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[HD2 General] tkato:
I Don't know about you, but in the latest versions of Nandroid I Didn't have no bugs at all, and in WP7 the bugs the HD2 users experience is exactly what other users of WP7 experience, meaning those are OS issues.

Besides, if i'd have to choose which OS works worst on the HD2, i'd choose WinMo 6.5.

And we should always remember that Android, Wp7, Ubuntu, Meego, and all other OSes that are currently in development for the HD2, are just that, IN DEVELOPMENT.

Thank the devs and try to enjoy =].
[HD2 General] bigfoots1:
yes, im running cyan mod7 ver 2.4 and could not be happier...

ZERO issues.. and as i also stated I have removed most of the system apps and replaced them with better market apps...

with clock work i have backed up the rom and have the a2sd+ partition so i can switch roms directly from my sd card and have all my apps installed right when i boot...I'm coming from a nokia N97 and this phone is just head and shoulders above that...
[HD2 General] samizad:
I was lucky. I bought my HD2 before the developers picked it out for fame and glory. It, unknowingly, became the most hackable phone and I am sure it will remain so through 2011. However, I am wondering which phone will take the crown in 2012 because surely the HD2 can't be the best phone in the world for 3 years in a row.
[HD2 General] TheATHEiST:
lol, You obviously havent been using the same phone as us or havent had much experience. simple as that.
[HD2 General] jdmitr:
/\ took the words right out of my mouth! lol
[HD2 General] smeddy:
+1 Amazing phone...

I 've been on the same Android SD build for one month now, with zero issues, so many different uses, and 2 days full battery life thanks to the Extended Kit (which I love just as much for it's kickstand!).

I want to switch ROMs (used to be a flash-junkie) and when the right Honeycomb build comes along, I will. But I'm just so happy with my set-up I really can't ake myself. Even with it being so easy to drop and restore different ROMs onto your SD card, I'm not even doing it!

And Android is amazing software. Maybe HTC putting 6.5 on the HD2 was simply because every phone needs a flaw, and they couldn't find a way to do it with hardware!
[HD2 General] birdra:
i'm wondering if HD2 prices skyrocket now on ebay. i've heard about many people wanting to buy it because it is cheaper than a desire HD but with the same functions :P (well, DHD got more ROM but its speakers appear to be really bad)
[HD2 General] bates_1974:
Phone of the decade!?!?!

We're 3 weeks into the 2nd year of it!!!!!!!
[HD2 General] Silberpfeil3110:
To say the HD2 is the phone of the decade would be a fair statement. No other mobile phone out there is as old as the HD2 and still in the upper end of top smartphones.

And there are endless opportunities! You can use WM6.5 and Android STABLE, WP7 will take maybe 2 weeks and you can use is for daily use... Ubuntu is fully compatible, Meego is also an interesting OS, Ports of every Windows-PC-OS like Seven is usable (there are some errors, but many approaches are here)...

I had an iphone4 for some time and switched back to the hd2 because the iPhone has a big handicap against the HD2... There is not a bit open-source...

With the HD2 everything is possible and thats the reason, why it's imo the phone of the decade!

Best regards
[HD2 General] aussiebum:
+1. I'm sooo glad I didn't sell my HD2 after I got fed up with WM6.5 and bought a Milestone (that was a mistake -_-).
[HD2 General] Shum97:
It sure is the Phone Of The Decade!! Please Support the Best hTC device of 2010.
[HD2 General] xlr8me:
I always wanted to try the Motorola Droid X but never was available worldwide only as a cdma unit in US.

Personally, the HD2 has undoubtedly won this award and anyone else telling you otherwise is talking up their a@@....
[HD2 General] jelliottz:
Between the ease of modification and all the different avenues you can direct the phone into, I am hard pressed to find another candidate to dethrone the HD2. Part of the appeal has to be the price. You can get one for less than $200 on Craigslist or for $50 / free on contract with Tmobile. Talk about a jumping off point with next to no startup and and some of the best and most active devs on these forums... You can't lose. Combine that with a big screen, 1ghz (before overclocking) processor, expandable memory, etc etc etc.

I don't think it is pretentious to call it the device of the decade. You won't find a flexible base to build upon like WinMo for a long time.
[HD2 General] jaidedfocus:
I don't know if its the phone of the decade, but it is an awesome phone. Got the warranty on mine so I can make sure if it has issues I can keep using it after the 1 yr mfr warranty expires. The only thing that would make this better is a front facing camera IMO.
[HD2 General] TheATHEiST:
And?? ...What has that got to do with the price of fish?

Just because its only a year old, doesn't mean it isn't the best phone in the last 10 years. Do you even understand the concept of this topic, its about the past 10 years, not the next!!

Get back to school.
[HD2 General] bravo261:
his point is valid, but not well interpreted. technically we are in a new decade. ease up, man
[HD2 General] AverGo:
In the last ten years, I've gone through quite alot of phones, inc. TytynII, HD1 and got my HD2 when it first came out. Within the first month I flashed it to get rid of the T-Mobile crap and haven't stopped trying out most of the different OS's n builds, I've never got board with the HD2, there's always somthing new to try. Watching TV advertisments of new phones comming out, keeps a smile on my face, because their OS's are so yesterday.

So I absolutetly agree, The HD2 is the phone of the decade.... No other phone can boast as good as this.
[HD2 General] kankam:
One phone to rule them all.

I'm not sure what phone you are referring to but if it is indeed the HD2, then I think you may have a faulty handset:p, a very faulty one!...

I've been using Android on my HD2 for the last 4 months and sometimes even forget the phone was originally on Windows Mobile. My Mrs has the Desire and ther is absolutely no difference in performance between my hacked HD2 and hers. If anything at all, mine's better as I have a desire HD rom on it.

It may not be the best phone of the decade but it definitely is a huge competitor. In terms of usefulness however, unless the marvellous developers here and elsewhere are able to hack other OSes (like Android, IoS and Windows Phone 7) to run as many others as the defunct Windows Mobile currently does, I cannot see any other phone being as versatile as the HD2 in the next decade even :eek:
[HD2 General] daemonfly:
Hd2 is definitely one of the best recently, but to be honest, many other phones could probably run just as many OSes, it's just that you need talented devs actively working on getting the software details ironed out to work with the hardware. Same with the HD2, most of the current bugs don't seem to be with the phone itself, the devs just have to work out the software/driver issues.
[HD2 General] bates_1974:
Does nearly every post of yours have to be in such a manner??? The thread is titled how it is, more than several conceptions of the word, although more than usually in 10's of a calendar year, stop being such a Devvo all the time you swanny bellend!!!
[HD2 General] TheATHEiST:
Not at all, It refers to when the phone was released, not what decade we are in now.

As already stated, its obvious to any body with common sense that the decade refers to the decade that the phone was actually released in, not the decade after!

PS. Why dont you go and have a cry, it will make you feel better.
[HD2 General] bates_1974:
If that was the case this situation wouldn't have arised would it, and like you say if it's so obvious to people with common sense this thread is a year+ well overdue.

Ps you can have your cry now, maybe you'll feel better :D
[HD2 General] karlfergy:
my contract is up in 4 months and there is now way I am getting another phone already got my next sim in and using it now.

only costing me £10 a month and I get all the min txts and data I need.
[HD2 General] TheATHEiST:
And how do you work that out?

The decade that the phone was released in only finished about 3 weeks ago so how could you decide it was the phone of the decade if the decade was not over yet?

Again it was obvious that it was referring to the 10 years from 2000 to 2010, Yeah it was not specifically mentioned but cmon ffs, it doesn't take a genius to work out.

Anyway this is a silly thing to debate. It should have gone without saying but obviously ended up needing to be.
[HD2 General] Mafioso:
It surely is the phone of the Decade or the best phone ever.

To all those, who dispute the claim...Tell the model which should be the one? I'm pretty sure there are none :D other than HD2 itself..i.e. tmob USA HD2, lol
[HD2 General] bates_1974:
2000-2010?!? That's not a decade. 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.

That's a decade, the Noughties.

We're now in the Tens.

Like you said, doesn't take a genius to work out!!!!

You see my reasoning now?
[HD2 General] TheATHEiST:
Yes but it depends on which model you have the EU or the US, so it would either be from 2000-2009 or it would be from 2001-2010 :P
[HD2 General] bates_1974:
Well in that case the US Version is undoubtedly phone of the noughties, ending 2009.

EU model is the first step in this decade setting the bar very high until 2019!
[HD2 General] htchd2owner:
Hello to everyone,

Besides all the other facts (related to different OSs Installation Capability of the phone) that have already been mentioned by other forum members, I believe that HD2 is considered to be a "great" investment. With a "well configured HD2", there is no need for a netbook. HD2 is able to perform most of the tasks that a netbook can, it is more portable and gives you "another" feeling.

Besides the hardware and software capabilities, I pay attention to the quality of a product + appearance. HD2 has both. Great quality (related to other HTC's products) and great business look.

I am not gonna change it for anything.

So for me, HD2 is a milestone and definitely the phone of the decade.

Regards,

John
[HD2 General] laconic5:
I'm seriously considering selling my Samsung i9000 and buying a HD2.
[HD2 General] M.Q.:
it depends on individual needs - you can't connect hd2 to external monitor/projector and you can't connect a keyboard/mouse/external disk drive...

but I agree that HD2 is the best smartphone (so far)
[HD2 General] fred_up:
As a piece of kit, the HD2 is brilliant.

With its official software, it runs really well.

With great thanks to the chefs/hackers, who have turned this phone into the most versatile phone there is.

As for the phone of the decade, this hurts me to say this, but that should go to the iphone. Not because it was the best designed bit of kit or the slick advertising/promotion of this phone and definitely not because of that dreadful itunes program. What makes it the phone of the decade was the interface.

If it wasn't for the iphone, we would possibly be still running WinMo6 (maybe 6.1) and I doubt Google would have went into Android development.

Yes there was applications for Windows Mobile, but they were all over the internet. Apple made sure that everyone of the apps have to go through them, which they would take their healthy cut of the money made, and was available from one location. Generally Google have copied this model, but thankfully without that forced itunes. And at last Microsoft have seen the $$$$ light.

Would I go for the iphone - no. I love my HD2 far too much.
[HD2 General] htchd2owner:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hello again,

I somewhat agree with you. Yes, iphone can be considered as a cornerstone in mobile devices (for sure the first one, but not the only one till today. The other one is the HD2, but with a phase lag). And yes, the interface makes the big difference.

But for me the iphone can be considered mostly as a gadget and less as a "professional tool". HD2 succeeded in "stimulating" again the devs communities and nowadays we can see the results. I believe that not even HTC had imagined what would happened (the success was huge even from the 1st day of its release).

It is really great to see Iphone users to admit that the "opponent" HD2 is a winning player in the field. I really hate the "war" that exists between iphone and htc users. Every tool is made for a specific job. Iphone can do other type of things and HD2 other. The most important is the mutual respect between 2 communities.

Regards,

John
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbg1:
what happened...i took out my sd card to switch to my hd2 gingerbread and today i tried to switch back (cause hd2 died) and now the mytouch doesnt turn on or even catch charge

what to do?

yes i was rooted running the most recent iced glacier but ive been running it for weeks no problem...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dani26286:
dis u take it out before, with no issues, or is it the first time u took your sd out while rooted?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RavenWulf:
mine has done this a couple of times all I had to do was pop battery, wait a few minutes and retry
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbg1:
oh sorry not sd card...i meant sim card i took my sim card out and put it in my hd2 to use it for a day
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdviper:
Lets try some trouble shooting before you call t-mobile for a replacement and Run the risk of getting a **** screen.

Take the battery out and plug it in and then leave it without the battery for a couple minutes aand then plug it back in and then put the battery while its plugged in and hope the charging led comes on.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T-Fanatic:
I had the same problem. Mine was completely stock and had been out of the box for only a few hours. Due to the fact that I had won the phone rather than bought it I couldn't just exchange it and I didn't want to risk a refurbished one or take the 2+ weeks to ship the phone to get it fixed, so I just went to a store.

T-mobile has a policy where they will do an in store warranty exchange for their myTouch line. If they don't have any exchange kits in stock (which they never do :D) then they have to give you a new one.

Try that before insurance or warranty.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nextbond:
your battery may have too low power for it to recharge. Use a 9v to give it a jump start for about 1 min and then plug into phone with the usb charger connected. This should startup the phone.

How to recharge via 9volt? Find out + and - terminals on battery and use regular copper shielded speaker wire to jump start it.

If this re-occurs in future, get a replacement battery.

Hope that helps
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdviper:
So you're telling me I don't have to go through the phone and have to wait for them to ship me a new one and send mines in? And I could just go to the store and exchange it?

What if you don't have the box anymore.?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T-Fanatic:
I brought my box in with the phone, but they just took a new phone out of a box and gave it to me. You don't need the box because it's not a return, it's an exchange. As long as they can verify your warranty or you have PHP you shouldn't have a problem.

Oh yeah, they'll only do this for a mytouch. Not any other phone.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Just leave the battery out for an hour then try it all again.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbg1:
ok i took the phone to tmobile, they said they would give me a battery but they didnt have any supposedly but they had some mytouch 4gs they took apart so idk...im still without my mytouch because i want to try the battery if thats the problem because im rooted i dont want to send it in and have them turn it on and see im running a rom
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anshansh2:
my phone's network is unlocked and im using it in india, but really want to install some custom roms, from here, but will after installing those roms, my phone still be unlocked to be used in india???????????????
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inconceeeivable:
I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure your phone is unlocked forever if you entered the actual unlock code. (EDIT: Assuming you don't intentionally/explicitly relock to network--this is possible, no?)

There's also a root/hack unlock method http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=906255 which can apparently be reversed.

How did you unlock the phone to begin with?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anshansh2:
i got it unlocked from the gray market.....
[Droid Incredible General] tco05:
Does anyone know where I can get the wallpapers packaged with Gingerbread?
[Droid Incredible General] dmbhaggis:
Google is magical

https://www.dropbox.com/gallery/11766686/1/Gingerbread?h=7aa109

Or the previous XDA link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=863728
[Droid Incredible General] erack:
Those are pretty slick, thanks
[G Tablet General] EwanG:
OK, got ClockworkMod installed. Got the system flashed with VeganTab 5.1beta. Was following the steps to do the market fix. Got to the step to do the reboot...

...and now it comes up with the Viewsonic screen... then the VeganTab background... then goes black... then comes up with the Viewsonic screen...

Trying to run through ClockworkMod again, I go to where you are supposed to mount the Data partition, and I get an error message.

Help!
[G Tablet General] EwanG:
OK... just for the next poor schmuck...

Bring up ClockworkMod

Go to Advanced

Go to Partition SD Card

Select 2048 for the first value

Select 0 for the second value

Wait for a couple minutes

Reboot

That was a bit scary, but I guess a lesson learned :D
[G Tablet General] rayden25:
And this is listed multiple times around the forums.
[G Tablet General] EwanG:
Funny thing, but I did a search for "Continuous Reboot", and didn't find any matches in this forum. May I respectfully submit that someone add this to the opening sticky FAQ so that people (such as myself) who might be a tad panicked can find that reassurance they need quickly?

Of course, part of this is getting used to a tablet with Android after several months of using an iPad. The "assumptions" you make about what works and what doesn't can get you into trouble :D
[G Tablet General] jimcpl:
Searching for "boot loop" would've found some threads...

Jim
[G Tablet General] EwanG:
If I had known that was what it was called... yes :D

Gets into a tricky area we run into in my day job - just because WE would use a certain search term doesn't mean our users would. But if you cross reference too many terms than you can end up with too many "almost" answers to find what you're really looking for.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] cuibap:
Does anyone know why all NAND builds here don't pick up the ACTUAL bluetooth address from the hardware? I installed the same build for me and my wife and both have the same bluetooth address. This prevents us from connect to the car since both have the same address, no matter what phone name I have.

Please help
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unknownx_X:
Hey everyone,

Tried searching around the forums, but apparently this issue must be a rare occurence. This problem occured all of the sudden. The G2's LCD backlight is severely dimmed. I had tried disabling the automatic brightness and manually adjusting the brightness but even though the scroller moves freely from side the side, the backlight will only respond to such action for the first quarter of the scroller after that the backlight remains at the same brightness. Also tried AdjBrightness and behaves the same, the backlight won't change for values exceeding 50.

I am wondering if anyone here has experienced the same problems that I have encountered? Are there any solutions other than returning the device?

Thanks for everyone's time

Basic Info:

Rom:

T-mobile USA stock rom (Rooted / S-off / Unlocked)

Baseband Version:

12.22.60.09bU_26.02.01.15_M2

Kernel Version:

2.6.32.17-g814e0a1 htc-kernel and18-2 #1

Build Number:

1.19.531.1 CL255798 release-keys
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HAK Devil:
I'm having the same problem with my Desire Z. My phone has always been kept in pristine condition but all of a sudden my screen just dimmed and no matter what I do to brightness settings it stays that way. I tried pulling my battery out as well but that didn't help either :(. The capacitive buttons and keyboard lights are working just fine it is just the screen that has gone very dim

EDIT: Wow, the problem just kind of disappeared on its own. I pulled the battery again and removed my case and the backlight magically started working again. Weird but I'm happy it's all good :)
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shinimasu:
I just had this happened to me. I have taken my battery out multiple times and it still has not solved the issue. Did you ever get your screen back to working normal?
[Milestone 2 General] kiawey:
My unit is currently running on Froyo 2.2. Full charge of battery only last for 7 hours approx. Plus my setting is less screen brightness , maximum battery saver profile (under battery mode) and using 2G(edge) to conserve power. Unfortunately it doesn't save much battery.
[Milestone 2 General] sahilarora911:
This was told to me by someone around here in the forum itself (it was in Droid 2 forum to be precise as back then we did not have a dedicated Milestone 2 forum). MotoBlur is a big battery hogger.

Once we can have a BLUR free ROM it will be much better. For people, it is lasting more than a day with overclocking.
[Milestone 2 General] cadu.c.moraes:
Got mine 2 days ago and it really seems to be an issue. What if we remove all those Motoblur widget such as social network and weather, witch seems to keep transfering data all the time?

And what about installing Launch Pro? That will inative Motoblur, but it'll still be installed. Is that supposed to solve battery issue or not?
[Milestone 2 General] foreman31:
I have Launcher Pro installed and have a data and sms sim only in and the battery can last for 2 days easy.

Yesterday I used about 50% all day.

I am using my Milestone 1 as a phone only, no data turned on and it lasts ages without data (CM6)
[Milestone 2 General] oTToToTenTanz:
Milestone 1 or 2@foreman31?
[Milestone 2 General] 3-S-E:
My Milestone 2 leasts between a half and two days, depending on my usage. Without 3G / UMTS on it leasts over one day (just 2G and / or wireless lan on). Even if I play Angry Birds or such in my spare time I have no problems to get through a whole day.

The biggest battery-killers are 3G and the auto-sync functionality, they can kill my MS2 within 10 - 12 hours.
[Milestone 2 General] Shellite:
Same here, overclocked to 1.25ghz @ 62VSEL, 3g /umts ON, I can make calls, play angry birds, read rss feeds, make a moderate amount of calls... I easily get more than a days use, though I routinely charge it every night for obvious reasons :)

note: I have stripped all of the motobloat social networking components, photo widgets, phone addons, help centre, weather 2.2, news 2.2, world clock 1.0, moto lounge, myspace, etc.

I really do believe the battery's more than sufficient for day to day use in these phones, as long as you don't load the phone up with junk such as facebook, myspace, etc.
[Milestone 2 General] cadu.c.moraes:
Ok, remove all Widgets, set it to 2G... Doubt if it wouldn't be smarter to go back to my Nokia 6111 from 5 years ago. :rolleyes:

Seriously, Motorola couldn't launch in the market a headset witch the battery can't last one day with factory default settings. Hardusers may find a way to solve the issue. Regular users have no choice but run to iPhone.

MS2 is the heaviest smartphone i have ever had. Thanks for its useful physical keyboard ( I didn't know how much text on touchscreen annoyed me ). And I still have to carry my charger on my pocket...
[Milestone 2 General] tarnaman:
i've just installed juice defender. the phone runs since 2day and 20hours and has 60% battery left by now.

very nice app!