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[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] ChrisTran206:
The reason is there is no need to actively fight the activation cracking. It became a battle between the people who want to crack will crack no matter what. So what they did was make it as inconvenient as possible. Even when Windows 7 was cracked, unforseen checks caused the OS to relock itself and etc. More cracks had to be made to bypass the checks that werent seen.

With Windows phone, It's very likely they they don't care as long as people are using it since you can't exactly go out and buy windows phone 7 and install it like you can with the desktop OS. Plus, who knows how much they charge the phone manufacturers if anything.

The chances are, they either don't charge anything or charge very little and expect to make up for it when people buy content from the marketplace.

The phone itself was specifically designed with the pre-release specs for WP7 and with the HD7 was released and was basically the same, it was known then that eventually someone would get WP7 working on the HD2. Microsoft probably realized it and at this point they are going to just not support anyone using the HD2 as a WP7 device which is perfectly reasonable. The HD2 has some bugs to iron out for WP7 and why should Microsoft have to be responsible for supporting it.

This however isn't going to stop idiots who run WP7 on the HD2 from possibly calling Microsoft because of WP7 issues.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] AndHD2:
Hmmmm, the link at the top has had many HD2 WP7 users reply and left their view. Be careful because to leave your own comment they ask for an email. Make sure it isnt the email you used to activate WP7.

Putting that aside it is nice to see that Microsoft are not trying to slam the doors shut. Lets see what the updates bring and then see if they mean what they say.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Alpha0ero:
Hilarity ensues!

Nope, the clueless will call regardless...

Honestly though, I didn't know what to think regarding MS's response. I guess I assumed they would shut it down asap. Stunning revelation for me actually and I have new found respect for them in embracing insteading of shunning the enevitable.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] hyellow:
maybe MS did add the HD2 to the compatability list a long time ago, but forgot that it was still there, so the customer service just did the right thing.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] DennisCSUF:
Not quiet sure how "friendly" they are with people flashing their 360 with a custom firmware unless u call "friendly" getting your ass ban from xbox live and ur account cancel :rolleyes:
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] nzxtneo:
Yeah, no #%$

I thought his comparison with the 360 was a little off. And M$'s response on the Kinect hack was don't mess with it, until they backtracked and said they made it that way all along.

I guess we will see what happens after the next WP 7 release...
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] jzack:
they ONLY reason they are not supplying wp7 for HD 2 is becuz of too many button on our HD 2.. they are stupid.. omg =.=
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] CrAzYiaN:
sooner or later they will put an end to this, and sooner or later hackers will find a way to get pass it.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] jazzmanmonty:
It comes down to this. its all business. MS wanted a new phone to release its new OS so they got the HD7. who in their right mind in the business world would want to spend millions on a new OS and make it work on past devices before any new devices would come out? and if they make it compatible with hd2, then why not some other windows 6.5 phones? see the chain they'd have to deal with here?

Now as far as their kindness towards the crackers of wp7, that's the only way they could react. if they sound like arse's, ppl would rebel and look down at ms like they do at apple. They aren't going to release some form of fix for the crack right away, so no point in getting mad about it. in my eyes they are behind the scenes saying, have your fun..we'll block it again eventually so you have to crack it again. Meanwhile, they are saving their face, time and money to try to develop a quick fix, and letting people all get drawn into the new OS. Its brilliant. just like our developers here at XDA!
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] russpattaya:
I think Tom Warren(winrumors) has got his story wrong!

"Some users have contacted Microsoft’s official support lines requesting codes after falsely claiming their device is a HTC HD7. Microsoft has been issuing codes to allow the devices to access Windows Live services."

I never claimed to microsoft that I had a HD7, I was asked why I needed a code. I told them it was for Windows Phone 7, not a HD7. They gave me the code for my WP7 what I told them, so i have not given them false info.

So Tony get your facts right.

Russ
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] lancguy:
Whither the Upgrade

I agree. We shall all see what our efforts and desires bring us when the next release of WP7 comes out.

We'll all get the upgrade cleanly, OTA and we'll be smiling.

The upgrade will lock (or maybe even brick) our phones at which point all the small-minded people will scream at M$ for ruining their phones, which they had already ruined by running WP7 on a non-supported phone.

Or the upgrade won't work on our phones; we'll all be on the current version. Still functional but now it's an old OS (like 6.5). And we'll be asking for new ROMs.

And hey, if it's the first item we'll get copy/paste.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] TheOnly1:
LOL. If it's all about copy/paste then we should "upgrade" back to WM 6.5...It has this functionality, as well as multitasking :D

I'm personally staying for a while with WP7...I like "The Harvest" too much :cool:
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Archer:
What he said is 100% accurate though. Some users have said they have a HD7. Some have not said that. Doesn't mean it's suddenly not true!

When I rang I told them I wanted to activate my copy of WP7 (Heh - "copy"), and he just said "Is it a HTC phone sir?"

Anyway, I think their statement is typical. They won't support it because that will mean work and therefore costs for them. However, they're happy for you to use it because it's still their product, so it's still exposure for them. As well as that, you'll spend a few pennies at the MarketPlace, no doubt. They don't lose anything by leaving us to it, so they will.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Uziel144:
“We encourage people to use their Windows Phone as supplied by the manufacturer to ensure the best possible user experience. The scenario described is not supported at this time.”

I wouldn't be so negative about it. It even seems that the key is more related to your account, than to a certain phone model, for you can activate your copy of wp7 only by owning a windows-live-id, and the code is linked to it.

What about people owning several wp7 phones and want to activate them all? Do they need several codes? If it was phone-related, they'd have asked for the exact phone you wanted to activate, don't you think so?

Furthermore I liked the last words of the statement, for you might add "but perhaps in the near future..." ;-)

I guess MS is going to figure out, whether it's more rentable to let the HD2-owners become paying members of the marketplace community or to shut down there wp7 usage. Come what ever may, I might switch back to Android in worst case. We won't run out of OS-possibilities, don't you think?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] jowelvjoy:
one more thing it is not dipending with phone model becaus some phone have QWERTY key borde like Dell Venue Pro & LG Quantum so it is not about the hardware key in hd 2 :cool::cool::cool::confused::confused:
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] jase33:
You all should see THIS post. Seems MS will be killing the chevron7 unlock in the next update. So much for the extra pennies they get from the marketplace. Unless of course you do not update.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] mickfarr:
You don't need chevron to download apps from the market place. You only need chevron to allow you the tools to change the reg setting. The next update will most likely not affect your reg setting so you'll still be able to download and buy apps from the market place.
[Click Accessories] Zircop:
I have a problem with 16 GB SDHC cards. I'm using nFinityROM 1.15 and when I insert an SDHC card it works for a couple of hours and then it just says something like unrecognized file system. When I remove and reinsert the card it says “Damaged SD card”. I cannot format the card with the phone (nothing happens) and my computer does not even recognize it.

I have tried two different brands (not budget cards) and the result is the same, an ordinary SD card works though.

I figured it could have something to do with the rom so I unrooted the phone and bought a 4 GB SDHC card and it have now worked for two days.

Does anyone else experience the same problem?

Have anyone tried nFinityROM 1.15 with an SDHC card?

Have anyone tried any 2.2 or 2.x rom with an SDHC card?
[Click Accessories] yatindroid:
Wrong post

this post not related to tattoo general should move to tattoo accessories
[Click Accessories] Zircop:
Gee, thanks, nice of you to at least answer the questions while you bother with posting :rolleyes:

Sorry for posting in the wrong part of the forum, if I could move it I would.
[Click Accessories] Ihaveatattoo:
A lot of us here have 8 GB, but don't know about 16 GB. That is 8 times the capacity of the HDD in my old laptop! :D
[Click Accessories] alpick36:
I have just switched from nFinity1.18 and had no problems with my 16gb card.

I have just flashed nFinityGB-0.5 and still have no issues. Either upgrade to Nfinity 1.18 or you could try formatting the SD card to see if it resolves the issue (don't forget to format FAT32 and back it up first.

hope this helps.
[Click Accessories] whosnext13:
I have tested and noticed that memory cards that are class 4 speed/specification do not work on the phone, so you should check that out.
[Click Accessories] Deleted member 2487713:
Do the cards still work on other devices? I had a similar problem where my HTC Tattoo (unrooted back then) kept permanently corrupting memory cards: it fried any card I inserted in like 2 weeks. I had to send it back to HTC and they replaced all the internals. If your problem sounds similar, I'd check your warranty and send it back to HTC so they can fix it for you. Don't forget to revert to the original (unrooted) RUU. Good luck!
[Click Accessories] luxb:
This sometimes happens to me. I have a 4GB card. So I don't think this is a issue on the SD card.
[Click Accessories] Zircop:
Thanks for the answers :D

The SD cards became totaly fried, did not work at all. After reflashing to stock and the 4 GB card had worked for like 4 days I rooted and flashed nFinity 1.18 and the 4GB card have worked since. I will use it as long as it works, if it breaks then I will send the phone to HTC.

All SDHC cards I have tried is class 2 cards.
[Click Accessories] pellepropp:
I'd the same issue with my 16GB cards so I switch to my 4GB and it had work for 6 month ( 2 weeks on nFinity Rom)

My 16 Gb cards works fine on my daughters Huawei phone :-(

Maybe try to buy a budget 16GB card class 2 card?

Or maybe 8GB card will work on Tattoo.

Need more space for music and Navigon
[Click Accessories] dergago:
Still working?

Because my girlfriends Tattoo killed 3 SD Cards (Class 2 8GB SanDisk). And the Tattoo from her brother killed SD Cards too. Only the stock (came with it) works. Buut it´s only 2GB Class 2.

Have no money to try more cards...

So would be nice to know, if it´s because of a wrong ROM...
[Click Accessories] Zircop:
The 4GB card (class 2) is still working like a charm :D

I have no idea why the cards get fried but I don't think the rom matters. My card has survived arcos roms, nFinityROM (Froyo) and nFinityGB (Gingerbread) and ofcourse the stock rom. My guess is that it has to do with the hardware but I don't know.

btw have you tried to return the cards to the store? I changed my cards when they got fried. They braged about "life time guaranty" so they hade no choice when I showed up with a fried card :)
[Click Accessories] yankhor:
I simply can't use my original sdhc 8gb class2.

I'm now using a 1gb class 1, cuz the 8gb won't work for more than 2 hours.
[Click Accessories] sunitknandi:
My 8GB Class 4 Kingston card has been working faithfully for the past 2 years without any trouble. I have used stock, HCDR, Pancake, SPQrom, nFinity and now CM7. :)
[Click Accessories] yankhor:
i'm using cm7 now with my 1gb.

I also created a goldcard with the 8gb but still got reading problems.

I'm gonna get a 8gb class 4+ next month. Not sure if it's the class that is causing trouble, but...
[Click Accessories] sunitknandi:
My goldcard never worked with my 8GB, it used to get corrupt. I found an old 512MB card from an older phone and made it a goldcard. It worked fine.

Then I formatted my 8GB and use it as a general purpose storage.

BTW, I format with GParted on Ubuntu and never have problems with read/write on phone. :)
[Click Accessories] fra87:
But... what is the problem? Does the tattoo give problems with fast cards or slow cards?

And.. in your opinion, will a "patch" in the ROM fix this? i mean if the SD driver is rewritten including a limitation to the speed, will it work?

I have a 8GB SDHC card (i don't remember the class but i will test it with crystaldiskmark) that seldom works..
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
I wanted to say a few words about my own experience with 4G reliability.

I have the good fortune (I think) to work in an office that's probably a quarter-mile from a 4G enabled Sprint tower (we can actually see it) So even when I go into the center of my building to pinch a loaf, I can get 4G.

Yet, when I was sitting by my desk, streaming internet radio apps--or even without using the connection deliberately at all, it would cut out and revert to 3G every hour, at least once an hour or more. Bad for streaming music continuity and sometimes flaky for other things too.

Needless to say after weeks of this, I was like WTF.

Then I tried an experiment. (Which is still in progress, but so far so good.)

I had the phone resting on top of my computer tower underneath the desk. Logical place, right, as it's wide, flat, and away from desktop clutter.

But I suspected something might have been being emitted from the computer to cause interference. (RF signals or whatever you engineer types care to call it.)

Sure enough, soon as I put it on the desk and away from that, 4G reliability became rock solid.

Microwave oven emissions too--it doesn't like those. (But why use it in the kitchen, right?) And of course with the patchwork quilt of 4G around any city, driving with it can cause interruptions. But I thought I'd let you know, in case you can make similar experiments/adjustments!
[Epic 4G General] leatherneck6017:
Interesting. I too have been annoyed by the unexplained reverts while using at my office. Phone's not sitting ON the computer tower, but it's pretty close. Think I'll give it a try on the other side of my desk.
[Epic 4G General] A_Flying_Fox:
And sometimes it'll take seconds to register your action, such as clicking on a link, it'll put the loading line, stall with the z's and after like 5-10 seconds it'll actually wake up and connect

4g is butt

The ping is butt

3g is butt

I want my hero's radio back

I got 3mb/s download using 3g on that phone! Ad the ping wasjust 30ms!!! On this phone, I get in the low hundreds kb/s (usually around 2-300) wit a ping of 200 ms!!!!

Samsung screwed up with the modem
[Epic 4G General] dohturdima:
That would explain why it keeps dropping the shoutcast radio stream when I am driving so often. Even my previous phone, Blackberry Tour, had a better connection. Still, Epic >>>>>> Tour. I would take Epic over it just for the ability to force roam on VZW ;)
[Epic 4G General] digiblur:
Of course microwaves will kill the 4G. Those things splatter 2.4ghz all over the place and I'm sure it bleeds over. That's the whole reason that "we" were given 2.4ghz for wireless since no one else wanted to share with microwaves.
[Epic 4G General] 1NfE5T:
Funny story, I don't get 4g in my apt building. I am on the first floor with lots of trees around me. I put my phone in a small metal bowl one night.....tada! I get 4g in my apt with it sitting inside of this lil metal bowl.
[Epic 4G General] nate13jp:
Seriously?? I only get it if I'm by a window or outside. Was ur meteal bowl aluminum or stainless steal?
[Epic 4G General] Jayavarman:
When will we start seeing results from Sprint's Network Vision plan to improve in-building coverage?
[Epic 4G General] silverballer95:
Nice little experiment there lol. I hope we get 4G in our area soon!

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Sent from my Epic 4G
[Epic 4G General] herzzreh:
You created a parabolic reflector. Kinda like the satellite dish, you know?
[Epic 4G General] Eazail70x7:
I live in Bmore and the 4G I've been getting here in many areas has been fantastic. It holds stronger on 4G than my Moment did on 3G. I actually have 3G turned off and toggle 4G when I need it. In my house and at work, the 4G holds and doesn't disconnect. (Except in the basement of my job)
[Epic 4G General] smoothone:
No offense but the whole state of Maryland is much smaller than most major metropolitan cities. I think one our two cell towers will pretty much cover you. I think the problem for me at least occurs when I am traveling in my car where coverage is extremely spotty.
[Epic 4G General] Eazail70x7:
No offense taken. I too also go in and out of 4g coverage when traveling on the highway. But once I am in a 4g zone, my coverage is pretty strong, even indoors. Although in some places like wal mart, the mall, ect., I lose signal. I suppose there are benefits to Baltimore being first to have WiMax coverage?
[Epic 4G General] stevesprivateaccount:
Um? Maryland is 12,000 square miles. Baltimore is 90 square miles. So your telling me WIMAX which has an effective outdoor range of 4-5 miles is going to cover 12,000 square miles? I would think that even the small city size of the city of Baltimore is covered by several towers, however when I searched I got this:

"Baltimore has 180 WiMax towers in use, out of an expected total of 300 when the deployment is complete. "We have coverage of 70% of the city," explains Bin Shen, Xohm's vice president of product and partnership management."

edit: other cities Chicago 228 sqm, Los Angles 498 sqm, Dallas 385 sqm, NYC 468 sqm (including greater metro area)

edit: a little more research. Clear actually shows you exactly where each tower is and Baltimore has a couple dozen at a minimum that are listed on the coverage map. Many mush closer than 1mile apart from each other. In order to see the towers you need to be zoomed in on the map pretty closely.
[Epic 4G General] shook187:
4g in Boston has been nothing but great. I get excellent signal indoors and out, while I drive too. I also get 4g, 35 miles north of Boston in Haverhill MA (where I live). I always keep my 3g off cause I have no need for it. I make sure I get the most out of that $10 permium charge.
[Epic 4G General] 1NfE5T:
Stainless steel bowl...I sit it on top of my desk. But if I still get disconnects on 4g I move it by the window. Steady 4g connection ;-)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slowz3r:
So i have CWM 3.0.0.5 as my recovery right now, but to gain any ROMmanager functionality it still says I gotta install CWM.

Any issues installing CWM via RM over CWM I already have installed?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] distortedloop:
Shouldn't be. That's how I installed the latest, via RM.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slowz3r:
Just want to make sure, id hate for something to get b0rked
[Android Software Development] DavidThompson256:
Hello again, and thanks in advance for all your help.

Without going into excessive detail about my project, here is what I need to accomplish:

I want to be able to turn on USB Debugging (ADB) from within my app. For simplicity, lets just say I want to create a clone of the developer settings page, where a checkbox can turn USB Debugging on and off.

I know this can be done through terminal applications by typing:

setprop persist.service.adb.enable 1

Currently, my code is trying something like this:

Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(
new String[]{"setprop", "persist.service.adb.enable", "1"});

This isn't giving me any errors or exceptions, but it is also not changing the value. I assume this is a permission issue. I know this isn't designed to be allowed by Android for security reasons, and this isn't an app that I will try and release. This is just for a single-purpose device, (a Galaxy Tab if that is relevant).

My goal here is to NOT have to enable permanent root on the device. I am able to accomplish what I'm attempting by rooting the device, and calling "su" before my setprop commands. For security reasons, I would prefer to NOT have su even available on the device. I am hoping that I can make whatever changes I need during a temporary root (using rageagainstthecage method) and then not have root after the device is restarted.

I'm fairly new to Linux, so all of my knowledge of it is limited to what I have learned from Android and my rooting experience. I was thinking that if I made a shell script that called setprop for me, I could somehow give that permission to run as root, and simply run that script from my app? The script would be something very simple like this:

echo Running ENABLE Debugging Script
setprop persist.service.adb.enable 1

Then I could call if from my app with:

Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(
new String[]{"/pathToScript/enableDebugScript.sh"});

Does anyone know how (I assume through use of CHMOD?) I could give this script permission to run as root? Or is there a better way to execute shell commands with elevated privledges from within a standard Android application?

Thanks for all the help, let me know if I can clarify anything. As always, I appreciate the assistance.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boxerlover02:
I have a did the QDL tool update and I want to exchange it cuz of the restarting issues I have been having and since I'm with in the 30 days I figured I'd just exchange it before it gets worse. Do I have to downgrade and unroot it to return it?
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] treylemkn:
+1

I'm thinking of exchanging mine for a white one and wonder if it needs to be on the stock 1.6 to be returned.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boxerlover02:
I said forget downgrading and just took it back and they didn't even care to ask about it or say anything... My new streak is running so much better the other one did
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] treylemkn:
Nice! Did they even power it on to check it out? I returned one the first day I got it because pictures wouldn't write to the sd card. I also went back and got 50 bucks back because the price dropped to 499. I'm tempted to print out the dell website price and see if I can a) get an additional 100 bucks and b) exchange it for the white one.

I'm just worried they'll think I'm trying to take them for a ride with 2 returns and two price reductions. I would if I was on the other side of the table.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boxerlover02:
No I explained my problem recreated it and he swapped it out no questions asked... He even said he wouldnt deal with it resetting as easy as it was. Was less then a 20 min event. Then again I was still with in my 30 days
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] Tdoc:
Hello there

Relay.fr is having a galaxy tab application

http://samsung.relay.com/galaxytab/?utm_source=apps.relay.com&utm_medium=clic&utm_campaign=GalaxyTab

but cant find it on the android apps ??

MY tab is a USA AT&T

anyone with a solution??

merci

Thierry
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] sparkyxda:
Not here in the UK either