.
[Windows Phone 7 General] circleofomega:
The screw up is, in India, we dont get the Omnia 7...but people have been talking of this beautiful thing coming to India in a while (2 months time) I am going to wait till February...And then BOOM!

HD7 IS GONNA BE MINE...!! hehehe
[Windows Phone 7 General] kfgtboypsp:
Recommend the Desire HD. Better specs, than the HD7/Omnia 7 and U wont regret it... But If ur a person who wants a easy, simple interface, then the HD7, and if ur like me who likes flashing custom roms and overclocking and letting the phone perform to its full potential, then the Desire Hd. Just my 2 cents. :-p
[Windows Phone 7 General] domineus:
the irony is the hd7 is already at its full potential on wp7. The reason why people have the need to overclock the OS is to get a better user experience. That was needed in windows mobile. out of box, in my eyes, the windows phone experience is already at the level that rom chefs have been trying to attain for either respective platform for years because everything is chiefly written for the hardware in the OS.

As far as out of box experience goes, hd7 does excel, even with shoddy htc construction and htc gimping. However, where the dhd excels is in applications for the end user. While both are integral for the smart phone race, I think bar none, the hd7 experience is far better. The big reason why there is 768 mb ram on the dhd is because it needs it! The sense interface is a lag horse and causes so much instability. Top that off with the fact that the OS itself is a whopping 400 mb, the user is left with about 300 mb ram. While wp7, on the other hand can do more with less RAM.

Yes you can attribute that to no true multitasking, but given dhd, I'd prefer the less memory intensive machine.

I think the hd7, despite its flaws, despite its lack of multitasking and sometimes slow app loading (based on sd card and shoddy programming from third party developers) is still the better device
[Windows Phone 7 General] canadariot2312:
Nothing you really need honestly. If you have A LOT of time, than you can hack the Desire HD to death. I guess that is a plus if you are into that type of thing. It does have better specs, but for your type of phone usage, I don't see any of that really mattering.

The live tile background is the last artist that you listened to. Say I was listening to Avril Lavigne on my Dell Venue Pro. When I go to my homescreen, Avril Lavigne will appear on my live tile showing she was the last listened to artist.

It is part of the whole enhanced Zune experience. It downloads the information from the net.
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
please note that if you're not in the US it may not work all that well. I live in australia and i don't see them, even though i play popular artists like maroon 5. so unless you change your phone and live account to zune, it may not work. but all black background is fine as well.
[Windows Phone 7 General] circleofomega:
That is my fear. But I didn't exactly get what you meant by "so unless you change your phone and live account to zune, it may not work."

The Live account MEANS a Zune account right???

I mean, is there a another way to login to Zune??

And plus, another thread here explains why it works AND doesen't...on the top, just search Zune background...in the WP7 General section, you will see it...
[Windows Phone 7 General] circleofomega:
You have made an excellent point there sir. THE Desire HD NEEDS that kind of a hardware, thus it has one. THE HD7 is very perfectly fittting the required hardware. Nothing more, and surely Nothing less. I have 'thanked you' also for it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] circleofomega:
Thanx for your reply brother....but actually, I have heard on countless occasions that the Desire HD is laggy. So mostly I have thought to go with the WP7..(HD7 or Mozart..) Thanx again...
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
sorry, was typing distracted. what i meant to say was "so unless you change your phone and live account to US, it may not work."

and yes Live is Zune account.
[Windows Phone 7 General] circleofomega:
Ahh..thats what I was thinking..Yea.. i figured that out on another post..

The region of your Zune, Computer and Live accounts SHOULD be US.

Will work like a charm. Did you try it?
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
naw, didn't try it cause i wasn't bothered. that and my account is in AU. i believe it's pretty difficult to change officially.
[Windows Phone 7 General] circleofomega:
YEa it is...need to change the account itself...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexluckett:
Hi there,

Anybody know how to remove the Google Search app that comes preinstalled on the Desire HD stock ROM?

I try to remove it as I do with any other system app (Titanium Backup -> select app -> uninstall), but everytime I restart my phone it comes back?

I've got root and S-OFF, so I can't understand why it keeps being reinstalled?

Thanks,

Alex
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] falconeyez:
Good morning everyone. What a wonderful way to wake up!

Enjoy!:)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] TechnoHippie:
WhoohooooOOO!!!! Downloading it now - hope it works!
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] magicalan:
Is it able to go back to windows mobile 6.5? just in case kinda scary hehe
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] oakland73rd:
I hope someone posts a video on how to do it
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] 8177616:
can some one walk me through a noob guide to get my tmoblie hd2 to have wp7 on it?

its an original hd2 without new rom or anything installed... kinda confused when trying to get spl 1.42.0000 on it to get hspl to get the newest radio on my phone before i can do anything...

thank a bunch
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] drvl123:
Disappointed...

Well, looking for a way to get back to good-old WM 6.5. Can I reflash with WM 6.5 cooked ROM? I've installed WP7 and I can't do squat with it. It's like an iPhone... locked. There is no tethering so I can't share my connection with my laptop. No file manager - everything is dependent on LIVE and you can't boot Andriod. :(
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] quochungdao:
i've checked and it's worked well on my phone....easy to flash the rom.thx to DFT
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Enoch_LeNero:
where is the link....or Rom...or pictures?

lol so yea post is looking a little empty
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] vitkon:
I've tried it last night. Unsuccessfull flasded on TMOUS HD2 :((
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] hebrewhammer:
there is nothing there, what gives?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Blake001001:
So Android or wm7 .... I think it will be fun but android will be a better OS
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] deeking2:
missing link

Where is the link from yesterday?

Good thing I downloaded all the files yesterday :p
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] djrichs:
Wp7 I soo easy to navigate thru best windows far better than band Android driod look so poorly develop
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] drvl123:
HELP!!!

Anyone know how to get back to WM6.5? :D

WM7 works great, but lacks WiFi-Router, Flash browser, direct SD access from Windows Explorer for file transfer, Live doesn't work yet and you can't add any applications to it. Don't try it until they get the Live connection working or MS decides to allow free access to marketplace without restrictions.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] david_enoh:
where the f is the download man
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] aman129:
where is the DL link??
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] sdc:
Here is the video and the link is at the bottom.

http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/01/14/how-to-install-windows-phone-7-on-htc-hd2-video/
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] sdc:
http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/01/14/how-to-install-windows-phone-7-on-htc-hd2-video/

Here you go.....download is at the bottom
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] sdc:
sorry for the double post.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] fcreeves:
Downgrade instructions...files?

I think I I'll wait for a tut with all files including radio for T-mo and the procedure to get back to 6.5.

Is the HD2 the first device to run the most mobile OSs?
[Captivate General] kdwolf85:
From @Samsungservice on Twitter

"DL09 OTA update available for the Fascinate! http://bit.ly/ggkwUY Please check out the PDF for details! Note: Dial *228 after update!"

Sorry, my bad. I read the acclaim and fascinate as one. The fascinate is getting an OTA right now though.
[Captivate General] tjsooley:
WTF??

We are the last?!

I will never own a ATT phone anymore.

Worth the extra money to get whatever you want that works.
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
Where does it say this is Froyo?

http://www.examiner.com/gadgets-in-...inate-gets-an-update-wait-for-froyo-continues

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/01/verizon-samsung-fascinate-havent-gotten-froyo-love-yet/

http://www.androidcentral.com/samsung-fascinate-mr-update-released

Enough all ready?
[Captivate General] matt868686:
it's NOT froyo...
[Captivate General] tysj:
Ugghhh people really need to read before posting stuff. Knew it was going to be someone jumping the gun before I even clicked into the thread.

How exactly is AT&T last when no one else in the US with a Galaxy S phone has official Froyo?
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
DL09 = Eclair 2.1.

That means Facinate will not get Froyo until couple months later if get one at all. Poor Facinate owners.
[Surround General] cybermobile:
Hello,

Can someone get the HTC Surround device registry key for me.

Tks,

CM
[Surround General] talontsi07:
What do you mean by "device registry key" ?
[Galaxy 3 General] i_rnb:
may b we wil b lucky or not.. but we still hav a hope..!! 1ghz is not the minimal requirement for gingerbread but a recommended one..!!

ref: http://www.gsmarena.com/more_details_on_the_android_30_aka_gingerbread_requirements-news-1782.php
[Galaxy 3 General] Gsam101:
That DOES NOT mean that Samsung will move its ass to make a gingerbread version ;).. But hey, our phone's chip is supported on 2.6.35 mainline (or a least in 2.6.37..) ;)
[Galaxy 3 General] TekkenLaw:
The linked article is quite old (July '10) when we thought Gingerbread is mainly targeted towards higher end phones & tablets. As it turns out, that version will be Honeycomb, Gingerbread being more of an incremental upgrade to Froyo. As Google engineers have clearly said, any hardware capable of running Froyo should be able to support Gingerbread too.

Main problem is that given their track record, I don't think Samsung will bother to release Gingerbread update for G3..they will probably just release another model in Galaxy series which will have it pre-installed.

So we will have to look at unofficial or custom ROMs.
[Galaxy 3 General] stubborn_d0nkey:
anyways, eclair->froyo is more important than froyo->gingerbread, so im not that anxious to get gingerbread, although it would be nice
[Galaxy 3 General] nastyba:
wake up :) it's possible only at custom rom imported from Galaxy S (the same way as leaked JPA)

but samsung will not support this phone any more because they will sell new phones like Galaxy mini etc.. They want you to buy always the new model.
[Galaxy 3 General] Thom47:
^

Exactly. That's how bizness works. You don't care about old customers - only about new ones. I'm not blaming them or saying It's a bad thing (from the business aspect), It's just how it is. You don't make profit with old customers :)

If I remember right, the first android phone Samsung made (I7500) didn't get past 1.5 (official), except for some countries where they released 1.6 for it..

Tells pretty much how things are. I can imagine that costing slutload of cash :)
[Android Themes] ablivian:
Yesterday I Tried to theme my battery in my statusbar.

I discoverd this website: http://circle.glx.nl/

They created this for me, after I had chosen how i preferred my battery.

My framework is in this theme: http://www.mediafire.com/?ne4arr560yci2gx

I saw that the foldernames didn't match. But when I Flashed the batterymod from recovery. It booted, and when my phone was running, i was constantly receiving error messages from a lot of apps.

When I restored my original framework, i didn't receive error messages anymore.

When I renamed the foldername in de batterymod zipfile, to the foldername's that were in my original framework and i flashed it, nothing changed.

Can someone help me or fix it please?
[Android Themes] GMPOWER:
I will port it for you in a couple hours if no one else does it by then, I have a couple other projects going on right now. Have you looked to see if the Battery Icon Mod app will work and have what you want, found HERE? Is it just the battery icons that you want, or was there more that you needed from it?
[Android Themes] ablivian:
I want to change the battery in my statusbar with the one that receiverd from http://circle.glx.nl. the batterymod worked when i flashed it. But a lot of apps crashes at that time.

The battery icons are just like i want them to be. I only need the round batteryicons. I hope that you or someone else can make a zipfile with only the batterymod, so i can flash it from recovery.
[Android Themes] GMPOWER:
Sorry it took so long to get back with you. Give this a test and see if all is right with it. As always, make sure you have a current backup before you flash. Let me know if you run into any problems so that I can fix them for you.
[Android Themes] ablivian:
Thnx the battery icons work, but something goes wrong. It boots, it doesn't ask for a pincode. After a couple of seconds it reboots. It skips my splashcreen.
[Android Themes] ablivian:
Can someone help me please or give a link from a manual so i can do it by myself?
[General Questions and Answers] Tayy87:
I had an Evo connected to my boyfriends account which is now suspened and now I have my own account using a samsung moment Sprint wont let me swap phones until the account is no longer suspended I have the msl codes cdma workshop and tried using sprint website to change it but no luck what do i need to change in the phone is there a code that lets you edit the esn hex or dec number these are not stolen by the way I have the msl codes and account passwords everything Pleaseeee HELP Me get my evo back I really dont want to have to use this Moment
[General Questions and Answers] z33dev33l:
Had a similar occurrence happen. Just call them and tell them that you bought the phone on craigslist and the ESN isnt clear. If you get a nice rep they'll take care of it.
[General Questions and Answers] Tayy87:
Thnx but I tried that will try again right now though it couldn't hurt
[General Questions and Answers] z33dev33l:
Yeah, really dependant on the rep...
[Gen8 Android Development] N23:
Why?

You can remove the Android (Original Archos Android - not the SD-One!) in the Developer Menu in the Recovery - so no need to flash a special modified initramfs?!

Or am I missing something?
[Gen8 Android Development] constant7010:
As I've mentioned, I'm no expert on Linux or Android. I've just laid out what I did. I did a lot of trial and error. If I did not flash a modified initramfs it will always boot AngStrom. What I want is to always boot on rooted Android in SD. The only thing I modified from Uruk's initramfs is to bypass the checking of squash file in /dev/mmcblk0p1. Since we reformat the device, the squash file in /dev/mmcblk0p1 has been erased. The only way to bring it back is either copy from backup or reapply the stock firmware.

I have also managed to boot a rooted Android using the built-in mmcblk0p2, mmcblk0p4 block devices. When I got to AngStrom, I just copied a backup of squash file to mmcblk0p2, and backup of data to mmcblk0p4, and then flash the kernel & initramfs from this thread. My only problem here is I'm limited to 300MB for apps.

There may be more efficient ways to do this, and if you have suggestions that will achieve the same results I'll be happy to include them in this guide.
[Gen8 Android Development] xnatex21:
I think I did it in a different order but it still worked.

1- SDE

2- New kernel

3- Remove "Andriod" from recovery

I liked this way since I knew the new kernel booted before I erased Archos's.
[Gen8 Android Development] Kashban:
That works for sure and is the simplest way I know of.
[Gen8 Android Development] Ghostifish:
A possible dangerous, scary way?

Thinking out loud here... but

the archos/sde bootloader is mounted by Uruk in /mnt/rawfs (currently the permissions seem to prevent write access)

rawfs contains, among other things, a file called 'custom' (which is a copy of the zImage and initramfs.cpio.gz flashed under developer edition menu and packaged together) and 'avboot', which looks to be the archos kernel/loader.

Does anyone else think it might be possible to rename custom->avboot and avboot->custom to swap both the behavior of the bootmenu and default boot around? Rooted android booting by default, stock android boots when developer edition is selected?
[Gen8 Android Development] txtmikhail:
Ok so is there a way now that we can move the sdcard android files over to the system as a re-write-able system?

sent from epic 4g
[Gen8 Android Development] Ghostifish:
There isn't enough space where the stock android is atm (mmcblk0)

I have put Uruk onto the internal storage (mmcblk1) because my sdcard is slow and rubbish.
[Gen8 Android Development] txtmikhail:
so how big is the file? cant we just edited and delete some junk apps to make it enough?
[Gen8 Android Development] constant7010:
I think it's possible to use mmcblk0p4 as storage for root fs. It has 300MB of space. The other partitions are too small. I'm not sure if it's possible to consolidate mmblk0 to 1 partition, but i've managed to convert mmcblk0p4 to ext4.

Update:

I consolidated mmcblk0p2, mmcblk0p3 and mmcblk0p4 into 1 ext4 partition. It's about 450MB. I put the rootfs here and use 2GB of internal storage as /data partition.

# mount
mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
/dev/mmcblk0p2 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime,barrier=1,nodelalloc,data=ordered)
/dev/mmcblk1p2 on /data type ext4 (rw,noatime,barrier=1,nodelalloc,data=ordered)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=600)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw,devuid=1000,busuid=1000,listuid=1000)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw)
tmpfs on /mnt/asec type tmpfs (rw,mode=755,gid=1000)
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 on /mnt/rawfs type rawfs (rw)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/block/vold/179:9 on /mnt/storage type vfat (rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,nodiratime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fma
sk=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,utf8,errors=remount-ro)
/dev/block/vold/179:9 on /mnt/secure/asec type vfat (rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,nodiratime,uid=1000,gid=1015
,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,utf8,errors=remount-ro)
tmpfs on /mnt/storage/.android_secure type tmpfs (ro,size=0k,mode=000)
/dev/block/mmcblk2p1 on /mnt/storage/sdcard type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,noatime,nodiratime,uid=1000,gid=1015,fmask
=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,utf8,errors=remount-ro)
fusesmb on /mnt/storage/network/smb type fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other,max_read=32768)
djmount on /mnt/storage/network/upnp type fuse (ro,nosuid,nodev,user_id=0,group_id=0,allow_other)
# df -h
df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs 448M 313M 112M 74% /
/dev/mmcblk0p2 448M 313M 112M 74% /
/dev/mmcblk1p2 2.0G 268M 1.6G 15% /data
tmpfs 120M 12K 120M 1% /dev
tmpfs 120M 0 120M 0% /mnt/asec
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 32M 13M 20M 40% /mnt/rawfs
tmpfs 120M 4.0K 120M 1% /dev/shm
/dev/block/vold/179:9
4.6G 464M 4.1G 11% /mnt/storage
/dev/block/vold/179:9
4.6G 464M 4.1G 11% /mnt/secure/asec
/dev/block/mmcblk2p1 1.4G 4.0K 1.4G 1% /mnt/storage/sdcard
fusesmb 448M 313M 112M 74% /mnt/storage/network/smb
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