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I desparately need help! I finally got fed up missing calls because my MDA Vario wasn't ringing or because it crashed when I tried to answer. I've had a problem for a while, in that after a day or two it will mysteriously stop making any noises. No menu clicks, no voice directions in TomTom, no notification sounds and worst of all, no ringing when a call comes in. The only fixes are to reboot or to go into Sounds & Notifications in Settings, go to the Notifications tab and then change the volume up or down! It's then fine for another day or two.
I finally got fed up and did a hard reset last week, put my data back on through ActiveSync and then reinstalled the following:
Opera
TomTom 5.21
Total Commander
SmartsKey
Omapclock
I set SmartsKey to overclock to 240mhz and used Total Commander to edit the registry and switch on caps indicator, enable the various caches as suggested in in the wiki, and to set GPRS to always on (as I'm on unlimited data). No other changes, no other software. I did install the trial of SPB Mobile Shell, but then removed it because I didn't like it. I'm on the standard T-Mobile firmware, ROM 2.21.2.6 WWE and I've not unlocked it at all.
The phone worked like a dream for a week or so after the hard reset, but now it's started doing the same thing with the sounds again! Furthermore, if I'm using TomTom it doesn't override the power save settings - so it turns off the backlight after 2 minutes and then turns off the phone after 5! It didn't do this before!
PLEASE can anyone help before I throw the thing out of the window and buy a Symbian smartphone!?
Thanks in advance,
Tim
Can nobody help?
Nobody have any ideas? Am I really the only one with this problem!?
Tim
What rom r u using,
that could be the problem.
tell me the rom, radio version
tj80 said:
I desparately need help! I finally got fed up missing calls because my MDA Vario wasn't ringing or because it crashed when I tried to answer. I've had a problem for a while, in that after a day or two it will mysteriously stop making any noises. No menu clicks, no voice directions in TomTom, no notification sounds and worst of all, no ringing when a call comes in. The only fixes are to reboot or to go into Sounds & Notifications in Settings, go to the Notifications tab and then change the volume up or down! It's then fine for another day or two.
I finally got fed up and did a hard reset last week, put my data back on through ActiveSync and then reinstalled the following:
Opera
TomTom 5.21
Total Commander
SmartsKey
Omapclock
I set SmartsKey to overclock to 240mhz and used Total Commander to edit the registry and switch on caps indicator, enable the various caches as suggested in in the wiki, and to set GPRS to always on (as I'm on unlimited data). No other changes, no other software. I did install the trial of SPB Mobile Shell, but then removed it because I didn't like it. I'm on the standard T-Mobile firmware, ROM 2.21.2.6 WWE and I've not unlocked it at all.
The phone worked like a dream for a week or so after the hard reset, but now it's started doing the same thing with the sounds again! Furthermore, if I'm using TomTom it doesn't override the power save settings - so it turns off the backlight after 2 minutes and then turns off the phone after 5! It didn't do this before!
PLEASE can anyone help before I throw the thing out of the window and buy a Symbian smartphone!?
Thanks in advance,
Tim
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Did you thik it maybe hardware not software!!!! Maybe your phones has a fault that comes and goes. I would take it into the shop to see if has a fault!
Can I suggest that you start with the basics. Do a hard reset but reset it before the extended ROM can install. (If you don't have a stock operator ROM installed nows a good time to do it). Don't install any software at all. It might sound a bit boring but it is important to establish if you have a hard ware or software fault.
Now run the fone for a few days and see if the problem returns. If it doesn't start to add your apps one at a time until you find which is the culprit. If it fails to work with the basic stock ROM you most likely have a hardward problem.
Going for repair
Thanks for the replies, all. As the phone is a year old in June and will therefore be out of warranty I spent 45 minutes this lunchtime on the phone to T-Mobile to get it sent for repair! They were fine about it, just deeply inefficient. Anyway, a prepaid bag is on it's way for me to send back. Any ideas if they will try to repair or just swap it out with another one? I imagine a fault like this which might be software or hardware and which only manifests itself after a few days will be more trouble to fix than it's worth? Anyone had any experience of getting one repaired?
Thanks again,
Tim
yeah, I had been p[laying about with roms for a few weeks and after what I think may be water damage or a drunken drop, my screen stopped working.
Take into account it was christmas time but still I received a brand new phone but had the old battery cover haha. They replaced the stylus too. My old phone was battered and screen was scratched so I was totally happy with the 3 week wait.
No questions asked although I did return my rom to exactly the one it came with, i was unable to re cid lock it.
Overall give T-mob time and it seems they replace phones ok
i did take mine into a t-mobile shop so don't know if that makes a difference (time etc) and was not covered by t-mobile insurance but my bank account has free phone insurance as back up
Hope that was of some help
Paps
Im interested in upgrading my Orbit ROM as its a little slow. Having scoured through these forums Ive seen some reports of successful Artemis upgrading, and some unsuccessful Orbit reports. I just want to ask:
1) Firstly before thinking of flashing, can I backup my PPC (kinda like ghosting/imaging on a PC) incase something goes drastically wrong.
2) Has anyone got definate proof of an Orbit being flashed with a good ROM (with GPS / WiFi / most apps working)
3) If so, where would one obtain this ROM
4) (probably a question worth a hounding) Where might I find step by step instrustions on how to: a) backup my PPC fully for safety net
b) flash my ROM. including links to needed software
5) After flashing ROM, I take it no info (contacts, messages, programs,etc.) are stored on the PPC and will need to be painstakingly put back on ??
Many thanks, and my apologies if this has been asked a thousand times> I have sifted the forums but cnt seem to find definitive answers.
One last thing, I just got my Orbit few weeks ago and is my first PPC and being quite techy-minded, would like to learn more about the whole process so if anyone knows of any good guides/info with explainations of acronyms and what have ye,t'would be much appreciated.
First thing you could do is put a question mark after what is a question cause my heart just cant take the excitement.
O2 XDA Orbit and new ROMs?
Secondly this is such a hot topic there are lots of threads and the reason you can not find a definitive answer is because at the moment there is none.
so answers to your question
1 At the moment there is no way to make a backup of the ROM.
2 There are people who this has worked for but do you want to be in the percentage that has a bricked Orbit...... just wait for the new O2 ROM (ETA unknown)
3 There is a PDAMobiz rom that can install on a CID Locked phone floating around but I would not recommend it to you cause its more trouble then it is worth.
4 When its ready.... arvind09 says that they are going to have something really soon.... Look, nothing is going to make it so you dont have to check the forum everyday. Welcome to the club enjoy your stay (at least it is not the club with a bricked Orbit).
5 Use Activesync and Outlook to store your contacts and everything will be automated.
Check the Wiki for information about the whole PDA scene.
P.S. PDAs can be fun but please dont rush into upgrading your ROM on this baby unless you have CIDUnlocked it from (imei-check.co.uk) or unless you have £47 to get it repaired after you have bricked it.
BTW Welcome to the wonderful world of XDAs
Head on over to www.xda-orbit.com
This site is dedicated to your new toy
yeah what he said
bdangol said:
PDAs can be fun but please dont rush into upgrading your ROM on this baby unless you have CIDUnlocked it from (imei-check.co.uk) or unless you have £47 to get it repaired after you have bricked it.
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jamin100 said:
Head on over to www.xda-orbit.com
This site is dedicated to your new toy
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Already registered, though cant seem to findanything there about working ROMs
that is cause like i said there is not one.
hold on mate just hold on.
BTW over clock your Orbit that you can do.
Use Omapclock
just search for it
that will speed it up
yeah already got that sorted. Just hopin O2 get it into gear n release a FREE WM6 upgrade. I read somewhere that HTC are releasing a FREE upgrade, justhope O2 dnt all business conscious n try to charge for any mods they make lol. Thanks for the quick responses anyhow chum
I have fixed *all* my problems with the O2 Orbit just by installing Battery Status 1.04
Now I am not normally the kind of person who will just go and install some random free software from a site that barely even mentions the software, but this is great.
Before installing, I had these problems:
1. Quite often my phone would completely lock up when I got an incoming call, but the ringer would keep ringing and I'd have to take the battery out. This was rather embarassing after I'd previously told my friends about all the things the phone could do.
2. GPS took forever to get a fix - maybe up to 10 minutes. I would often arrive at my destination before the phone knew where I was. This was despite regularly updating QuickGPS
3. The phone would randomly lock up and/or stall for no apparent reason, and then catch up with itself after a couple of minutes and run all the things I'd launched because I pressed all the buttons while it was locked up.
4. I tried playing an mp3 once. It took about 45 seconds of stuttering and bad playback as if I was streaming a HD video on a 9600 baud modem. When it finally started playing smoothly, nothing else would work.
I had tried uninstalling the o2 software, and I run spb mobile shell and pocket plus but I'd tried removing them too but it was useless. What was really annoying was that I switched to an 18 month contract on o2 for this, but the phone ran more slowly and with more bugs than my old SPV m500!
This one little utility has fixed it all. Now I can use GPS while playing mp3 files and surfing the internet over wifi all at the same time as being on activesync. It's great. It's almost as though the phone is supposed to use the xscale function but o2 have disabled it...
Anyway, download the software from the link - no need to upgrade ROMs or anything. Just make sure you take a backup of your phone before you install it
Now to find a way to get it to default to letter recogniser after a soft reset. I'm sure I saw a post about this somewhere!
Mit
I read that there's lots of tweaks for WM5 for the 8525, but then I seen mention of a WM6 available, too. I presume it's a free upgrade on the AT&T website, or elsewhere online.
Now for the questions. Which OS works best for this device? Do the tweaks made for WM5 work with WM6 as well? Should I upgrade to WM6, or stay with WM5? For the GPS (maps), does it work with both or just one of the options?
Now for other (off-topic) experiences I have with my new [reconditioned] device.
a) After inserting my SIM card, about an half hour later, I attempted to call an 800 number (to activate a new bank debit card), which it didn't fully connect the call, although the call timer was running. It wouldn't let me end the attempted call, either, so I removed the battery and reinserted it.
b) Exploring the device further, I noticed that some menus didn't close when I tap the "red X" in the corner. I even tried to expand (pull out the keyboard on) the device, but it shows the "red X" of the location from portrait. as well as from the landscape! For example, it wouldn't close the "selecting which size to send photos" option screen. After waiting about a minute, I had to remove the battery to get rid of those screens, which is a major pain to keep removing the battery!
c) Later on, the last phone call that I made wouldn't hang up (end call) -- I even tapped 'End Call' about 5 times, not to mention pressed the red phone icon on the main navigation keys about 3 times. I haven't used the device since, except to place my old Samsung Sync's memory card with pictures, songs, and videos inside it.
The device seems very slow to close/end programs, and I've just received it yesterday! [I have not hacked, tweaked, or done anything else to it, either; I've only set the time, date, and owner's info.] Is this normal for the 8525? Would installing the WM5 tweaks [HTweakC 2.1b] -- or updating to WM6 -- increase the device's response time and overall performance? Or do I have a still faulty, reconditioned 8525?
Sorry for the long questions, I just wanted to give background into the device. Thanks in advance for all help in this matter!
You seem to be way behind as you use WM5. First thing you do after reading this: UPGRADE TO WM6.1
Most tweaks of WM5 will ofcourse work on WM6. WM6 is faster and much much better.
Do you know about soft-reset? No need to take out the battery! Just soft-reset.
And most of your problems of hang-ing can be solved by newer version of Windows Mobile! WM6.1
In case if your new to upgrading, you may read my small guide. If your completely new to Pocket PC, this might help you too. Also, consider using a free taskmanager such as wkTaskMan to close applications completely.
Regards,
Carty..
Carty, thanks for the quick reply!
As a brief background, for about the past 6 months, I was infatuated with the HTC Tilt [8925], because of the built-in GPS, Wi-Fi, 3-MP camera, & media player. Later, from reading other opinions on the 8525 on this board and discovering that it was compatible with GPS services, I decided to "sacrifice" the 3-MP camera, as the 8525 was about $100 cheaper on eBay.
I am pretty new to the Pocket PC, as my cellular device; I have used computers since 1996, though. That being said, it's not even been 24 hours since I've tinkered with the 8525 (as the eBay one never worked at all). I take it that the 8525 is an older device, as I've seen posts dating back to 2006. I just bought one on eBay 2 weeks ago, and had it replaced at an AT&T repair/replace shop yesterday.
I see the reset button on the bottom of the device; I just didn't know when to use it. I presumed it could only be used if the device wouldn't turn on at all. [As you can tell, I'm overly cautious with my new cellular equipment.] Also, I read about the "hard reset" -- holding down the 2 option buttons on the front and then the reset on the bottom of the device; however, I didn't know when to use the hard reset, either.
I will read your tutorials, then will install WM6 ASAP. Then, I will return with my findings. Wish me luck!!
Now I'm having issues with the update of WM6! The device stalls at 11%, then the software returns with the following:
"ERROR [262]: UPDATE ERROR
The ROM Update Utility has encountered communication errors during the update process. The program will guide you step-by-step to recover from the errors so you can continue with the update."
I tried the [Recovery] button 2 more times, following the screens to the letter, but with the same result . . . the software stalls at 11%.
Any ideas? This is very frustrating!!
Man, I finally got it to install WM6! I had to literally remove every single program that was running under my "name" with the XP-MC OS. I even had to "Ctrl+Alt+Delete" the Explorer program and then "open" it (via Task Manager) again! [I didn't restart Windows, though.]
So far, it's back to the align screen, so I'll hope all goes well from there! Be back with more later!
I've made one phone call so far, and it actually did the end call promptly! Thank goodness for small favors! I thought having to do the "flash" about 6 times would have fried the device!
Now that I have the WM6, how do I install the tweaks? Do I copy them to a memory card, to the cell ROM, or something else? I already downloaded "HTweakC 2.1b" but haven't done anything with it yet. What would be my next step to correctly hack the WM6 8525 that I have now? I am a novice at hacking, so talk in layman's terms and please bear with me!
Dairy of A NRG rom HD2
Welcome to ramblings of a madman. This is a little diary i got an idee to start since i practicly live in my phone. In some ways this might be a life rewiev of a HD2. Its maybe not as entertaining as it is therapy for me Its not meant to be educational, but tips from my experience migh popup so who knows, maybe you find something usefull even. I do excuse any bad spelling. English is not native in Sweden, but very common.
I will try to update this as often as i can and if you like something or want to disscuss some of my ideas i have, feel free to post away. I can not insure i will do so much replying to answers, i will focus on updating my days mostly as i feel. With luck this post will be long and a distraction reading while your waiting for your next rom
Anyway hope you like it, and if not, read something else, you have already been warnd.
- Sunday the 5th sep 2010 (late night):
Just flashed latest NRG 6.5.3 rom, the clean version with only CHT. Time to try simple with this flash, have it as clean as possible with minimal installs. Im tired of having weird buggs happening, and they always seem to popup when i really need the phone.
So, last time i did a, stock rom, task 29, radio 2.12.50_2 and then my GTX regular cookie rom on 6.5.3. So this time i only clean up the SD Card a bit and decides to go straight to the sep 4th cookie 6.5.3 rom and do the magic trick.
.... ****, will i really stand it with the regular classic black looking rom now? Been using GTX for some time now and i love it, but always been annoyed i cant go pure white with no buttons on bottom and the theme doesnt really look that nice, wich is a shame, GTX is close to perfect. I love clean looks, its less confusing and the idea just pops in, why have non made a totaly black or white homescreen? Am i really alone feeling that for ex. A black wallpapper that covers from bottom to topp, no top bar, no operator text, no clock background, no bottom bar on slider, no buttons just text. And to make it perfect, large stock clock and appointments only on home.
Well well, flash is done, time for Zombie mode.
A hard resett, and wait..... On operator choise cancel, soft reset and wait.... Sigh. The wierd thing is while hating this, i also love it. Gives a feeling of a new device everytime. Also notice that the good old network missing startup message is there again in this rom, and dissmiss it.
I select Sweden on location settings, select 24 time format and ... Softreset again ... I really want everyting set manually since you never know what trash might follow so after setting Owner info and arrange tabs, manually selected windows connection and mobile operator and done the internet settings (gets the most stable internet selecting operator manually later, dont know why, but it works), i execute MyPhone and da daa. Time for the cookie monster settings.
First wierd thing happens when CHT have started ... I get no respons on screen. Hmm is it the classic "-i dont understand my own tochscreen"? and hits randomly around blank spots in CHT, and right, there it is, opens my notifications (the top right meny) and i have to wait untill phone lets me hit close. If i try to use the phone now without decicive action, it will soon come back. Only solution i found so far is turn of and unlock again, then do a screen alignment. Hope that does the trick.... Yes, there we go.
Calmly sets CHT to standard settings with no animation, 1 quicklink page etc. I have had my HD2 for almost a year now, i want it fast with no hockus pockus to annoy.
Hmm, twitter tab still dont work, well well, im down to bare minimal on tabs, maybe just as good, once again, speed is key. Weather is on though, strange since im atm permenantly sick and seldom goes out, maybe its a try to hang on to real life thing.
i feel the basics have been done. And i start with installing the basic must have apps for me.
Goes for:
- Copilot
- IM+ (best looking multi messenger)
- Pocket RAR
- Omarket (should be in the rom damn it)
- Sense Task (best there is, simple)
- WM Torrent
- Audiobox (music creation software)
After regestring my softwares i go browsing PocketNow and XDA Portal, got to stay up to date. Finaly some WM news, and a good one also. A camera activation app that could start it from sleep mode. I hit download and also sets a new Futurama episode on DL and returns to home page.... Mental breakdown. I cant use it as out beloved NRG god does it .. Removes all on home screen, sets big clock, black background and installs some X cabs to remove top bar etc, the clean look. To my dissepointment i now have buttons on the bottom i cant remove, but what the heck, looks better. Feels like my minimal install got a bit less minimal thou.
Tryes installing the camera lancher app .. doesnt work, and me whos even using default windows lock screen, what a let down. Well, time is 04:00 and time to get some shut eye. Gone drive a friend to the airport tomorrow at 15:00. Rembering i forgott to install G-Alarm i set regular watch to 13:00 and hope it does the trick, hope alarm on WP7 will be better. My soffa is not comfy, but i fall asleep.
- Monday the 6th sep 2010 (12:37):
Cat is hungry and with me being a softy, her will is my command.
Immidetly after seeing to her needs, i must check PocketNow, XDA Portal and HD2 rom threads. Checks out Shu's Cruzer rom and wonders if i dare to use a non NRG rom, so far his roms always been the most complete one with only the darn Parlingo client to annoy me. I decide to DL it, maybe will try it out later. I have a disturbing habbit on saving everything HD2 related, i think i have every NRG rom since release on my harddrive.
Well time to se if my friend and neighbour is up and about.
- Monday the 6th sep 2010 (14:15):
He is wondering how much weight he can have on his luggage, time to shine and snapps out my HD2.
Panik, lockscreen wont let go, can unlock the device and i keep talking as a distraction till i on my 3rd time gets the display to register my touch and unlock.
Surfs in on Lufthansa and gives the page some angry looks. Lufthansa app only for Iphone and Andriod, and on top of that, weight numbers are in "lb". Quckly thinks for a sec, must be pouns, opens Omarket and re-download myConvert, mish acomplished ... lets hope the pound to kg was right, or my friend will have to dropp stuff on the airport
- Monday the 6th sep 2010 (14:45):
My friends travel companion shows up late, but in good spirit and i take a pic on my HD2 of the travel feverish, wine drinking crazys. No lockscreen problem this time.
We jump in my car (a -93 Nissan sunny combi, and i connect my phone to the car sterio and try to calm em with soothing music, gets a push mail from Hotmail wich is news from a site i never have any intrests in, typicall, phone seems good to go. Of we go, drop this 2 of, home and surf some XDA again and finish typing up this.
- Monday the 6th sep 2010 (18:20):
While watching Futurama (on my HD2) i realized i havent presented my self in anyways so lets do a pre post thingy. My Name is Peder Nakazul Tjärnberg aka Nak'an and i live in Sweden Gothemburg, born and breed on the Swedish Northlands, moved to the big city 2000 (lol, i know, we dont have large citys in here, Gothemburg bragging on second largest where merly 900 000 peeps)
I been a Pocket PC user since back of the days, im not a young man anymore so there been some devices by now.
Started out with my first geeky phone somewhere around late 2000 or early 2001. Since the realese of the first GSM based mobile in the 90's i had marveld upon being able to make a call ... (and not get a bill the size of mount everest)... from ANYWHERE, i was totaly blown away and used various Nokia, Ericsson, Motorola phones and with me in the end having a Nokia 7110 (The matrix looking phone) , wich started out as a collaberation between Nokia and the Swedish mobile operator Telia as the first wap unit, i was amazed by it, surfing the web, almost, what if there was a mobile that had windows like my computer with all its feat.
Said and done, on my second 7110 and some years later, and after by accidently having dropped it in my bathtub (nooo, loved that phone, still does) and a friend talking about palms, i by accident stumbeld upon a store here in Gothemburg that was specialized in only Pocket PC's and palms and there, right on the spot, he sold me my first Pocket PC, a brand new Qtek 9090 aka HTC Blue Angel. My amazment lvl knew no boundrys, its almost like a real windows operating computer and it had it all. And with every talk about updates and the exiting future of Pocket PC's a dream of a phone being a full blown out windows computer started (Still does).
I started out with a 1GB card and people at worked gazed and was amazed, what a mindblowing amount of storage space and you have windows messenger!
Well, in love or not in the BA (Blue Angel in short), when finaly after much delay the Qtek 9000 aka HTC Universial arrived. Growin a bit frustrated at the limitations on the 9090 and it broke down, and seeing my vision of having a real computer in my hands i sold my soul, everything i could and bought one.
What a screen, what a performance machine. Themes poped up enabeling almost a authentic XP look and XPUScalar sent the processor flying. TCPMP started really to rock and it feelt as i had the world in my hands.
But after a while it started to feel unaccurate for my needs, as my media hunger grew, so did not the Universial so one day, i just sold it and bought me my next evolution ... The Flybook GSM. A mini PC before everything, the size slighty larger then a DVD cover, touchscreen, built in gsm phone, a screen you could rotate and fold i had reached nirvana. It had Windows XP Pro and built in HD and was *In that time( incredble fast. Wow what a geek dream. I could even install World Of Warcraft and just bearly play it.
Must have looked funny back in the days with me, having a PC headphone set with speakers on my head walking around with a small bag on my shoulder. Also dissmised the need for pockets. The device had pluetooth yes, but as i rememberd XP could not handle calls on BT back then, i knew for sure a small nice BT headset could not be used.
But technology grows better, and as my wish for what i wanted to do with my little Flybook slowly got halted due to the fact that the processor was seemingly usless, graphic card almost non existent and the ever haunting problem with touchscreens back then, the yellowish bad screens. My dream for the perfect portable device crumbled and finally crashed, i sold it and bought my self a Dell XPS M1710 computer and that was almost the end of my hi-end phone world days. I thought i was done with the buggy, laggy world of small devices.
Slowly the the small company Qtek got at least a little foothold in Sweden and i saw friends with HTC Wizards etc, but i never even glanced at them. But a technology awaited around corner forcing me to look a mobile pda's again. The birth of 3g.
Wow, i had been a growing resister of the use of Ericsson phones (wich is law to own in Sweden), and here, among the first 3g phones on the Swedish market was a Motorola. And the internet speeds should be great so i bought a Motorola A-920 and was now cruising on the wave of Symbian. If feelt kind of cool, but cofusing at the sametime. And Motorola released pretty shortly a device named A-925, and i thought, that screen quality, the colours, i had to change device .... and weeks or somthing later the Motorola A-1000 came out and a small glimps of my PDA days started to show, time for a change again.
Now the phone operator 3 was constantly a pain to use and there customer support wasnt even worth mentioning. And after a while i ditched the A-1000 also and went to samsung regular boring phone. My dissepointment had no boundrys. Still keept the A920 as i thought it to be cult (+it was bugg free!!! Havent heard of one) so its laying safely stored away in a bag nowadays with original box etc.
Now cameras started to intressed me more and more, and having it on the phone was practical since i always carried my phone with me. And LG came with a new device that seemd nice, divx support and all so there i go, i bought the LG Viewty and i must say, what a great phone. Simple to use, pretty nice operating system and i was in love. When a year or so later, when LG released the LG Renoir , now with 8mp camera there was no questions asked. Time to uppgrade. It was a nice phone and it could have been a keeper but for some reason it keept loosing the sd card, couldnt find it. And after several repears i saw a new device with a 12mp coming out, it was once again time for a switch. Sone Ericsson released the Symbian based device Satio. Wow this is it .... Or not. My god, i say it now and never again, put a bullet in Symbian, its been develovped to slow and is basicly crap if you dont have a Nokia phone. After 1 week of owning the device i was so frustrated by the slow responsing, laggy, totally unlogical device. Sure, i could take pictures so wonderfull i thought i burst of happiness, but my god the rest sucked. I started to look for a device to to it all once and for all, a high/end device that would do it all and that would be it. I went and bought a real camera and after studing the webb a long time .... The HTC HD2 was due to come out. I looked at Nokias N900 and this and said, the one that comes out first i buy. Keeping on reading on the HD2 on internet i changed my mind and pre-orderd it. And after delay i got mine 2009-11-09 and the wow effect had no boundrys. Now i had started to search for sites to give news, updates and info and stumbled upon XDA, PocketNow and here i am.
The HD2 is the best phone i ever bought, it satisfy my needs 24 seven. Sure, WM is buggy, but thnx to the XDA Community the device feels pretty perfect and stabile nowadays. What a journy its been. And will it end when WP7 comes out? Well, im on a tight budget, but i will do everyting in my power to keep it, i love it and its a keeper. My belives are that a device like the HD2 will not be released at launch so i have time to preper for a new monster device. WP7, im ready, i embrace you no matter the cost.
Btw all i write on internet, this diary is done frome my HD2.
Thanks for sharing, Peder. I will follow this diary....
Great Job!!
Nice work man!!
Hell of a job!!
Thanx for sharing ur experience with the phone and for the great effort on presenting it!!
Keep up the good work!!
- Thuesday the 7th sep 2010 (04:12):
So anotherday passes, i use my HD2 so much it seldom gets into lock screen. But went for a night stroll with my cat and had to use the flashlite on and of and only after a visit by my neighbour to post a question on XDA for him (he has tech lvl -10) i got 1 touchscreen bugg. Where i try to unlock but screen dont
Respond so i have to unlock device again. All in all a good HD2 day, only problem so far seems to be that unlock bugg. Played some StarCraft 2 and drunk some lite beer. Now to sleep with a movie on my torrent running in background. Lets se how much battery i have left when i wakeup.
- Thuesday the 7th sep 2010 (12:23):
Ohh, beer tastes great but the day after is never fun. Well i rests another 4 minutes before i have a look at the phone and... Battery dead. Not a big suprise, data connections is a killer for batteries so i call my battery testing a beer influenced idea.
Once back on i see i got 373MB down before it shut down. Phone seems as hangover as me and starts with a "oh noo, i lost my screen again" Darn this is annoying, and typing about it make me realise this happens quete often.
Well, a mail came in during the night, nice its from HTC. But the news is not so nice, i just gotten the answer from there lottery draw and i didnt win the HD2 (Only enterd the lottery in january so HTC seems to be doing lottery as fast as there upgradings). But there is another lottery now and i can answer basicly same stupid questions and choose a Desire, a Legend or a Wildfire. Well what to loose then exept time again, so does the qestions all over. I cant help to wonder how many peeps that will acctully pick the Wildfire next to these Andriod monsters. In my book not picking the Desire must be a proof that even dumb people buys HTC phones =).
Well ... That mail kind of drained my remaining energy so i fall asleep again.
- Thuesday the 7th sep 2010 (14:32):
I awake feeling i missed something ...aha, i did, a missed call from a buyer, hes intressted in some of my old Nissan S14 parts i have clammering up my storage. Calls him up and after we decided he will swing back later today we hangup and .... When i try to unlock screen it just blinks quickly and then it goes off again. Oh my, another old bugg to show its ugly face. Well, said and done, starts hitting the power button and simultaniusly hitting the other buttons to counter the lock screen. Takes a couple of times to fix , but eventully back in normal. Well, time to give the poor cat some ... Hey wait a min, i was tired but i got up and feed her in the morning, my oh my can i be tired or what. I have a headach now so falls back to sleep.
- Thuesday the 7th sep 2010 (17:23):
Yeah, i feel revieved and its time to surf the webb and do my morning rutine.
Startup wmTorrent check (Wy did i close it?)
Startup Opera .... Yes workes fast. I happen to live in a spot that go...operators forgott. Its really silly, i can move around in this suburb anywhere i want with great 3g coverage, but as soon as im home i have to crawl on the selfs and the walls to get mediocre 1-2 spots. What happend to antenna boosters!?
Anyways, opens favorites and klick XDA Portal and when it load loaded i remember i need to update my diary again so i startup word and try to press my doc. Nothing happens so i try again ... *sigh* sreen is dead again. On off and opens the document. Tryes to do a copy and past and .... No respons again... Aaaargghh. On off and does a screen alignment and tryes again. Screen aligment to sloppy re does it a second time and im back on track. Does some small typing and remember i forgott to read up on XDA news.
Ahaa, a new keyboard layout thats supposed to be better.... Oh and in GTX skin as standard (nooo Peder, nooo, dont flash, try to keep it as it is!) ... Okay, install it quickly and darn its nice. Great work by Boogiecornejo here.
I feel lucky, news from HTC, 2 HD2 news related posts, time to dust of my old WAD and se if the WVGA version of Windows SeVen is up to the task. Maybe will have to flash to a titanium if it is good but WAD and all the other skining softwares are old and outdated for a HD2 so i decide to try it out before deciding.
Disables Sense and get to work, install instructions is pretty easy to understand so it all seems done. Only instruction i cant understand what he really means is the last note on the numberd install list, but i do a guess and tryes it out.
- Thuesday the 7th sep 2010 (20:04):
Been trying out the new SeVen skin and try to get it all to work. As i suspected though, old skinning softwares are not very easy to use and seldom gets it right. Seems its been designed for the now old HTC universial. Guess its there it will work best then, because i had transparency buggs and other small issues. Being with wisdom from old skinning days i realise i can spend several hours now to try to get it working the way i like and work at all, probebly get it pretty decent, but it will only be that ... Decent and some buggs will popup here and there that i never had before so i decide its not worth the work. Of it goes, themes and all, and i restore Sense and cabs back to my usual liking. Phew, that was a couple of hours worth of nothing. Had some screen dropouts during this process also, seems the trouble is getting worse, so ....its close, i can feel it, my computer can feel it (wow, hes acctully gona start me again!)... Its time to download NRG GTX, but also do the hole 9 yards again, task 29 etc. But atm im also thinking that that Cruzer rom maybe needs a test spin before next NRG flash.
Also forgott to report that my guessing at pounds converting for my friend, who was to travel throu airplane went all right, no need to throw away stuff +) a kiss to the developers of mConvert?
Now all i need to do is step up to the challenge of starting my computer ..... will i play SC2 instead? Feels like my phone needs me more...aha, decisions decisions. Well, off i go.
- Wednesday the 8th sep 2010 (23:46):
Late entrence, been a slow day but finaly some words.
Well, downloaded my NRG GTX 4th sep last night and after that i installed Cruzer rom i had laying around.
Very nice rom indeed i must say, 6.5.5 Windows pure stock. It was painfully stock as it turned out. No extras installed, no owner info possibility, i mean stock! The wierd thing with all this stock was that in all this pureness, it had CHT. The thing that made my try to work with the rom was the theme work though. Darn i never seen such a nice skinned one, even the butt uggly CHT pointing arrow for hidden slidebar was great. The wallpapers was perfectly matched and it had the windows and ok/close key removed to hardware buttons.
Now with a nice skinned rom like this i tryed to help it breath. It was darn laggish and was in desperate help in performance enhancing. Its then i realize while having tons of software backed up on my sd card i havent been in need of a reg editor since all roms have them nowadays and i got a bit thrown of and in the end ....NRG GTX was back on..
Now after the new rom was finished and all the usual work to get it settled i realize there was a bugg on the clock. It was a emty line cutting the klock in half and the rom was behaving a bit strange so headed over to NRG thread for some info. Turns out there is a new version coming up soon and that the bugg is known by NRG already.
Now Dinik version was already up and on a new build so i thought i wait, and so i did.
I waited til i fell asleep and woke up and the change logg for GTX was up but still no rom ... So i waited, watched some movies untill finally, i could download it this evening.
This time it was a task 29, radio 2.10.50.28_2, and NRG GTX 24634 sep 8th. Hard reset, cancel operator setting, softreset. Started to adjust CHT and the screen started go stupid on me again so i Hard reseted again and did everything all over, and now everything went smooth as butter.
When all was setted, region settings, owner info, op settings etc, i came to a realization of depression. Maybe my soon to be 1 year old HD2 is somewhat defected!? I seem to have the same issues going around no matter the rom, and its always the losing screen problem. I know there are problems with the windows mobiles but im starting to belive its the hardware thats not functioning right. Everytime i had trouble now i try to squeeze the phone a bit and then does the unlocking and it seems to fix the problem somewhat. Maybe i need a new HD2, god know i have used it a lot and even though i protected it like a child, i have droped it several times here and there, used the flashlight in the night when a friends car broke down. (Thats why i drive Nissan, seems i only need to help others out =)
Well with that in my mind i went for the settup of softwares i do want.
So herre we go for my list of perfect must have apps (if not always, sometimes)
- CoPilot
- SenseTask
- IM-
- wmTorrent
- G-Alarm
- Pocket RAR
- Waterlevel
- Omarket
- mConvert
- AudioBox
- dwRuler (so simple, so briliant)
- MyStopWatch
- True Caller
- Keyboard fix from Boogiecornejo
And for screen mods its the Touch X remove top bar and BiGnAdAd transparent top bar as usual. Now as usual i leave BsB and Advanced Config alone and trust in the modds NRG does.
Now i belive there will have to be a big revolution like WP7 dumped for HD2 or somthing to ever flash my phone ever again. I need my phone in more then 1 way, i have no internet connection at all at home and uses the phone as a usb modem dongle. So this rom thingys is daarn inconvinient.
Well, time to se if there happend somthing special in the WM world and try to hope Iphone and Andriod news is minimal, its like a virus nowadays, just cant get rid of it.
Just got my off contract streak from Dell Thursday (VERY quick! Ordered it Tuesday afternoon!).
Fired it up, downloaded the sync software from the phone and it won't sync with
outlook 2010 (X64). From what I could tell, it's an issue with the plug in with
the x64 driver, not talking to the pc-suite software?
I dumped office and installed Thunderbird & Open office. Works on the x64 laptop and should work ok on the x64 computer at home.
I haven't really used it other than playing around with it, but it sure is a LOT faster than my HTC Touch Pro2! Even with 1.6 droid.
Nothing against my devoted TP2, but, MAN that Streak screen is NICE!
Hope to get it rooted this weekend, and have 2.2 up on it by Monday.
Now, it will just take some time undoing all the things I know about windows mobile. I've been with it since the Dell Axium x3 days and pocket PC.
Congrats! I'm at home waiting for mine to arrive today! Moving from TP2 also! Very excited!
I went from Vuze to Streak, a HUGE improvement
Suggestion, spend the extra bucks and get an exchange account or just go gmail for the OTA sync... screw the desktop clients
I have personal exchange account via 1and1 and corporate exchange and can access them via Touchdown (comes with the streak)
I've been thinking of porting my att/yahoo email to gmail, just for that
very reason. I just need to set up 2 accounts so I can keep my work
email (the reason for a smartphone) separate from my home email.
If you are like me, you are the "I.T." guy for the family and get flooded
with "have you seen this? It was on the internet, must be true" emails
I don't know who invented remote desktop, but boy I'll tell you, it sure helps
cutting down on pulling your hair when you are trying to help a family
member.
Looking forward to playing around with this beast this weekend. I just
can't get over how nice the screen looks!
Radimus said:
I went from Vuze to Streak, a HUGE improvement
Suggestion, spend the extra bucks and get an exchange account or just go gmail for the OTA sync... screw the desktop clients
I have personal exchange account via 1and1 and corporate exchange and can access them via Touchdown (comes with the streak)
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I'm similar in that I have my corporate email and my personal email, and like to keep them seperate (same with calendars) - I use gmail for my personal email, bought touchdown for my corporate email, and use google voice for voicemail (unanswered calls to my Streak get forwarded to my google voice number to be recorded, and I can then use the google voice app as a "Visual Voicemail" type client.)
p51d007 said:
Just got my off contract streak from Dell Thursday (VERY quick! Ordered it Tuesday afternoon!).
Fired it up, downloaded the sync software from the phone and it won't sync with
outlook 2010 (X64). From what I could tell, it's an issue with the plug in with
the x64 driver, not talking to the pc-suite software?
I dumped office and installed Thunderbird & Open office. Works on the x64 laptop and should work ok on the x64 computer at home.
I haven't really used it other than playing around with it, but it sure is a LOT faster than my HTC Touch Pro2! Even with 1.6 droid.
Nothing against my devoted TP2, but, MAN that Streak screen is NICE!
Hope to get it rooted this weekend, and have 2.2 up on it by Monday.
Now, it will just take some time undoing all the things I know about windows mobile. I've been with it since the Dell Axium x3 days and pocket PC.
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Welcome to the Streak Family best device out there
I would have a good look round the forum their are a lot of good tutorials on the streak and android you will learn a lot and don't forget the most important bit ENJOY!!!
Still on 1.6 for now
Been fiddling with it for the last couple hours, downloading a few apps, changing the icons/widgets on the screens etc...only thing I can't figure out is the manual says that when the streak is on, a simple press of the on/off button will lock the screen? A simple press does nothing, and a full press of a second or two pops up the menu to turn off the phone? 1.6 glitch, or will downloading another screen lock app fix that?
It's nice to FINALLY have a BT headset that all the message prompts, ringtones etc ACTUALLY WORK! The obviously aren't using the Widcom BT stack LOL, or a better version! Never did work right in Windows mobile. It would either start playing ringtones, cut out, then go again, or just not play them at all through BT, even with A2DP. Don't even get me started on trying to BT dial the phone.
I can either hit the mic button on the phone, or just hold my (jawbone icon) button to get the prompt and it so far has WORKED EVERY TIME!
Will be playing with it all weekend, need to find a beltclip case, don't want to risk it in my pocket.
P.S. Have I mentioned the screen??
p51d007 said:
Been fiddling with it for the last couple hours, downloading a few apps, changing the icons/widgets on the screens etc...only thing I can't figure out is the manual says that when the streak is on, a simple press of the on/off button will lock the screen? A simple press does nothing, and a full press of a second or two pops up the menu to turn off the phone? 1.6 glitch, or will downloading another screen lock app fix that?
It's nice to FINALLY have a BT headset that all the message prompts, ringtones etc ACTUALLY WORK! The obviously aren't using the Widcom BT stack LOL, or a better version! Never did work right in Windows mobile. It would either start playing ringtones, cut out, then go again, or just not play them at all through BT, even with A2DP. Don't even get me started on trying to BT dial the phone.
I can either hit the mic button on the phone, or just hold my (jawbone icon) button to get the prompt and it so far has WORKED EVERY TIME!
Will be playing with it all weekend, need to find a beltclip case, don't want to risk it in my pocket.
P.S. Have I mentioned the screen??
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Hmm, strange - I always use the power button to lock the screen. Sometimes a factory reset can help resolve some glitches, but I don't know if it will help in this case since I've not had it happen.
Yep, the factory reset fixed the sleep screen issue.
I ported my address book up to gmail. Kind of nice...the minute I change something on gmail, it sends it right to the phone.
If I can just find a stateside place to get a belt clip case, I'll be set.
Looks like Dell is about ready to pop the 2.x update, placeholder already
on their support site.
This weekend, I did get a chance to read up on rooting, hacking/mods.
I come from the old pocket pc (dell Axim) days, so I've had pocket pc/windows
mobile forever. I can root around (bad pun) in the registry like nobodies business,
but it's been similar to learning how to walk all over again with android.
Thought I was too old to learn something new
I went to Target and sound a zippered DS case for 10.00.
http://www.target.com/DS-Play-Throu...om_size-bin,target_com_brand-bin&frombrowse=0
I ripped out the plastic liner that would hold the DS inside and glued the zipper closed so it would only open across the top
p51d007 said:
Yep, the factory reset fixed the sleep screen issue.
I ported my address book up to gmail. Kind of nice...the minute I change something on gmail, it sends it right to the phone.
If I can just find a stateside place to get a belt clip case, I'll be set.
Looks like Dell is about ready to pop the 2.x update, placeholder already
on their support site.
This weekend, I did get a chance to read up on rooting, hacking/mods.
I come from the old pocket pc (dell Axim) days, so I've had pocket pc/windows
mobile forever. I can root around (bad pun) in the registry like nobodies business,
but it's been similar to learning how to walk all over again with android.
Thought I was too old to learn something new
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hey there fellow Streak'rs. I bought my ATT Streak 2 weeks ago for full price. I must say its the best $550 ive ever spent. even with only having 1.6 donut os at the moment it way out does any wm or icrap phone by far and ive owned both. I live in an area in southeast alaska that doesnt have 3g data so if u on a wm or icrap phone good luck downloading anything on the fly but with this beast at times i forget im only on edge data. Other nite downloaded and installed 6 apps in less than 10 minutes SOOOOO cant wait to see what this baby can do once FROYO shows up and ATT finally gets with the program and gives us 3g.
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