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[Nexus One Accessories] Rusty!:
I very much doubt they are original parts, given that they're the wrong colour, but they look pretty decent none the less.
[Nexus One Accessories] -Phazenine-:
Probably not OEM but it looks great, I just picked up a white battery/antenna cover that isn't oem but also looks great

Sent from my Nexus One
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] dmm5157:
Ever since I got my G Tablet, I have been scouring looking for the best overall keyboard. I use Swype on my phone, but had trouble getting it to work properly on my tablet. For a while, I found that SlideIt worked fine for me. Then, I tried Gingerbread Keyboard, Thumb keyboard, NI Keyboard (Notion Ink), and finally seemed to setting in on SwiftKey.

SK has become my daily keyboard of choice, but today I stumbled upon one I haven't seen mentioned on the board yet. It's called FlexT9 and it's a bit of a hybrid keyboard. You can type normal (tap and tap), you can slide type (like Swype), it has Speech to Text, AND it has handwriting recognition. Each option can be changed on the fly very quickly.

I found the swype features to be excellent overall, and I really like the predictive text not being so intrusive. The Speech to Text may be the most impressive part of the whole package. It does whole sentences very well. Fixing errors is very easy as well, as you just double tap a word you want to delete or replace and it will select the entire word and display similar words as well. The handwriting recognition was what I was actually hunting for when I found the app. It's decent, but not fast enough for what I was looking for.

The app costs $5, but can be found free in various places. I plopped down my $5 for this one, making it one of the few I've actually paid for (paid for Swift Key when it was on sale, hoping I don't have to re-buy when Honeycomb is released).

In any case, thought I'd recommend this one.

Here's the AndroidTapp.com review of the app:

http://www.androidtapp.com/flext9-speak-trace-write-tap/

I will add that this worked on both my phone (HTC Hero) and my tablet. I loved that the tablet predictive text box did not block the text input area in most apps like some keyboards do.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] callif:
This is a great keyboard combination. What I like most about it is the highly accurate voice to text transcription feature.

Nothing on the Ipad2 works this way including Dragon search/dictate.

Charlie
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] lbkimbro:
I purchased this, it's exactly what I've been looking for. However, I can't get it to work. When I get the message about security, I select OK, but the check next to FlexT9 Text Input, remains unchecked. Any suggestions?

btw...I'm running a stock gtab.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] dmm5157:
I don't believe the stock settings allow you to enable other keyboards. They show up, but don't allow you to check the boxes. Other ROMs support this (like Vegan), but not the ones based on the stock ROM (like TNT).

If you are rooted, you can use Root Explorer and do a manual work-around.

1. Install the keyboard app

2. Open ROOT EXPLORER app and navigate to DATA/APP folder.

3. Copy the APK of your keyboard device you want to add

4. Go back to the main directory, then navigate to the SYSTEM/APP folder.

5. Click the button on the top right that says MOUNT R/W (Mount to Read/Write)

6. Paste APK file into this directory

7. Click MOUNT TO R/O to return to read only mode.

8. Repeat if you have multiple keyboards

9. Once you are done adding keyboards, reboot your device. Those keyboards should now be enabled in your SETTINGS.

This is the procedure for TNT and Stock based ROMs. Hopefully this works for you as well.

You may also want to do some searching for other potential work-arounds for adding keyboards.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] lbkimbro:
Looks like I might have just found the first thing that my gtab can't do, that I want it to do, "out of the box".

I've avoided rooting it again, but maybe I'll have to re-think that. I rooted it the first day that I got it, but just didn't like my tablet looking like a phone on steroids. I might I have to learn to get over that.

Thank you for the information.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] dmm5157:
You don't necessarily have to change your ROM and the way the tablet looks to be rooted. Rooting itself doesn't change anything about the device besides giving you root access to the device.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] asusdvdr:
Hi there what do you mean by saying rooted?

thanks
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtual-aidz:
Good evening.

I'm new to the forum, so I hope it's ok that I ask a question as the first thing? :D

(Oh and bear over with my english as it is not my main language)

I'm quite sure you guys get this question quite alot, but it is a bit hard for me to collect the necessary information needed for me to start working on my "problem".

My plan is too root my newly aqquired

HTC Desire HD

.

As an added information: I already temporary rooted it using the VISIONary+ application and that seems to work as it should. I can get root rights and everything. So far so good - I havn't tried using the permanent root option that this program allows as I want to know exactly what I am doing before doing anything (I heard all the scary stories of bricking and stuff)

So let's start out with the questions:

- How do I check what firmware, kernel, ect ect ect I've got so that I can get the necessary information?

- How do I know if it is branded or not? (Not sure what that even means... I live in Denmark and bought it at the shop, and it is not simlocked. Phone company is Telmore)

- Where the hell should I start? :confused:

I looked up this guide: wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Desire_HD:_Full_Update_Guide#Flashing_Radio

Would that help me?

Also looked at this: androidpolice.com/2010/04/16/complete-guide-how-to-fully-back-up-and-restore-your-android-phone-using-nandroid-backup-and-clockworkmod-rom-manager/

Could I just perma root with VISIONary+ without worrying and then using rom manager to get the recovery image on and stuff or is it better doing a manual root somehow?

Oh and by the way, I already got adb access to my phone through the pc! :D

(And please tell me if this is the wrong section of the forum.)

Thanks in advance!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] equlizer:
I guess the first question is, did you purchase the telus desire hd in canada per chance? :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ghostofcain:
The firmware /kernel info can be found in the about phone section of the settings menu.

As for rooting I personally favour the manual root specified by the good folks over at CyanogenMod here if you find that a bit daunting there are some automated one click tools over in the Development forums here on XDA, although most require that you have access to a computer running windows.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtual-aidz:
Nope. It was bought in denmark.

Dunno if it's a telus model or anything (As I have no idea what a telus is lol)

Some Information about my device: (Btw I'm trying to translate from danish. So ask if something sounds wrong)

- Android Version

2.2

- Basebandversion

12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M

- Kernelsystem

2.6.32.21-gf3f553d

htc-kernel@and18-2 #1

Thu Oct 28 13:24:11 CST 2010

- VersionNumber

1.32.405.6 CL278359 release-keys

- SoftwareNumber

1.32.405.6

- Browser version

WebKit3.1

As far as I can see my VersionNumber (I guess that is my firmware??) matches the one that the cyanogenmod guide (As In I dont need to downgrade yay!):

wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Desire_HD:_Full_Update_Guide

Asks for.

Is there anything else I should check for before I begin, or would that be the guide I should follow?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtual-aidz:
Plus I forgot to say:

I'm pretty good with computers in general. So I don't care using an "advance" manual method as long as it is descriped well so I don't end up saying "Wait what? Where the hell should I go now?"

So no need to doing some noobish way (Not saying One click methods are noobish) I just need to know what to do and how it should be done.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
ok for starters, dont worry about bricking, it's impossible to brick your device trying to root, infact there are only 2 ways you can brick your device, and thats flashing a radio or hboot :) you have the 1.32 software version and that can be easly permrooted using visionary, after you root, you may want to s-off aswell :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtual-aidz:
First off, thanks for the quick help! *thumps up*

So I don't have to use the CyanogenMod guide? (would it be better if I did it that way?)

Or is it enough with a perm root with VISIONary?

Then after that I'm thinking of doing a backup (It's called Nandroid as far as I've read?)

Doing a perm root with VISIONary, followed up by flashing the recovery image using the one click option that ClockWork ROM manager allows.

Would I have to worry about doing that, or does my information say that my model should work perfectly fine with that? :)

I think it's quite important to say that I'm thinking of doing a Custom Rom later, but my first job is to get it rooted and backed up incase anything happens.

Oh and, how would I manage to do a s-off after I've got it rooted? Would that have to be done BEFORE doing the flashing of the recovery image and doing a backup?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
you can use the Cyanogen method, thats just a manual way, i used visionary, and have had no problems at all, just click the permroot option and wait :) after you root, before you flash a custom recovery you need to s-off, this is because the nand chip has write protection, check out this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=855403 jkoljo tool is awsome and although flashing a hboot is dangerous, no1 has bricked there device using his tool yet, thats how safe it is :D once you are s-off, you can download rom manager and flash a custom recovery :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtual-aidz:
I can see that the tool is called "One click ENG s-off" as in ENGLISH.

Does it matter that my phone is bought in denmark and is in danish?? (Does the language matter at all? :O)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
the ENG means engineering, there are two types of s-off, engineering s-off and Radio s-off, the engineering one allows you to issue fasboot commands though and the radio one dosent, either one will security unlock your bootloader though :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtual-aidz:
Ah I see :P

I just noticed in the s-off guide: "tick "I have Radio S-OFF" in the tool"

Why do I have to tick that? I don't have Radio S-OFF? :O

And right now I can't even test out what we are talking about *sadface* I just noticed a dead pixel right in the center of the screen, so before I start messing around, I'm gonna take it to the shop and see what they say (God I hate dead pixels)

I know it's a bit (well alot) besides the subject, but I was just crossing my fingers that you were a dead pixel specialist and could answer a simple question: Would a dead pixel on a 1 month old phone (I think the pixel is red, but it could be black as in completly dead) have any chance of spreading or something?

Cause I could live with a single dot.. but if it has a chance of spreading, I would really wanna get it fixed before it's too late (And sorry for the off-topic in my own thread xD)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkoljo:
Notice the big OR in the requirements part? ;) As you are not using a custom ROM, and you do not have Radio S-OFF, you should not tick it.

Dead pixels do not spread, and there are apps in market to revive dead pixels, you should try one of them.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtual-aidz:
Haha... My bad.

As I mentioned in my first post, my main language is not english. So I misunderstood what it said :D

I think I'm ready now.

Just need to talk with the shop before I void the warranty for good.

Thanks for the help guys, and I will return when I get it working (or **** it all up.. who knows) :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkoljo:
By the way, root, S-OFF and custom ROMs do not void warranty. It says nothing about software in the warranty terms, check it out yourself if you want to :p
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtual-aidz:
Odd. There has been multiple cases where they did not fix phones that were just rooted.

:o
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtual-aidz:
Oh and by the way. I see you're the creator of the s-off and radio s-off tools?

Is it true that you recommend Radio S-off (xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=857537)?

And how do I check if I meet all the requirements? :D
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
actually it does............. "use of products, equipment, systems, utilities, services, parts supplies, accessories, applications, installations, repairs, external wiring or connectors not supplied or authorized by HTC" ........ custom bootloader, and software can come under the systems, applications and installations :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtual-aidz:
Ah yay. I thought so :P

As far as I can see on the Radio S-Off (Again, is it recommended over s-off?)

System requirements:

Windows XP SP2 or higher

.NET Framework 4.0

HTC Sync (or ADB drivers)

Desire HD with stock kernel (or Apache14's 1.0.7 / 1.1.4 Sense)

It will not work on 1.72.405.3 or higher build, or new radio. Downgrade first!!

I got the 3 first ones covered.

But I'm not sure about the two last.

My Phone has HTC sense, but I dunno what version to be honest.

And I guess I got the last one covered too as I got the 1.32.405.6
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkoljo:
You meet all the requirements :)

Please take a picture for me, that is not included in the warranty statement that came with my phone. I rang HTC about it, and they said that unless the hardware is modified, software does not matter. Also mike1986 sent his phone to be repaired with ENG S-OFF and everything, and nobody complained.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtual-aidz:
How did you know I met the requirements with the HTC sense? :D

(I need to learn too)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkoljo:
The idea is that you are not using a custom kernel (so you have original kernel). As you do not have S-OFF yet, you cannot have a custom kernel :p

Apache's xxx Sense = Apache's kernel version xxx, for Sense ROMs (instead of CyanogenMod). So I did not mean HTC Sense version, but Apache's kernel that is made for Sense ROMs. Anyway, you have original kernel, so you do not have to worry about it.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtual-aidz:
Aaaaah! Touché

I understand now, thanks!

Now to "end" this up (I will probably have more questions later.. but who knows)

This is what I should do:

1. Follow this guide to Root and Radio S-Off: xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=857537

2. Install ClockWorkMod and let it flash the recovery image.

3. Do a nandroid backup.

Then I will have a permanent rooted and device with S-Off so that I can flash custom roms and do "whatever I want", and a backup so that I can go back to stock incase I ever **** something up?

Oh and I read something about Hboot and fast boot. Can you explain to me what it is, if it is recommended for me, and if yes, when and how to install it?

Basically I am thinking about all the "safety nets" I can create for myself incase I should **** something up and want to save it from bricking or something :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkoljo:
Your steps are correct, and with nandroid backup you can always go back to stock ROM when you want. Just don't change your recovery, because backups are not compatible across recoveries (CWM 2 vs. CWM 3).

ENG S-OFF is engineering hboot (=bootloader) S-OFF, and actually if you want to create a "safety net", get both Radio S-OFF and ENG S-OFF. In that case your device accepts pretty much any ROM without complaining, no matter how broken the current image in the phone is.

Fastboot is a feature of ENG S-OFF, which allows you to push a lot of different things to your phone when your phone is in bootloader -> fastboot mode. For example it allows you to flash a radio, or even the whole system partition.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtual-aidz:
So I would:

1. Temp root with Visionary

2. Perm root

3. Do your Radio S-OFF

4. Do your ENG S-OFF (HBOOT? And if I understood you correctly, also installs fastboot?)

5. Install Clockworkmod, flash recovery image.

6. Do Nandroid backup.

Think I'm getting it now :P And thanks for your patience hehe.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkoljo:
Yep, just like that :)

And yes, the point in ENG S-OFF is that it is a hboot. But unlike your stock hboot, it is engineering hboot, which has been modified to give you S-OFF. And because it is engineering "edition", it has fastboot functionality.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtual-aidz:
So if ENG S-Off is a modified Hboot (I guess the Hboot is the bootloader that loads when you turn on the phone right? Like a pc bios?)

What is Radio S-Off then? :o

I'm not interested in flashing my Radio right now as I heard that the risk of bricking is far bigger when flashing Radios.

Plus I don't really see the need for flashing the radio atm. :P
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkoljo:
Hboot is kind of like a bios, yep. To understand Radio S-OFF, you have to know how the system works (simplified version):

User presses power button -> hboot code starts running -> hboot asks radio whether we are S-OFF or S-ON -> radio answers according to it's configuration -> hboot sets Security state accordingly.

Now what happens in Radio S-OFF, you guessed it, my tool modifies your device's radio config.

ENG hboot has been modified in a way that it never really asks radio anything, it just is S-OFF.

And to be honest, I flash my radio very often, just like many other people. The chance of bricking due to flashing a radio is overrated. It is not really that dangerous, just follow the instructions and you will be fine.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtual-aidz:
That's a pretty good explanation to be honest. Thank you.

So Radio S-OFF has nothing to do with the radio that the other "Flash your radio" things do?

Cause I heard that flashing your Radio is like flashing the "transmitter" or whatever you call it, that actually makes the phone into a, you know, phone.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkoljo:
Radio S-OFF itself has nothing to do with radios that you flash.

Radio is a firmware for the chip that provides telecommunications, usually better radio gives you better power management in radio's side, better signal reception, etc.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
thats out of the book that came with my touch pro, i dont have my DHD box anymore i accidently set it on fire :o lol
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
the radio is so much more than receiver/transmitter software, consider it a massive driver package that contains information to run all the hardware inside your device :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkoljo:
The warranty statement is different then in Touch Pro. The fact remains, root & S-OFF do not void warranty in Desire HD. Of course if it is possible easily, it is good to restore stock condition just to make sure that nobody starts complaining.

I am sorry that I have to disagree with you so often, but actually that is kernel that you are talking about. Radio just handles communications & some other minor stuff.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
just becareful not to brake it and there wont be a problem anyway :D
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtual-aidz:
What about Radio S-off. Does that void the warranty? :P

And @AndroHero: That really makes it sound that much safer to flash it LOL :D
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkoljo:
Radio S-OFF does not void warranty, it is just a software modification, too.

AndroHero is talking about a kernel, and those can be changed just like socks :D No need to worry.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtual-aidz:
Aha thanks :)

I think I got all the information I need.

Now I just need to get this screen problem solved... Apparently there is 3 dead pixels on the screen :/ (Already tried running JscreenFix for half an hour. No help)

Thanks for the help!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndroHero:
i really hate to disagree with someone who clearly know lots more about android than i ever will..... but, it was my understanding that the kernel was a level of software responsible for communication between the device and the os at a hardware level, where as the radio contains the information for the hardware to run (like a driver) for example with the classic desire, we needed the newer radio's before we could record 720p :confused:
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jkoljo:
It might have been some basic data that defines your system in the Desire case, but basically radio just handles telecommunication. Kernel handles communication between Android system and hardware, so it is like a huge package of different drivers. A driver does just that, handles hw <-> sw communication, you know :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jon_gunnar:
Im not trying to hijack this post but I really could do with some answers :-)

This is what I'v done:

1. Temp root with Visionary

2. Perm root

3. Do your Radio S-OFF

4. Do your ENG S-OFF

5. Install Clockworkmod, flash recovery image.

6. Do Nandroid backup.

I want to flash Revolution HD 2.0.15 and read that RADIO should be flashed too, and not by using ClockworkMod recovery.

Could you please tell me how to flash this radio then. There is so many guides, many different and old. I would be a little sad if I bricked my lovely DHD :)

-- EDIT --

After this posting I found an excelent guide written by you, so problem solved.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virtual-aidz:
You're not hijacking anything :)

But do link to the guide!

I'm just waiting to get my DHD back from HTC (Dead pixels) so I can start using the fantastic help I got in this thread :P
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] frankzua77:
Hi, I am working on a new site with some of my buds...

Since we all have HD2's lol we will start here. The plan for this site is to help you with your android hacking. Like I said we will start with the HD2 for right now but eventually expand a whole lot. We want to have Android latest news and phones, help the community out. Maybe have forums eventually for other android devices in the future. Who knows where this idea will take us, but we want to focus on helping out the community. In no way we will be competing with XDA, but for Newbies is not easy reading thru all these phorums; or they are just lazy lol. We currently have a writer, graphic designer and a Mod freak to start things off. We want to know what you guys think, feel free to discuss and overall: What would you like to see on the site?

The site shall be called WWW.ANDROID4LIFE.COM and it goes live real on 3-1-11

You can preview the site now! Here: http://www.wix.com/casademipadre777/android4life

Leave comments/questions/concerns/feedback/ ++++++

Thank you! :D
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] lukey-windy:
Very good site. Fantastic for beginners. Layout is easy to see and format throughout is good. Continuity also good.

One thing I will mention is that the transition effects between pages may be a burden for some older legacy computers and people running a a poor connection. Perhaps having a feature to avoid this would be good.

Good work man
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] frankzua77:
Thanks. I'm glad you like the concept, and you are right... Pure Html sites are better but they lack on data stability, which is why we are using more flash sites. Besides they are more simple and I am a flash freek lol. This site is more for our generation and you need a good internet connection jaja! But we do have a link to update your browser flash player, we hope that helps some people. I really appreciate your feedback and trust me your suggestion is kept :)