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OK, the rumored date is Jan 28th ... anybody know more G2 ??
I haven't heard anything official yet. I wish it would have come out before Tuesday since I will be going out of town and I could have tested it. I'll be back by the 28th, but I'll still be happy if its released by then. Hopefully they've thoroughly tested it and there won't be many/any bugs.
anywhereanytime said:
OK, the rumored date is Jan 28th ... anybody know more G2 ??
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will the GPS by turn by turn on the phone? or do i need an adapter of some sort?
spunks3 said:
will the GPS by turn by turn on the phone? or do i need an adapter of some sort?
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The GPS is just enabling the chip in the phone. You will need another app to actually use it. You could pay monthly for Telenav, which would use your internet connection to download maps as you drive. You could buy iGuidance, TomTom, or a similar program and load all of your maps onto your SD card. iGuidance will announce the street names, TomTom will just say "Turn left in 1 mile". This should make it work with Google Maps and Live Search as well. You can get directions off of these programs, but its not voice guided.
Check out this YouTube video - the author has comments "off" do you know exactly which software this is ??
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PDXXYuJSWM4
Honest question/comment:
Everything I've read and seen in the last couple of months indicates the Titan would get RevA & GPS in early Q1, with the Vogue getting it several months later.
What did I miss?
TIA
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Honest question/comment:
Everything I've read and seen in the last couple of months indicates the Titan would get RevA & GPS in early Q1, with the Vogue getting it several months later.
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Everything I have seen suggests that BOTH will be at the same time - do you have a recent article that says they will be staggered ??
I am referring to the Sprint Touch, and therefore the Sprint Mogul - everything I have read is that both will be at the same time ?
anywhereanytime said:
Everything I have seen suggests that BOTH will be at the same time - do you have a recent article that says they will be staggered ??
I am referring to the Sprint Touch, and therefore the Sprint Mogul - everything I have read is that both will be at the same time ?
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No, my data points are the standard rumors and speculation floating around all the sites. I've seen a number of comments about 'same time' recently, and a lot about 'staggered' in the couple of months preceeding that. The only published and official fact that I've seen anywhere in months is Sprint's statement about Mogul in Q1 on HTC's site and at BAW.
It would make perfect sense for them to be released at the same time - not that sense is something I would associate with Sprint! :=)
I will be thrilled if they both come out at the same time, and soon. I have given up on my Mogul and put it on a shelf pending a likely trade for a Treo 800w. My Touch is now my primary phone.
anywhereanytime said:
Check out this YouTube video - the author has comments "off" do you know exactly which software this is ??
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PDXXYuJSWM4
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This is the new CoPilot Live 7 (http://www.alk.com/copilot/). I have this one also. The software is nice (but I haven't tried it on the Touch). The maps in my area are out-dated compared to iGuidance v4. CoPilot also doesn't announce street names, iGuidance is the only one that does this. ALK said they plan on releasing an update to CoPilot to make it announce street names though, I was never given a time frame.
january 28th is the rumored release for the Moguls GPS/REV.A release, the touch is not set to get a ROM update to enable such until at least Q2 2008.
This may sound stupid, but I'll ask anyway.
I have a Garmin GPS (Nuvi250) in my wifes car, is there anyway to pull the maps from that and use them on the Touch?
MrCantrell said:
This may sound stupid, but I'll ask anyway.
I have a Garmin GPS (Nuvi250) in my wifes car, is there anyway to pull the maps from that and use them on the Touch?
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i think if your nuvi250 has bluetooth .. it will allow u to use gps on htc touch !!
neogin said:
i think if your nuvi250 has bluetooth .. it will allow u to use gps on htc touch !!
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I'll clarify.
Once they release the update, if it allows us to use the GPS, could I take the maps that are on the Nuvi and load them onto the Vogue?
no you might not be able to use garmin maps as they are very heavily copyrighted and protected. you cannot even use maps from one garmin device to another
top of that .. u can't use it ..
but u can load from underground web ..
it is impossible to load from the map from nuvi to your pda ..
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january 28th is the rumored release for the Moguls GPS/REV.A release, the touch is not set to get a ROM update to enable such until at least Q2 2008.
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What is your source - rumors or actual fact ??
Can anyone else confirm this - Touch not at the same time as the Mogul ???
That was my understanding based on what I have read as well. I hope to be proven wrong.
so just because the mogul came out first they're getting the update first?
this is bull****. sprint/htc's logic is ****ing trash.
sorry for the foul language but this just got me flamed. If iPhone v2 comes out within the next 4-5 months (thats what I'm hearing or something like that) and if that **** comes with all the features I need/want... then bye bye HTC.
well i hope it is soon, i would RUV to have this pupppy havin GPS. I mean the latency for gaming will be a nice improvement and FPS games will be playable via that mobile web, but GPS via tomtom and google maps will be [email protected]
well i guess the 28th wasnt the date?
I've read a few contradicting posts so I want to make clear:
HTC Touch Dual (nike) HAS gps receiver.
It is enabled on my “Bell” ROM (Canada).
I used the Diamond test software and I can see about 10 satellites. (Nadavi_HTC_GPS_TOOL.cab)
I have also installed Google maps and Garmin Mobile XT and both work like a charm.
I don't think there is a register/settings you can change to enable it on your phone. I think you need a new ROM.
On the WIFI side, I strongly believe it has WIFI but we may need a new ROM to enable it.
back this up?
Any screenshots?
Where is this "Bell" rom
When i say screenshots i mean photos so that we know they arent faked and are deffinetly on the Nike
Not saying I Donm't believe you cos i have seen some posts quering this fact.
If your right, fantastic I just saved myself £30 on a GPS reciever
As far as my research goes, A so called "bell" rom is only for the touch, not touch dual...
Bell is a provider in Canada. I'm at work but I'll take some pictures and I'll post them tomorrow.
Ok Fair enough. I don't see how that works but ok. If you have concrete eveidence that fair enough. What made you think to test?
Look at the link and go through specifications:
http://bell.ca/shopping/en_CA_ON.HTC-Touch-Dual/67331.details
You can see it has GPS_NAV. It is an assisted navigation and you have to pat a monthly fee. I wanted to verify if it is a real GPS receiver or if they use a triangulation system.
Like I wrote in your other Thread, the canadian Touch Dual is a Neon400, which have built-in GPS!
animelover said:
Do you have an 528 MHz CPU? If yes, you have a Neon400 that comes with built-in GPS! And that's why you can't give us Niki-Users a GPS-enabled ROM!
More [email protected]
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Bad news, under the battery it says it is a NEON400.
We need a NEON 400 Forum to not confuse the Nike's. Sorry!
I heard it doesnt have a FM receiver is that true if yes is there any way i could still receive radio signals?? I hope there is cause thats the only reason for me not buying it.
That is correct. No FM-radio in HTC Hero. That does not work in the subway anyway so I put my hopes up for a good webradio application.
i hated this about my iphone as well (currently have a hero coming) but it isn't that big of a deal because web radio works where ever you have a data signal; usually FM radio in buildings is ****e most of time due to signal quality.
If you download Beebplayer from the market you can "Listen Live" to BBC Radio 1,2,3 etc and also "Watch Live" BBC1, 2, News etc. Aslong as you're a TV License holder.
Web Radio is so much better than FM, you don't need headphones with you just to be able to play it. This is no biggie to me really, as said previously, reception is ****e.
web radio might have better reception but not all local fm stations are web based plus data signal quality and range may not always be strong. Besides having two options is always better than one.
using web radio will eat up your monthly data allowance more quickly then a fat kid eating a Big Mac
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I heard it doesnt have a FM receiver is that true if yes is there any way i could still receive radio signals?? I hope there is cause thats the only reason for me not buying it.
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I do tatally agree with you! You are the first people that i's read on the web that has really the same mind than me!
jim_0068 said:
i hated this about my iphone as well (currently have a hero coming) but it isn't that big of a deal because web radio works where ever you have a data signal; usually FM radio in buildings is ****e most of time due to signal quality.
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I've got an Ipod Touch and really dislike the "Apple politic", so really need a change and thought HTC hero (with FM) would have made this difference! I don't consider web radio because of the web access and don t need a 3G connexion. FM should be basicly on any multimedia stuff!!!!
FM Receiver on all the HTC's I have used have always been poor reception anyway, so I never used it
hmm, just found saw this: http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/nexus-one-teardown-reveals-possible-802-11n-radio-and-fm-transmi
what chipset is mounted on the hero?
radio streaming cannot be compared to fm radio. it consumes way more battery and internet bandwidth..
Nexus one is the top model from HTC today...
Hero is based on qualcomm and like Magic does not have FM receiver, so only way is online radio...
Inovator said:
Nexus one is the top model from HTC today...
Hero is based on qualcomm and like Magic does not have FM receiver, so only way is online radio...
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...not completely true
On modern smartphones most FM receivers are integrated in the bluetooth chipset.
The Hero hardware uses BRF6350 chipset form TI, which in fact has a FM receiver subcircuit. FYI: the X1, a.k.a. HTC Kovsky, also uses this chipset and has FM radio function.
See here for more details about the chip:
http://focus.ti.com/pdfs/wtbu/ti_bluelink_6_brf6350.pdf
These chips require some firmware to interact properly with the main CPU.
So without a proper firmware file activating the FM subset, there'll never be FM radio for Hero.
There might be also hardware parts missing to get this ever working....
P.S.: Nexus is also based on Qualcomm.
Best regards,
scholbert
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...not completely true
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ooooooooooooooooooooold thread there dude.
you should have noticed since they claimed nexus one was the best android phone LoL... it's been a while since that was true (not saying it isn't a great phone though).
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ooooooooooooooooooooold thread there dude.
you should have noticed since they claimed nexus one was the best android phone LoL... it's been a while since that was true (not saying it isn't a great phone though).
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Sure... i can read
Anyway old threads maybe filled with additional information.... at least for some even old information, is new information.
Regards,
scholbert
That may be true, but it's bumped a thread that's about 7 months old. And that's just annoying for many people.
Although its good information
and what about http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13380058&highlight=hero# ?
Lutchezar said:
and what about http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13380058&highlight=hero# ?
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nice one, thanks for sharing
Lutchezar said:
and what about http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13380058&highlight=hero# ?
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And now we've bumped a thread over a year old, 2.5 years from original post...
This person in this post here claimed to have my app running OK on a cdma Hero, but then had some problem and disappeared : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18460535&postcount=1462
I don't know if the gsm version is the same.
AFAIK, the only issue is the audio routing. RSSI looked OK on good stations I think.
I'm here due to an email I received, but for further discussion, perhaps my thread is best: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22492334&postcount=2246
I've had a Touch Diamond and a Touch HD for awhile and the HD is having a lot of problems, I'm pretty much tired of it and of Windows Mobile, so I wanted to try something with Android and it seems like the Hero is the best bet (I might be wrong though, are there any better Android non-keyboard phones)?
How do you guys think I'll like it, going from a Touch HD to a Hero? I've been looking on ebay and it seems like new ones are about $500 which isn't bad. And I watched a video of the Sense UI and it looks a lot better than WM. The only things that I REALLY need are the weather (which I know the Hero has), a "notes" app where you can draw, and access to Tasks and Calendar from the home screen. And a decent keyboard for texting/emailing. And an easy way to backup contacts/tasks to your computer. If you all could let me know if the Hero has these features and if you think I'd like it, I'd appreciate it.
Also, does the 3G work with AT&T in the US? Do I need to look for a specific version? (with the HD you had to get a specific model number that would work with AT&T 3G because the standard HD didn't)
PS. My main complaint about WM is it's slow and somewhat buggy (about 10% of the time when I get incoming calls, it just freezes). Android doesn't have any ridiculous bugs like this, does it?
A) Actually the Nexus One is a better keyboard-less Android phone (it's also made by HTC but all the software is handled by Google).
B) The Hero & really any Android phone will do everything you are looking for, either with stock apps or apps from the Market.
C) 3G will work if you get a Telus Hero.
So much to say... I came from an HTC Touch Diamond on Sprint to the HTC Hero on Sprint also. One day my Touch Diamond's screen simply failed to turn on anymore and I needed a new phone quick. I bought the HTC Hero as "used" from the Sprint store for like $250. It also allowed me to be "off contract" so I could switch to the Nexus on another carrier if I wanted. As you may know Sprint's CDMA and I might want to go to GSM...
I, like you, don't like WinMo anymore - too unstable. So far Andriod's a lot more stable but we'll see how that goes.
As for backing up contacts and calendaring - dude! Just switch to Google. I have all my contacts as Google Contacts now and all my calendar stuff is on Google Calendar. There is no backing up of contacts and calendering nor syncing - it's all in the cloud and all already synced together. It becomes a no brainer! (Note I use Thunderbird and hook up Thunderbird to Google Calendar and Contacts too). I also use Google Voice not and things are really good.
If I had to do it all over again though I'd drop the HTC Sense UI. The widgets and all that are sexy and pretty but you can tire of such things quickly. My biggest complaint is that HTC had totally messed up the AVRCP Bluetooth Controls by stealing them for it's HTC Music thingy and that really blows.
If you are really into HTC stuff the HTC HD2 might be a better way for you to go though that's WinMo too. There was rumor of an HTC Dragon which would be the snapdragon chip running Android. Now that I'd go to. Also the Nexus One is a snapdragon based chip.
I bet you can get an app for drawing notes, but im not too sure about the results as it has capacitive touch screen (responds to finger, not pen)
It has weather app on it and you can get more of them from the market for free
It has an easy backup as well, but loads of people can not get it to work (im one of them)
You may also have a look at Acer liquid A1
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C) 3G will work if you get a Telus Hero.
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Do you know if there's a different model number for it?
defaria said:
As for backing up contacts and calendaring - dude! Just switch to Google. I have all my contacts as Google Contacts now and all my calendar stuff is on Google Calendar. There is no backing up of contacts and calendering nor syncing - it's all in the cloud and all already synced together. It becomes a no brainer! (Note I use Thunderbird and hook up Thunderbird to Google Calendar and Contacts too). I also use Google Voice not and things are really good.
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Can I import my current Outlook contacts into Google, or would I need to start from scratch?
Aicis said:
It has an easy backup as well, but loads of people can not get it to work (im one of them)
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That's a pretty big deal if there's no backup, lol. Also, does it have a decent Tasks app (to keep track of little reminders and things, not in a calendar)?
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Can I import my current Outlook contacts into Google, or would I need to start from scratch?
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Export your contacts from Outlook, there should be an option under File, as an CSV. Log into Gmail>Contacts>Import.
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Do you know if there's a different model number for it?
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Yes, there is. The Euro Hero is (i think) the HERO100. The Telus Hero is HERO130.
What's the screen resolution?
I went ahead and bought one and I really like it so far. Android is so much faster than WM. And the smaller screen isn't really an issue, I barely even notice it. The only thing I prefer about WM is the multitasking, does anyone know if they're working on releasing a new version of Android with multitasking?
did you just ask that?
haha
welll
get your self a task manager from market
then youl see that you alreadya re multi tasking
sometimes pressing back to get out of a app will close it though..
so i fyou wanna leave an app open,
click home not back
haha oh
you can also hold home to see 6 recently used apps
xsirhc6x said:
did you just ask that?
haha
welll
get your self a task manager from market
then youl see that you alreadya re multi tasking
sometimes pressing back to get out of a app will close it though..
so i fyou wanna leave an app open,
click home not back
haha oh
you can also hold home to see 6 recently used apps
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Haha thanks, I had no idea. There's so much stuff open, can you close "htc checkin service" or does that need to stay open?
From Xperia
I came from an Xperia running an optimized custom TouchFlo3D which made it essentially a TouchHD with a keyboard, and aside from the keyboard, I don't miss a single thing about the phone since switching to the hero. The hero is much smaller, things just work much nicer and it performs and looks beautiful (both UI and hardware).
I would definately recommend going to the hero and already have recommended it to several friends etc.
Nexus one shoul also be a good choice but I can't comment since I'v never used one.
All I can say is that my Hero is close to perfect and the only way it can get better for me will be when I can send files by Bluetooth in the next update (VCards in particular).
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The only thing I prefer about WM is the multitasking, does anyone know if they're working on releasing a new version of Android with multitasking?
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Erhhh, well, it already does multitask and has done so since the very first version.
Of course, the "future" of mobile phone OSes is no-multitasking anyway, judging by the fact that WinMo 7 doesn't have it allegedly!!!!! See here.
Regards,
Dave
T-mobile version?
I also have a Diamond and am due an upgrade from T-mobile. The problem with the T-mobile Diamond was that the roms were miles behind the unbranded HTC ones.
Is the situation better with the Hero(G2) or is it best to debrand it?
Also, is the video recording still at the very low resolution it was in the original rom? I think it was 352 x 288
To be honest, whilst I think my Hero is great, there are better phones just around the corner. Of course, this is always going to be the case, but the Hero is now 6/7 months old now - if you upgrade now, I suspect you'll regret it in a couple of months time when something new pops up.
Regards,
Dave
foxmeister said:
no-multitasking anyway, judging by the fact that WinMo 7 doesn't have it allegedly!!!!!
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microsoft fail
Neo Cortex said:
I also have a Diamond and am due an upgrade from T-mobile. The problem with the T-mobile Diamond was that the roms were miles behind the unbranded HTC ones.
Is the situation better with the Hero(G2) or is it best to debrand it?
Also, is the video recording still at the very low resolution it was in the original rom? I think it was 352 x 288
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It's always better to have an unbranded rom. Does T-Mobile even have the Hero? I've only seen the CDMA one on Sprint. I bought an unlocked Telus one and it came with an unbranded rom.
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Does T-Mobile even have the Hero? I've only seen the CDMA one on Sprint. I bought an unlocked Telus one and it came with an unbranded rom.
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T-Mobile has the Hero in UK but it's called the G2 Touch. The rom is branded though
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T-Mobile has the Hero in UK but it's called the G2 Touch. The rom is branded though
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Branded roms are always bad and slow. Just buy an unlocked one online or flash the T-Mobile one.
I've just traded my Hero in for a Nexus One, haven't got it yet but I'm anxiously awaiting it's arrival.
The Hero's a great little device though, and it weighs in at about £100GBP less than the Nexus. If you do get one, root it and slap one of the great custom ROM's on it though, it'll fly then. I used MoDaCo's custom ROM and it made the phone so much more stable!
Best of luck,
Just bit the bullet and ordered one. If I don't like it I can send it back within the trial period. I'm excited
Hi all,
this is my first post here at XDA Developers and I wanted to create this thread to serve as a meeting point and information repository for all HTC Aria (S31HT) users living in Japan and using E-Mobile as their provider.
I just bought a non-Japanese HTC Aria (oops, as it turns out; wrong frequency support as E-Mobile uses symmetric 1700MHz!) and plan to shortly move to the E-Mobile network with one of their Arias, in order to use the tethering capability they provide for tablets such as the iPad2, Xoom and other wifi capable devices.
It was in finding out more about the Aria I already bought that I came to this forum trying to find out how to root my phone. The Aria I bought shipped with Android 2.2 and HBOOT 1.02 which meant I had no luck in rooting it via software methods.
So I have just ordered an XTC Clip device in order to hardware root my Aria (and any subsequent HTC compatible phones I buy).
I will make this service available to other Japanese users of XTC Clip compatible HTC phones, once I have successfully rooted my own phones and am comfortable with the process. In order not to upset the forum mods, if you want to avail yourself of this service (once I'm offering it) please send me an email privately for further instructions.
Once I root my Aria I plan to begin testing CM7 on it and providing useful instructions to other Japan-based Aria users on the best apps, settings and builds to use to have a good experience on the E-Mobile network.
Feel free to chime in and add your own experiences and tips so we can make this a locus for Japanese Aria development and information for everyone to avail themselves of.
I look forward to meeting you all, and thanks for such a fantastic resource XDA Developers!
Cheers from Tokyo,
visceralpsyche
Update 15 May 2011 - My XTC Clip arrived and I successfully rooted the Aria and installed CyanogenMod7 plus an updated radio stack on it. If anyone in Japan wants their HTC smartphone rooted to S-OFF please contact me via PM for more info.
I will update this post as I discover new additions to make the Japanese HTC Aria experience as good as it can be. Feel free to suggest other apps by posting their names and descriptions in this thread.
Recommended Apps (title of app in red)
Japanese keyboard support - OpenWnn plus (free)
English keyboard - SwiftKey (paid)
CPU speed governor (great for prolonging battery life) - SetCPU (paid)
Train timetables (great front end for online database) - Japan Trains (free)
Japanese/English dictionary - JED (free)
QR Code reader - Barcode Scanner (free)
Translation - Google Translate (free)
Earthquake Early Warning - Namazu Alert (free)
Batch command processing (make your phone do anything in any order) - Tasker (paid)
I received my XTC Clip the other day and have successfully rooted my non-Japanese Aria (which had HBOOT 1.02 on it). Transitioning to HBOOT 0.57 via first flashing the original AT&T ROM, I'm now running CyanogenMod7 nightly build 78 on it and have also flashed the radio firmware to the latest 47.63.35.21U_7.16.35.11 from this thread.
Loving the new CyanogenMod7! I'm now in the process of figuring out all the best software and keyboard apps for Japan and the more advanced stuff like CPU clocking etc.
The next thing is to get an E-Mobile version of the HTC Aria, figure out the differences (especially the radio which seems unique to the Japanese market unless anyone knows differently), then do the same procedure.
I could root my aria(E-mobile) with Xtc Clip.
I'm using CM7 now. It's wonderful!!
Yes, CyanogenMod7 is amazing compared to the stock HTC Sense isn't it! Am following the nightlies closely to see how close we are to 7.1. I have a feeling it won't be long....
I could use NTT Docomo SIM with my rooted ARIA(emobile).
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Thread will be stickied for the time being
Thanks for the sticky Orb3000!
Hopefully this can become the goto place for all Japanese HTC Aria owners to discuss rooting their phones and using them to their fullest.
With the latest nightly of CM7 I'm getting awesome battery life (3-4 days!). I was in Yodobashi Camera recently with a friend (showing them the Aria) and helped the E-Mobile staff diagnose a connection problem with the store's wifi hotspot! Used my Aria and the Wifi Analyzer app to figure out the least crowded frequency to use for them.... the guy was amazed and quite curious about CM7 being on the phone!
Cheers,
visceralpsyche
Interesting.. I am also in Japan and been using the Aria. Been dying to root it.
Can you help out (I am in Tokyo area).
Oren The Red said:
Interesting.. I am also in Japan and been using the Aria. Been dying to root it.
Can you help out (I am in Tokyo area).
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The newly released AlphaRevX beta should work on your phone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122574
Oren,
if the AlphaRevX thing doesn't work for you (or you are not confident in trying it) I'm happy to help. Send me a PM. I'm in Tokyo also.
Cheers,
Paul
Just a quick update - I'm currently testing my old Softbank iPhone Black USIM in my HTC Aria and it appears to work with the "smile.world" APN. I get the proper 3G or H icons depending on my location and my @i.softbank.jp email appears to work fine (IMAP based). Briefly used tethering with my iPad to confirm it works - yes, it does
Will do more comprehensive tests in the next few days and report back again. Going to keep a close eye on the bill to make sure I'm not getting screwed out of my pakehoudai plan from my iPhone.... but from other reports I imagine I'll be fine. Still better safe than sorry!
Cheers,
visceralpsyche
visceralpsyche said:
Just a quick update - I'm currently testing my old Softbank iPhone Black USIM in my HTC Aria and it appears to work with the "smile.world" APN. I get the proper 3G or H icons depending on my location and my @i.softbank.jp email appears to work fine (IMAP based). Briefly used tethering with my iPad to confirm it works - yes, it does
Will do more comprehensive tests in the next few days and report back again. Going to keep a close eye on the bill to make sure I'm not getting screwed out of my pakehoudai plan from my iPhone.... but from other reports I imagine I'll be fine. Still better safe than sorry!
Cheers,
visceralpsyche
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What version Hboot is on the Japanese HTC Aria?
To be clear, I'm currently using a non-Japanese Aria. But I did go and check the Japanese E-Mobile Aria in the store to see what HBOOT version it had. It had HBOOT 1.02 on it and Android 2.2. I also noted its radio version ends in .13 whereas my Aria (from Hong Kong) ends in .11 (probably because the E-Mobile Aria needs to support the 1700MHz band which the Hong Kong version doesn't support).
Anyway, I've attached a photo I took of the E-Mobile Aria bootloader screen in the store, along with two snapshots of my own Aria running with my old iPhone Softbank USIM in it.
So far so good - it shows the SoftBank provider logo on the lock screen, shows both the 3G and HSPDA icons depending on reception area, handles SMS and MMS perfectly with no additional setup and finally, handles the i.softbank.jp address without issue through K-9. Only small issue appears to be lack of PUSH support for that account at the server end, however it DOES pop up the SMS alert like on the iPhone to let you know a message has arrived, so it's not a big deal (and I don't use my i.softbank.jp address for much since I have my own domains). This is all using the smile.world APN which automatically shows up as one of two APN options when the SoftBank USIM is installed (first time you need to select it, after that it remains on it).
For now I may not even need to go to E-Mobile, depending on the next few days' testing to make sure I don't lose my 'pakehoudai' status and that tethering my iPad doesn't cause any wrinkles! That said, I plan to keep this thread for all Aria users in Japan regardless of carrier, so I'll keep posting new info and asking others to add to the info repository when they can!
Cheers,
visceralpsyche
Sorry, I should mention my current build info too for clarity as to what I'm running:
CyanogenMod7 nightly 111
drowningchild kernel 8.7 BFS (using smartass2 with 806/245Mhz)
Radio firmware update 7.16.35.11
+ Google apps package
Cheers,
visceralpsyche
visceralpsyche said:
Oren,
if the AlphaRevX thing doesn't work for you (or you are not confident in trying it) I'm happy to help. Send me a PM. I'm in Tokyo also.
Cheers,
Paul
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Paul,
Thanks for the lead on AlphaRevX. It was only today that I finally had the time to meddle with it and it looks like a success to me:
1. Used AlphaRevX on my EMOBILE Japanese HTC Aria to get the S-OFF
2. Used Revoked tool to flash the custom recovery.
I am now free! Rooted.
Now, comes the question which ROM to install. I guess I should be careful here with the radio versions, right?
Any recommendations or should I just go with the CM7?
Thanks.
Oren
My pick would be what I'm running in my sig - the latest CM7 nightly for the Aria along with drowningchild's latest kernel.
One thing to note is that the radio firmware I'm using is for my Hong Kong Aria, which has different radio bands to the E-Mobile Aria (I'm missing symmetric 1700MHz). So I'd stick with the radio firmware that your handset shipped with for now.
Hope this helps!
Cheers
visceralpsyche said:
My pick would be what I'm running in my sig - the latest CM7 nightly for the Aria along with drowningchild's latest kernel.
One thing to note is that the radio firmware I'm using is for my Hong Kong Aria, which has different radio bands to the E-Mobile Aria (I'm missing symmetric 1700MHz). So I'd stick with the radio firmware that your handset shipped with for now.
Hope this helps!
Cheers
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Thanks mate!
Last q. Do you know if there is a package or where I can find the emobile APNs? I seems to find only 2 on the net, but I remember that I had like 5-6 APNs on the emobile STOCK.
I have the stock backup, maybe I can extract the APNs from there?
Cheers,
Oren
Oren The Red said:
I have the stock backup, maybe I can extract the APNs from there?
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Yeah, just load up your backup, and write down the APNs listed.
Hi,
I have the emobile APN's. Used APN backup tool to extract the APN in XML format. Will PM you the file when I get home.
Kaz