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I felt the need for this thread as i have posted the solution i found (somebody else may have discovered this) in many of the Leo (Manila 2.5.1919) thread, but some people fail to read and kept asking the same question over and over. Hence in a way i feel i can help the ROM chefs L26HDLEOV2, Dutty LeoR5, Miri R10 etc.,
I use microsoft myphone to back up and restore contacts and calendar entries. the strange thing is, I found this entry while editing a contact
1. in Manila, open a contact
2. click edit contact,
3. scroll down to the very bottom and click "more" (you'll be brought to the windows contact editor)
4. click "Notes" - a strange entry is noted - "<<FDMID>9895967</FMID>" - I simply deleted this, and VOILA! i could add this same contact now to favorites without crashing!
i think i should get a copyright for this discovery!! LOL
this might only be applicable to people who are testing Manila 2.5.1919 and using microsoft myphone to backup contacts and calendar entries.
found a much quicker way to delete this note string "<<FDMID>9895967</FMID>". log in to microsoft myphone in PC and delete the note string to any contacts which contains this.
jigners said:
I felt the need for this tread as i have posted the solution i found (somebody else may have discovered this) in many of the Leo (Manila 2.5.1919) thread, but some people fail to read and kept asking the same question over and over. Hence in a way i feel i can help the ROM chefs L26HDLEOV2, Dutty LeoR5, Miri R10 etc.,
I use microsoft myphone to back up and restore contacts and calendar entries. the strange thing is, I found this entry while editing a contact
1. in Manila, open a contact
2. click edit contact,
3. scroll down to the very bottom and click "more" (you'll be brought to the windows contact editor)
4. click "Notes" - a strange entry is noted - "<<FDMID>9895967</FMID>" - I simply deleted this, and VOILA! i could add this same contact now to favorites without crashing!
i think i should get a copyright for this discovery!! LOL
this might only be applicable to people who are testing Manila 2.5.1919 and using microsoft myphone to backup contacts and calendar entries.
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this solution was also reported in PhamQuang thread for v 62 or 63 as well.
jigners said:
I felt the need for this tread as i have posted the solution i found (somebody else may have discovered this) in many of the Leo (Manila 2.5.1919) thread, but some people fail to read and kept asking the same question over and over. Hence in a way i feel i can help the ROM chefs L26HDLEOV2, Dutty LeoR5, Miri R10 etc.,
I use microsoft myphone to back up and restore contacts and calendar entries. the strange thing is, I found this entry while editing a contact
1. in Manila, open a contact
2. click edit contact,
3. scroll down to the very bottom and click "more" (you'll be brought to the windows contact editor)
4. click "Notes" - a strange entry is noted - "<<FDMID>9895967</FMID>" - I simply deleted this, and VOILA! i could add this same contact now to favorites without crashing!
i think i should get a copyright for this discovery!! LOL
this might only be applicable to people who are testing Manila 2.5.1919 and using microsoft myphone to backup contacts and calendar entries.
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i disagree with you - i use L26 V2 rom and i also have that string on my favorite contacts notes and i can add or remove favorites with no problem.
more than that - i did wtaht you suggested. i deleted that string from my favorites notes (on phone and on pc outlook), soft reset the phone, delete a favorite contact, add again, sync and guess what?
the string is back on place
so it must be something else
noris08 said:
i disagree with you - i use L26 V2 rom and i also have that string on my favorite contacts notes and i can add or remove favorites with no problem.
more than that - i did wtaht you suggested. i deleted that string from my favorites notes (on phone and on pc outlook), soft reset the phone, delete a favorite contact, add again, sync and guess what?
the string is back on place
so it must be something else
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This string is being added by Manila to allow it to identify favourates and link it to any facebook profiles you have. This string will always be created once added to your favourites.
THis string format could have changed between builds, resulting in some users devices hanging.
ardsar said:
This string is being added by Manila to allow it to identify favourates and link it to any facebook profiles you have. This string will always be created once added to your favourites.
THis string format could have changed between builds, resulting in some users devices hanging.
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you probably are right, but my point is that, as far as i am concerned, this string doesn't cause the crash
i had a stock rom which originaly created my favorite contacts
since then i flashed several roms and i restored my contacts every time with my pc outlook
i had not one single crash caused by adding favorite contacts no matter waht rom i installed
this is the reason i said "it must be something else"
my 2c
I've moved this to general discussion forum
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I've moved this to general discussion forum
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thanks Rick! Good day!
noris08 said:
you probably are right, but my point is that, as far as i am concerned, this string doesn't cause the crash
i had a stock rom which originaly created my favorite contacts
since then i flashed several roms and i restored my contacts every time with my pc outlook
i had not one single crash caused by adding favorite contacts no matter waht rom i installed
this is the reason i said "it must be something else"
my 2c
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yes, perhaps this "something else" is unique to my method of backing up contacts. as i mentioned in the first post, i only backup using microsoft myphone.
BTW, there is another quicker way of deleting the note string, to those who use myphone. I logged on to myphone and deleted all the contacts which contain the note string. and now i can sync with myphone and add favorites with no crashing
Hi,
i love my hd2 and have worked thought the camera and generic tweaks here. So glad to be away from my omnia and back with a htc and the knowledge here.
I have 2 remaining outstanding tweaks that i havent been able to find decent solutions to by searching here. The first is setting the emails to always show web pictures, i find it frustrating to have to select web pictures eachtime i view an email and as i am on an unlimited data tarriff i dont mind the data. How do i get this to work?
The second is sorting all my contacts by first name then second name. I am not sure if using googlemail as my exchange server, the HTC software or the microsoft sync is changing this but i am pretty tired of going through every day sorting my contacts correctly. Is there a setting somewhere once and for all to force contacts first name and then second name?
As an aside i never sync my phone via usb as i dont use outlook/windows and linux is happy enough pulling everything from googlemail.
Thanks;
Andy
I'll only answer for what I Know.
QUOTE: I am pretty tired of going through every day sorting my contacts correctly. Is there a setting somewhere once and for all to force contacts first name and then second name?
ANSWER: You will enjoy this tiny freeware software that does just that: almost instantly order your contacts by first name (or middle name or last name). Look here for Contact Changer. You run it once and 1 second after, all your contacts are sorted. The downside is that it doesn't change standard setting of the program, which means that the default order will still be LAST NAME first. But since the application is free and quick...
It sounds like your sync source is taking precedence over the phone. If you edit something on the phone and it gets replaced by the backup then that's wrong.
You need to check your server, not the phone.
I have the exact same problem. I don't use data connection (too expensive). There MUST be a way to sort contacts by there first name.... please
Helle
Hi HelleM,
If you go to the contact you want to change, select edit contact. scroll down to the bottom and select more and you can change it with the file as field.
If you can't download the program then you will have to do this with all of your contacts.
Or you could go to marketplace and download Contact Changer by Øystein Kalvø Stephansen. This app allows you to change the sorting in all the contacts. It's very cheap also.
I got it and it works fine. Don't get why HTC did not put that as a choise?
HelleM said:
I got it and it works fine. Don't get why HTC did not put that as a choise?
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Aaahhh so many basic things that HTC should heve put as a choise...
So has anyone worked out how i can get outlook email to auto download the pictures for me in emails? It seems a pointless click each time i open an email!
d'oh wrong thread
yeah the email pics issue drives me nuts. it should be a choice in settings somewhere not ask every time. never seen a solution anywhere either. surprising for something that everybody seems to hate and its such a simple little thing, you wold think it'd of been fixed long ago right?
i own the hd2 t-mobile usa version
so like all of you, i was frustrated that deleting a gmail off of the hd2 (when set up via imap which is automatic from the normal gui setup) didn't work.
in searching these forms i saw that many of you have set it up via activesync. this is my first smartphone and due to my ignoance, i couldn't figure that out. i have outlook via activesync which works great, but can't figure out how to setup another e-mail address via activesync. i saw this page google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=138636&topic=14299via another thread here, but when i go to active sync on the hd2, all the setup options are greyed out. (if anyone could help me here, I would appreciate it)
anyway... so i decided to press on and found this. when you have the gmail inbox open and you go to menu - tools - options - gmail - edit account setup - 6 screens over - advanced settings (really!?!? i mean really!?!?) there's a drop down that has two options:
1. move them to server trash
2. delete them off server
the default was set to "move them to server trash." i changed it to "delete them off server." i then sent myself an email, deleted it on the hd2, and unfortunately it came back when i hit send/retreive.
knowing that didn't work, i went back to the above setting and put it back to the default "move them to server trash." when i tried it again, it worked. i've done three test e-mails to verify and it works fine -- every time i delete off of hd2, they don't come back (and they are in the trash folder on gamil server).
oh the whoes of smartphones... hope this works for you. (here's 3 hours of my time i'll never get back) good luck everyone and let me know.
Awesome dude! Many thanks for this, It was always a pain to receive emails at work, delete them, to onyl get home and have them come back down in Outlook!
ok well here's an update. it apprears there's a bug in the sence gui. if you delete the email from the sence gui (menu - delete message), the email comes back.
however, if you delete from the gmail inbox (select inbox on gui -- lower left, select the email you want to delete, press delete and you get a confirmation window), it will also delete from the gmail server (move to trash folder).
can someone else verify this?
Yea, same issue here. If I delete from Sense UI, it comes back when I press send/receive. Deleting from the inbox is the only way i can get things to delete properly.
Strange thing you're talking about, until now I never encountered this issue, mails never come back after I deleted them from My HD2.
I upgrade the ROM very often and never had this issue (stock roms, Dutty's ones and now Topix ones)...
Howling Wolf said:
Strange thing you're talking about, until now I never encountered this issue, mails never come back after I deleted them from My HD2.
I upgrade the ROM very often and never had this issue (stock roms, Dutty's ones and now Topix ones)...
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howling, are you specifically talking about gmail?
I just picked up my new (T-mobile) HTC HD2, replacing my iPhone.
As nice as it is the HD2 seems far more complicated to use than the old iPhone.
I have 3 major issues I'm trying to fix and hope someone with more experience can advice me.
1-When making or recieving calls, I find it really hard to hear clearly. I'm not hard of hearing but the speaker seems way under powered. In a slightly noisey environment I have to switch to speaker to hear the caller !!
2-For some crazy reason I can only set 3 alarms, which is driving me mad. I have to keep my old iphone next to my bed to use it's alarms ( I work varied shift times )
3-After finally rearranging all my contacts to HDC happy ( no way of multiple, first name first changes ) I want to import all the birthdays into the calander. Is this possible ? In addition, I have linked many of my contacts to facebook, but the pictures randomly dissappear and I have to add them again. Can I save the complete address book so I can simply reload instead of having to update every picture when they dissappear next time ?
Any suggestions are warmly recieved.
there's an app out there that will add all the birthdays to the calendar. alternatively, if you sync your phone with Outlook on your PC it will add them to the calendar as well.
To answer your first problem, have you increased the call volumne to the maximum whilst on a call with someone? Just hit the volume rocker UP to do so.
And the second, WinMo only natively supports 3 alarms, but there are many programs out there that allow an unlimited ammount. Search the web for "Windows Mobile Alarm Programs" and you should find what you need. I would recommend bookmarking Http://www.pocketpcfreeware.com as well as http://www.freewarepocketpc.com. They have LOADS of useful programs for WinMo, and, as their names suggest, its all freeware stuff.
And three, like xnifex said, there are programs available on the net to sync birthdays and such, or you can use Outlook. Both will require you to manually enter the birthdays in the first time on your device, so you may just have to bite the bullet on this one and spend a half hour entering data. Good thing the keyboard is bigger than the iPhone eh?
Thanks for the advice.
1- Call volume. When I set the phone volume to max in the settings I assumed this ment call volume, however now I realize I have to use the volume control actually during a call to change the volume. Problem fixed
2- Only 3 alarms. Kinda solved. I have installed a great app G-Alarm. Nice simple and well programmed. However It's still sad that I have the alarm logo under the time (desktop) that is useless. Can this icon be linked to my new alarm clock app instead of the standard one ?
3- Calander linking to address book. Yet to download an app for this, but I'm sure it'll be easy to find.
Slowly getting the hang of WM 6.5, still many other teathing problems though.
Thanks again for your help
3-
Can this icon be linked to my new alarm clock app instead of the standard one ?
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cookies home tab mod will alter your life, and allow you to remap the various home screen sections to whatever program you want. Dont forget to get the CHTEditor too.
As samsamuel says if you want to keep the phone stock you should go with CHT...otherwise find a custom rom that fill your needs...or an android build....
Great tip, thanks for that Sam. Starting to get my HD2 the way I want it.
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After spending several hours manually changing the first name first (No automatic ordering option).
I finally got it to sync and backup all my contacts to gmail. I added a few new pics, using my PC, then after updating I synced again. Only to find the whole name ordering has gone back to what it was before.
Now, randomly I get first name first and randomly last name first. Do I seriously have to spend another few hours editing each contact only to find next time I sync it will **** it all up again for me ?
If your contacts are messed up I find easier to export as a CSV and then edit everthing in Excel. You can use this for adding mass changes and also to put in multiple calendar reminders. Then when done import it back into Outlook.
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ARRRRRRRRRRRR
After spending several hours manually changing the first name first (No automatic ordering option).
I finally got it to sync and backup all my contacts to gmail. I added a few new pics, using my PC, then after updating I synced again. Only to find the whole name ordering has gone back to what it was before.
Now, randomly I get first name first and randomly last name first. Do I seriously have to spend another few hours editing each contact only to find next time I sync it will **** it all up again for me ?
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I spent 3 months learning how to tweak and setup my leo, very frustrating yet necessary process.
Now my system is fully customized to my liking.
Hang in there, it's worth the hassle!
perrygraf said:
ARRRRRRRRRRRR
After spending several hours manually changing the first name first (No automatic ordering option).
I finally got it to sync and backup all my contacts to gmail. I added a few new pics, using my PC, then after updating I synced again. Only to find the whole name ordering has gone back to what it was before.
Now, randomly I get first name first and randomly last name first. Do I seriously have to spend another few hours editing each contact only to find next time I sync it will **** it all up again for me ?
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look for contact changer (its in the marketplace i think,) and make sure that your sync options are set to update in both directions.
I'm sure you're right Sam, but right now it's hours after painful hours of trying to get an out of the box product to work. I loved the apps you suggested, they certainly made it more flexible. Thanks for helping me sort alot of problems.
What I don't understand is why only some of the contacts have changed back to last name first. When I view the contacts they all show the correct first name and surname.
And 1 more thing. I managed to link my contacts birthdays into gmail calendar but it does not update my phones calendar when I sync.
perrygraf said:
What I don't understand is why only some of the contacts have changed back to last name first. When I view the contacts they all show the correct first name and surname.
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Its probably something like both the first and last both being in the same field, both in the first name, perhaps.
And 1 more thing. I managed to link my contacts birthdays into gmail calendar but it does not update my phones calendar when I sync.
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You could try Manila Birthdays which will read your contacts birthdays, and allow you to enter them into your calendar. I have read of birthdays being an issue, but mine are already there through outlook, so i never had to solve it.
Thanks again Sam. Manila Birthdays, wicked app, love it.
I've also been playing with an app called mobiwee (http://www.mobiwee.com/), a great phone tracking and wireless file manager app
Worth a look if you're interested.
Cheers again Sam
Guys, I have already had a good look through the threads here, and a good hoke thru the wiki, but couldn't find an answer to my question.
I have a blackstone running the XNOR 6.5.3 rom that I got from a friend when he upgraded his fone, I then unlocked it from Orange to O2, which works fine, but....recently Sense has been freezing my fone when I enable it.
I suppose what I am asking is, is there a way, aside from reflashing the rom, for me to get the fone back up to full working order, running sense, as I much prefer the GUI to the WM6 native interface.
I have a couple of sim and power fixes installed and enabled, but I am certain that these arent causing the issue as I have been using them from I got the fone on day 1.
If there is a way to sort this out without having to back everything up and save messages, calendar entries etc, I hope you all can give me the solution, as I really don't wanna have to go down the full reset route, as I cant really be offline as far as fone communications go. So in advance of your emparting of knowledge, I thank you and am much obliged.
Thanks
Have you consider intalling "microsoft myphone"? it can backup everything with ease, then you can do an hardreset, reinstall myphone and resync.
After that you will have, contact, calendar, sms, also documents again on your phone.
The whole procedure will take 10 min, of course depends on how many contacts, sms, mail etc. you have on your phone.
On my phone i have about 100 contact, about 200 calendar events, some documents and wallpapers, 10-20 sms the whole sync take me 2 minutes top.
Hope i'd help.
For the link, you can search it on google.
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paspa86 said:
Have you consider intalling "microsoft myphone"? it can backup everything with ease, then you can do an hardreset, reinstall myphone and resync.
After that you will have, contact, calendar, sms, also documents again on your phone.
The whole procedure will take 10 min, of course depends on how many contacts, sms, mail etc. you have on your phone.
On my phone i have about 100 contact, about 200 calendar events, some documents and wallpapers, 10-20 sms the whole sync take me 2 minutes top.
Hope i'd help.
For the link, you can search it on google.
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Although i guess for now you could use it
Tbh id find somthing else other than Myphone, as microsoft will be closeing it and moving to sky drive, by august
http://www.xda-developers.com/windows-mobile/windows-mobile-marketplace-and-myphone-discountined/