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[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dazza9075:
Oh this is a big question, im not going to go in to detail now so if you have any further questions than ask away, but for now here is the no BS low down

Does it work, yes, very very well, its quicker than any OS i have ever used, including native iphones, android and even WP7.

Notable bugs include the marketplace freeze, some times the marketplace just packs in and you have to do a reboot to get it working again, i believe thats true to all WP7 devices tho

next, sometimes, very very rarely for me, the touch screen seems to stop, usually a swipe in the opersite direction then try again gets it working in moments

The camera has an issue with focusing, because we dont have a two stage button we cant focus to well, the flash for the camera is slightly out of sync meaning any photo in sub optimal light that uses the flash would result in a photo with a green tint to it. There is an alternative camera app already that is great, it has focus but the flash issue remains.

The battery life isnt too great, this seems mostly due to the differences in the battery controller, WP7 may or may not report the correct battery level, it may appear to drop very fast but that is usually because you didnt charge it fully in the first place, some times you have to restart the phone and charge again to fill it up.

and now the big one that im not going to go in to great detail on

SD cards

this is the single biggest course of almost all issues with the phone, if you have a dodgy card you will get wifi issues, restart issues, lagging issues etc

there is no list of compatible cards, no two cards are alike even within the same model, statistically you have a better chance with a class 2 or 4 card, but thats not to say you will have problems will all class 10 cards

I used to use android and there isnt any chance of me moving back, yes you cant mod the hell out of this but since i got itm, ive not wanted to, it just works and it works very well
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Tastenchef:
i agree 100 %

but i have no trouble in the marketplace - i have downloaded manny games an other apps. with my old sd-card i have a very slow installation but now all is ok.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] TheOnly1:
WP7 works on the HD2 as well as on any native device. I can tell that because I had also a Mozart for 2 weeks and could do a head to head. All the bugs present (Marketplace crashing from time to time) are also present on the native device, so they are not HD2 related in any way.

Battery life is OK for me. With some tweaks I can get a full they of moderate to heavy usage (3G on, 2 e-mail accounts@30 min. sync, 1 hr IE surfing, 30 min. gaming and 30 min calls).

To be honest I boot Android lately only to show off to some pathetic DesireHD owners :D
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] zarathustrax:
I agree with all the replies so far. And dazza is completely correct about the SD cards... most issues people are having is because of using a sd card that doesn't play nice with wp7. I haven't had any issues with marketplace, and have had great luck using sandisk class 2 and 4 cards. Every other brand of card I've tried, including kingston, was terrible with wp7.

The main difference between the hd2 and native wp7 phones is that the hd2 only has 56,000 colors while native phones have around 4million colors, and you only get 2-point multitouch with HD2, and it can be kinda buggy, while native wp7 devices all have at least 4 point multitouch... so certain apps that use multitouch may not work properly or at all with the HD2.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] hoss_n2:
Multitouch is the only problem
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] hassia:
I have found that on my hd2 that wp7 worked a lot smoother than the native rom. I am very pleased with this OS. It has convinced me to buy one in the near future. which will be in a couple of months
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] orangekid:
mine works 100% perfect except multi-touch sometimes doesn't work too well. Battery life is good, marketplace never freezes, I have had zero issues with my SD card, speed and fluidity are good.

All the other issues seem to be WP7 and not HD2 related. i would much rather have this over a "real" wp7 device because at least I can boot into Android whenever I want.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] conantroutman:
I had my first taste of WP7 today, it was really just a taste test to help me decide what to upgrade to when my upgrade is due, I was impressed enough to make my decision.... (Omnia7 in case you were wondering:rolleyes:)

I was only running it for about and hour and a half but everything seemed flawless, the activation code I got from MS worked fine and I was up and running in minutes. The only disappointing thing was that although I imported my contacts from my Gmail account no numbers came through. Everyone was there but they had no numbers :confused:

The UI was super smooth and the keyboard was far and away the best I have used yet..........

The phone did seem to be getting pretty hot while using it though.

Also the lack of a traditional "taskbar" was quite annoying, I like to see a battery meter at all times.

Overall very impressed though.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] unleashed12:
Wow thanks for the descriptive replies guys, so it appears to run very stable, I suppose. I'll just give the wp7 a shot first right off the bat instead of android!
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] tictac0566:
Haha... to make a short statement... and "abusing" your nickname, one could say HD2 feels kind of "unleashed" with WP7. :D
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] jianototi:
Enjoy it

i 100% agree with the statement Unleashed with WP7..

and i do agree with the SD card problems.infact,make sure what ever sd card you have,to be a class 4 sandisk on your HD2.as it's the most stable on hd2 with os wp7.

Enjoy!!!and Read as much as you can for your HD2 on XDA mate..
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] Finalforce1111:
I will also buy a "original" WP7 device.

Do anyone of you know when Dual core smartphones will come out?

I don't want to buy an "old" 1Ghz model, I heared Nvidia has brought Tegra 2 and even 3 is there now which has Quad Core.

Any news about that?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] flynney:
As of now I haven't seen any WP7 phone utilize the tegra processor or any other dual core processor available. There are however many android phones which are using dual cores coming soon. the tegra 3 is still in development if im not mistaken.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] kwijbo:
What's your setup? I'm assuming you have a TMO US phone? Radio, ROM? I'm about to flash and it would be a great help.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] adamlayzell69:
I agree with all the reply's here too! I bought my Hd2 after a long line of HTC phones purely so that i could use custom ROM's and take the p**s out of anyone with an iphone. My phone using WM6.5 was "my PC in my pocket". It did everything! I was a bit dubious about installing WP7 on it because its like going from XP to Windows 7. You get used to what your used to. I do use things such as the flashlight and voice recorder and i didn't want not to have those things that i use so much.

After i installed WP7 i loved the way it looked, animations are beautiful, its so smooth. Im also glad to say all the apps that i used on WM6.5 are available from the marketplace. I dont think i could go back to WM6.5 now. It seems too clunky compared to WP7.

I do have the same issues as everyone else with the dodgy camera, its not bad in daylight though, and i love the 720P camcorder. Battery life has been an issue but ive done the registry tweaks that have been talked about on the forums and im getting good results at the mo. Very close to WM6.5 in fact. WIFI and SD cards have not been a problem, mind you i am using a 16GB Sandisk.

When you do install WP7 on your HD2 just make sure that you get an activation code from Microsoft first thing! It makes the whole "WP7 experience" MUCH better!!

I think i truly have been turned into a Windows phone 7 fan. I just cant wait to see what ROM's and apps some of the chefs on here can cook up in the next few month's!!
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] matthewharmon102:
ive been using it for about 2 months and it worked really well. i had the issues that everyone else had experienced with the marketplace, but this didnt happen that often. only thing you need to check is your SD card. there are a few threads about which SD cards work, but these are all unofficial. i have a topram (rebadged sandisk) 16gb SDHC class 4 and that works ok, but its not great (but it was £12.99!!)
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] zarathustrax:
Why do you call topram a rebadged sandisk?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] jigners:
well enough for some bugger to sell 15 guides and the DWI.exe on eBay

HERE:p:p:rolleyes::rolleyes:
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] zarathustrax:
That's nothing... there was another guy that sold almost 500(last I checked) at $25 each.... he made over $10,000 in less than a week!!!
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] dredman:
I have been running WP7 on my HD2 for well over a month now. I acquired an activation key through Microsoft chat support. So mine is fully activated. All around it performs better than I expected. I also get around 48 hours of battery life with normal daily use. So far I am extremely happy with it.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] jianototi:
is it legal to sell this on ebay,:confused::confused:
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] orangekid:
yes, you can sell guides and flashing services, they are not selling the ROM they are selling the info.
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] adamlayzell69:
I cant believe some noobs are buying this. Why didnt i think of that?? LOL :D
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] rgr81:
Hey there noobs out there paying 400 for a IPhone Package without the Phone ...
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] adamlayzell69:
EEHHH??

EEHHH??? What do you mean?
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] gabriello:
How about this???

Hi everyone,

I am a super-happy of an “old” touch HD and someone could say I live in the past. I agree.....:o

I am so in the past that I still have wm6.1.... but in my defence I can tell that the phone still looks great and I have (no many) but the essential apps that I need: googlemaps, Tomtom, Igo, sportypal, su2u etc.. I guess some of you nostalgic still remembers those ones.

I am now considering buying an HD2 as I don’t see any better phone around. To get me back into the future I would even love to try wm7 but here are the questions:

Software: How many of the applications that I need will be available in wm7....like tomorrow???

Hardware: I have seen in other threads in the forum that many people moving to wm7 or android had a lot of issues with the touch-screen. For reasons still not well understood (probably heat) many users has to send the HD2 to repair. Do you think it is a risk??

Then there is the known problem of the SD cards..

All in all is it worth it????

Please say yes and it is all rubbish. I really want to buy it:p

Thanks.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] djsolidsnake86:
guys i need a trick for stop app that start without permission in background, and close app that i use when i press the home or the back key

please there is a way?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] TheATHEiST:
search for task killer.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] djsolidsnake86:
i don't think that solve the problem
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] TheATHEiST:
Its the closest thing he has to solving his "problem" or what he would easily be able to use.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] suicide monkey:
taskiller or something else dont kills services and selfstarting background apps, you can try with startup auditor which has an option to prevent apps to start again but i want an app which can really disable this ****, hope somone knows a better solution
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] TheATHEiST:
Well you can simply uninstall the app/system app then.

If its a system app you want removing use "SystemApp Remover".
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] roloracer:
I don't see what's the big deal ! this is not something new, it doesn't kill your battery any faster if you kill them, use advanced task killer, set auto kill level to safe, set auto kill frequency to When screen off, only leave important apps on the ap list unchecked, add the auto kill widget to your homescreen, and every time you want just hit that widget killing all apps and go on with your day!!:cool:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] :
Try Autostarts: http://www.androidpit.de/de/android/market/apps/app/com.elsdoerfer.android.autostarts/Autostarts

With this app you have not only control of the startup programms, you also can disable apps, that would starts if different events happens. gl
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] suicide monkey:
its not about unistalling i just want to disable the services of apps i use, eg news room has an service to refresh the rss feeds, but i have set it to refresh manual so it doesn't need a refresh service...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] suicide monkey:
thx seems to be a nice app but not that easy u have to know what u change :p

i have to try
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] suicide monkey:
of course it can kill your battery faster,like an update service witch activates your data, a music player which is watching if ur headset is plugged or things like that and its not enough to kill them with taskiller cause they can restart from them selve!

try multitasking from royerd, its a taskmanger which start when u press homebutton twice,there u can kill apps and u have a tab where u can see active services and kill them trough a shortcut
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] meletios:
1. The ones running in the background are normally services or any apps which are not closed.

2. You can see service/apps run status using any task manager tool from market.

3. The services are installed as part of the app installed on your machine.

4. They are more often than not harmless as far as battery is concerned but can

be problematic if you have limited RAM on your phone

5. The best bet is to un-install the apps themselves, if you want to get rid of the services.

6. The normal task managers don't kill services running in background as that is what they are meant to do,otherwise the apps they are linking will not work properly.

7. Some apps on market claim to kill services/apps automatically as and when they are started by system, but this counterproductive as a service once installed will always attempt to start at frequent intervals and then the task manager killing them resulting in higher battery drain anyway.

Also, this means the task manager will always be running in the background.

So in short, the best bet for now is to un-install the apps which have background services running if you dont use them much.

Hope this helps. ;)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] papatzis:
Hi to all

I live in Greece, When I try to read some email with the stock program, instead of greek characters I have ????????.

These characters are encoded with ISO 8859-7, or Windows 1253. Is it possible to add something to the tab to read those emails?

If I cut those emails save as text, and try to read with Thinkfree office ( coming with the stock rom ) when I choose the 2 above encodings , I can read the Greek letters.

Thanks in advance
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carlost24:
First question if I do a one click root is there anything else I have to do to get clockwork running?

Are there any very detailed instructions or videos on how to root the nexus s? (i want to root an get clockwork running)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MDAC3:
After one click root, Download ROM manager from the market, install recovery using ROM manager, then install ROM.

There are detailed instructions on this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=931865

:-)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] carlost24:
Thanks alot bro,

Are their any disadvantages to one click root compared to the regular root method?
[Touch2 General] Digistras:
Hi all,

I'm using the Non-Camera of Touch2 (T3330). I would like to flash my ROM to replace the current sucky WM 6.5 Professional on my phone. However, as my phone is currently still covered under warranty (I'm willing to take the risk), I would need to know:

1. how can I do a complete full backup of my current ROM and the OS WM 6.5 Professional? I'm asking just in case I need the phone to be serviced.

2. Also, if I want to revert back to the original ROM and the original OS WM 6.5 Professional from the backup, how can I do that?

I would appreciate if anyone can point me to a step-by-step guide for reference. I tried to navigate through the forums but I just can't seem to find the information that I'm looking for.

I really really appreciate any help given and will definitely click on the "Thanks" button.

Cheers!!! :D
[Nexus S General] spjeanfritz:
Hi guys, i'm new on xdaDeveloppers and i would like to have my nexus S upgraded to the Android 2.3.3

Does anyone know or have some tutorial for a "Novice" like me cause i never did this before it's realy my first time
[Nexus S General] stiefa00:
hey dude, check this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=895545 for root

and this one http://bit.ly/gaNXg8 for manually update to 2.3.3 (you don't need root 4 this).
[Nexus S General] spjeanfritz:
Thanks i'll check it right away
[Nexus S General] hutzdani:
I know your new to the forums, but you should check the ROM development section for info on upgrading roms / downgrading e.c.t there is a huge Tutorial section there.

Have fun here Don't Forget to check CM7 ROM ;)
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] TheATHEiST:
a) Read the ROM's topic

b) Ask in ROMS topic.

c) Reflash if needs be.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] korgmotif:
does anyone have a version of allshare that displays the correct aspect ratio for videos and does not stretch the videos across the entire screen?

on the vibrant forums someone noted that the JI6 OTA update had a version of allshare that preserves aspect ratio. i deodexed a copy and tried it on my captivate but it didn't preserve the aspect ratio :(. it has a version number of 1.02, has different icon (attached).

i'm running serendipity 5.12 on my phone with k13c speedmod kernel.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] _lionheart_:
Hi,

I tried to flash ROM with Android according to the quide:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=893948

Everything was fine to the below step:

FLASH MAGLDR TO YOUR DEVICE

After it I have the problem described in FAQ:

After flashing Magldr the Phone Reboots but gets stuck at the Splash Screen

You most probably have an older incompatable Radio on your phone. The Radio needs to be at LEAST 2.08.50 and the .50 is very important as it means the Radio is 576 RAM compatable (as stated in post1). The Radio I recommend is 2.15.50.14 and you can download it *HERE*. Boot your phone into the Bootloader Screen and flash a newer Radio and everything should be fine

I have the recommended Radio version, but it doesn't solve the problem.

Any ideas?

Phone details:

SPL 3.03.0000

Radio 2.15.50.14

Flash 512MB

--

lionheart
[Android Software Development] AYahoo:
Hi all, I would like to buy a beagleboard and run android on it, i would like to use the system as hands free bluetooth unit for my phone, my question is, does the android has a bluetooth profile that can support it? Can i use it as a "HSP Server"? Any input will be welcome!
[Galaxy Tab General] maddy_in65:
I have applied Battery icon mod application on my tab and tab restarted but now freezes on Samsung startup logo.:(

I dont know how to get my galaxy tab back. I havent taken anybackup. How can i get my tab back in working without wipe my data. Please help me!!
[Galaxy Tab General] kay_kiat88:
what rom are u on? did u make a backup of your framework-res.apk before u applied the battery icon mod?
[Galaxy Tab General] maddy_in65:
I am using stock Rom and forget to take backup. Please let me know to get rid of this issue.
[Galaxy Tab General] kay_kiat88:
c'mon man you gotta be more specific. which stock rom are u talking about. euro? asian? what version?
[Galaxy Tab General] maddy_in65:
Sorry buddy, dont have much knowledge about android, still noob:(.

its a stock Asian (Indian) rom. Thanks
[Galaxy Tab General] kay_kiat88:
ok. can i have the version number and everything? are u rooted?
[Galaxy Tab General] maddy_in65:
Yes I rooted my tab but i dont know the version number and now i cant get it. Please let me know how can i get this
[Galaxy Tab General] kay_kiat88:
i'm sorry i don't think i can help you since you do not know your version. cos different version have different framework-res.apk. and that's why your tab won't boot up because probably you've replaced the framework-res.apk from some other firmware that's not compatible with your firmware. I'm guessing you'll have to reflash some other rom using odin. next time remember to backup before you replace any system files.
[Galaxy Tab General] maddy_in65:
It look like, i messed with it and now i have to flash tab, can you please tell me which is good rom to flash asian tab. I am noob to flashing, any good guide for the same.
[Galaxy Tab General] kay_kiat88:
take a look at the android dev section. there's a bible for roms there.
[Galaxy Tab General] ftgg99:
any of the gsm roms will work just fine
[Galaxy Tab General] rxreyn3:
Oops meant to start a thread.
[Galaxy Tab General] randomiser:
I didnt want to start a new topic about this.

I have normal galaxy tab GT-91000 and it appears theres no way to get a recovery for it. The galaxy tab is so different from my backflip. I have an unlocked boot loader. I really want to delete all those bloat ware apps. Is there a recovery that supports unlocked tablets?
[Galaxy Tab General] maddy_in65:
I have tried to do factory reset by pressing volume up and power button and selected wipeout/factory reset button by selecting home button. After this screen i am getting ! mark in the triangle along with android mascot but then nothing happens. I waited till half hour but still the same screen. So do i need to flash manually
[LG Optimus 2x] commodoor:
Hi all,

I'm considiring to get a O2X because it looks like the best option out there. I did read a lot of reviews and it looks great but i want to know more about using it in real live. so i have some couple of questions to O2X owners.

1. would you recommend buying a O2X?

2. What are the disadvantages of it?

3. Does it get slow sometimes?

4. do you expect more android updates form LG?

5. what about rooting and custom roms?

i always liked HTC phones but nothing is really new, they have the same CPU same amoutn of RAM. Galaxy 2 is to expesive and looks like a iphone (not liking this). so i'm betwen buying a HTC Desire HD or a LG Optimus 2x.

tell me what your experiences are. thnx

---edit--

I forgot to ask, i have a N1 and i'm sick of getting notification that i'm low on memory, how much space does the O2X has to install apps on it? all the 8GB?
[LG Optimus 2x] 75markus:
hi,

i also think about ordering one ...

you think there will be official cyanogen support ?

i´m using galaxy spica with cyanogenmod right now and got use to the features ;)

thx for answers
[LG Optimus 2x] muude:
I think you will have better luck getting answers when the phone is actually released :) The version the few people have now, is not the final version being released an a couple of weeks.