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[HD2 Android SD Development] benpaddlejones:
My Devices experience

Before reading I'm a hardware hacker not software pro so can follow instructions and hard hack things but that is as good as I get. So I'm not the sort to get stuck into the code. Happy to test anything if given instructions.

Device Specs

- Australian Telstra T9193 (on telstra 850ghtz network)

- Radio: 2.15.50.14

- Kernal: 2.6.32.15-g7b48fec

- CPU: ARMv7 rev2 (v71)

- Mod: 022411b

- Build: GRH78C

Issues

When waking up from sleep it can be really slow or non responsive, keys illuminate (acknowledging button press) but OS does not respond, then key illuminate switches off (led flashes green). I have experienced with all versions but is best with current version, but still not perfect.

Current Wifi/3G issue is it sort of 1/2 drops, I can see bars but they are grey not green and sometimes connection is working sometimes not. It does for both wifi & 3G but switch between them (assuming wifi in range) fixes.

Can't permanently uninstall Button Savour app, I find it really annoying and need to uninstall after any restarts

Would love touch buttons be added at bottom of screen? I still don't like just using the hard buttons, I got used to touch only from WM6.5. I think the HTC devices have something, but don't ant the full senses rubbish.

Postives

GPS is supper sweet, locates satalites even in Sydney's concrete canyons very quickly

Battery is giving me about 1hr+ extra run time compared to Dutties ROM

Screen is smooth & responsive

3G & Wifi (ignoring known dropouts) is sweet & smooth, issues in early version couldn't switch back from wifi to 3G without reboot are fixed

Audio, clear, loud speakers are slightly crisper than Dutties

Love the new wheel unlock, nice feel

Camera works smoothly and perfect colours

LED works but I always ignore it so can't comment if accurate

Accelerometer works fine, with in call touch display on movement

Summary

Overall extremely happy with the ROM, once the wifi/3g dropouts and sticky sleep is resolved it will be the perfect ROM IMHO.

I'm picking up a new 16gb mSD tommorrow and will upgrade to 022611 so hoping that will fix some.

Benpaddlejones :)
[HD2 Android SD Development] hoangtu2410:
what is the type of extended battery you used ? , i used HTC 2300mah and it can fully charged
[HD2 Android SD Development] TheNT:
good answear ;)

And definitly right one :)
[HD2 Android SD Development] uzi2:
Just be sure that you are not trying to read the android.secure directory. It will show in magLDR as Androi~1

You won't find it there, although it is actually within the system.ext2 file.

You will find it in system/etc/ using root explorer or other android file manager.
[HD2 Android SD Development] naturesbless:
Yes! I reformatted the SD and reinstalled magLDR. It reads it now, thankfully.
[HD2 Android SD Development] cporeaux:
Hi,

I made some tries with my phone, and i don't know if it can help people with 60mAh pb. What i've read is that when call is over, consumtion stays high. I made a call of 20min yesterday, both listening an talking, with speakerphone on. During the call, screen went off. But before ending the call, i wake up the screen, and then end the call. And for all my night, batt consumtion stays about 5-7 with data/sync on (some 60mAh every 20-30 min...)

Maybe that can help so...

My best
[HD2 Android SD Development] diwa_sen:
Hi All,

I am using 0715 build and it is the most stable build i ever used. I changed LCD density to 240.

One thing i noticed was... boot android immediately after the windows loads(asap before the screen locks). When i do this i see the battery drain is from 5 to 8 mA in standby. Thanks for the build.
[HD2 Android SD Development] Avatiach:
Thanks!

just wanted to share my love to the folks on this thread. Thanks to the good people here, I did the following changes to my 7/15 build:

1. Upped min CPU frequency to 245

2. Reverted from the new GPS libs to the old ones

Immediate result: Waze (+TuneIn) work and the phone doesn't crash. Hurray! (I suspect that one was solved by the old GPS lib).

I'll now monitor the build in the next day or two to see if the slowness that I encountered on every build since 6/23 is solved by the new min frequency setting.

Thanks again!
[HD2 Android SD Development] geenyous:
gps.conf, Silence call

I like the idea of automathing as much as possible, but please keep in mind that some of us are using very customized gps.conf files that cant be created with automation (unless you plan on a script that downloads the gps.conf file from AngelDeaths thread).

I have attached mine a few pages back, containing addresses from our national weather station etc.

But on the other hand I am not really sure if such a localization is actually still necessary with all the new APGS improvements.

I really wonder why you would want that :confused:

The vol buttons work perfectly and since every phone has some, I would be very surprises if anyone actually built in such a redundant function in a call screen.
[HD2 Android SD Development] warrenb213:
they don't want mom/dad/gf/bf/the wife/husband/the mistress(es) finding out they weren't just talking to themselves in the middle of the night. LOL
[HD2 Android SD Development] niroz911:
Hi guys...

Is there an americandroid for NAND users?

send me a link plz....

i really love this rom its stable ... simply the best :)
[HD2 Android SD Development] beetle:
I try this fix, battery drain is now ok, but the display rotation not work!

Thanks!
[HD2 Android SD Development] Tubgirl:
Are you sure you copied the file while in Windows Mobile? I don't think it will work if you do it while Android is loaded.
[HD2 Android SD Development] Nelthalin:
Yeah indeed... 10 years..... And they did so much the last years to improve the safety. I still find it strange that they decommission them already before the followup is there. But i guess they have there reasons :)

Haha thats a good one xD
[HD2 Android SD Development] Nelthalin:
As far as i know its not out yet. Or there is a beta that i dont know about. (i have bin on holiday last week)

If there is a public beta i would love to beta test it!

One strange thing. My 0708 build crashed on my holiday. I was working with my Sygic GPS when it started rebooting after boot the screen would just stay black. I still had a backup 0630 on my SD card so i just renamed the android folder and i was back online :D

I guess the Data.img somehow got corrupted. I guess that if i deleted that it would also work. But the problem was that i did not have the time to set it up so i used the backup. But this is the first time such a crash happened to me.

I'm back now so i will ty to boot it again (just for fun to see if its really dead).
[HD2 Android SD Development] warriorvibhu:
@WarrenB

Hey..

Any plans of adding 2 way call recording support to your next ACA Kernel..

Awesome work..Keep up with yourself :).. you don't have much competition..

Regards
[HD2 Android SD Development] eddyedwards007:
Hi folks,

I tried this fix and done it with andro file manager whilst in android and it worked for me I just made sure I backed up my original first just in case :)

Sent from my HD2 using carrier pigeon
[HD2 Android SD Development] d3m0n1:
It works perfect for me. Dunno why it's not working for you. Try ticking all of the setting in Settings, Cyanogenmod settings, display, accelerometer rotation. Tick all 4 degree settings, and report back if it solved your problem.

B.R.:

d3m0n
[HD2 Android SD Development] Deceased:
Touchdown. Welcome home Altantis.
[HD2 Android SD Development] twotimer:
Replacing sensors.htcleo.so with one of the attached ones from a few dozen pages back disabled the proximity sensor. Problem is, it also disabled my gps and compass/accelerometer sensors as well. Had to roll back to original one.
[HD2 Android SD Development] cariocap:
My GPS is working with Sygic, only the GPS icon isn't showing at the top of screen.
[HD2 Android SD Development] beetle:
I tried all settings but the problem still! Others users complain the same problem...
[HD2 Android SD Development] Cerisal:
How exactly did you copy it? Using Wimo, Root Explorer or adb? I do not have this problem. Perhaps the easierst way is to try it again.
[HD2 Android SD Development] Cerisal:
Well I did it while running Android, so it should work ;).

@sanju.b80 : Are you sure you´ve given the explorer root rights?

Another way to test it is downloading proximity sensor finder from market. What does is say?

Edit: Ok I was to slow, eddyedwards007 was faster ;)
[HD2 Android SD Development] d3m0n1:
Which build are you using?

I'm using the 07.15 build, and the sensor file was extracted from that one.

Screen rotation, compass, gps all working fine.

The only thing that is bugging me, that the bluetooth 68 mA drain in standby is still present (some users who disabled proximity sensor reported, that it got sorted out for them).

B.R.:

d3m0n
[HD2 Android SD Development] cariocap:
Is BT on ?

If yes, turn it off and check battery drain in a few minutes again.
[HD2 Android SD Development] georgefayad:
Is this a port or a ROM? Does this replace the original WM 6.5 OS?
[HD2 Android SD Development] cariocap:
It's an SD version. And like others SD versions it doesn't replace your WM 6.5 OS.
[HD2 Android SD Development] d3m0n1:
It is on. I meant that it is bugging me when it is on, and phone goes to standby.

When BT is off, batt drain in standby is 3-6 mA.

Some users who have the proximity fix, reported, that they have low batt drain in standby, when BT is on.

B.R.:

d3m0n
[HD2 Android SD Development] sanju.b80:
I did that with my phone off. Using a card reader.

One question though. Many others have mentioned that they had backed up the original file. However, i did not have an original file !!!

I created the path as sdcard\root\system\lib\hw\ using card reader and pasted the file in there as mentioned in the post below:

Originally Posted by d3m0n1

Here's mine.

copy to folder system/lib/hw/

but first make a backup of your original.

B.R.:

d3m0n

Thanks for the file. I extracted it to sdcard\root\system\lib\hw\ while in WM and booted Android. As expected the proximity sensor doesn't turn off the display anymore.

And I have to agree with all the others that have tested this. I have yet to discover any battery drain so far. I've made a few phone calls trying to provoke it to drain but so far it looks really good. Before I would often discover that it was constantly sitting at about 70mA... that hasn't happened so far

Brgds... /Tubgirl
[HD2 Android SD Development] sanju.b80:
Damn right you are... :) :) ;)
[HD2 Android SD Development] d3m0n1:
There is your problem, Tubgirl made a little typo :-)

Copy the modified sensors file to sdcard/Android/root/system/lib/hw/, and boot android.

B.R.:

d3m0n
[HD2 Android SD Development] sanju.b80:
I thought so too. So i made the directory structure in android root folder as well.

SDCard\Android\.Root\System\Lib\HW\sensors.htcleo.so

The only difference between your path and mine is that the root directory in the android folder is actually .root (dot root)

Otherwise, everything is as is and the file is still there.

Still, its not working.
[HD2 Android SD Development] NEO130:
sanju.b80, you are on a wrong way. You must run Android, and than with a file explorer with root rights you can see the folder. Not in Windows Mobile or card reader.
[HD2 Android SD Development] sanju.b80:
Ok.

I have ES File explorer installed. In android, i opened ES File Explorer, provided it root rights from the settings menu.

Now, i am in android folder, and i dont see the .root directory.

Can somebody please write a step-by-step from here... would appreciate a lot.

Thanks....
[HD2 Android SD Development] NEO130:
Not a root directory - go in system - lib - hw and voila here it is.:)
[HD2 Android SD Development] sanju.b80:
Its really confusing now... :confused: :( :confused:

I have checked on show hidden files in ES explorer.

Now i can see the .root folder in the android folder. Inside that there is system\lib\hw\sensors.htcleo.so.

but this did not exist before, i have created it in the morning. Anywhere else i need to see the system folder???

I have started to think i'm wasting people's time here now.... :o
[HD2 Android SD Development] Tubgirl:
You're almost there... dont use the ".root" directory... instead create a new root directory inside theAndroid folder.

Sorry for my typo a few pages earlier.

The correct path should be:

SDCard\Android\Root\System\Lib\HW\sensors.htcleo.so
[HD2 Android SD Development] NEO130:
Thats wrong - SDCard\Android\system\lib\hw and here it is.

It is no root directory.
[HD2 Android SD Development] SPEEDHAMMER:
I just want to say how proud every American and human being should be of the Space Shuttle era. It was a huge leap for all of mankind and my heart goes out the the crew and the shuttles. Its the coolest thing mankind has ever made...

ok back to the build-im facing a problem with the music player. The default music player keeps seeking, pausing and playing songs randomly, when i want to listen to music via my headset. it works fine during speaker mode. When i play music with poweramp, same problem exists-songs keep seeking. may i know how can i solve this?
[HD2 Android SD Development] sanju.b80:
Root / No Root???? :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:

Tubgirl, with your suggestion, i created a new root directory and had the same path as mentioned above, restarted the phone, but the sensor still works for me when on call.

Should i use the root directory or not?
[HD2 Android SD Development] NEO130:
sanju.b80, your brain is very hard for me - Delete your created folder - make a restart - and than do my steps.
[HD2 Android SD Development] kushXmaster:
Don't worry about it man. You have like seven people giving you directions and most of them are wrong...

I use oi file manager...in there click the little home picture. Then scroll to folder that says system. Then to the lib folder then to hw folder then replace. Remember, in linux a capital letter means a different folder...so keep in mind these are all lower case.

Folder structure in android should look like this: /system/lib/hw/

A reboot is necessary to take effect.

If you want pm me your email and I will send you screen shots of how to get there.
[HD2 Android SD Development] Tubgirl:
SDCard\Android\ROOT\system\lib\hw

and copy the file while in WM or with a card reader
[HD2 Android SD Development] NEO130:
Sorry you told a most of ****. Your way is wrong.
[HD2 Android SD Development] NEO130:
The same way I wrote.
[HD2 Android SD Development] sanju.b80:
U are right, There are seven people telling me to do things differently.

Someone says use WM or Card Reader, someone else says it will not work in WM / Card reader. :mad:

Someone says root directory, someone else says no root directory. :mad:

Someone says Root, someone else says ROOT and sometwo else says root. :mad:

I think i'm gonna let my battery drain at 60mA until Cope n Warren correct it in the build and i dont have to play around with anything... :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

I look exactly like this now, changing every 5 seconds ...

:mad::rolleyes::confused::eek::( :p;):cool: :mad::mad::mad:
[HD2 Android SD Development] geenyous:
Root, root, .root, rOOt,...

:D

Ok, for some background info:

Android, as any other OS has a folder where system libraries, files etc are stored, calles "system". In it you will find libs for gps, wifi modules, initialization scripts and so on.

Now if you are on Android and want to replace a file in this folder, you take a root enabled file explorer (Rootexplorer or OI File Manager, enable root under system), copy the file you want, browse to the right directory and replace the file there (NEO130s solution).

BUT, you can also let Android copy the files on boot by recreating the correct path in your Android folder on the SD card. For this you create a folder "root" in that folder, which is the equivalent for the root directory of your Android OS, and then in that the path where you want to put your file, so if it should go to system/lib/hw, you create 4 folders in your Android folder, root & system & lib & hw and put your file into the hw folder. Then once Android boots up, whatever file is in system/lib/hw and has the same name as the one you want to copy gets overwritten. If no such file is there, it just gets placed in that folder. This procedure will always overwrite whatever is in the original system folder, the file gets priority over the one already there.

NOW MOST IMPORTANT FOR THE ABOVE is that you do the folder creation WHILE IN WM 6.5 OR WITH THE SD CARD ATTACHED TO YOUR PC!

At every shutdown any root folder in sdcard/Android gets renamed to .root to prevent double copying the same stuff at every boot. So if you do it while in Android, your nicely created root folder gets renamed to .root and at the next boot nothing will happen, because the copy procedure looks for a root folder and not a .root folder.

You digg?!
[HD2 Android SD Development] kushXmaster:
I promise you, the way I posted will work.

Waiting for warren and cope is good too.

I think someone mentioned an app that would disable it, try the marketplace maybe.

Agreed. That's why I said most, not all, of them were wrong lol.
[HD2 Android SD Development] Tubgirl:
Well... I love you too.

You can do it both ways... either with Root Explorer (or similar program) within Android and go to the Android system folder (not the SD card) OR you can create a root directory inside the Android directory on your SD card and put whatever files you want provided you create the correct path. The last method will have to be done when Android is NOT loaded (=WM or card reader)

Alles klar??
[HD2 Android SD Development] NEO130:
Ne, weil du den update folder vergessen hast.

You´ve gotten forgot the update folder.
[HD2 Android SD Development] Tubgirl:
What Update folder?
[HD2 Android SD Development] NEO130:
For written your system in the roots. Und nu is schluss - ist mir doch wurscht, welche Methode er macht.
[HD2 Android SD Development] NEO130:
Step 1,2,3,4
[HD2 Android SD Development] Tubgirl:
If you still don't understand... read geenyous excellent post about it here -> http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15858033

No need for me to repeat what's already been said.

Brgds... /Tubgirl
[HD2 Android SD Development] warriorvibhu:
hey,

How about this above quote WarrenB..I know u are super busy .. but yes like all the other users i chose to pester you this time..

Thanks..
[HD2 Android SD Development] Nemesis2k9:
Can somebody direct me to a download link for the sensor file? I have been reading through the last few pages and I can't seem to find it.
[HD2 Android SD Development] Tubgirl:
Here you go...

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=659276&d=1311074863
[HD2 Android SD Development] kushXmaster:
It is on page 1291. Posted by cerisal.

Hah...tubgirl beat me to the link.
[HD2 Android SD Development] Nemesis2k9:
Why thank you:)

EDIT: Just replaced the sensor file and I can also report that the proximity sensor is dead. Made a few test calls as well and the battery drain seems to be gone.
[HD2 Android SD Development] uzi2:
With all this talk of how to push files into android, I'm surprised no-one mentioned the FAQ. It is explained fully there.
[HD2 Android SD Development] JHimmelbauer:
+1

please!
[HD2 Android SD Development] Babyexp:
Thanks for the reply...but no joy maybe it's the servers.
[HD2 Android SD Development] AGrigorov:
Well, I still haven't charge my phone, and it shows 31%. It means it's on for 41 hours... This is a top score for me even compareing it a WinMo use. Actualy I copied the sensor file in the lib folder when I was in Android, and then just restarted...
[HD2 Android SD Development] newbietruly:
Just reporting:

I don't have any problems with GPS or rotating portrait/landscape after applying tweaking the proximity sensor off per cerisal's advice. Let me know if I can test something for you guys.
[HD2 Android SD Development] azahoth:
Really?.... Really? This is xda not SPUF
[HD2 Android SD Development] sanju.b80:
Hi Guys,

Finally it worked!!! :):):)

I tried and did exactly whats written above and finally it worked. Thanks to everybody, all the seven of you, who misguided me !!!, but did help me in some way or the other finally. Thank you so much... :)

Now, the side effects.

When i restarted the phone which finally did the miracle, the brightness increased to the max. so i changed the setting from automatic brightness to min (which i prefer). But unfortunately the accelerometer stopped working. I mean it gives an error most of the time, a flash saying 'Error: Accelerator not available'.

Was this expected? or i again did something wrong? :)

Thanks again to all the members to guiding me more than misguiding me. :)
[HD2 Android SD Development] Babyexp:
Use My Location

GEEZUS!

The "Use My Location" Do you want to allow Google to use location for improved search results and other services is incessantly popping up. It also happens everytime I go to Google Search. I enable/disable GPS...Update Google Search...same. I'm using Jul15 build. Any ideas???

Thanks in Advance,

Babyexp
[HD2 Android SD Development] xavierh:
Can you send me the file that you used? On mine the rotation does not work after applying the patch
[HD2 Android SD Development] general1977:
Is the Option SETTINGS-DISPLAY-ROTATION checked? For some reason this option got unchecked by itself for me some days ago. I never touched it myself.

Regards

Achim
[HD2 Android SD Development] newbietruly:
Use ES Explorer and put the extracted file into /system/lib/hw/

Good luck! :)
[HD2 Android SD Development] xavierh:
Thank you for the recommendation but it is checked.
[HD2 Android SD Development] xavierh:
Tried this file and still rotation is a no go for me.
[HD2 Android SD Development] newbietruly:
xavierh,

Did you reboot your phone after applying the tweak?

Did you back up your original file? Maybe re-apply it and see if the rotation's back to normal, and then replace the tweaked file one more time (don't forget to reboot)?
[HD2 Android SD Development] cariocap:
d3m0n1,

I was talking with tytung and his SD version NexusHD2-Gingerbread V2.8a about problems with AVRCP support not working and he said that his kernel supports low power Bluetooth but has BT devices compatibility issue. And said that some kernels don't have this low power support and they have the 60mA battery drain problem.

Maybe these ones that reports low batt are using tytung kernel.
[HD2 Android SD Development] luk1:
I'm new to American Android, so i have a question about it. In the description it says "AmeriCanAndroid atm is only offered as an SD/Magldr bootable build - but...", what does it mean? Do i need to install MAGLDR to be able to use AmeriCanAndroid at my HD2 at all? I've tried it (without MAGLDR installed) by overwriting my previous version of android, and it didn't work, just rebooted my unit every time i run it (by runing haret.exe). But i'm afraid yet to install MAGLDR because it has some features i don't understand.

Is there a way to run the latest version of Gingerbread 2.3.4 (Cyanogen CM7.1 or other build) on HD2 from WinMo (as it was before, by runing haret.exe when i need it from WinMo, or selecting it during power on process)?
[HD2 Android SD Development] cariocap:
Hi,

Have you read and followed the instructions in the section "Installation & Updating:" in the first post ?

Please, do it.