yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HD2 Android SD Development] uzi2:
You can extract it from the latest build by opening system.ext2 with explore2fs, but the easiest way would be to download the cLK build and extract it from the .zip (system/media).
[HD2 Android SD Development] evo1rs:
bootanimations

As uzi2 kindly suggested, i have started a thread with animations uploaded,

I am at work at the mo so will put more on when i'm home! (Max 8Mb uploads, i'll see what i can put up)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=18978947#post18978947

:D
[HD2 Android SD Development] jopab:
I resolved the problem, it is necessary to formatter with the winmo and not with Windows, otherwise, it do not work,
[HD2 Android SD Development] cporeaux:
good news fo you, that's working again !

From my Point of view, the hazardous issue is the batt drain (no, don't shoot).

Sometimes, i'm @60, sometimes, i'm @6/10... don't know what is really making the difference... i have to try maybe with fresh data img, and trying app by app, to see which one is making the batt drain...

I hope something may happen tomorrow ;-)
[HD2 Android SD Development] Zippy1970:
I love ACA, but I'm about to switch back to WinMo because of the many problems I'm experiencing. Here's my last attempt finding solutions.

Constant data drops. Not all that annoying when surfing some websites but one of the things I use my phone a lot for, is streaming media from my PC at home to my phone. For instance watching live TV. When I boot my phone in WinMo, this works perfectly but in ACA it doesn't work at all because every few seconds it drops the connection (or it's switching between HSDPA/3G/GPRS all the time).

Battery drain. It's not only the drain during stand-by but mainly during use. I don't get more than an hour of usage from my phone (internetting, navigation, etc). It's not the battery because when I boot the phone in WinMo, it's usage time is quadrupled.

Display oddness. Every time I put the phone in stand-by (by pressing the right button), I need to wait for about 30 seconds before I can switch it on again. Pressing the stand-by button earlier, the buttons light up but the screen stays blank. Also, when I make a call and put the phone to my ear, the screen switches off (as it's supposed to). But I can't get it to switch on again. If I want to use the on screen keypad or do other things, I can't. I need to hang up, wait for the phone to go standby, wait another 30 seconds (because of the earlier mentioned problem), then hopefully the screen will switch back on when I press the stand-by button.

There are many more very small bugs, which are annoying but I can live with them - if only I could get the above mentioned problems solved.
[HD2 Android SD Development] xoted:
Thanks Zippy

I'm having similar issues and similar thoughts, though I'm using this with full knowledge that we are using beta products. How that is different from Microsoft products I'm not sure.

Are you having those problems after you've been running music? Do you use DSP?

Those have been my biggest problem programs.

Also, I've been having music issues when the processor is running at 960, so there are other issues, than the HD2s resting state of 128.
[HD2 Android SD Development] p107r0:
there's been numeruous xda threads on preserving battery when running android, the few things that could help are:

- disable GPS location

- disable unnecessary sync's (e.g. facebook)

- fine-tune autobacklight (somewhere in CM Settings)

- don't use 3G if not necessary

- install "Wi-Fi TX Power" to reduce signal power (supposedly reduces current usage)

- use "Autorun Manager" to disable self-(re)starting unnecessary apps (e.g. Google Maps, Facebook etc.) - this app is not a much discouraged taskkiller, instead it switches off triggers that restart apps

- check your ACA on other SD Card

- there are also some additional apps which can help with monitoring/finding the culprit responsible with battery drain: BetterBatteryStats, PowerTutor, Watchdog,

all in all, on my device, depending on conditions, the current usage usually ranges from 150mA (low backlight reading in darkness, no data connection) to 4xx mA (daylight browsing), in extreme circumstances I can observe momentary peaks of up to 600+mA but that happens not too often

goto CM settings and change minimal CPU freq from 128 to 254, or do it in SetCPU if you have it

can't help here, mine works perfectly, but I recall seeing few posts with some hints in this thread (ca. last few weeks)
[HD2 Android SD Development] kdelisle:
Regarding the bootanimation, remember that the build is the developers. It is free and there are other ROM choices if that bothers you so much. I think you can say you don't like the boot animation. I think you can say you don't like having politics in the animation, but if you say you don't like the politics of the animation, then you are violating XDA's terms of service. I don't believe XDA exerts control over ROM content except the warez.
[HD2 Android SD Development] Zippy1970:
First of all, thank you for your reply.

I have all these things enabled in WinMo (and I actually want those enabled).

WiFi is never on.

Haven't tried that. Will do so.

I have CurrentWidget running but it doesn't tell me much. But whenever my battery runs low, I get a pop-up window warning me I need to connect the charger and it offers me to view which apps have been using the most power. That's a very useful program but I can only start it when it pops-up that "connect charger" window. Does anybody know where I can find that app?

What does that do?
[HD2 Android SD Development] retsam88:
Changes minimum value for CPU speed. Some HD2's are very unstable @128MHz and that paradoxically increases battery usage. Try 256MHz and higher.
[HD2 Android SD Development] pookle798:
"I have CurrentWidget running but it doesn't tell me much. But whenever my battery runs low, I get a pop-up window warning me I need to connect the charger and it offers me to view which apps have been using the most power. That's a very useful program but I can only start it when it pops-up that "connect charger" window. Does anybody know where I can find that app?"

Settings -> Applications - > Battery Use
[HD2 Android SD Development] Kerya:
Hi Zippy,

I just wanted to share a few things regarding my own experience.

I was having similar issue on ACA and any other Android build, but i don't face them anymore.

1) Constant data drop

- Put your provider DNS in the build.prop file

(i had a hard time finding mines on the net, and it really helped a lot)

- Try different Radios

I ended using the 2.14 Radio

- Have your mobile provider change your SIM card

(some reported it had effects on the data drops)

- Try a different Kernel

All Kernels have their pros and cons, try them, ACA is a really good one, Tytung as well. The first one looks to reconnect faster than the second one, but the second one looks to be a little (very minor) more stable regarding the data connexion, however, sometimes it won't reconnect.

Note that since i did the 1 and 2 modification of this point i only loose the network in the subway.

2) Battery issue

- Give Nand Android a go

Seriously... i can now watch movies for 50 min while only loosing 20 % of my battery capacity

If i turn off my phone at night, and whithout any heavy use, i can now last 3 days without charging it...

3) display oddness

- Format your SD Card (had to do it on a regular basis for SD builds)

- Try a different SD Card (sandisk 16 Go cat 2 and no issue)

- Set the Minimal CPU value to 254 instead of 128 (SetCPU or CM Settings)

- Move to Nand

Hope this help

Regards

Kerya
[HD2 Android SD Development] brizzo:
thanks for all the great info about battery drain. I've tried most of the info posted except CPU freq and using nand.

has anyone found better battery performance from nand?
[HD2 Android SD Development] uzziah0:
bootanimation.zip is read only, and chmod doesn't seem to work on it?
[HD2 Android SD Development] dttung80:
Use Super Manager with Root Access, u can copy it to SD card.
[HD2 Android SD Development] vtkhang:
Get Stuck

I get stuck at "Jumping to the kernel (custom)". Is there anyone that can help me with this? Thanks.
[HD2 Android SD Development] bobdylan1:
Wonder if anyone can help?

I was using a build from May and recently updated to the October one, now when some of my apps need updating (such as Barcode Scanner by ZXING TEAM) it now says that the app is not compatible with my device even though it is installed!

Any ideas!?

EDIT: Oh yeah, just remembered a couple more, it won't let me update Facebook and I had Viber installed before and now it says it's incompatible!

Will they start working again if I go back to an old build?
[HD2 Android SD Development] cporeaux:
Hi,

don't hesitate to alter DPI to a correct value : which value do you have in the startup.txt ?

P.S. After writting batt drain issue last time, last reboot make it going to 5mAh ;-)
[HD2 Android SD Development] iPAQ 6515a User:
Yeah, it is quite common with the build. I have noticed on different occasions that the battery consumption varies from boot to boot.

So anyone having batt probs, reboot till it goes back down to 5mA. It can take a few reboots to get that.

I have no idea why it happens but it does. I suspect SD Card to be a culprit, although cannot be 100% as I have used two different SD Cards with the same results.
[HD2 Android SD Development] d3m0n1:
I doubt that it's because of the SD card. I had that also when I was booting from winmo, but since I use magldr to boot android from sd I don't have that infamous 60mA batt drain (except when bluetooth is on).

BR.:

d3m0n
[HD2 Android SD Development] uzziah0:
It is the Android Market looking at your screen resolution to determine if your device is a phone or tables, look back a few pages there are tons of posts on how to fix this, maybe even do a search.
[HD2 Android SD Development] xoted:
Another semi-nube dumb question

Is using magldr similar to using a nand, where the SD OS can be loaded on the main memory, but kind of half way as you can boot more than one OS?

Also, one site I visited said I'd lose MinMo 6.5 once I loaded magldr, which doesn't exactly make sense, as it supposedly loads after the native boot, and I'd like to keep 6.5 until my trench-coat to come back from the cleaners ummm, after I've gotten a little more experience flashing things. :)
[HD2 Android SD Development] bobdylan1:
Cheers, didn't think of that as I'm using the same density as I was before! I'll check it out and see if it fixes it :D
[HD2 Android SD Development] xoted:
A new carrier in town

I'm not sure if it's ok to post something like this, I did post this on the main XDA page. Usually I haven't gotten flamed that bad . . . yet. It's from computerworld:

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221404/New_low_cost_mobile_carrier_set_for_Tuesday_launch

It talks about a $19/month unlimited plan for android users.

Let me know what you think, or did I really have to ask that question?
[HD2 Android SD Development] Spaqin:
Magldr replaces WinMo completely. It does load after that thing you call 'native boot', but on PC let's say it would be like booting after BIOS, without replacing the BIOS itself.

Also, no SD build can be booted from NAND. That's why we have special NAND builds for that. SD builds can be booted from magldr, but they will still sit on SD. You can also keep WinMo and boot ACA from SD, but I think you know that.

Still any questions? ASK. I'm here to help you. OK, maybe not, but somebody should help you anyway.
[HD2 Android SD Development] kdelisle:
Regarding the alternate carrier post. It's off-topic, but potentially useful. In future, I'd link to your other post and I'd survey over there too. Thanks, ~kris.
[HD2 Android SD Development] kdelisle:
If not nand (which has its own user thread), then I would first pull the battery and reboot and second, I would redownload the file, and try again if the reboot didn't work. If you are booting with an alternate kernel, might try the standard setup. I haven't encountered that failure before. Good luck, ~kris.
[HD2 Android SD Development] xoted:
Thx.

Thanks, that made perfect sense, I now understand what I have to do.
[HD2 Android SD Development] Zippy1970:
That actually got rid of the problem almost entirely! Now, if I switch the phone on again immediately after I've put it in stand-by, there's a small delay of a few seconds, but at least it switches on!

But I still have this problem:

Strangely enough, I've never had this problem before and it only started not too long ago. I'm not entirely sure exactly when this happened - I installed the 101611 build on Oct 17, and I can't really remember if I had this problem immediately after installing, or if it started later on.
[HD2 Android SD Development] xoted:
off topic

Thanks, now need to find out about linking. More searching.
[HD2 Android SD Development] p107r0:
I actually recall that this kind of problem was quite frequent somewhere in May/June, one of the solutions which worked for some people was to replace the proximity sensor driver(?) with it's hacked version, so the screen did not go blank during phone call,

considering the length of the thread, the search for actual post on the subject may be painfull (and possibly fruitless), alas I just don't remember anything more
[HD2 Android SD Development] dttung80:
Yesterday once more...

Hungry !
[HD2 Android SD Development] Robbie P:
LOL you must be hungry if you feel like Karen Carpenter;)

You could OCCUPY your time waiting using

Google TO GET HER.ORGanist's name.
[HD2 Android SD Development] Jeebos:
Some questions

Hi,

I've recently installed this Android version on my HTC HD2 sd card.

Now after a week i've encountered some things.

First there is a big echo when i'm on the phone. I don't hear it, but the one on the other end of the conversation does. Is there a solution for this?

Secondly in the androidmarket with some applications it says: 'Your device is not compatible with this item'. Is there a solution for this?

And if I install android as NAND, this will improve my batterytime right? Because it won't run windows in the background anymore.

Thanks
[HD2 Android SD Development] smartmazila:
this rom is best one I had ever. thank you.
[HD2 Android SD Development] uzziah0:
I keep having ADW launcher lock up on me. It has the message where it asks if you want to force close or wait. Which ever I do, it eventually locks the device completely with a black screen, and the only thing I can do (no matter how long I wait) is pull the battery.

It happens all the time now, and I can't use Android. I thought of putting ACA from the latest release back on my phone, a fresh start.

Any other ideas that are not so drastic?
[HD2 Android SD Development] konstantin1286:
bootlogo

is there a way i can change the bootlogo? i prefer the old one which is black with green letters saying htc!!!!!! (and yes i mean the bootlogo not the bootanimation!)
[HD2 Android SD Development] dumbquestion:
:(

It's finally happened... the touchscreen stopped responding- no end-key hard/long press help either. Bought mine US launch day so no longer any warranty. $130 estimate to fix. I have an infuse for backup, but love my HD2. I'll fix it & be back, perhaps in time for a burger?
[HD2 Android SD Development] dyval:
I'm sorry to hear that my friend. I'm just curious, for how long have you been using your HD2? will you send it to HTC? no updates yet for ACA..
[HD2 Android SD Development] saba141:
USB problem

Hi All!

Please help me, because if i contact HD2 to the PC with USB cable, the windows "say" unknown device. I tried install the ADB drivers, but nothing. Turned off USB debug, etc...

And i boot my phone to the hspl, write serial, but when i put the usb cable, write nothing.

Please help me !!!!!
[HD2 Android SD Development] Szczepanik:
Easy solution is MyPhoneExplorer

Cheers

Tom

Sent from my HD2 using Android xda premium
[HD2 Android SD Development] dumbquestion:
I have been using my hd2 since March 24, 2010; 3 months on tmous then with at&t. I had gotten the aria for a backup, then the infuse, but nothing has been as wonderful for exploring flashing and varieties if rom's as hd2. I like the minimal bezel as well. I WILL send it to HTC for the 3rd and probably last time. They have serviced me well and for reasonable $ (toilette and tidepools necessitated the first 2 trips).
[HD2 Android SD Development] saba141:
Thank you very-very much!!!
[HD2 Android SD Development] M3PH:
I use a program called samba filesharing, which is free from the market and makes the phone appear as another pc on my network. You need to have a wifi access point or router because the program needs wifi but it works really well.
[HD2 Android SD Development] Zippy1970:
Still struggling with the problem that the screen won't come on again after it has turned off when in call. I've searched the forum a bit and found more people with the same problem, but no definitive solution.

But I think I found what might be causing the problem. I don't think it's actually using the proximity sensor to detect when the phone is held at your ear. I think it only uses the light sensor. Why do I think that? Because today I noticed that outside, the phone has no problem switching the screen back on again when I move the phone away from my head. But as soon as I try it in a slightly darker spot (like inside), it no longer works.

I also tested the proximity sensor with Leppie's DHD Proximity Sensor Recalibrator, and the proximity sensor works perfect.

So the only conclusion can be that the phone didn't use the proximity sensor, but only the light sensor.

So I went through all the settings and found an option to "always use proximity sensor" (or something to that effect since my phone uses a different language than english). I enabled that option and guess what? It seemed to have solved the problem. :)

Odd thing is, that when I disable that option again, the screen doesn't turn off at all anymore when I hold the phone to my ear (in other words, it's not using the light sensor anymore either).
[HD2 Android SD Development] sober028:
MyPhoneExplorer Phone keypad mouse input not working?

Hi,

I did a quick search on this thread and didn't see this mentioned.

I had been able to use the mouse as an input to the touch screen when I'm connected to MyPhoneExplorer Phone keypad function on other Android phone, but just not on this AmeriCanAndroid (I just switched to this build and its wonderful!).

Does anyone has any idea if the MyPhoneExplorer Phone keypad function actually works on this build or there's some steps I'm missing?
[HD2 Android SD Development] bobdylan1:
I'm still having the same issue, I have gone back to an old build but am still using the same data.img - am still getting the message 'Your device is not compatible with this item' too :confused:
[HD2 Android SD Development] sober028:
Hi, I have the same issue as well but it is resolved by change the line in startup.txt to this:

set cmdline "rel_path=Android nand_boot=0 lcd_density=160 gps_zone=us data_size=1024"

startup.txt can be found directly under the Android folder.
[HD2 Android SD Development] TomONeill:
Your battery lifetime won't improve when installing it as NAND.

Windows does not run in the background, Windows Mobile is beign shut down abrupt and loads Android.

For the device not compatible thingy: open startup.txt and change lcd_density=167 to lcd_density=160. Start Android and go to ROM Manager. Touch: Fix permissions.

Now let it go for 5 +/- minutes and it says that you should reboot. Reboot your phone and the market will work.
[HD2 Android SD Development] bobdylan1:
OK, if i change the lcd density to 167 from 220 then the icons become smaller. If I amend the startup.txt file to 160 and reboot then I'm assuming they should become smaller too but they don't??

Also the market problem is not resolved, anything i'm doing wrong?

Cheers

EDIT: Right, changed the density manually using an app to 160 and it HAS made the icons smaller now! Huh!?? Anyway, just gone back into the market and am able to update the apps I couldn't before so looks like it's working :-) Cheers
[HD2 Android SD Development] rockstarmellon:
Heya!

Why is it so quiet here nowdays?

I miss the frequent uppdates :-)

Thnx for a lovely build!

/Mellon
[HD2 Android SD Development] ukdutypaid:
I think we're all settled on answers and things and things that can just never be solved.

The battery drain Q never got old, for it's just so different for everybody, plus data drops, crash/reboots, BT issues etc.

This rebirthed my phone and I love it. All wm was missing was WPA and flash and I like the fact that it doesn't plaster my data everywhere too. Plus, it connected with BT properly and had full Office. It's looking a little long in the tooth now though, I must say.

I 'note' that the Galaxy Note thread has gone 'mental' since Nov and there are a lot of HD2 owners in there, as well as quite a few American Android users..Very tempted to become a 'Samsung Sellout' myself...

---------- Post added at 04:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:49 PM ----------

yes it does work. It's a bit hit and miss, but if your phone is connected and you've selected it as the input method then once it says waiting for connection, if you open the txt input on your machine it should spring into life....

Stick constant refresh on on the screen shot thingy as well though.
[HD2 Android SD Development] rockstarmellon:
The Galaxy Note looks really nice I must say. I think I will convert and go for Samsung and the Galaxy Note when it hits the stores.

/Mellon
[HD2 Android SD Development] abou_1980:
solveing market problem

we can solveing market and peograms incompatableties by upgrading market to 3.3.11.apk ......now i am engoying the fastest rom .......thank you for good work
[HD2 Android SD Development] uzziah0:
I was having AWD Launcher problems, then problems like you describe here. So, I think the AWD stuff was just a distraction from the problems I am having.

I am thinking two possible solutions (rather than change the proximity sensor):

1) rebuild my data.img (lots of work though)

2) use my current data.img with the previous Android version (8-28).

Any other suggestions?

Until I do something, I am basically using WM6.5.x, instead of Android (and I find I still like WM!).
[HD2 Android SD Development] listerinetotalcare:
Hi Zippy! I wrote about the same thing a couple weeks ago Proximity/light sensor turns of my screen were I have written as detailed as I could.

I can confirm the same thing, but I think my problem is the proximity sensor, and that when there is " very much light " like outside on a sunny day, the information from the light sensor tells the phone to brighten the screen, almost as if the proximity sensor has stopped responding and the phones needs a little " push " from the other sensor telling it " Hey! Snap out of it! "

The other reason why I think its the proximity sensor that is the problem, is because I downloaded the ProxmityScreenOff app, and I moved the HD2 close and far away from me, and the only values I saw was 9 and 0, where as for the light sensor it showed values from +10.000 to 10 or something. Clearly showing that the light sensor responds as it should and the proximity sensor does not.

I can confirm that the option " always use proximity sensor " does not solve my problem.
[HD2 Android SD Development] d3m0n1:
Our HD2 has an older proximity sensor, which gives only two values: 0 and 9, meaning, that there is something in the sensor's proximity, or not. On newer devices the sensor gives more detailed readings, it goes from 0 to the end value (9 in our case) linearly (if something is moving closer to the sensor the value increases, or decreases, if its moving away). In other words besides the end values, they have data in between, which indicate how close is something to the sensor, but our HD2's proximity sensor only shows the end values.

Br

d3m0n
[HD2 Android SD Development] Zippy1970:
Did you try Leppie's DHD Proximity Sensor Recalibrator? Maybe yours needs recalibration?

PS: I was only able to get v1.4 working. v1.5 and v1.6 gave an error when trying to start.