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[Desire HD Accessories] jkoljo:
I bought myself the Exspect Desire HD case, installed the screen protector and took some pictures. Here is a little "review" of the case.

First of all, the screen protector. I have to say, this is one of the best screen protectors I have tested, and I have had a few for different devices. Like most screen protectors, it is very clear, you do not even notice that it is there. It is easy to apply, and if something goes wrong (like I had some dust under it), you can just peel it off and try again. The best thing about it is that it is not sticky. For example ZAGG screen protectors feel sticky, and you cannot slide your finger that easily on them. This screen protector actually makes the screen more slippery!

Then to the case. The first thing I noticed is that it has quite bad design for the camera. Normally in DHD the camera protrudes quite a bit, but this one makes it even worse. The silicone has a cheapo -looking texture, and the protruding bit is very flimsy. I actually cut it down with scissors, and finished the cutting with some sand paper.

The case itself is not bad, it fits around the DHD very well. It does not make the device bulkier, so it is ideal for users who want to keep their phone slim. The rubbery silicone gathers quite much dust, and it is not very easy to clean. It is sticky, which makes the phone harder to pull out of a pocket. I think that this applies to most cases, so it is not really Exspect specific problem. The quality of the silicone is very good.

All in all I like the case, and I will start using it daily instead of my PO 520 leather case (at least for a while). I also bought the Otterbox case, and if this review gets feedback, I will probably post another review about it when I get it.
[Desire HD Accessories] Grant Barker:
Cheers for this.

I'm certainly interested in the Otterbox review if you do it.

That Exspect does have a lot of dust yeah. That would put me off I think, but I'd like to see one anyway.
[Desire HD Accessories] panyan:
i agree with everything apart from this section:

- i like how it extends further than the lens, when i put it on a desk, i protects the lens

- the silicone is actually very high quality and i think it is very good, obviously you;ve never gotten a cheap unbranded silicone case from ebay :p
[Desire HD Accessories] jkoljo:
Yeah, and I have to say, my standards tend to be quite high :p

The silicone itself is very nice, but the block texture puts me off.
[Desire HD Accessories] Mr-Maniac:
Would be interesting to see how well the screen protector performs. I managed to get a couple of different makes for a couple of iPhone users - noticed they showed finger prints quite badly :eek:
[Desire HD Accessories] jkoljo:
The screen protector does show finger prints, but I would take the additional slipperyness over naked screen any day.
[Desire HD Accessories] themonkster:
I have the expect housing. It does collect dust nothing to worry about really. The case for the price is excellent.

Personally I don't like using screen protectors. I think they show up all sorts of scratches and marks. I've not used one since release day and there's not a mark in my screen. I had my Hero for 15 months with no screen protector and not a mark on it when I sold it.

Sent from my Lee DrOid Loaded Desire HD
[Desire HD Accessories] nm8:
Thanks for the review. I have one on order, it should be here this week. I am currently using case mate silicon case which looks exactly the same as the exspect without the textured design. I ordered yhe exspect because it looks like its going to protect the camera because of the protruding surround which you didnt like. Well see how I get on when it arrives. Im also interested with otterbox but it looks bulky.
[Desire HD Accessories] pavlovian:
Hi, I also own one of these cases and i'm very happy with it. The screen protector is excellent, it picks up prints same as any other SP, but it's the best one i've had in terms of screen response and usability.

All in all, it's one of the better phone cases i've ever used and the screen protector that comes with it is excellent. Would recommend.
[Desire HD Accessories] nm8:
I got mine today and I am very disappointed with this case. It seems like the manufacturers focused on presentation and packaging but the actual product is crap. First its a bit loose, second the front of the case, the bit that goes around the screen does not grip properly because it barely goes around the screen not like the casemate silicon case. The only thing I like is the camera surround protetcs the camera well. I cant comment on the screen protector as I havent used it yet. Don't buy this product.

Edit:

Also forgot to say the buttons are not aligned properly and are difficult to press.

Edit 2:

I find this case easy to slip in and out of my pocket compared to the casemate safe skin:

http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/ph...essories/buy/CASEMATE-DESIRE-HD-SAFE-SKIN-BLA
[Desire HD Accessories] jkoljo:
Mine fits well, but it is not exactly tight. The buttons in my case are properly aligned, and it is easy to operate the phone. I think that the case comes off the phone a bit too easily, though.
[General Questions and Answers] mega_jamie:
Hey Guys,

1) sorry if this has come up before, search-fu is weak and nothign relevant seems to come up with the "Similar threads" thing.

2) My provider has all but forced me off Windows Mobile, which is fine, since with sideloading being such a hard task on WM7, and that I would have to pay alot to get a WM7 handset and go up monthly fees too, i'm not too fussed.

So i've taken the plunge and gone for an Android phone, trouble is I have a few apps on my old windows mobile device I would love to run on Android... number 1 priority being TomTom Navigator, which yes, I could repay for, but I don't see why I should have to.

So, is there any software in the works that will let me run Windows Mobile based apps on an Android phone?

many thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Wolfas:
Sorry for bringing an old topic back into the daylight, but I have the same thought. I definately need some apps of WM running on Android when I'll buy my new phone, so this kind of emulator would be a major reason to switch from my outdated Touch Pro. Couldn't something like Haret be created, just to run Windows Mobile, not Android?
[General Questions and Answers] pep_dj:
There is no, for now
[General Questions and Answers] Wolfas:
thanks for clearing that out, that's a pitty. But how about the future? Is it at least theorically possible to create something to have this kind of dual boot? Would Android community and developers be interesting in this?
[General Questions and Answers] squallrblade:
Yeah I wish that was possible, but no.
[HTC Excalibur] htc s620:
i have the 3vo room, and i was messing around with the tapres.dll i wanted to change it for another custom one and now my phone dosent starts it just stays in the loading image :confused: :(
[HTC Excalibur] veveve:
You like me!

My excalibur is brick after i use this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=525293

i try hard reset and enter bootloader but it not work!

It just stay in windows 6.5 screen!

Help
[HTC Excalibur] htc s620:
i have no idea what to do :(
[HTC Excalibur] Mr. Clown:
Flash your stock rom ;).

Please post in the 3vo rom thread or any other related.

Thread closed.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JensZG:
Hi!

Classic story, i was flashing original rom and removing HSPL for sending phone in for digitizer replace and stucked at 00028002 error because i cant find shipped rom for my HD2. It is Croatia's T-Mobile. WWE East europe does not work, few version tried.

So i'm wondering is there anyone who might have a clue what rom should i try or any other solution?

Thanks!
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JensZG:
Solved!

I manage to find shipped TMO HR rom.

Thanks anyway!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mackdaddy187:
So I managed to crack my screen today right after waking up and dropping the phone. I looked on Dealextreme and it has a replacement case for the whole phone.

MY question is that does that dealextreme case also include the glass screen. Also is there somewhere else I can just buy the screen?

Thanks.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TimMun:
If I understand correctly it is your digitizer that is cracked..

Replacing the touch digitizer is possible but quite a technical thing to do...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mackdaddy187:
Oh man, that sucks for me. I am a nerd so I can open stuff up and put it back together. But this drop is going to cost me.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdadevelopers1222:
They have digitizer screens for the X10 on eBay:

http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=xp...+screen&_osacat=0&_trksid=p3286.c0.m270.l1313
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FilexUnderground:
Get yourself a new digitizer including front cover. Because its really hard to get the digitizer of. It will only cost you 65 on ebay.

I fixed my diamond 2 last time :) Works perfect now. Not that hard! Take some time and beers

Cheers
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mackdaddy187:
Yup ordered a digitizer yesterday for 60 + 15 shipping to canada. I don't trust ebay or paypal much so I pay straight off the credit card. Anything goes wrong I can file a dispute.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xalikoutis:
I think i 'll buy also a new digitizer because my screen has a lot o scratches. But is there any x10 disassembly video. I searched youtube and i found nothing
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brat81:
It's not really that hard tbh i just replaced my whole phone (case,screen,digitizer) the only thing you need to be extremely safe with is the flex cable to the front keypad.

Heres what phone phone looked like
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luypie:
try ebay, i'm sure its on there, sux for you..
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joefloater:
Here is a complete disassemble guide.;)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6368979
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mackdaddy187:
make sure when you are handling the digitizer, to no touch the back of it. Finger oil is a ***** to take off. Use gloves.
[Nook Color General] bugeyed1:
OK, I searched & found a lot of fragmented threads on this, so I ask here.

With something from B&N apparently stirring in the bushes, I would like to do what I can to retain my currently configured Nook Color.

I have a 1.01 Auto-nootered NC & apart from a bunch of added apps that's it.

What steps can I take to restore what I have in the event that B&N messes things up? This would be a good time for someone to itemize the procedures (or link to same) for preparedness for infiltration with focus on defense & recovery. I realize that we cannot be certain about the nature of an attack, but I am happy to learn the current recommendations.

Thanks,

kev
[Nook Color General] likearaptor:
If you put clockwork recovery on you are removing B&N's method on updating the os. I am not sure what would happen when an update comes but I would think it would stop it from apply the update
[Nook Color General] timmyjoe42:
Have you heard any news about the B&N software udpate? When and what it will be?
[Nook Color General] likearaptor:
It should allow development mode which will let you push apks to the nook
[Nook Color General] bugeyed1:
No, just another post here saying that B&N is reaching out & touching their Nook Color in the night. Several mentioned this, so am not sure what is happening.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] depp2web:
Hi, is there a way to open the Programsmenu in WM 6.1 directly?

would like to map the Win-HW Button directly to that

thx a lot
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokies:
I'm a fan of smooth animation but not likely to switch to MIUI or cyanogenmod because of my existing dataand apps.

I successfully get app/drawer opening and closing animation by using launcher pro(although I still miss my good old HTC sense widgets).

Since then I've tired messing up with framework-res.apk but changed nothing except battery icons.

Now my question is: whether there is a way to get keyboard animation without flashing a new rom?

Or in advance, get opening and closing animation with it all together?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SupremeBeaver:
I tried this a few weeks ago with no luck. If you look in the framework-res.apk under res, and then anim, this is where all animations are stored.

What i did was look for a Galaxy S framework-res.apk since it has all the fancy animations, copied it's anim folder into my DHD's framework-res.apk, replacing the old one. But the keyboard animation still didnt change. However, it did change the opening and closing animations that Sense uses. With sense it just open or closes abruptly, but now it zooms in and out.

Hopefully someone else could get them working.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokies:
Yes, that's what I have found so far.

Icons on the status bar also worked as supposed, but animation of keyboard not so lucky...

Desire HD is using Sense UI 2.0 which have small tweaks allowed HTC to provide sets of UI more easily, but not so dev friendly because Sense is not open source...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] casklaverstijn:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=879426

Maybe have a look at this? Don't know if it works with sense roms.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] casklaverstijn:
I looked at my own apk and the one over in that thread, but there isnt much differnce in the lines he mentioned.....

My experience in this kind of things is zero, so cannot help further....
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokies:
I read the post few weeks ago but just as I mentioned, some GUI is now related with sense and closed source systems like ios and HTC sense are nightmares of devs.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
Supreme. Maybe try ripping the galaxy s keyboard from a deodexed rom, maybe there is some nessesary code in the galaxy s keyboard itself needed before the animation works ......
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SupremeBeaver:
I would do that but i don't know how to lol.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jokies:
That's definitely not related, all the keyboards I'm using now, including google input and touchpal get in/out animation on an MIUI rom so keyboard app itself is not related. There should be an XML to control all of these and the only question is where hTC hide it... maybe somewhere in sense...
[G Tablet General] steve n:
first...thanks to all who help each other on xda...i have g tab and was running tnt lite 2.2 , no problems until this morning..

i was using this am (about 85% battery) when the screen went black...will not power on...have tried power button, tried power and volume up..tried to connect to computer..nothing..

i would take any suggestions to correct this problem..thanks

..steve
[G Tablet General] Neoprimal:
When you plug it in, does the charging light come on?

How long have you tried holding the power button for? 10-15 seconds should give you a full reboot...but if nothing happens then it could be frozen, in which case you will have to let it sit until it drains.
[G Tablet General] steve n:
no power

yes..when i plug it in the red lite is on...i have held the power button for 10 to 15 seconds and tried power plus volume up..still nothing
[G Tablet General] sixvoltsystem:
I second the "Letting it sit until the battery drains" worked for me once.
[G Tablet General] steve n:
how long

thanks for the quick reply..one last ?...how long does it take to drain battery completely?
[G Tablet General] Acturbo:
Depends on how much charge it had to begin with. I would guess about 10-15 hours with full charge. If you get really impatient and dont want to wait, you can take the back cover off and push the reset button.
[G Tablet General] Neoprimal:
From 85%, assuming your battery stats are correct then I'm going to say it won't be drained fully until maybe tomorrow evening or night and even then it may still have juice. The problem is we don't know what state it's frozen in. Is it frozen with the processor speed reduced? Is it frozen because there's a rogue app and it's flexing the processor? No idea.

VS REALLY dropped the ball with not having a removable back plate as well as no access to the reset button.

Ah well.

Good Luck.
[G Tablet General] copc:
Try volume down then power button. This worked for me once.
[G Tablet General] sixvoltsystem:
let us know how it goes
[G Tablet General] RojasTKD:
You may of already tried this, but....

Did you try holding the power button for 15 - 20 seconds? If so letting it completely drain may be you only option left.

Update you ROM to one of the newer ones. I have read of this happening to others running one of the older ROMs.
[G Tablet General] steve n:
problem with power up on gtab

i solved the problem with the gtab not powering up ...

remembered i was still within exchange period and

came home with a new one ..

once again...thanks to everyone on this great source of

help to those of us whose brain slips into neutral once in

a while...

steve n
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tasgr86:
Hello.I don't know if there is already any similar topic about this , although search didn't help me.So , is there a way , mod or anything so that the touch button's backlight will remain always on ,like on htc desire for example.It 's frustrating when they turn off.I often confuse the "back" button with the "menu" button.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tasgr86:
Nothing ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Lurdy:
Are you sure you have the genuine I9000, not the Captivate or such one?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Maddmatt:
The i9000 is like this too. The touch key backlight only stays on for a few seconds after being pressed. Would be nice if it could be tied to the screen being on/off.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] trixnix:
download "keep the light on" in the Market

but you should read the description for how it works.

HTH =)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tasgr86:
Thanks a lot.It worked.You saved me!
[Galaxy Tab General] kriptixpwnz:
after rooting my tablet with z4root everytime i start my tablet up my yahoo messanger force closes an rom manager force closes i've tried to remove them valid app market but nothing seem to work.. could it be a sd card issue maybe a partition? im not sure
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Bullhead00:
I just download this app. It took me about 10 minutes to set it up to sync with the 40GBs of music I have on my computer (only reason it took so long). Now, instead of trying to cram only my favorite music onto my puny little 16GB SD card, leaving no space for pictures/videos/nandroid backups/etc., I can have my entire music collection streamed from my computer to my phone, anywhere I'm at! And did I mention that it's free!!

I'd say the only downside is that your computer has to be on and online if you want your music, but I rarely turn my computer off so it's not a big deal to me.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] TokedUp:
sounds cool but whats the audio playback like? Good quality? Really wish the Honeycomb player had lock screen controls or i could port over the Z player to SR3.5
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Bullhead00:
It has a high quality option for streaming. I've only tried it over WiFi so far and haven't gotten any skips. But the quality is excellent and the user interface is really intuitive. It also has a widget, sort of like the Pandora widget.

I really like the thought of having my entire music collection at my fingertips, and this app, so far has done a great job at allowing that. And above all, it's free!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mb02:
Leaving a computer on 24/7 is NOT safe. You'll come home one day to find the price you paid for more music on your phone is an exploded computer...or worse, a burned down house.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] g00s3y:
Yeah... if you buy a crappy Dell. What are you talking about, people have home NAS servers that run 24/7, I have my PC on for 3-4 days at a time sometimes, maybe even more. Never once had a problem.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Zomb!e:
+1 My PC has been on for probably six months and has never had an issue. I rarely turn off my PC's.

And Audiogalaxy is amazing. I encourage everyone to at least give it a try.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] m411b:
Well, my house hasn't "Burned" down yet! As you can see, my computer is still running too!

Great app find!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] g00s3y:
Windows 2000 or XP?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] m411b:
Windows Server 03, I can show Vista with 73 days uptime! There is no danger in keeping your computer running 24/7 unless you do not clean it, even then it would take a hell of a lot to make it "Explode"(maybe some C4) or even catch on fire and "Burn" your house down!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] g00s3y:
Agree 100%. Now laptops are a different story, I wouldn't be so keen as to have that running 24/7 because of airflow issues. But I have a CoolerMaster 932 HAF, with great airflow, that i blow dust out of once a week, so i'm not worried at all.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] dpwhitty11:
LOL@ people thinking turning computers on/off regularly is a good thing.

Turning it off and on wears things down, yo.

Why do you think computers generally slow down over time???

Cuz yall don't know how to take care of em properly.

I NEVER turn off my desktop unless I'm going out of town for more than a week.

That's the beauty of a custom machine. <3
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] TokedUp:
I see this turned into a "flame" thread LOL

Sorry had to go there. Thanks for the app suggestion
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] dpwhitty11:
This really is a great app though, all computer-related arguments aside.

I tried it out earlier this morning, it's a really neat app.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] heffe2001:
I've got several PC's at home that run 24/7/365. The only time they get shut down is when I clean them, or they need updates. My HTPC server has been running for right around a year with just reboots occasionally when needed to update WHS, my Linux firewall has been online longer than that (no reboots, doesn't need it), same for my 13 drive Unraid NAS box, only gets shut down for upgrades/cleaning (it sucks in a ton of dust, all those raid-cage fans). My desktop PC is always on, and I access it remotely all the time so it needs to stay up. I'm running Orb on my HTPC, so I can stream video/audio through there, need to check this out as well (Audiogalaxy that is).

I've never actually seen a PC that's caught fire due to being left on before, and I work in the industry. I've heard STORIES of course, but never actually seen it...
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] m411b:
I think unless you have a short somewhere, the odds of your computer catching on fire are pretty much nill. The most I could see happening is the processor burning out from over heating, which once again would be from not cleaning the dust out on a regular basis.

Also, wanted to let everyone know that this app is awesome on 3G as well. No stutter, pausing from having to catch up, or etc.. Really great app, and the only thing I could see being a problem is maybe a securty issue because when you use this app you are allowing someone direct access to you computer. This can be solved through your firewall though. Just set your firewall up to only allow access for the program that must be downloaded to only have access to your music folder!

Sent from my HTC Incredible
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] dpwhitty11:
My computer (that I have talked about above) has caught fire twice. While running.

Each time, a line from the power supply touched a random piece of metal and the entire power line caught fire and melted.

Fun times.