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[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
So anyway....

If you like the iPhone keyboard, try Smart Keyboard Pro. It's my favorite keyboard personally. It comes with an iPhone keyboard skin, has calibration, and is multi-touch. I don't think you will be disappointed. I personally don't need a hardware keyboard. I type faster on the on-screen keyboards. I only went with the Epic for the SAMOLED and the Hummingbird. If they had a Galaxy S without the keyboard and 4G, I would have bought it.
[Epic 4G General] riceknight:
Did you try the new gingerbread keyboard? Its a bit more responsive and accurate. I still switched back to swype though. Nothing can beat swype for fast typing with one thumb. You just really need to get used to it. Swype sucks for regular typing though.
[Epic 4G General] running_the_dream:
Agreed! I tried and tried to work with Swype but words came up incorrectly far too often. Many times, I would get gibberish. I read many great things about Swype and thought it would be cool. But I just use the android keyboard when I'm in vertical/portrait mode. It's similar to the Iphone in that a popup shows each time you press the screen so you know what you typed. I find that to be more and accurate and pretty fast
[Epic 4G General] optimiss:
The Epic and the iPhone have almost exactly the same screen width, the Epic screen is just taller.
[Epic 4G General] sauron0101:
@A flying fox

The reason why people are unhappy with you is because of your tone, which sounded rude.

That said, the point is correct. There are plenty of custom keyboards on the Android market and custom ones here at XDA. Try one and see which is best for you.
[Epic 4G General] BLaZeBcF:
The samsung keyboard after updating to unofficial 2.2 is just as good as the iphone keyboard.... It even has an easier way to select text... Its just missing spell correction
[Epic 4G General] haas599:
The iphone keyboard sucks donkey nuts. I find it not as accurate as a physical keyboard and the auto correct screws up more than it fixes. Swype is fundamentally a superior virtual keyboard for when I only have one hand free.
[Epic 4G General] Zor Omega:
This would be a pretty good project for someone to try...if it hasnt been done already. I like the new gingerbread keyboard, partially because it feels a little more like the iphone. Now I like swype better than both because its so easy to bang out quick messages, but it would still be neat.
[Epic 4G General] jakmai:
YES! I thought i was the only one who thinks the apple keyboard is much better! My gf has a iphone and that thing is so easy to type on, its extremely responsive and accurate. I think the 2.3 keyboard sucks more then the 2.2, keys just feels smaller. Anywho, but when u think about how responsive it is, it reflects on iOS where the whole thing is responsive. Once in a while in android ill touch a button on screen and it doesn't go, and then i gotta press it twice or thrice! POS drives me crazy! lol but all that im sure is software. I have better keyboard that does work pretty well...but no multitouch even though the developer CLAIMS it has. the 2.2 Samsung keyboard is great! but the spell check is awkward sometimes. I even notice that some keyboard reviews do state that the iphone is still a joy to type on vs androids.

One side note, DONT recite the fact that the epic has a physical keyboard, that isn't the feature that is being analyzed in this thread!
[Epic 4G General] nubsors:
So jus replace it withe a third party keyboard? Problem solved.
[Epic 4G General] haas599:
The Epic has a physical keyboard.
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
Better Keyboard 8 is multi-touch as long as the device supports it(and the Epic does). I've gone back and forth between BK8 and Smart Keyboard Pro(also multi-touch) and they are both very nice, but SmartKeyboard Pro is the winner IMO.
[Epic 4G General] digiblur:
The slide out keyboard woks much better than the one on the iphone. Oh wait..it doesn't have one. A smartphone isn't a smartphone without a keyboard in my eyes. The phone is designed to type on just like your laptop is...I don't see laptops without keyboards for that reason right there.

Can't stand the driving force iphone started with the keyboardless phones. I like being able to type on my phone without even looking at it.
[Epic 4G General] mattallica76:
Coming from a Blackberry myself, I see your point of view, and the physical KB does come in handy for Terminal Emulator, but I can't type nearly as fast on the hardware keyboard as I can with even the stock Android keyboard. So I just see the HW KB as something that adds unneeded weight and size to the device. Once again, I wish Sprint would have released a Galaxy S device without a keyboard so we could have options.
[Epic 4G General] Quis89:
A more accurate comparison would be going to McDonalds and telling everyone how much better the fries at Burger King are. He isn't saying the iPhone is better. Just that the onscreen keyboard is. Which he is correct about. In all honesty, we speak on Apple fanboys and all that...but anyone who denies how nice that keyboard is either has never used one or is an Android fanboy. The iPhone/iPod Touch keyboard is without a doubt better than any other touchscreen keyboard.
[Epic 4G General] Quis89:
Its weird to expect a device with 4 inches of screen space to have a decent onscreen keyboard?? Stop it folks...the iPhone onscreen keyboard wins this. Its obvious both sides of the Android/iPhone fence have a few Hellen Kellers.
[Epic 4G General] Top Nurse:
OP: So instead of complaining why don't you do a port of the apple keyboard? This is XDA...

Sent from hell...
[Epic 4G General] digiblur:
I had the original RIM pager before they called them blackberries back in 2000. And have always had devices with keyboard. I uninstall and turn off the software keyboards since I hate it when it pops up. They should just make devices with a slide out screen with a virtual keyboard on it for folks like you :)

I am glad Sprint listened to the customers that wanted an Evo like device with a keyboard. Nice to see two flagship android phones with keyboard options. I would have AT&T if their galaxy s had a keyboard. They have better coverage and faster speeds here in my area. Sprints 3g speeds of less than 100 kilobit are a joke.
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
Why do you people always hve to whip the e-peen out?

This thread was only about a observation.

I'm well aware that my dual-slab phone comes with a built in keyboard. However, I was talking about the software

keyboard.

The fact is that the iphone has better accuracy when dealing with onscreen keyboard. Another fact is that abslutely nothing beats the blackberry keyboards (k that's an opinion, but screw you I feel confident enough to state it as a fact!)

Bu nah, on a srs note, you people need to have open minds and stop thinking that when something is on another platform that you don't own, its automatically trash.

For example, I WAS a diehard nintendo fan. I loved my nes, snes, gb, gbc, gamecube, gba, ds, dsi and (until after the good games stopped after Brawl came out...) the wii.

But, even though I was on nintendos peen and I hated how successful the xbox was compared to gamecube and I always aid "the xbox is ass compared to GC" I was still able to enjoy the games on it because I'm a gamer and ifa game interests me, I'm not gonna ignore it just because its on a console I don't like....
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
A bettercomparison would've been how even though I think call of duty plays better with a 360 controller, I still have fun playing it on my ps3
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
BECAUSE I'M NOT COMPLAINING. I'M STATING AN OBSERVATION ;madsadmadsad;
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
I agree. I wanted the evo, but I felt like it wasn't worth the upgrade from the hero because its basically an evolved hero lol (wait...EVolved herO...lawl what an awesome screen name to have in the Evo forums)

Then, sprint went and announced the phone of my dreams.

Evo specs+kb

Then froyo happened :(
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stephiepea:
My ultimate goal is to put Gingerbread on my phone Via the NAND Method.

I am starting with the latest version of the windows ROM from the HTC website for 02.

First I added HSPL3 to my phone so when I hold the VOL Button and Power I load to HSPL screen with version 2.08.HSPL. I presume this is correct.

Now I upgrade the radio to 2.08.50.XX I still only have 448RAM, how do i get this to 576RAM so i can install MAGLDR 1.11
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ClydeB1:
You do not actually need the 576 in order to flash to Android, you only need to have a radio that enables the 576. In order to actually get it to show you need the correct radio together with a rom that "unlocks" the extra ram. As long as you have 2.08.hspl and a 50 series radio of at least 2.08.50 then you're good to go. You also should head over to the correct forum before someone flames you (ie this one is for winmo ;)). Refer to the link in my signature on Flashing NAND Android roms and you will get all of the necessary steps there.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Daekin:
not exactly true... you need to have HSPL and correct Radio to enable 576MB RAM - SPL3.03 that comes with 3.14 ROM doeas not enable 576MB RAM - I have tried that.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr.mwood:
(Same Person was borrowing Stephiepea account to post my question)

Cheers Clyde for the help, i'm obviously a Newb when it comes to this. I tried to install MAGLDR 1.11 to my phone by your method and once it completed on my phone it rebooted but not to the boot loader, it just loadedto the O2 boot screen and stayed there didn't even boot to windows mobile again.

Daekin can you give me in laymans terms what HSPL and Radio I NEED differently to the ones I indicated in my first post.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr.mwood:
I've also tried loading a custom "Energy" Rom then tried loading MAGLDR and again it boots to the NRG sting and stays there. please someone help. ive been trying for days.

Incase it helps when I boot to HSPL my screen info is

PB81100 HX-BC

SPL-2.08.HSPL 8G XE

0x05

CotullaHSPL 0x30
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EricNL:
Try MAGLDR 1.12 and the included latest radio (2.15.50.14).

1. Connect by USB to the PC.

2. Hold down volume button and power up to get in 4 color screen, make sure it says USB at the bottom.

3. Flash the new radio.

4. Hold down volume button and power up to get in 4 color screen, make sure it says USB at the bottom.

5. Flash MAGLDR.

6. Hold the powerbutton down to enter MAGLDR.

7. Choose option 5 to USB flash a ROM (by using volume down button again).

It worked for me, I've also 2.08HSPL.

For the MAGLDR and radio check your PM.

GL!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr.mwood:
Thanks Eric,

I havn't recieved anything via PM but I downloaded MAGLDR 1.12 and the same happens. I get stuck on the O2 Splash screen.

things i've tried:-

HSPL3 - Tried to install this, I get The success message apear on my PC but not the we hacked it message on my phone, is this because I already had a HSPL on my phone.

I've tried multiple radios with .50 which shoul alow the 576MB RAM but my phone never shows this only the 448MB RAM in the Device infomation.

After both the above, my phone boots back to windows.

then I try MAGLDR once it completes I boot to the O2 Splash screen and never progress to the bootloader or windows, even if reboot and hold down the power button.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EricNL:
Hmm, that doesn't sound well.

Maybe you can try to flash with a custom WinMO rom first, like Energy.

I had the Energy Rom installed before I used MAGLDR.

You can find it here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=591784

I think it should also flash with the 4 color bootscreen connected to USB.

After flashing a custom rom try to flash with MAGLDR again.

Hope it works, GL!

edit: I don't know if mine says 576 ram, because I don't know how to check that in WP7, which s*cks anyway.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] [The Punisher]:
Any STOCK ROM with a .50 Radio will NOT enable the 576MB RAM

You need a CUSTOM ROM (576MB trick enabled) with a .50 Radio to enable the 576MB RAM ;)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M3PH:
Wrong! sorry guys i had to jump in here because there is some crap advise being given.

First off the latest wwe (not o2 branded) does enable the extra ram (as do all tmous roms). Where do you think radio 2.15.50.14 came from? secondly AFAIK (and i could be wrong here and i haven't checked it) magldr wipes the nand chip when it is installed therefore all you will ever see after a magldr install is the boot splash unless you reboot the phone and then install wp7 or android (wm6.5 is not yet supported but will be in magldr 1.13)

What the op has done up until he expected windows to boot was good. All he needs to do is install magldr 1.12, reboot holding down the power key and then follow the instructions for installing android to nand.

Handily, using google, i found this link. That should sort you out. I also found this video. Half of what comes out of his mouth at the start is rubbish but the actual steps are good.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AndHD2:
I received a new 16GB micro SD card and put it into my phone.

I partitioned it in ClockWorkMod and started moving files (Music, photos etc) from the computer to my new card. While copying the blue screen of death came up on my laptop. This never happened before but upon reboot I tried to carry on copying files and it came up saying I have to format my card. I tried to format but it refuses to so I tried a full format, that didnt work either.

My 16GB micro SD card is now reading as 8GB. Can anyone help???
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nokn956120:
Have you tried removing the partition in gparted and then formatting?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] LiFE1688:
Try using Panasonic SD Card Formatter
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AndHD2:
I have, it comes up as saying the memory card failed to format.:confused:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] bdkinney:
You can't just format...you're going to have to repartition the card. You can use gparted like nokn suggested or any of the various windows partition tools out there. After you have set up the partition(s) you can format the card.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] LiFE1688:
Just wondering what settings you used with the SD Formatter?

Did you enable RESIZE? Did you do a FULL Format with Erase on?

These two settings are pretty important. Another thing to look at would be ACTIVE@KILLDISK, you can "KILL" a whole drive, which essentially writes a ZERO from beginning to end of the drive.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] AndHD2:
I opened up a program called Partition Wizard and I managed to unallocate the partition and then resize the card to fat but only up to 8GB. It still refuses to be formatted or for anything to be written on it.

In SD Formatter v3.0.0.0 I opened options I selected Format Type as Full Erase and Format Size Adjustment as On and it came back as failed. Now my card is showing up as 8MB :confused:. It is also saying the memory card is write protected.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thephantom35:
I have some problems about my desire when i bought my smartphone keyboard tapping and screen on off sounds were worked well but i realize now they are not working anymore i looked up settings nothing changed i hear these sounds when i put on my phones speaker to my ear its very low sound there is no problem about other notification and ringtones they are working well but screen tapping, keyboard tapping and screen on&off sounds are not working now.i'm using froyo 2.2 vodafone stock rom my phone is not rooted.

sorry for my bad english i hope you understand my problem.

thank you everyone.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shuaib_Ahsan:
i am also experiencing the same problem, can anybody suggest a solution ?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lost_man10002:
I have my job email setup to my rooted evo and I flash alot like most of you guyz lol...Is there a way to save my settings and password and all that stuff through titanium backup or another program???...So I can flash roms and not worry about getting my activesync info from the IT guy again...thanks!!
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
Ok I know it may be silly or everybody knows that....

Anyway as I was really frustrated with current Bing performance,

It was so sweet to discover that www.maps.google.com JUST works on IE... !
[Windows Phone 7 General] jaraya13:
Good point, but it doesn't show your actual position. Damn I really miss Garmin GPS software...
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
Of course, but at least one can perform any search.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] N3Otron:
Hello,

I guess most of the People flashing WP7 on their HD2 do not have a WP7 License.

And by activating Windows Live services Microsoft gets to know your name, phone number, e-mail adress...

May Microsoft know that you do not own a WP7 device but only flashed it to your HD2?

Does nobody here believe that Microsoft could try to stop people flashing the Rom by using all legal steps possible?

What could happen? How are the possibilities for it to happen/not to happen?

What do you think?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] sathara:
i worried about that ...but i gave all fake information to microsft ...
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] zarathustrax:
I doubt microsoft would spend the time and money going after individual users just for using wp7 on their hd2. If anything, they will try to find a fix in their system to know if you have a genuine device or not and stop it from working, and I hear they have already sent a letter to a member of the dft team, which is why I don't think they officially released the rom here on xda. But it wouldn't be worth it for them to legally go after us end users... especially since we basically are using the key we got from them so we can buy apps from their app store, which is putting money in their pockets.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] meptik:
I doubt Microsoft will act on this. Sure, they might take some steps to make future updates more difficult to port or activate, but I doubt they will take legal action against the people running the OS.

For Microsoft, people running WP7 and activating Live services on their HD2 might even be a source of income, since they can buy stuff on the Market Place. I'm pretty sure they will conveniently count all LEO7 users the next time they brag about WP7's market share :D

Still, handset manufacturers will probably be less happy. If you can run WP7 on your HD2, there's not much incentive to buy a new phone with practically the same hardware just for the OS.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] joellinn:
What could happen?

Maybe Microsoft will bring hundreds of users to trial and sentence them to death :D

No seriously, just imagine the huge effort to get a single user not to use the DFT WPH. This also would most probably result in bad newspaper articles against M$.

WPH is a thing were in my opinion ms should stop trying to be better or harder than appple and finding a middle-way between android and, you know, jailPhone.

Ah, back on topic.. i think nothing serious will happen, maybe ms tries to talk to the devs like they did with chevronWP7, but you wont be sentenced to death nor go to jail or something...
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] poiuyasdfg:
by using a pirate windows, M$ can know more info about you (even your naked foto:D), but have you ever heared someone be charged with pirate windows with no commercial use? :)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] fred_up:
M/S could use legal action about copywrite theft but it would do is put someone already using a WinMo phone and trying to use a WP7 phone from leaving M/S forever. That would mean quite a few HD2 folks, when deciding about their next phone would blank out M/S.

M/S want WP7 to be a big success and the only way it will be big is if it gets a load of apps developed for it. And the only way it will get the iphone and android developers to make a WP7 app is if there is a big market for it. Now if M/S quote the number of WP7 phones that have been sold they will get a lot lot less than the number of activation licences for WP7 - now what number do you think M/S would want to broadcast? Yes they could exaggerate the number, but the real figure would get out.

Since Apple get a proportion of any apps sold, then no doubt M/S would go along the same lines, and this money would more than make up for the development costs.

The WP7 market share is well below ipohne o/s, Android, Symbian and Blackberry.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] myself11:
There are several possibilities... I think one thing is for sure: soon, they'll stop giving keys without IMEI or proof of purchase. I doubt they just ignore the issue, thinking of apps sales.

The lightest thing they'll do is ban all the keys given since yesterday. Some legit folks will be affected, but they just have to contact Microsoft. Microsoft might try to reach customers who asked for a key, so they confirm the possession of a legit WP7 device.

Can MS have access to the HD2 IMEI? Can they "ban" something besides being able to enter the Market?

If we consider lawsuits, a question arises: will they sue everyone who asked for a key or only those who've used it? Lawyers are expensive, but they are filthy rich!
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] pack21:
So now we have a panic room in XDA.

Why are people afraid ? Did you still your HD2? Did you still your key? Will the LiVe services give you ilegitm money or pay app for free?

No I'm not a tief, I just ask a key that allowed that I can try a new WM SO on my WM Device I have just payed the license.

And MS have said to us, we can't have WP7S because of 3 keys issues, but now MS can be glad because we solve that issue for their.....it was MS that could pay some money for our development.

Comeone have you or no a WM Device, with licenses payed when you buy the HD2? I think yes, because I pay a lot of money for my HD2 WM Device.