yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch HD General] CS6688:
Or can an adroid system solve this problem? I've tried a lot, none of them is able to play video files.
[Touch HD General] redoano:
I have the same problem, too. I cannot watch videos :( any player skips so many frames :( what resolution, player and video format should i use to watch videos ??
[Touch HD General] redoano:
Use Touch HD encoder guyz. Nothing is better than it for our HD. 800*480 resolution, h264 mp4 format and no frame skipping problem-or other-.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gillepy:
I have successfully configured vpn on my phone to connect to my home network. Unfortunately I have no idea what this is useful for. Can anyone give any suggestions?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tkolev:
VPN or Virtual Private Network gives you the ability to connect from a hotspot to your home network. Once connected you can use the services of your own network while being somewhere else. For example if you have set up a DLNA server at home, you can watch your movies while sitting in the park for example. This is of course if both your home internet connection and the hotspot's connection can spare the bandwith required for the service you are using and the service doesn't mind the extra lag.

VPN is more useful if you connect to your business network, because companies usualy limit the services and data that can be accessed from the internet.

That's the theory anyway, because I can't test that feature - my router doesn't support incoming VPN connections.
[HD2 General] Eugene_N:
Hi!

I know this question was probably asked here lots of times,

and I apologize in advance, because I still haven't found the answer to my question

I have an option to buy a practically mint condition HD2 from a friend (he got a Desire HD, lucky him, I don't the money), he can sell it to me cheaper.

He says he installed Android on it, but as an app, (I still have no idea what ROMs, Flashing and all that means) not as a self loading OS, and the phone is still running WM.

So the question being, is it really worth my while getting the phone, fiddling around with it, installing Android and/or WP7 (I heard that's possible) and losing on battery time?

Is the battery time the only problem affecting daily usage?

How difficult/risky is it to install android/wp7 on the HD2?

Or should I just get a simple android phone (desire, legend, wildfire etc...)?
[HD2 General] ashasaur:
The HD2 is a beast of a device, and as long as you read, flashing isn't really all that hard at all. May I suggest my guide in my signature?

The HD2 can indeed run Android and WP7 directly from NAND, and most Android builds on the HD2 are actually faster than "real" decicated Android devices.
[HD2 General] Eugene_N:
Thanks,

The guide is very interesting,

but turns out I'm a bigger noob then I thought,

Where can I find a guide on the basics (what is NAND, ROMs, Flashing etc...)?
[HD2 General] Bouncypete:
I'm a little reluctant to reply but I'll give it a go.

It's not difficult to flash a ROM but before you do anything you MUST READ THOROUGHLY about whatever it is that you are doing.

Firstly, it is possible to put Android onto an SD card and run it without making any changes to your phone. You have to boot into Win Mo then switch Android. When you re-boot the phone it will boot back to Win Mo. This is what this whole section of this forum is about. http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=735

If you want to change your phone permanently then you have to flash a ROM and it is the slightly risky element. READ all the ROM flashing guides here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=713977

You can also Flash Android to your phone so that it replaces Win Mo. This is what this whole section of this forum is about. http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=928

To put Win Phone 7 or Win Mobile 6.5 on your phone you have to flash it like an Android NAND ROM.
[HD2 General] lukesan:
If you can buy it cheap, then yes go for it.

It's highly addictive and most of all very impressive device.

I wouldn't say that the battery is still an issue now since it lasts at least a full day and USB to charge is everywhere nowadays.

Like Bouncypete wrote you will have to read alot on the go.

The safest bet is to use the standard WinMo and start Android from the SD-card.

If you like that you can always go to a Nand version which replaces the actually WinMo version inside the HD2.

You can always go back to WinMO incase you don't like Android (or WP7) or warranty purposes.

Most Nand and probably other SD versions have a good tutorial in the thread itself on how to get it on the device, or there are the stickies.

We are also not un-human so if you need something do a search, read, read again and then ask. No person will shoot you if you have searched and don't know what to do.

Now if you don't like the HD2 you can probably resell it for the same price you bought it for.
[HD2 General] patcooke:
TDB!

The HD2 is still the best pda on the market. For anybody who wants anything just a bit more than a phone/media player, windows mobile still has the the largest and most flexible range of apps with the most options. I'm booting winmo 6.5 with Android 2.2 running from sd and there's nothing I see on the market at the moment which could begin to tempt me away from it. All the preceding of course subject to the all embracing "IMHO"!
[HD2 General] stevedebi:
Indeed, the range of free and custom apps is what keeps me on WM. I have several preferred applications that I use. And I like the fact that there is (was) such a large developer community for the device. It encouraged innovation. I think there is less such activity when one is forced to deal with an "App" store that is monitored by the OS manufacturer.
[HD2 General] PoisonWolf:
OP,

Just make sure that you are indeed getting it for "cheap".

While the HD2 is a great device, it does not change the hard reality that it is an antique by today's tech standards.

You need to know how long your friend has owned the device, how much calls has been made on it.

I ask this because the longer he has owned the device, the greater your risk of having the physical buttons eventually fail on you. As much as I love my HD2, I am aware that the buttons will eventually fail. Please consider this. :)

Cheers.
[HD2 General] Robson:
just my 2c as the guyz above have given you tremendous input.

I have an option to buy a practically mint condition HD2 from a friend (he got a Desire HD, lucky him, I don't the money), he can sell it to me cheaper.

-> just check how "mint" the condition is. screen scratches, button usage (are they still springy or dull), etc.

He says he installed Android on it, but as an app, (I still have no idea what ROMs, Flashing and all that means) not as a self loading OS, and the phone is still running WM.

-> android is installed in the microsd of the phone. the hd2 is essentially still running windows 6.5 but you can launch android and use this as your os. the advantage being is if android crashes...and that's IF given the stability of the roms developed by the rom-Gods here....your phone is still fine as it was originally in windows. if you want to get android up and running again, you simply have to reformat your microsd and reinstall a new android build

So the question being, is it really worth my while getting the phone, fiddling around with it, installing Android and/or WP7 (I heard that's possible) and losing on battery time?

Is the battery time the only problem affecting daily usage?

-> battery life will probably be your first problem as you get into android. but as you go along, i would recommend that you "sample" the other roms and find out which one gives you the optimal results. the way you set up your phone is also vital. as i mentioned in another thread regarding battery usage, i'm quite pleased with my current set up. i normally unplug my unit from charging at around 10pm. in the morning when i get up, the battery shows 97% remaining. not bad considering that was an 8-hour standby and i'm also using live video wallpaper. again, it'll depend on the set up

How difficult/risky is it to install android/wp7 on the HD2?

-> installing android is EASY as everything is in the microsd. if you want to boot up via android then as the chaps recommended, you have to do further reading.

to answer your question, i would say yes it's worth getting the phone. the hd2 is an awesome device. it's a great way to get started if you want to have android or wm7 or other operating systems

some things to consider if you do decide to get the phone:

-upgrading the rom itself (the windows rom)

-upgrading the radio

although not essential to run android, upgrading these will definitely give you better stability when running the os. again, the guides are all there and the chaps are happy to help out.
[HD2 General] Kailkti:
With reading, the HD2 can be a very fun device. But if you have the mentality of unwilling to search, read, try out, then I'd say you should stay away from this phone. The HD2's isn't marketed to people who want something that just works, it's marketed to people who like to tweak, tinker, play around with or hack their phones.

So if you're unwilling to go read, understand, etc and just want something that works "perfect" out of the box, then I suggest you get a WP7 phone or iPhone.
[HD2 General] Eugene_N:
Kailkti

You touched a nerve there, I'm currently using (or better say, being abused by) a Nokia 5800 with the latest firmware, and just 10 minutes ago, during a call it just froze up, wouldn't let me close the call, so I restarted it, and it took 3 minutes to connect to the network, what the hey?!

on one hand I love twinkering, but as long as stuff works, and gets better,

not twinkering for basic usability, which is kinda what's in store for me if take the HD2

regarding the condition of said phone, it was bought about a year ago, for my friend's father (being the largest screen available) and he never got around to use it much, just some skype calls from abroad, and a little of regular calls here and there

didn't leave the house much, so it's about as mint as they come.

price wise, how much does an HD2 cost nowadays?
[HD2 General] stevedebi:
New ones are between 450 and 500 on ebay. Used ones generally go around $300 - 350.

But be careful of those cheaper "New" ones on ebay: many of them are in fact replacement phones sent by the carrier as warranty fixes - and my be refurbished, not actually new.
[HD2 General] mezcal9:
Asking price on CL here in the Bay Area is generally $200-$300.

I picked a pretty clean used one up Saturday for $150.

Got it running the unofficial CM7 nightlys now.

Bit of a learning curve but not bad.

I hadn't really touched anything but Nokia devices for several years.
[HD2 General] amc1274:
The HD2 running WinMo has been VERY stable and useful for me regardless of all the crap people say about WinMO. To me it sounds like the HD2 would be a good choice for you as you can tweak WinMo as much as you like and have Andriod on SD and play with that as well.
[HD2 General] Kailkti:
If you like to explore and tinker, then feel free to get this fun device. It can entertain you in many ways.
[HD2 General] Eugene_N:
So, I got it for a trial run,

It's awesome!!!

So I'm using an SD Android, with some sense features, dunno what it's called. But it's a bit sluggish and the screen freezes up from time to time, used a more stockish SD Android before, worked better though

But the battery times are lousy, after 4-5 hours with WiFi on, without 3g (no dim inside) I have to recharge it,

Is it normal? Or is the battery dead?
[HD2 General] compact_bijou:
I've owned a number of devices over the last 8+years and the HD2 is the best so far.

I dropped my HD2 last year and had the option to sell the insurance replacement or keep it. I kept it.

I probably won't upgrade from my HD2 until there is a dual core phone on the market with both cores running at 1 Gig.

RAM ? I have plenty on the HD2, make it a LOT faster and I'll upgrade.

ROM ? Ditto.

Micro SD expansion ? Again, haven't used the whole 16Gb I have on this device.

What else is there ? Retina type display like on the iPhone (spit) ? Yes please.

HDMI Out ? I don't use HD content in that way preferring VLC or DLNA

Android ? Already doable but Android is still in beta, too, and it's still a bit rubbish

Is the HD2 worth it ? For me, the HD2 is the first fully converged device I've had and

it does everything I need it to do reliably, in a decently sized package without fuss.
[HD2 General] Kailkti:
@ eugene

If you're browsing the web, you can expect that amount of battery usage, especially if you're watch videos.

With normal use, and I mean say just about 2-4 hrs of on screen time, and the rest stanby, you can expect the battery to last two days.
[HD2 General] andreas.pap:
buy it now!!!!!!!!!!!
[HD2 General] kiki_tt:
I will add my two cents if i may...

terms ROM ( which can either be WM6.5, WM7 or Android)

HSPL ( a secondary boot-loader that should be flashed first to safeguards us noobs bricking our phones)

RADIO ( the software that talks to the hardware )

KERNEL ( don't know what this does as yet or how to upgrade it)

I bought mine only two weeks ago...

1. i read alot....from the HTC leo section

2. I flashed first MAGLDR v1.13 (HSPL) to safeguard against any major mishaps

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10197474&postcount=1

3. and then flashed a NAND android rom ... this we not so smooth as the phone kept on rebooting without notice

4. I upgraded the radio to as xx.50.xx.xx

5. I downgraded again to WM6.5

6. then back up to a nand CMYLXGO's BlueTopia HD(2)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=916707

It is bascially that simple......run as smooth now as a baby's bottom
[HD2 General] andreas.pap:
Finally what happened? You took the beast? :)
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monellim:
I'm testing CM7 on my nexus one since rev. 21, there is one function very interesting in calling settings. The funcion is "lock the contacts" it work like a black list.

My suggestion is, it is possible to extend this block contact also for unknow and anonymus?

thanks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
Just wondering if anyone else noticed a lag in new email notifications using the Gmail app. Was normally a few seconds after getting the email but now it can be hours. Only seems to have happened recently but could be something I've done as I'm using a custom-made ROM
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheGhost1233:
Yes both Gmail (slow) and calendar (doesn't update) seem to have problems with me right now.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
Hmmmm, time to look into this further methinks
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] th3:
Yep, but I'm getting it with GMail accounts through HTC Mail too. It's only a recent happening for me (definitely within the past fortnight).

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- Sent via HTC Desire -
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] SoulSeekerHS:
Just checking to see if there is any development. There a thread asking about it once a year, with 2 or 3 people saying they'd like that too, so I thought I'd start this years.

So: Is there any kind of registry-hack that allows you to change the vibrate style, intensity, duration and so on?

What I am personally trying to achieve is this:

Instead of having the phone either Vibrate shortly and than ring without vibrating or ring while vibrating continuously at full throttle, I would like my phone to Ring while giving short vibrate bursts every 5 seconds or so. Preferably the intensity of the vibrate could be set for different loudness levels of the ringing.

But I am guessing there is still no way of influencing this, so thx for reading. See you next year ;-)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] jSerious:
Try looking at this post.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] SoulSeekerHS:
Wow, that actually might work. I came across these codes before, but explained in much less detail and it sounded like you could only remove or add vibrate, LED flashing etc... not actually program durations and wait times.

I will give it a go. If I got all the options right, this is exactly what I needed.

Thank you very, very much!!!

PS: Damnit, now I see myself changing values, reseting, calling myself, reevaluating, changing values, reseting, calling myself etc etc all through the night lol

EDIT: Ok, falls a bit short of what I wanted to achieve, but still gives me alot more control than before. So still, huge thx.

Unfortunately there still seems no way to influence the intensity of the vibrate and unfortunately once you set the command to play the ringtone, the next command wont be executed until the ringtone finishes. So setting up soft Vibrate, start ringtone, hard vibrate every 5 seconds (as would be my prefered setting) wont work.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PotentChili:
Has anyone else not been able to get their Archos (70 here) to show up on the website? I'm highly assuming it's because we're not supposed to have the Market in general, but I read on ArchosFans people have got it working. I tried all their steps though with no success. I'd love to be able to use the website, especially since I'm noticing more and more apps disappearing from the market (where'd Angry Birds go?)
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blazingwolf:
Even if you get it to show up on the web store you will still not be able to download protected apps. I went this route on my 101 to see if I could get other programs to install but it said I couldn't. :(
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrunchyDoodle:
I have both an A101 and A43 updated to the latest firmware. I followed the instructions posted elsewhere about how to install the real Android Market application and get it running properly. I'm pretty sure I've got it working right and can see any applications I'm interested in. I have successfully purchased two applications (one for A101 and one for A43), plus installed a lot of free ones. It is necessary to follow the full instructions on how to clear the default data out of Android Market to get it to work. Just installing the application will not get it to work.

Bye. :cool:
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PotentChili:
I've done so multiple times, still nothing :( Google just hates me.
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fisha21:
I had to do the reset thing about 14 times in total, before all the apps started showing in the market!
[Gen8, Gen9, Gen10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blazingwolf:
So you can see Angry Birds and other protected apps then?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jason Black:
What kernel are you having success with?

Sent From Tapatalk.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbryson16:
if you go to the cm6 rom thread it lists the kernel that is used in the rom. their thread is in the android development area
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Raillery:
2.6.35.7-cyanogenmodtoastcfh@OlDsChOoL-EVO #154

Only reason I'm favoring this over the default is because it cleared up my wifi issues
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jason Black:
What kind of wifi issues did you have?

Sent From Tapatalk.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jason Black:
Yeah. But the issue is that then I'll need to read 1000+ pages to retrieve the kernels. I did get savage v1.6 out of it though.

Sent From Tapatalk.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbryson16:
Yeah I had a hard time finding kernels too.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Muellersirch:
I use Snap v7.6 with CFS, works well.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jason Black:
Im using Savage v1.6 cfs... battery life is ahhhhhmazzziiinnnggg!

Sent From My CM 6.1.2 Monster Evo.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jbryson16:
Just flashed savagedzen-0.0.5-bfs-sbc-wimax-froyo-signed and its only been about 2 hours but I have been playing with the whole time. Working perfectly so far.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] betax:
ineed to unlock network this model Samsung Galaxy S/SC-02B http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SC-02B

sorry for my bad english
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JJEgan:
Why is the sim card locked .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Seff:
I have Calendar Notifier installed and would like to completely replace calendar notifications with a 3rd party app (for example Calendar Snooze, Calendar Event Reminder, Nudnik Calendar Notification, etc.).

The catch is that I cannot disable Froyo 2.2 stock calendar notifications at all. Menu/Settings/Select ringtone/... that's it. Take it or leave it. As a result, I always have two notifications - one from the stock calendar and one from a 3rd party.

Any idea?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djr83:
Choose none as ringtone. Works for me, I'm using Calendar Snooze instead.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kuipers250:
Hi,

I am relative new to Cookies Home Tab en started with V2 on my HTC TP2.

Is it possible to switch off the special bar/icons on the bottom and get the original ones all the time?

Best regards,

Gert
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] NEO130:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=792303

Please here you can ask your question, or read the answer. Don`t start a new tread about cookie.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lnando84:
I agree with ^NEO130^ you shouldn't of started a new thread for this, especially that CHT's official thread is usually on one of the first few pages. But since you have here's the answer..

Install CHT Editor if you don't already have it. Open it and select softkeys. Set "Enable CHT softkeys" to off. Then hit Menu, Apply changes, then exit. You'll probably need to restart sense for it to take.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qadeer123:
I install Radio 2.7.x on my TMOU-HD2 1024, my phone not working plz help me phone can not update any radio and rom. and Hang on Boot screen, automaticly Restart during use phone...

HELP ME PLZ
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fred_up:
I hope that it is the 2.7.50 RADIO, but why do you want to flash such an old RADIO?

What was your ROM/RADIO/SPL/Operating System(s)?
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qadeer123:
Sir yes sir 2.7.50 RADIO,

sir becouse Phone hanging on boot and automaticly restart so i want restore official Rom

last time this rom install RUU_Leo_1_5_TMOUS_2.07.531.6_Radio_Signed_15.33.50.07U_2.07.50.27_2_Test s

sir radio not upgrade and not change. 2.7.50 currently

SPL- 2.08

and Operating system 6.5

BP81120 SS-B3

SPL-2.08. HSPL 8G XE

0x05

0x50

SIR KINDLY HELP ME
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fred_up:
Can you download a ROM from HTC or T-Mobile.com websites where you are required to enter the phone's serial number or IMEI number?

Put the phone into BootLoader Mode (with the phone off, press and hold the Volume Down button then tap the Power button). Connect to the PC.

Run the ROM and just tick the box about Activesync. If you are using Win7 or Vista then run as an administrator.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qadeer123:
SiR i m using On PC WINDOWS 7

and

SN# SH06FPR01439

IMEI# 357779038851075
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qadeer123:
sir show the error on 8% intalling INVALID COMMAND 290
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] washpota:
I get this message when I open the music player. Similar for the gallery too.

I have WP7 installed and am dual booting with Android 2.3 (Cope's build) with MagLdr. I had first installed WP7 with a 2GB sd card, then copied the partitions to an 8gb card, and installed Android in the expanded fat 32 partition. WP7 partition is the primary and Fat32 is logical.

The android boots fine, but I get this message when I open Music app. "your phone does not have an sd card inserted". I can browse the sd card using file explorer and even play mp3s from there. Just that the apps doesn't seem to know how to read it.

Any idea what is wrong?

ps: I searched the forum but could not find an answer.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] nobnut:
The FAT32 partition needs to be primary also.