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[Nexus S Android Development] seamonkey420:
had same issue as you with the error flashing/installing on an LG G2x.

i ended up extracting the launcher2.apk file and then copying to /system/apps

then used ADB Shell and put phone in Recovery mode, mounted system and went into /system/apps and renamed ADWLauncher.apk to ADWLauncher.apk.orig and then renamed launcher2.apk to ADWLauncher.apk (which is what .zip should do if it worked in our recovery, using Clockworkd mod v4.0 for G2x)

i then did a fix permissions from recovery and rebooted and voila! my stock launcher and no more laggy ADW. never was a fan.
[Nexus S Android Development] UserX5:
It took me for ever to find out how to properly install this. Real big disappointment that it doesn't work properly on the.HTC Legend... :confused: Can we expect a fix anytime soon?
[Nexus S Android Development] melvinchng:
Mounting point for wildfire and nexus s is different. Just change the mounting point and it will work.
[Nexus S Android Development] gallery:
Please provide the update soon for htc legend

launcher is amazing except app drawer for legend

please provide the update soon

thanks
[Nexus S Android Development] beekay201:
tested on CM7 kang, working flawlessly. Thank you.
[Nexus S Android Development] .:Crack:.:
Getting bootloop because launcher2.apk isnt recognized or so?
[Nexus S Android Development] TheEKey:
CM7.1.0.1

Have you guys tried on this version?

Mine doesn't work. I only see the status bar and homescreen is totally black without any icons. Maybe they have changed something in the latest.....

Any idea?
[Nexus S Android Development] akshayf:
Please update frank
[Nexus S Android Development] korro:
Frank, will you keep this mod up to date? Maybe you will prepare only 'remover' version (deleting adw and other bloatware, adding lanucher2)? Such mod will be much more universal.
[Nexus S Android Development] NxNW:
Evo users: this mod still works fine on CM7.1 .

Enjoy!
[Nexus S Android Development] hovie:
Thanks a lot for your work! It works good on CyanogenMod 7.1 on my HTC Desire (Rooted, Unlocked, S-ON HBOOT 2.00.0002).

There is just something that bugs me in the launcher: the app drawer is really snappy, opening apps and coming back to homescreen is going light speed BUT when sliding between différent homescreens, the launcher isn't fluid at all, it's kinda sluggish... I'd like to make the sliding snappy without having to switch to a dirty Launcher Pro/ADW ;-)

Thanks in advance for your help ;-)
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El.Guaje:
I have just installed Android Build: 2.2.1 Froyo Kernel: Sp3dev, it's great but i had some troubles.

1/ When I add Google Account to sync contact to my phone then I download Yahoo Messenger from store and I cannot sign in Yahoo Messenger and i saw the noitce (too many acounts and your phone disable to sign in) i dont remember very clearly....
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El.Guaje:
help me plz
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] El.Guaje:
looking for help
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ..Xperiencer..:
First of all Yahoo Messenger for Android is a Beta Application....Plus, X1 with Android have similar SignIn problems with Messengers like Skype, Fring etc....Let's hope that this issues will be fixed soon...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] defjef123:
When people post a rom or kernal or whatever. What's the purpose of a mirror?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clavoie26:
Another place two download it from
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phatmanxxl:
Sometimes links are bad, or the servers crash or are blocked, so you have a second choice to get the ROM from.
[Hero CDMA General] stat30fbliss:
Hey all! Up until two days ago, I was a proud owner of a deliciously rooted Hero. I got my upgrade, and am now enjoying the Evo 4g. This phone is awesome, but man, I thought the Hero dies fast!

Anyways, while shopping Amazon, it came to my attention that the Hero and the Evo share the same battery! Not only did I save my old Hero, but I now get to use the battery as a back up.

The Hero and the Evo share an HTC 1500mAh battery pack, just different charging ports. Check out this post on android forums:

http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-accessories/74918-evo-battery-same-touch-pro2-hero.html

The sprint store was going to offer me $40 bucks for my hero towards the price of the Upgrade, but Best Buy beat them out on price, and now I have a backup phone, and battery.

Not only that, but my Hero, which I loved dearly, gets to help keep my new phone kicking ass 24 hours a day! :):cool::)
[Hero CDMA General] fixxxer2008:
the evo shift is a very small looking phone, much smaller than the evo, i was shocked. :confused:
[Hero CDMA General] sirmx:
$40 would have been pretty good from Sprint for no effort on your part. They average around $75-$100 on ebay depending on various things and how the moon aligns with the sun, so I probably would have taken $40.

How much is another battery? That isn't worth $40 IMHO. I don't go away from a computer/outlet for more than a few hours, however.

Either way, thanks for the tip.
[Hero CDMA General] The Fer-Shiz-Nizzle:
The Sprint "rep" at Sams Club told me they would buy my hero for $40 also, and mine has dust under the screen and a lot of chipped paint on the hard keys. But I was just window shopping the Evo, holding out a little longer. If the next new release doesn't entice me, then Evo it is.
[Hero CDMA General] stat30fbliss:
I felt the same as you, until I truly experienced just how fast this phone can die on you. The spare battery pack with wall mount on Amazon is $40.00 + shipping, so I figure why not keep the hero for backup phone and spare battery, and if I decide to sell it myself, get more than the crappy $40 Sprint was gonna offer...

Win win :):)
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] antonello2:
I broke the Box.Ho a htc touch pro for a year, I also sent in for service but nothing to do with the gps does not get along.

Delays monstrous position, sudden loss of GPS signal, to fix the sometimes 30 min

I'd decided to change it but what smartphone? I would not take another tricked ... Do you have any advice
[Touch Pro, Fuze General] Farmer Ted:
Just got my wife a dell venue pro, and that thing locks in about 10 seconds inside our house, without a data plan. That's a true gps lock, not the bandaid A-GPS variety lock. The fuze/tp gps is pretty much a steaming pile.
[Desire HD General] luthor_70:
I just found out that there might be something really wrong with the camera optical part of the Desire HD. I don't think all phones are concerned, but I'm pretty sure that HTC put a good batch of bad phones on the market.

The main problem is that a side of your picture may be completly blurry. It can be the left side or the right side.

This can be better seen if you watch your picture in full screen on your computer. It's not obvious on small pics.

Already two guys (3 with me) complained about the same issue on the forum.

The website GSMarena reported the problem on their review of the phone :

http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_desire_hd-review-534p6.php

I quote : "Our Desire HD unit (an off-the-shelf phone) did have an obvious lens issue, which smudges the left side of the photos."

Also by observing a lot of pictures on google taken with the DHD, you can see the same issue.

It would be great if as many as possible would check their phone, come and report in this thread. So we could know how many phones are concerned.

At last, here are 4 samples, two taken with my DHD (blurry on the left), the other ones with the DHD of a friend of mine (blurry on the right). No need to say the lens was clean and not scratched ! :

Look on the left :

Look on the right ( that's the mobile of my friend)
[Desire HD General] tkolev:
Nope, nothing noticeable on my pictures. I got mine in late October.
[Desire HD General] mohit1234:
nope... not a single blur...

even i got mine in late october from cpw..

i think the issue cud hve been in the 1st batch of DHDs...
[Desire HD General] AndroHero:
i may be blind but your pictures look in to me :o
[Desire HD General] terzer:
On some I have blur:

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/_W6UwGBqGQpE6KpffF0tiQ?feat=directlink

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5qlnWwsW6-jiGYZeBRBTVQ?feat=directlink

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/rwfykcSIxc3Rxq6ZwQHY7Q?feat=directlink

On others no blur:

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2OklBwuyoScPV3CfkNA0hA?feat=directlink

(click on the magnifying glass to zoom)

I think this is connected with the pixel cropping. In order to be wide screen, the photo is cropped.

Also the non blured photos were taken on the stock 1.32 rom.

Clearly it's a software issue...

I got mine December.
[Desire HD General] luthor_70:
Your blurred pictures look the same like mine, blurred on the left.

You talk about non blurred photos, but you just show one, and this one is a close shot, so maybe it's not so much significant. But as you said it was from your old stock firmware, I would be curious to know if you have others coming with this firmware, and showing no blur ...
[Desire HD General] luthor_70:
On the two first pictures, just look at the stones. There is many details on the right, and it is completly blurred on the left. All my pics from this day at the beach look the same LoL
[Desire HD General] m.ink:
My camera do not have the blur problem that you mentioned, but it has the pink tint problem, like the HD2. The pink tint is best visible when the background is white. Not sure if any member alrdy mentioned about it, sorry if this problem has already been discussed and fixed!
[Desire HD General] Pitzon:
My camera works great and no blur problems. The pinkish tone is there in some cases but it´s just to tone down saturation a tiny bit in a photo editor afterwards and it´s gone.

I had blurry and out of focus pics with an earlier HTC Legend though. It is a lens failure i guess from the manufacturer. I have also heard some people has problems with the autofocus "motor" it looks fine in the focus but when you press the shutter key it looses the "lock" and the pic gets blurry and ugly.

I guess it´s bit of lottery today with all electonics
[Desire HD General] kannanX10:
my hd has blur on right side
[Desire HD General] hamdir:
in my camera guide you can see non of my pics has the issue even at full scale, taken using both 1.32 and 1.72, never noticed a pink thing either

its interesting to test if this is related to wide screen cropping option

either way this HTC batch thing is getting on my nerves, like the two screen types, let alone HTC skipped slcd on such an expensive phone, mine has annoying scanelines

its always something with HTC
[Desire HD General] scorror:
Mine has a blur on the left of pictures
[Desire HD General] darkenedhammer:
Nothing on mine, crystal clear pictures everytime,, well when im holding the phone properly anyway!
[Desire HD General] luthor_70:
I just tried changing for 4:3 and saddly the issue is still here :(

Well I think you were talking about that, isn't it ?

Btw, I'm sorry for your screen problem, I wasn't aware of that. Hopefully the DHD is still a nice mobile for Android, despite its many problems.
[Desire HD General] maxseemo:
Hey this might sound silly but have you looked at the lens cover and maybe given it a wipe?

Once I took a picture that looked like that classic (oiled up baking paper filter)... i thought wtf!! my phones dying in the a**...

but then yeah... I gave it a wipe and all is ok. A single finger print on the lens cover could distort the look of a picture.
[Desire HD General] thedan55:
Same here lol
[Desire HD General] bartez:
Blur on the right side here too

Using 1.72 firmware
[Desire HD General] Byte_76:
Same here

Same problem here. Blurred on the left side of my photos/
[Desire HD General] ruchern:
Not really a problem for be. Ill still be using my dslr.
[Desire HD General] terzer:
Here are more non blurred photos, using stock 1.32

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/2Mn4ZoBbzv_lbRymVh_sHw?feat=directlink

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/r34VOvo1Tvrruvu9aZZGGA?feat=directlink

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/swrX330JyjQ73c_ldqMiHQ?feat=directlink

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Ihs3j2huyObiriX-YzHVoA?feat=directlink

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/dA_UGTPQCr32jD-ccKuMtA?feat=directlink

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/5mXt1DIOy2IxOv6XPHZWdw?feat=directlink

I know some don't have good zoom, but I checked them on my pc, they are fine. Some have little blur, but I think this is the focus, or hand tremble.

edit: I noticed that the camera lens is a little bit off-centred. I saw that every DHD has this problem. Maybe the issues are connected.
[Desire HD General] luthor_70:
terzer, your picture are quite interesting (the first batch).

The first pic shows some kind of presbyterian church, you can see an obvious blur on the left. This picture is in landscape mode :

BUT, in the next one, showing a fir tree, the blur in still on the left site, but the pic is in PORTRAIT MODE :eek: !!!

It doesn't look like an optical problem anymore ?!?

The blur should be in the top or in the bottom in protrait mode if the problem was the lens, but that is not the case ...

Could it be a software problem ?? (though I really doubt it from the begining).
[Desire HD General] junta_mpb:
I just came from a vacation and none of the pics I took show the blurring effect shown in this thread.

Could it be the camera software? Are the majority encountering this using the same app?

The blurred portions remind me of how images, when not fully downloaded, looks like. These were the days of dial-up connections but it could be something else besides the lens.

Cheers from my DHD.
[Desire HD General] andrew_171:
Mine got blur on right side
[Desire HD General] luthor_70:
I tried to come back to stock rom, but the problem is still the same. Also I tried to take some pics in portrait mode but the blurness is now located on the top.

It really seems that this is not a software issue ... I'm quite sure that the lens was not well mounted, and it is not well aligned with the image sensor. So the focus is not the same on the left and on the right.
[Desire HD General] AndroidLEK:
I got my Desire HD around November time and I've had this problem since day 1.

I've attepted everything to try and fix the problem without any sucess. Then today I decided to give HTC a ring and after explaning the problem to them, they instantly booked my phone to be sent in for repair. It's being collected tomorrow and I will see how they have fixed it when I get it back.

Liam
[Desire HD General] luthor_70:
Same here, I brought the mobile back to the shop today for a repair.
[Desire HD General] LordManhattan:
No problem here. Got mine in december, running stock ROM 1.72
[Desire HD General] mali019:
I had the same problem with my desire HD. Its a hardware problem not a software. The repair centre changed the back case off my phone ( the camera lens is the same but the protective cover over it is new ) and the problem seems to be solved. The issue is defenitly hardware but wich part of the hardware ( the camera itself or the metal phone back cover ) is a mystery.
[Desire HD General] j3yps:
Well the pics above (landscape and portrait) is suggesting that it can be a software problem...so is everybody here using the stock camera app?
[Desire HD General] mali019:
I just took some pictures on my supposedly fixed phone but the problem is still there( not as bad as it was at first, but still there). I'm gonna call Voda AU and try to get a new phone. I have sent it twice for repair for the same issue. It's a hardware problem for sure ( on my one it is ). I have taken pictures with the phone upside down and the blur shifts left side to right. I have tested 5 other desire HD's and none of them have this issue.
[Desire HD General] giraffe777:
Mine works ok stock with 1.72.

Regards, Ales
[Desire HD General] AndroidLEK:
I don't think personally that this is down to a software problem, I'm more on the borders of this being a hardware problem - just like mali019 said and with HTC replacing something to do with the camera on his DHD.

As I've mentioned on the Camera Guide thread, I've also tried the Camera360 app and the problem still persisted.

Liam
[Desire HD General] luthor_70:
Yesterday before going to the shop to send my mobile to repair, I did some more test. I'm really sure now it comes from the lens wich is not well aligned with the sensor.

Look at the folowing picture. My DHD is supposed to have blurness on the left. But on this picture, you can see that the nearest elements on the left are well focused ... but the building far away is well focused too !

That is just impossible. You cannot have near and far things well focused on the same photos (except will high expansive lens) .

So it means that this is not a stain nor a scratch on the lens.

It means that one side of the lens is nearest from the "image sensor" than the other one. (In a perfect world, the lens should be perfectly aligned with the image sensor ...)
[Desire HD General] rad304:
mine is working fine
[Desire HD General] Leggenda:
Same problem, on the right side... :(
[Desire HD General] CitizenLee:
Not related to your camera issue, but just to clarify something...

It is very possible to have an image which is in focus both near and far. This is determined by the aperture used, which in turn determines the Depth of Field (how much is in focus in front and behind the focal point).

For example, if the camera selected a narrow enough aperture like f/8, then this would increase the depth of field, meaning the image will still be in focus in front and behind the focal point. This is common for landscape photography, although on DSLRs the f/ number is more likely to be f/11 up to around f/22. Phones don't go that high but due to crop factor and sensor size the effects are similar.

If a wider aperture is used like f/2, then the image will start to blur quickly behind and in front of the focal point. This is called a shallow Depth of Field, often used to make a subject stand out from the background, like in portrait photography.

That's probably not the best way to explain it and there's a whole lot more to it, so if you want to know more Google "Aperture" and "Depth of Field".
[Desire HD General] luthor_70:
Thanks for the carification. You seem more expert than I am :p
[Desire HD General] AndroidLEK:
Luthor_70 - that photo that you uploaded that was took on your DHD looks absolutely crystal clear! Mine looked no where near as good as that at all, hopefully once I get my DHD back from repair it will be fixed! UPS came and collected my phone today so we will see...

Liam
[Desire HD General] mali019:
I spoke to Vodafone AU and explained that my camera lens was faulty and I had sent my phone twice to get repaired without no luck. They agreed to give me a brand new handset with no extra charge. I should be getting it in he next couple of days.Hope this one turns out ok.Once you realize the camera lens issue its hard to ignore.
[Desire HD General] DeathJester:
Do some quick testing, folks with this problem. Find a well-lit area, preferably outside with a complex yet repeating pattern (a brick wall is ideal) and take a picture of it. Try and get over 5m of wall in the picture. Turn the phone 90 degrees (landscape to portrait, or vice versa) and take another picture. Compare them on your computer.

If the issue is always on one side of the picture, regardless of the orientation of the phone, your issue is definitely software related (Hardware has rotated 90 degrees, defect has not followed). If it rotates with the orientation of the phone, it's hardware or software. Image processing by software could work from one side of the CCD regardless of the orientation of the phone, so the left side of the CCD (for example) is first to be processed all of the time.

At least you can eliminate a hardware issue if the problem is always only present on one side of the picture.
[Desire HD General] AndroidLEK:
So if it is software related... then why is it that some of us are having this camera problem and others are not who are on either the stock 1.32 & 1.72 ROMS? I can only assume that the people who say that their handsets are fine are using the stock camera utility as well as us who are having the problems.

It all doesn't make sense. Surely though if it is really down to software, then wouldn't all DHD owners have the problem too?

My phone should be with HTC now as according to the UPS tracking info, it was delivered there this morning so I am awaiting a responce from HTC on the matter.

Liam
[Desire HD General] toothfish:
My HTC Mozart 7 is also having this problem. Is this a software problem or a hardware problem?
[Desire HD General] luthor_70:
I did the test before sending my phone to repair. Saddly the blurness folows the direction in wich you hold the phone. In landscape mode it is on the left, in portrait mode, it is up (or down I can't remember).

For the HTC Mozart, there is a review reporting the same problem : http://www.missuall.com/htc-mozart/

"The lens also seems to have a defect, where the left area was blurred."
[Desire HD General] t4lent:
I never noticed this on my Desire HD, will take a closer look at it soon.
[Desire HD General] Krpelj:
no problem on mine :)
[Desire HD General] ausdim:
Guys can i ask you if i have that problem too???

Cause i'm really really lost... :confused: :confused:

Here is a sample for my DHD.

Thank's
[Desire HD General] luthor_70:
It's difficult to tell on your photo because the distance between your mobile and the subject (the ground in this case) is too short.

You should take a shot with subject at a good distance. For example some buildings, some trees, or even better the landscape. Also the light condition should be good, for example a suny day.

Take a look at the first two pictures at the begining of the thread, you can see a huge difference with the landscape from the left to the right. On the left it's really blurry, but on the right you can see a lot of details. There is also a huge difference with the stones on the beach.
[Desire HD General] markerpen:
My DHD looks ok. both sides of the photos looks the same sharpness.
[Desire HD General] AndroidLEK:
The test photos on that HTC Mozart review look very simular in the blur quality to how photos came out on my DHD before I sent it off for repair the other day. Here is a test photo that I have got that I took a couple of weeks ago displaying the camera probem, I know the photo is a bit random because it's my old router that I was selling at the time haha, but the room that I took it in was very well lit and you can see clearly towards the left of how well out of focus/blury it is:

Liam
[Desire HD General] Leggenda:
Looks ok right side... :mad:

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

I'm very very disappointed...
[Desire HD General] t4lent:
I'd say it could be a problem with the autofocus. Not really an hardwarefault to me.
[Desire HD General] Leggenda:
Another Photo...

Ps. My black Corvette...:D

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

I think there are many camera lens failure in the market... but in my opinion, if i decide to go to the techincal assistance, they can't rapair this issue ... (excuse for my bad english)
[Desire HD General] Leggenda:
Why?

In my opinion it could be only an hardware problem, because the issue regards not all the phone...
[Desire HD General] t4lent:
Maybe it's an different camera driver or something, but I'm not really sure that this is an hardware related prob anyway.
[Desire HD General] Leggenda:
But this issue regards also the HTC Mozart, with the same camera...
[Desire HD General] cmloo:
Confirmed all my images have this. Blur on the left
[Desire HD General] Leggenda:
Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Right side... :mad:
[Desire HD General] noobdeagle:
After I flashed a cm 7 rom pictures looked nicer and less blurred. Never noticed the localisation of a blur as reported here tho. But it was interesting to note quality difference based on software changes.
[Desire HD General] CitizenLee:
I really can't tell if my photos have this!

Probably not the best pics to check so will take some move over the weekend and see if I can see any blur in them.