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[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] refthemc:
Hey guys, just saw your replies and I gotta give a big thanks for them. I normally use Root explorer but its a hit or miss sometimes when trying to make apps work when put in the /system folder and yes I did do ADB remount before trying to push the apk to the system. I thought this was weird because it has never happened to me with my Eris or Droid1. Thanks again for your replies I really appreciate them.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theimpaler747:
No problem, and there's a button for that now :p Lol, let me know if you need anything else :D
[HD2 General] gdsbalaji:
wanted to install wp7 with a clean start...so tried to task29 (doloop) with 100% success and then my tmo hd2 wont go into bootscreen what ever i do...its stuck for ever in "stick together"...i know there is no os to load...but i dont understand y cant my hd2 go intobootloader

so far i tried

with holding volume down and power key with a single tap

with holding volume down and holding power key

with holding volume down, volume up and power key with a single tap

with holding volume down and reset button

with/without sim

with/without SD

with/without plug in wall charger

with/without plug to pc via usb cable

observations...when i pull out the battery and put it back in and then connect to computer when the phone is still off....the charging indicator LED glows in orange.

when in this mode if i switch the phone on with power/end key....it doent start...i have to pull the usb out, the orange LED still glows...and if i tap the power/end key nothing happenes...i have to pullout the battery to get it to start and eventually get stuck in "stick together"..

would really appriciate if any1 can help me get my hd2 into bootloader screen...
[HD2 General] ricey1986:
How did you fix it? For other users in this position.
[HD2 General] gdsbalaji:
SOLVED {bootloader dont loadArrow}

Here is what I did..

B4 that some background -

I used to heavily try different roms/mods and always played with android sd and nand versions…win 6.5X in multiple cooked version….

So my tmo-hd2 has been formatted/hard reseted/flashed many many times

By virtue of this….my screen died….slowly my screen touch responsiveness malfunctioned and eventually died… all hardware keys were working perfectly by the touch was dead….

During the process of screen malfunction to completely dead….made few observations to not things which might help fellow Hd2 owners…one thing is power/end key seems to be the culprit (this is my observation/belief).

Since I don’t live in US spend 100$ in changing the screen since then everything is working well…I still rig my hd2 like I always do…

Well when the wp7 was released, wanted to give a try…did this…hspl pkg 3 spl 2.08 hspl > then task 29 > and my hd2 didn’t get into bootloader at all…..i was doomed as there hd2 (after task29) didn’t hv os..

Searched for the solution everywhere and eventually nothing worked for me…I was about to give up…suddenly sometime struck my mind…wat if the power/end key is the problem….then things were positive..

I opened up my hd2 (unscrew and removed the back panel) and disconnected the connector flex rigid board (A board) of the hardware keypad from the mainboard….and pushed the battery in and pressed reset (sometime u need to plugin the usb cable to wall charged/pc to wake up the phone) and held volume down key and hopped for some miracle.

Viola saw the tricolor screen after eternity – since the back panel (not backcover) was open I help the battery to the pins and didn’t even move my fingers :( …run the stock rom installation and held the battery tight in place and waited to get the rom completed…the moment its 100% relaxed my fingers and reconnected the flexboard connector, re-assembled my phone and everything was back to normal…

ONE THING I LEARND FROM THIS…..HD2 IS A ROCKING PHONE AND U CAN RESURRECT IT WHATEVER HAPPENS TO IT (if at all some1 screws it with wrong radio…its officially bricked, but still it can be revived using RIFF JTAG method and rewrite boot data).

One final request pls DON’T GIVEUP ON YOUR DEVISE

Now I have wp7 running successfully and waiting for my activation code for live services:cool:

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Thank me if this was useful
[HD2 General] fcpelayo:
I can confirm this does work. I myself was going to give up until I found this and well thank you!
[HD2 General] gdsbalaji:
happy it worked for you....promote this solution....others might benefit.

also hit thanks if u think its worth it
[HD2 General] kylew1212:
May I link to or rewrite and credit you with this in my guide?
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
interesting, two confirmations in this thread, and there's another thread where 2/3 people successfully used this method.

That whole lower right area is the Achilles Heel of this phone, keypad, screen connector and most pressed key all right in one little place.

Bring me the chief designers head on a plate!
[HD2 General] kylew1212:
Yes. The only downfall of the hd2. I wish it had the soft screen keys at the bottom.
[HD2 General] gdsbalaji:
Would like to divert folks to this thread and share experiences here so every one will hit the same link to get benefit, If thats oki with you. let me know
[HD2 General] gdsbalaji:
yup...and the interesting thing is, i befriended an HTC engineer and got hold of multiple 'a-boards' at that time to test this out.the flex-board that reacts when we push the button.

there were multiple models/molds for HD2...may be different production lines..everything did the same job including the one which was shipped with the device..'a-board' wasnt the culprit here..the very design of having power + end call + device unlock in the same key/button is the issue.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] xpresotw:
:confused::confused::confused: help me,

I had a problem on my O2 XDA Atom Pure

the problem is: after I did the boot from the miniSD card, then my cell phone had died completely.

so how can I turn it back to normal? :confused::confused::confused:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] FaisalNahian:
Charge the phone and try to reinstall the OS on SD card. See if you find any luck..
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] xpresotw:
Cool
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] davux:
Thanks to the code by RustyGrum (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=914055), I've put together an accent changer app for the Focus and other Samsung devices.

http://www.daveamenta.com/2011-01/change-accent-colors-on-windows-phone-7-samsung-devices/

I have a version here that should work on HTC, LG and Samsung devices! Please test and let me know if it works
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] contable:
I can confirm that it works on the OMNIA 7 ! Many thanks for this.

The app changes the color in the registry but not the name of the accent.

If I start my settings app for changing the theme the color is changed but the name is still the same but the theme changer shows the changed name.

Cheers

contable
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] AllTheWay:
No problem here when changing the names etc. I created a dark blue theme. Looks very clean. I changed the pink theme to dark blue. It replaced the naming for me.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] contable:
It looks like that there are differences between Focus and OMNIA 7.

For example I have changed the pink accent to darkblue.

On my OMNIA 7:

1. the name of the accent isn´t change.

2. The color of the homescreen tabs is changed to darkblue

3. If I run e.g. Voice to text the tabs are still pink and not darkblue.

Any ideas ?

Cheers contable
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] MalooMF9:
The reason it's likely not working for you is the regional code for your language (german.) In the registry, the names for the colors are stored on a per-language basis, in different locations. En-US, for example, is 0409. You'll need to go to the correct location yourself, and edit the entry. I made an editor tonight that can edit the values, get it here.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] contable:
Thanks for the information. If I change the region/language settings to en-us also the name of the accent color has been changed. Confirmed.

But if I run Voice to text app on my OMNIA 7 the color of the tabs is still not changed...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] (nico):
Try to reboot your phone.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] contable:
This doesn´t help.

It´s strange that some apps have changed the new color and others not.

apps which didn´t change the accent color:

1. Voice to text

2. MSN Germany

3. MSN Messenger

apps which changed the color:

1. Pictures

2. Contacts

3. Email

4. Messaging

any idea ?

Cheers

contable
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] __ow:
Registry tweak only colors the native pre-installed apps. Coloring silverlight apps need write access to \Windows.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] contable:
This make sense. Thanks for the information.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] GuestK00306:
Thanks for this. Will try on my Omnia 7 later and report back
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] (nico):
Ive also updated my app to make it work on different devices.

It seems to work on both Samsung and HTC.

I'm looking for someone with a LG device to test it.

XAP here: http://bit.ly/eaNBSW?

Note : I'm also writing a cross device library for registry and provxml access. This is the first app using it.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] snickler:
Dude this is amazing. Thanks!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] contable:
I also can confirm that your xap works with German language on OMNIA 7!

I can change the name of the accent too.

Big thanks again.

contable
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] devGOD:
DO NOT POST DEVICE SPECIFIC THINGS IN THIS FORUM! Please read! see forum sticky post
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] pixeltec:
It's not device-specific anymore, and it never was. It was intended for all Samsung phones, and now includes Samsung and HTC.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] davux:
Can you please release the source for this?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] contable:
Are you moderator ?

I think posts which are related to the development of all devices are allowed...

I´m member of the moderator team at modaco.com so I suggest that you report posts which are - in your opinion - against the xda forum rules to tito, the moderator of this WP7 section.

Thanks.

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[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] (nico):
Sure, I'll package it later tonight.

I'm also thinking about your idea (I think it was yours) to mimic .Net namespace.

It would be nice to have a cross device lib with the same API as standard .Net on the PC.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] davux:
I have already started this (I did run into some COM threading issues I am not quite sure how to best handle, though). I have much support for System.Net.Sockets and System.IO. I wasn't sure if we should handle Registry like Microsoft.Win32.Registry or what, so I just made some basic Samsung-specific APIs for now.

I believe someone else is working on a cross-platform library as well, but I don't t know if the plan is to mimic .Net[CF]. I would much like to work together though, I'm planning to update this app later today (restore to default, some stuff I didn't finish because it was too late :)), and it'd suck if we forked for essentially no reason.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] (nico):
Custom Theme source: http://bit.ly/gg3k1h

XLib source: http://bit.ly/gyKo7C
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] (nico):
@Davux: Just for my information, do you plan to merge our apps or just use the lib in yours?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] RustyGrom:
Why not start up a codeplex project for it?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] davux:
I just took a look, for some reason I understood that you modified my app [to add HTC support], but it doesn't look like that is the case, yours is completely your own.

You have lots of awesome device-specific stuff, and registry stuff. I have lots of device-independent stuff (sockets, and limited File/IO, limited registry).

I think what I will do is merge your stuff into my library. Unless you disagree? I've been meaning to put my library up on github or codeplex, but I don't want it to morph into something that can enable piracy or something, as that could jeopardize my employment.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] (nico):
My app was made for HTC when the registry hack first come out.

Later when Samsung got the same I've decided to make it cross-device.

You may add my code in your lib if you want, but it would be better to have a real shared project as I don't really want to handle different code repository (mine, yours, ...).
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] davux:
I'm all for sharing - I'll merge things together today and then upload the project to codeplex, I think.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] davux:
I've updated post #1 with a build that works on Samsung/LG/HTC. I am unable to confirm LG/HTC support is working though, so if someone could test and let me know, that'd be great. :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] lucasryan:
for some reason i am getting a zip file with dll's and app extensions when downloaded, not a xap to deploy
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] davux:
I think I've heard of the browser doing this, not sure what the MIME type is set to on my server, so if you get something that looks like a XAP, rename it back befor deployment.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] lucasryan:
not sure how to transfer this zip to a xap..here is what i get in the zip, App Icon,Appmanifest,background,comfilerw.dll,customtheme.dll,MPCtoolkit.dll,MPIS.dll,native.dll,driver.dll,and manifest.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] davux:
Don't know where you got that, only a few of those files are in my XAP:

Try this one: http://daveamenta.com/download/AccentChanger.xap

All you need to do is rename the file from .zip to .xap.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] lucasryan:
this is what i get
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] davux:
Dude, yeah. Read what I keep saying, just RENAME that file from .zip to .xap. It'll work. :)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] lucasryan:
Man i did name it to .xap but it is still a compressed zip after changing the name and deployer cant find it...and when extracted then i have all those files i was saying
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] davux:
If I download with Google Chrome, it deploys fine.

If I download with IE8, rename from .zip to .xap, it deploys fine.

XAPs are just ZIP files. The files all go into the root of the archive (not in a sub-folder).
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] lucasryan:
ok well i will try chrome and see, but all my other xap files that i have are listed as .xap file under file type, but the zip is listed as compressed and i know not to have a sub-folder...guess this being the only trouble i have had outta xap file and the deployer not finding it, so guess im not doing something right so will try the chrome.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] davux:
Ah, I know exactly what the problem is. You need to 'show file extensions' in Explorer. You're renaming it to AccentChanger.xap.zip, which is why it shows up as compressed.

Alternatively you may rename it at the command line.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] lucasryan:
ok the Chrome got it right, ie8 being dumb...but no i didnt name it like that just AccentChanger.xap and tried just .xap but no matter now thanks for clearing that up!!

Never woulda thought that woulda been the case
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] lucasryan:
...thanks!!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] davux:
Yes, you can edit any of the color values and names. LG and HTC support isn't working right now, I'm trying to get people with devices to help me test!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] lucasryan:
ok, i can get it tested and let ya knw
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] poy41:
working on my LG
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] spincel:
Thanks for the app. It works on HTC HD7, but I need to comment something. To make sure it works, you guy should choose the color which need to change different from the color that device currently use, or if you override that, change to light or different theme and then change back, it will be good.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] KingpinEX:
ok after it worked for the first few time it stoped working for some reason,

now i downloaded the latest version and getting massive errors...

i will add that the app stoped working after i installed the HTC accent changer app that was converted to work on samsung...

their relay long so ill just give the first couple of lines

"System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundExceptions : KeyNotFoundExceptions

at

Homebrew.DeviceAPI.Registry.WindowsCERegistry.GetStringValue(String root, String path, String name)

at

... " like 100 more lines...

click ok and get a new error

"MS.Internal.WrappedException: KeyNotFoundException -->

System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFound..."

again like 100 more lines

and then i get the error

"System.ArgumentException: The parameter is incorrect."
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] contable:
The latest accentchanger doesn´t work on my OMNIA 7. After starting it gives me a bunch of errors...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] gfreek:
Not working on my HD7! it installed fine but when I try to launch the app it goes into a black screen for couple of seconds and then it exits:confused:
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] davux:
I haven't made any changes, and it still works great on my Focus, so I don't see why it'd fail on Omnia 7 (except for the English language stuff in the registry, I don't know how to detect that)

As for HTC, I don't know either... others have confirmed it working, I haven't ever had a device to test. You can get the source and debug it yourself, if you like.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] (nico):
Could you test my app at http://bit.ly/fNYcHT so we can know if there is something wrong (or different) with your phone?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] lucasryan:
works on the htc surround, and samsung focus for me
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] contable:
Doesn´t work on my OMNIA 7.

The first version you have released I could install and it worked (except the language problem).

As I remember after that I have installed the LG OEM apps on my device...

and now the accent changer doesn´t work...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] davux:
You should try (nico)'s app and see if that works.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] contable:
(nico)´s updated custom themes app works as it should.

As I remember yesterday I installed 5 apps:

1. (nico)´s updated custom themes

2. toolbox LG

3. ScanSearch LG

4. LooknType LG

5. Photo Stylist LG

and now your accent theme changer doesn´t work anymore... strange.

Edit: I have uninstalled all apps but still the same: accent theme change doesn´t work anymore. It looks like that there is something missing on my device...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] gfreek:
Thanks this one works!:)
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] KingpinEX:
Looks like nico's HTC update for Samsung did something to crash ur app, well more like mess up ours phones registry...

Can u make a clean registry app or something, i don't know but im pissed ur app was better... i want a color wheal!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] (nico):
My app is not an update to davux' (in fact it was released before).

It's a completly different app.

I don't really see how 2 apps can interfere. That's strange...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] davux:
I don't see how either. Neither of our apps do anything other than edit the themes, and neither do it in such a way that would crash the other. All I can guess is that hardware detection is failing in my app.

I have absolutely no capacity to debug any hardware other than Samsung Focus, which works perfectly. The source for my app has always been included, so anyone interested is free to load it up in a debugger and find out whats going on.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] contable:
This could have several reasons why the accent theme changer stopped working on my device. I´m testing everyday... I cannot say if nico´s app has caused this problem or not.

On Tuesday I will be able to flash my OMNIA 7 first time (=> wrong bootloader).

We will see what happens after flashing. I will report...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] greg201:
HTC version works great on my HTC HD7 . Thanks!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] davux:
Can you please clarify what version you installed? Just paste the link if you aren't sure.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] RustyGrom:
Your latest version isn't working on my Focus. I was gonna try and debug your code but it's missing a "Homebrew" project and won't compile without it.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] davux:
What's it do on your Focus? I've updated the source package, dunno how I forgot that whole project. http://daveamenta.com/download/AccentChanger.zip
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] contable:
It´s working again !

I have modified your code as follows:

return Registry.DeviceRegistry.GetStringValue("HKLM", @"ControlPanel\Themes\AccentsDisplayName\", ID.ToString());

}

set

{

if (value != Name)

{

Registry.DeviceRegistry.SetStringValue("HKLM", @"ControlPanel\Themes\AccentsDisplayName\", ID.ToString(), value);

NotifyPropertyChanged("Name");

I removed "0409" from the registry path and now it works also with German language...

Thanks for sharing the source.

contable
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] davux:
Cool, I don't know if that's the right way to do the fix though? Not having full registry access, I don't know what it looks like in there. I'll mess with it on my focus a bit.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] davux:
It works great on my Focus, so I've removed 0409 and we'll see if that fixes it for more devices. I'd be a little surprised, but I'm already surprised it works with/without on the Focus!
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] contable:
Cool that you have added the accent color restore function...

I hope that we get soon full registry and file system access.

On my OMNIA II i8000 I had so much knowledge about the registry and now I cannot change a simple regkey... damn ...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] RustyGrom:
His fix worked the same for my EN-US Focus. You can use nico's RegistryViewer to see those keys.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] davux:
Yeah, it worked on my en-us Focus as well--but it wasn't broken in the first place.

Are you saying that it fixed the app [from being non-functional] for your Focus as well? Did you see the 'blank screen' crash people are talking about?
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] contable:
Maybe nico can test it on his HD7...
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] RustyGrom:
Your older versions were just crashing and going back to the launcher. The more recent one was popping up the stack output. I'm thinking one of these apps/versions mucked up the registry somehow.

edit: It used to work but somewhere along the way it stopped working.
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] greg201:
hxxp://daveamenta.com/download/AccentChanger.xap

sorry, too new to post links
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] KingpinEX:
I can confirm that the latest version of the accent changer works

again

on my Samsung Focus. :D!!!! I believe the problem was not nicos app like I said before, but probably the fact that I have added Spanish keyboard... (Hebrew native keyboard hack) so after u removed the 0409 from the registry path, it started working again...

any ways nico and dave you are both awesome guys thanks for all the great apps! :D
[Windows Phone 7 Development and Hacking] contable:
@davux:

Could you add another button which opens directly the Design Settings page for applying the changed color ?