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[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Archer:
If you upload the original pic, I'll happily fix it for you.
[Off-topic] Cysign:
Hey Folks,

as I'm using Windows Mobile since CE 2003 I'm now going to change to Android. I did first steps by Android 2.2 on my Xperia X1...but it's a slow device. And I had hands on Lg Optimus GT540 which was really impressive.

Fast interface, many tools, no lags (like f***ing X1...).

But I'm not sure which device I should choose.

I'm interested in LG P990 as it has a dual-core and a GeForce-6-like GPU and hdmi-port...but no hardware keyboard. And I'm interested in Milestone 2.

Both are currently not available here in Germany...but my local dealer told me that Milestone 2 could arrive next week.

Looking at benchmarks LG Optimus Speed (or 2X outside of Germany) P990 is definitivly the winner... but I'm not sure I'd often use the hdmi-port to connect to an TV. And if there will be lots of games which make sense to play on TV....especially as I have a really fast computer at home.

But P990 makes sure nothing wouldn't run since it has too less resources xD

Milestone 2 is really soon available (perhaps tomorrow?!) and has a hardware keyboard...which was important for me on X1.

Or is there another ball-kicking device I should wait for?

So 1st question:

a) Milestone 2

b) LG P990 (but not sure when it'll be available in Germany)

c) another ass-kickin' device? which one?

As Motorola has a non open bootloader I'm not sure if I'll be able to update to 2.3 or some newer Android if neccessary... P990 should be updateable at least to 2.3 I've read on some websites.

2nd quest:

Which devices will definitivly be updateable to 2.3 apart from Nexus S? And better: which of them hard a hardware keyboard?

And there are two tools I'm really missing on Android:

gAlarm and Wisbar Advanced.

As I really often didn't get up on time...gAlarm helped me a lot ;)

And Wisbar Advanced 3 on Windows Mobile always showed me running tasks and a long tap on it's icon closed it...this wa really useful. Is there a wisbar-like app on Android Market?

3rd task: find apps like

a) gAlarm

b) Wisbar (always shiows active tasks and makes them closeable)

Cheers,

Mike
[Galaxy Tab General] conan1600:
Ok so ive bought this thing and I like it but what do you guys recomend for me to do to get the most out of it? Also I noticed on the brochure at best buy it said this tab has a 1.2 ghz processor. I figured it was a typo cause I thought from what ive read they have 1 ghz right?
[Galaxy Tab General] maxjivi05:
The new Verizon Galaxy Tab is 1.2 GHz "same processor to my knowledge just changed in the Kernel" also comes with LTE use when you get that in your area, along with a higher res camera in the back.

What I did to my tab even though it's "Sprint" first thing was "OCLF" this is to enhance the I/O Speed over 2-3x more then what it does out of the box "Its risky and can possibly make you restore if something goes wrong".

2nd was the 1.2 GHz Kernel which if you have that already out of the box no need.. :) other then that any other good performance tweaks let me know! lol.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jobe2433:
I reformatted my sd card by mistake and now when I plug my phone into the usb charger the only thing that happens is it starts charging. I get no options. Did I delete my drivers? If so how can I fix this?

Thanks
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evolishesh:
Go into settings/connect to pc/make sure that ask me is check.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jobe2433:
Tried

I tried this but I do not have that option on my phone I am running cyanogen mod ,, any other ideas?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evolishesh:
Do you have an sd adapter? see what files you have in the sd card.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jobe2433:
I dont have an sd adapter.. but, i am pretty sure everything got erased when I reformatted the card.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evolishesh:
okay. take the battery out off the phone than put it back. the phone should install an android secure file when you turn it on.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jobe2433:
I have tried at as well. but, i think because i am running cyanogenmod its stopping it from installing the file. is there a way to update my rooted phone with this file?
[Desire HD General] Yoshi_523:
Ok so yesterday (in Sydney, Australia) I returned my HTC Desire HD after I was facing poor reception when compared to 2 other phones used in the same room of the house. I did carry out the factory reset as suggested by HTC and also wiped the SIM cards clean. For the tests I used a Nokia 6120 and a Sony Ericsson k530i. I also used SIM cards from 3, Telstra and the one that came with the Desire HD from Vodafone. In all the tests the Desire HD had significantly worse reception (at least if the reception icons are anything to judge by).

Yesterday Vodafone replaced my Desire HD on the spot as I was within 28days of purchase. At first I seemed to think the reception was better on the new phone however this was with the phone laying on a box and not touching it. As soon as I picked up the phone reception became lousy again like my previous Desire HD. After reading comments from other users on this site regarding the antenna being in the cover plate at the bottom I tried holding the phone in different positions to see if this bottom cover plate really did affect things. The two videos linked to here show my findings using the brand new replacement phone I picked up yesterday. Also in the second video is shown if a factory reset or a gel case changes this isse.

Now that I've got a better understanding of what is causing this issue I will contact HTC again to see what they say about it. I'll keep you updated. Please post feedback on your phone including what carrier & country you are using and what ROM and radio version is loaded. Thanks

Here are the two videos I made:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_ljHtUMOH8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr16fGAVzQg
[Desire HD General] Yoshi_523:
Okay I've contacted HTC in Australia and the person taking my call has looked at the two videos. He's said he has documented the issue and will forward the videos on to the HTC engineers to have a look at. Will let you know if they contact me with any updates. Feel free to contact HTC if you find similar issues with your phone. I would think the more people reporting this to HTC, the more importance they should place on trying to fix this issue.
[Desire HD General] nm8:
Mine id exactly the same. I already noticed this since last week when I got it. Just dont hold it at the bortom.
[Desire HD General] Framedtrash:
are you part vampire or some thing

turn your lights on

put your phone in a case and your problems will be solved
[Desire HD General] mitmeister:
AHEM. bit sounds like someone i know.. may be Stevey :p..

But yes when reception is low, take your hand of the antenna at the bottom. I own a K530i too, where antennae is at back. I will get poor signal, if i hold it in particular way or if i keep it in cushion or so. but K530i antennae is ergonomic to hold but desire hd is placed right at where my palm holds it. this happens with WIFI too when i hold my fingers covering the side. but again its bearable. lets see how it holds in the long run.
[Desire HD General] nm8:
At least the DHD, is ambidextrous. You can hold it with either hand just grip it in the middle. Compared to The iphone 4 which has crap signal when used by right handed girls. Lol lol lol.
[Desire HD General] thenocturnalnurse:
Well, never had this problem even when I cover the bottom part the signal just drops 1 bar and that's it, no problems with the signal and whatsoever.
[Desire HD General] nm8:
To the OP, just wondered what build no. and baseband is on your phone???
[Desire HD General] Yoshi_523:
There problem is for an amateur like myself posting youtube videos is that if I don't decrease the exposure then you cannot see clearly the reception bars especially when I look at the backlit screen from the Sony Ericsson. I wanted to be sure most of all you can clearly see the what the phone screens are displaying.

Secondly please look at video 2 in the link it clearly shows how the Desire HD works in my experience in a case. Bascially a gel case solves nothing in my situation or at best maybe only delays by a few seconds the reception loss when holding the bottom.

Please look at video 1. It clearly show the software information page in the video which shows the ROM verison, radio version, kernal version and baseband (or radio version) from the stock Vodafone Australia ROM that came preloaded as of yesterday January 23. I don't believe recent radio or ROMs fix this issue as SWIM loaded 1.72.405.3 with the latest radio his phone to try to solve this issue, that didn't fix it so SWIM then tried around 4 different radio versions including the latest "test" release from UK and still no significant improvement. I'd be happy to hear other's feedback on this and what ROMs and Radio versions they use and if any real improvement. I will make clear though that with my brand new phone, it is stock and unmodified.

I mean no disrespect guys when I say this, I'm happy to take constructive criticism and feedback just please have a look at the two videos first and consider everything explained and put forward before posting a quick response.

As I mention in the video this issue is not as bad with Telstra and 3 SIM cards in my room as they seem to have better reception and don't drop as many bars (but they still do drop bars) holding the phone in the "death grip". The worst is the included Vodafone SIM card which the phone is on a contract with and doesn't get completely full reception before holding the phone as shown. I would imagine that the same scenario would be replicated elsewhere. Find an area where you don't get full reception and see how much it drops when you hold your phone like I have in the video. Again this is going to most affect data while browsing the web ect rather than calls where you are likely to hold the phone differently.

I don't want to start a war or get people upset here. I love the Desire HD and Android. I've paid for a long term 24month contract and I plan on keeping my phone. I'm only just surprised to find out this issue and I hope HTC will take it seriously to try to find a way to help out with solving it. Take care guys. Again if anyone else wants to alert HTC to this issue I think they will be more likely to treat this with more importance. As present HTC Australia seemed to say they'd heard nothing about it and played it down a bit.
[Desire HD General] ghostofcain:
Ok, you say the recpetion is worse than your older phone are you actually measuring the recpetion or looking at the bars?. More importantly does it actually result in dropped calls? I believe the issues with the iPhone4 (and if apple are to be believed all phones in the world released before it) where that the bars are only a vague representation of signal strength and that if held wrongly it dropped calls.

I don't pay enough attention to the signal bars, but certainly my ability to make and recieve calls is no worse than my previous HTC Magic and better than my wife's iPhone 3g
[Desire HD General] Bliswas:
Just tested on my phone and here are the results... If i push the bottom of phone to my palm the bars drop from 4 to 2, when holding it in such way that palm covers the bottom bars drop from 4 to 3.... When holding it normally i have full bars, so i dont really see a problem...
[Desire HD General] Andy:
Just adding my 2 pence, prior to updating my Radio I would get low or no signal at home. Probably the only draw back of living in rural Wales.

Now after flashing the latest Radio 26.04.03.30_M, I get a solid 3 bars 90% of the time.

No new cell towers have been constructed, the locals would go mental! In essence what I'm trying to say is, try an update your Radio.

Ensure you follow all guides to the letter.
[Desire HD General] ghostofcain:
Still no response from OP, as to whether this has a detrimental effect on real world reception i.e dropped calls, so as to whether this is an actual problem at all!

Edit: I assume from the resounding silence, that there's is no actual real world effect?... Nothing to see here move along please!
[Desire HD General] Yoshi_523:
^^ I'm sorry I cannot answer that question as ever since got the phone with this SIM card I've been waiting for Vodafone to get back to me to change over my existing phone number so I've put on hold to use this Vodafone SIM card to make any calls. I can't believe that many years after the Australia wide (I believe government) policy to be able to keep your phone number that Vodafone are making a stink about it being such an issue to swap my number over. So in short I haven't been using the new SIM card and only been using Wi-Fi because I want to wait till it's transferred to my old number. I would imagine holding the phone vertically as shown that web browsing on zero bars wouldn't be great. If someone could test this googling net speed test with the bottom held and then without the bottom held I would be most grateful. I would also guess that once I move to an area with even less reception that data would drop out completely. Again this is just my educated guess. Others will probably have more experience on this.
[Desire HD General] tkolev:
The bars cannot be trusted and that's why we have a little thing called FieldTest. Dial *#*#7262626#*#* and you can see the actual signal strength in dbm. When completely covered and the palm pressed to the antenna the signal drops 7-10 db which should not be a problem. I normally hold the phone a little higher, covering only a small part of the antenna and the signal drop is even smaller - like 2-3 db. That's for WCDMA, for GSM frequencies it should be even more negligible. Too lazy to test it though :P.
[Desire HD General] ghostofcain:
It's about the same with GSM at least for me, which to be honest isn't a worry, so again I don't see this as being an issue in real world use
[Desire HD General] tkolev:
Some side-by-side comparison with the iPhone 4 :)

Signal strength with the iPhone is ~5 db worse than the DHD. Both phones laying on the table so no touching whatsoever. When touched (with just one finger) at the "sweet spot" (bridging the WiFi and gsm antennas) the signal on the iPhone drops like 15-20 db. Both phones are in WCDMA mode.

Again I normally hold the phone higher than the cover by the sides of the phone. Unfortunately with the iPhone my ring finger goes exactly where the most trouble is caused, but if you ask a certain someone that's because I'm holding it wrong :D
[Desire HD General] Andy:
I read this a few days ago. It may prove useful repeated here.

http://m.gizmodo.com/5740076/giz-explains-why-your-call-dropped
[Desire HD General] cqf66:
hello,

i am from austria europa and its the same

when i hold the handy with my fingers only on the top i have 4points

when i hold it with my right hand i have 4points sometimes 3

when i hold my handy with the left hand i have 2 points :eek::(

i thought the last week.. why i have ever a problem when i call out from here ...never i had it with my nokia n80.

right now i know it..... super work from HTC... siro points for her

it was my last HTC handy for sure... also some others as

incoming call display doesn't indicate that a call is forwarded etc.... but thats an other story

tnx

cqf
[Desire HD General] EnF70:
Same here.

When I hold the phone with my right hand it drops 1 bar (around 6db in FieldTest)

When I hold the phone with my left hand it drops 2-3 bars (around 12db in FieldTest).

When it poor reception areas (around 2 bars signal) holding in the left hand it switches from 3G to 2G.

I think there is definitively a signal problem, especially for left handed people.

It would be nice to gather more impressions.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaquiel Harris:
Quick question when flashing a custom splash image can you flash a image thats saved as png? or do they HAVE to be in .img format? Just Curious. Thanks. Wanted to do it through Fastboot the commands are just

fastboot flash splash1 splash1.img correct?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackknightavalon:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=834267
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pr3torian:
I am flashing [ROM][2.2.1][Januari] i9000XWJS3 found on http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=917256 and modem update.ugjl2.modem.zip found on http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=876391 however Odin is stuck at modem.bin, what should I do? Is it safe to turn off the phone?

Edit. I turned off the phone it just restarted as if nothing happend, it's working fine so far :)
[General Questions and Answers] Ike167:
Can anyone tell me where i can find some fronts I'm looking for the one EvoKings are using in the GINGERBREAD.V6 cause i really like that one a lot and its very nice!!
[General Questions and Answers] raving_nanza:
...

look in your windows/fonts folder on your pc.. plenty to choose from there, just paste them into your windows folder on your device.. but to make it easier to install, just rename it to tahoma..

(i think thats how you do it anyway :confused::D)
[General Questions and Answers] Ike167:
I tried looking for the one that EvoKings used in GINGERBREAD V6 and cant find it
[General Questions and Answers] raving_nanza:
...

post a pic of the font that you like/want dude, ill see if ive got it or can find it for you.. it might be worth asking evoking for it ;)
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] jhr5474:
Is there a tool for this or a way to adb a new one? I was able to do it on the G1, the mytouch and G2. HELP, I have searched and searched to no avail. I have to get rid of that boring splash screen that says Samsung Vibrant.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] camalot:
I looked in to this a little bit... in /mnt/.lfs there are images that look like they are the splash screen for all the models of the Galaxy S. I haven't actually tried changing them though
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] jhr5474:
Many views and no replys!!!!!!!!!!!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Mr. Apocalypse:
camalot is right....there are images in /mnt/.lfs that suggests that those are the vibrant splash files...but i dont think no one has tried changing them...it seems that i can only see them via Root Explorer....i cant see them via Droid Explorer on my PC...u can try it at your own risk if you want....but make a Nandroid and have Odin ready.....just in case....lol
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] ThatDude1:
ill give it a try for us later tonight when i get a chance :D
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] jhr5474:
I went in to mnt/.lfs and i cant seem to change any of the images anyone know if i could adb or use emulator to push an image in there to replace splash screen.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] wachalookinat:
Im no help, I just wanted to add that I am interested in changing the splash screen as well. I know its gotta be possible because Ive seen it done with the DoW kernel where "vibrant" was replaced with a pretty sweet picture of a dragon. Just thought Id chime in. :P
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] jrathbun27:
Should be possible somehow... i added a rom to my friends captivate (i know different phone) and its splash screen was changed to go with the rom... so there SHOULD be a way to go in and change it... heres a link to a video of that rom, you'll see what im talking about..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnZSQsfVhFk
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] jhr5474:
I realize it is possible. I am just wondering the steps needed to do it. Usually a image editing program is neede also.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] theusername:
The D.O.W. Kernals that Team Whiskey has charge the boot screens. You may want to speak with one of them to see how they work their magic there.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] TheShadowMan:
I think you're referring the the boot screen. He's talking about the splash screen that says VIBRANT in plain black and white.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] camalot:
The boot animation is different from the splash screen. The splash its the Samsung vibrant screen you see before the boot animation. You will probably have to chmod the directory before you can change anything in there

Sent via my Samsung Galaxy S
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] jhr5474:
I have sent

a message to the creators of the D.O.W. and have had no luck receiving anything back.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Binary100100:
Opening a DOW zip file has the directory as such:

kernel_update

redbend_ua (307kb)

zImage (5685kb)

system

bin

sqlite3 (24kb)

etc

vold.conf (1kb)

vold.fstab (2kb)

build.prop (3kb)

So it would appear that it's either zImage or redbend_ua.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] theusername:
No, I was talking about the splash screen, not the boot screen. Instead of having the black and white vibrant screen, they have a picture of a bomb going off on the DOW Kernals. Download it and check it out.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Krnla:
I heard it was somewhere in zImage
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] jhr5474:
all

of my prior splash screen changes have been done through adb or fastboot. I am pretty sure I shouldn't have to mess with a zimage to change this.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Binary100100:
I know that it was a lot easier on the HTC devices and that's what I'm coming from pesonally. But I'm actually pretty certain that it is compiled in the zImage file. Which would mean that it would have to be decompiled, edited and recompiled with your desired image. It sounds like a lot of work but I'm sure that once you get everything set up it would be a breeze!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] jhr5474:
hmm

So what would I use to open this zimage and edit it?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Binary100100:
Try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=777380

and this:

http://forum.samdroid.net/f28/modify-zimage-without-recompiling-2664/
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] jhr5474:
So I checked those links out and maybe Friday when my wife goes to work I can try it, thanks for the links. I am definetely hoping for an easier solution than that though.

I find it hard to believe that out of 5 phones, of course this one without fastboot, that there is just not an easier solution.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Binary100100:
I'm sure that there is... but I can't even come close to imagining it since I'm new to the Galaxy. Pun intended.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] jhr5474:
Update, just got a reply from sombionix of Team Whiskey and according to him its true you have to compile a kernel. Maybe we will get lucky and eugene will feel for us and make a program, ha ha!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] jhr5474:
Sorry guys

I have traded my Vibrant for a Nexus One!!!!!!!! So I hope one of you find the solution. However, for me Im out.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Mr. Apocalypse:
ahh you'll be sorry
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] jhr5474:
I must say im not sorry I am an htc addict. This phone feels better. I will say its not as fast. However it isn't plasticy and feels solid. I am hoping for the nexus s in the next 6 months which I am hoping feels better than the vibrant I

Know the s is made by samsung guess I s

Will have to get over being an htc lover

Sent from HTC Desire using XDA App
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] suchavibrantthang:
yes make backups first. i wouldn't do it myself only because when i flash anything, im used to seeing the vibrant screen and how it behaves timewise. (loading/brick) just my $0.02