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[Q] Help / Info needed please -> Flame away

OK, here is my problem.
UK HD2 -> Generic running 1.66 stock, with HSPL 2.08, and Radio 2.12.50.02.
I have been running many of the different Android builds on my phone since the first one came out with no problems, until now...
My phone will not run any of the new ones at all. They give the instruction to leave on first boot to create the data store, takes about 5-10min. I have left my phone for hours with a faded black screen, with a few lines on it, but it never gets any further than that.
Have tried:
Mattc Leo + Froyo 1.5*, 1.6*, 1.7 and 1.8
Mattc Evo 1.0.1
Mattc NexusLeo 1.1
Mdeejay Froyo Sense 2.2
Mdeejay eVo 1.0
FroyoStone Sense 1* and 2
Darksotne HD2Froyo 2.1*
Darkstone DesireROM 2*, 3*, 4* and 5*
*= ones that have worked
It seems to me that something has changed with all the newer ROMS that are stopping them from working for me. I have format my SD every time i try a new ROM and have even hard reset my WinMo to see if that the problem -> Nothing works!
As Marvin would say: "I just want you to know, i am feeling very depressed today"
Help please

SquithyX said:
OK, here is my problem.
UK HD2 -> Generic running 1.66 stock, with HSPL 2.08, and Radio 2.12.50.02.
I have been running many of the different Android builds on my phone since the first one came out with no problems, until now...
My phone will not run any of the new ones at all. They give the instruction to leave on first boot to create the data store, takes about 5-10min. I have left my phone for hours with a faded black screen, with a few lines on it, but it never gets any further than that.
Have tried:
Mattc Leo + Froyo 1.5*, 1.6*, 1.7 and 1.8
Mattc Evo 1.0.1
Mattc NexusLeo 1.1
Mdeejay Froyo Sense 2.2
Mdeejay eVo 1.0
FroyoStone Sense 1* and 2
Darksotne HD2Froyo 2.1*
Darkstone DesireROM 2*, 3*, 4* and 5*
*= ones that have worked
It seems to me that something has changed with all the newer ROMS that are stopping them from working for me. I have format my SD every time i try a new ROM and have even hard reset my WinMo to see if that the problem -> Nothing works!
As Marvin would say: "I just want you to know, i am feeling very depressed today"
Help please
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show us your step by step procedure in running android, so people when they see it may know at which point you may be making an error.
also, after reading this
post, I came to the conclusion that indeed many left
over junks in winmo are messing up the process of Android running, so I took it to mean that we have to do a Task 29 every time we try a build.

make sure the android build is in a folder marked android the older roms went on the root of the sd! another thing is when haret boots see if the writing says failer to mount sd and get back to me or pm me well figure it out!!

Definitely task29 that sucker. Also consider a "meant for android" WM rom like chuckydroid. Radio 2.14 is now available if you want to try something else.

polo735 said:
Definitely task29 that sucker. Also consider a "meant for android" WM rom like chuckydroid. Radio 2.14 is now available if you want to try something else.
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Yeah, I was going to suggest task 29 and then reinstall a different WM Rom.
I am using the 2.14 radio with great results.....
Good Luck.

try new sd card
I can understand your frustration, If the task 29 alone does not help, I would get a new sd card, I have read its best to long format card, task 29 phone, install your windows rom of choice( I like chuckys android), then install android. good luck

Steps taken so far
Ok, first off, Thank you all for your responses!!!!
Was expecting to get flamed, as i had searched the forums and could not find anything myself but expected there to be something somewhere, that somebody knew about.
With the older ROMS that are stored on the root of SD, i formatted the SD and copied the data over using SD adaptor in my MacBook Pro's SD slot -> Worked like a charm!!
With the newer ones, that have worked anyway the procedure was the same, format SD and copy Android folder over from Mac -> again worked like a champ!
But now with these new ones i have tried the old methods of format and copy using SD adaptor, tried formatting and coping the Android folder on to the phone using the USB connection on the phone, tried renaming the "Android" folder "android".
I have not updated or changed the WinMo ROM, but i have reloaded it, when i found out about this problem. I task 29 and then reflashed with the stock 1.66 and still no dice.
Step by step for last ones i have tried:
1. Power off phone and remove battery (not needed i know but hay)
2. Remove SD card and put in SD adaptor
3. Insert into Mac and format card Fat (Mac Fat = Win Fat32)
4. Unarchive Android ROM and copy to SD - (/StorageCard/Android)
5. After copy complete wait for 5min then eject SD (i like to make sure there is nothing in the buffer)
6. Put into phone, put battery in and power up (normally with the battery cover off lol)
7. Wait for the unfortunate Windows logo and phone to boot up ("Launching HTC Sense" seems to take forever)
8. As soon as phone started either run the Android icon from Sense or open File Explorer and run both programs
9. HeRET starts, screen goes black see txt (guess bootloader loading the kernel) for 1 second then screen fades to black with faint lines running down it (backlight on very dull)
10. Wait...wait...wait (Mattc Leo Froyo 1.8 waited 20min, then fell asleep and when i awoke 5hours later it was still the same)
I dont get it, so to recap i have formatted my SD every-time i have tried, i have task29 my phone about a week ago, tried many of the ROMS on here and nothing, i have tried one of the old ones and that works though!!!!
Arrrgg, Please somebody point out what stupid thing i am doing wrong.
"Even the doors don't like me!"

Could this be it?
I have spent more time reading forums and such like, could it be due to the fault described here in this post?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8264796

If you are using a standard stock 1.66 rom your radio may not be compatable. I had the same issue to start off with. Would boot half way then die. I upgraded my radio now using 2.14 and can boot no problem at all.

SquithyX said:
Ok, first off, Thank you all for your responses!!!!
Was expecting to get flamed, as i had searched the. . . . . . or changed the WinMo ROM, but i have reloaded it, when i found out about this problem. I task 29 and then reflashed with the stock 1.66 and still no dice.
Step by step for last ones i have tried:
1. Power off phone and remove battery (not needed i know but hay)
2. Remove SD card and put in SD adaptor
3. Insert into Mac and format card Fat (Mac Fat = Win Fat32)
4. Unarchive Android ROM and copy to SD - (/StorageCard/Android)
5. After copy complete wait for 5min then eject SD (i like to make sure there is nothing in the buffer). . . . .
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I have experimented with Stock UK WWE 1.66 about two weeks ago, and no matter
what Radio and HSPL I put on it, once I clicked on Haret, it goes exactly like you describe it
White faint lines all over the screen which seems like very fine drops of rain.
you can always try Winmo ROMs specifically made to be Android friendly.
also it would be valuable if you read this Thread read
at least the first and 13th post

[Q] HELP!! EVO SENSE cannot run on HTC HD2

Dear Forum,
All evo roms out there dont work on my HTC HD2, I HAVE NO IDEA WHY!. It just gets stuck at "htc" screen for like literally, hours. (well, just 1.5 hrs). Am i doing anything wrong? Thanks again
-Bhalraam

Bhalraam said:
Dear Forum,
All evo roms out there dont work on my HTC HD2, I HAVE NO IDEA WHY!. It just gets stuck at "htc" screen for like literally, hours. (well, just 1.5 hrs). Am i doing anything wrong? Thanks again
-Bhalraam
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Have you tried other non-sense build to see if they would work? What radio?

weird.. have you tried formating your card? and make sure u copy all the things that come with the download on there. which winMo rom u running? the radio i think it shouldnt matter. has to do with the sd card.. how much memory u have available?

Hated it anyway.. Always the wrong prefix before my numbers..
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

so we're supposed to magically know what happened to ur phone without any information about it?
oKKKAAAYyy. abra cadabra poof! throw ur phone on the floor and it should be fixed.

atekone said:
weird.. have you tried formating your card? and make sure u copy all the things that come with the download on there. which winMo rom u running? the radio i think it shouldnt matter. has to do with the sd card.. how much memory u have available?
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actually the radio version does matter.. it has to be on at least 2.08 for android to run..

Hi Guys,
Kinda similar problem... Hopefully I can share more details.
Im using an Australian Telstra HD2 (T-mobile_leo) Energy.Leo.21916.Sense2.5.Oct.08 with radio 2.12.50.02
The droid build Im using is Mdeejay FroYo Z v.1.1|1.31.405.1|kernel: hastarin R7.5
Formatted, booted, installed some stuff, rebooted again and all seemed well.
But I use phone as a storage device (and have done it before with no issues) then tnings seem to go to poo hell.
OS gets slow and on restart, the launch stalls on the HTC screen and will not progress any further.
Really enjoy the android builds and this is the 2nd build that has done this on my phone.
Any ideas on what I can do to recover?

For the ones having problems on getting stuck on HTC boot image with mdeejay roms, try downloading a data.img from here http://www.multiupload.com/GZ1JUZBYJI and copy it in the /sdcard/android/
( inside android folder ). It should take around 2 minutes to boot after that.
Also try to use a 2.10 or 2.12 radio.

copied the file into the android folder (which was supiciously empty) and pulled the battery 10 min later.
Have I got the right folder or do I need to replace the 1GB .img in the root?

Make sure that inside that folder you have every file found in the .zip folder downloaded from any of the builds threads. ( there should be 10-11 folders+files)
You can either replace it or try and find a 1gb data.img file from here http://www.multiupload.com/BJ2FXF9IRM ( just to make sure ), maybe you already have the right file, but I dont know that
I tested both sizes 512Mb and 1 Gb and both worked ok.

Thanks for the help Viperd.
I bit the bullet this time and reformatted (just because I needed a phone and gps ) but I have grabbed the image files and a quick script to check the files on the card the next time this happens

Sick of THIS!

This isn't my post but I have very same problem and thought i'd bring it to this thread see if anyone happens to have same issue or has solution?
Hi guys,
I've been trying out different android builds but after a while it won't boot in android anymore.
I run the CLRAD and HaReT, it show the command lines and then freezes on the HTC screen.
It is not the first time I'm launching it, everything is allways set up the way I like it and then I want to reboot a final time and it freezes. (first boot only takes 10 min.) Then I have to take out the battery to reset, but everytime after it freezes, tried waiting for +1 hour but no changes.
When I delete all the android files from my SD card and copy the original ones it restarts again and I have to setup everything again.
I tried new wm roms (Miri HD2 wm6.5.x) different radios (now 2.12.50.02.2),
the new HSPL3 but nothing seems to solve this.
edit: now I'm trying to use the mdeejay froyo HD v3.7 rom
I've searched the forum and other users seem to have the same problem, but no solutions have come forward. The people replying allways seem to think it is the first boot that takes 10 min. but it's not that. First boot works fine.
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What builds have you tried? What memory card are you using (class and size)?Did you format your memory card to FAT32? You could also try deleting app data folder on your storage card, as each time you use a build a bit of it may be left in this folder( it does no harm and will re-create itself straight after). Have you tried any android boot loaders e.g MSKIP android loader v5. No-one else had replied so thought id try and share what little knowledge i have. If you have been asked all this 20 times over, Sorry!

I am using 8gb mem card came with htc Fat32 (formated it using win and htc both)
Win build is dutty's com2 3.14 latest rom
Mdeejay 2.3 Revolution android version.
had jmz's bootloder
Tried everything u said nothing happened...
Trying now MSKIP's boot loader, with fresh installation lets see...
Ur effort time and help is always appreciated thanks Funkdat

maybe because OS's weren't designed to run on a SD card??? Sell your hd2 and get a galaxy s phone.

I feel your pain. Very very frustrating and you feel you have tried everything. Time consuming too.
What bothers me a bit with those builds is that they load up the HTC logo so actually don't see what is happening during bootup. I wonder if you couldn't bypass that?

that wud have been big help if i could see what is actually happening but the Big HTC Logo screen is hiding everything and i am just sick of it.
Well if i could only burn the ROM into HD2 that would have been much better so wouldn't have to worry about anything i have to format my storage card every time or either delete everything on the sd card to make it work duno which file is it causing this error but i hope some one will come up with solution...
CHeers

still the same tried everything...

Hi there,
You do understand that the HD2 was not made nor meant to run Android and that all the Android ROM's are third party ones and unofficial ?
You did not say whether or not you tried to install on the internal memory and not the card ?
Bye,
Itamar

supermaster said:
This isn't my post but I have very same problem and thought i'd bring it to this thread see if anyone happens to have same issue or has solution?
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did you try starting it, deleting the data.img and starting it again?
nrfitchett4 said:
maybe because OS's weren't designed to run on a SD card??? Sell your hd2 and get a galaxy s phone.
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Oh the contradiction. You say that, yet you use it too
"Android Playground: HyperDroid 1.6"
You gonna sell your HD2? (now for the crickets )

This might seem stupid, but have you tried deleting the Android folder from your SD card? Or modify this line in startup.txt:
set cmdline "rel_path=Android"
to
set cmdline "rel_path=/"
The problem might be that because of rel_path, it's looking for your android ROM in the "Android" folder. And some applications create that folder (Google goggle for example) to save information. I had an issue quite similar to yours. Now editing startup.txt is the first thing I do in a build. I currently have 5 different builds, one for every day of the week! haha.
Hope this helps!

rr5678 said:
did you try starting it, deleting the data.img and starting it again?
Oh the contradiction. You say that, yet you use it too
"Android Playground: HyperDroid 1.6"
You gonna sell your HD2? (now for the crickets )
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not at all. I actually rarely boot into android and when I do, I keep my android builds on a seperate sd card. But I'm also not on here starting threads complaining that android won't boot properly on my winmo phone.
That's why its my playground. I am not trying to make android my daily driver.

karendar said:
This might seem stupid, but have you tried deleting the Android folder from your SD card? Or modify this line in startup.txt:
set cmdline "rel_path=Android"
to
set cmdline "rel_path=/"
The problem might be that because of rel_path, it's looking for your android ROM in the "Android" folder. And some applications create that folder (Google goggle for example) to save information. I had an issue quite similar to yours. Now editing startup.txt is the first thing I do in a build. I currently have 5 different builds, one for every day of the week! haha.
Hope this helps!
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there's only 5 days in a week???

nrfitchett4 said:
not at all. I actually rarely boot into android and when I do, I keep my android builds on a seperate sd card. But I'm also not on here starting threads complaining that android won't boot properly on my winmo phone.
That's why its my playground. I am not trying to make android my daily driver.
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Well that's true. Android isn't really that stable enough to run often - especially when I see that it sucks down 500mA of power. That leads to 2 hours of battery.
(speaking of separate SD cards, I still have to send my faulty 16GB back to HTC )

[Mar 04][Q] Android on SD

Hi, this is my first post here
I've been here for a long time (well didn't have a handset so didn't find the need to join...)
I read through many articles and learned a lot from this forum
Last weekend I got my T-Mobile HD2 and I proceeded to install custom rom soon after
(latest Energy rom by NRGZ28- thanks)
The rom is awesome, it's just that I wanna try out android on my phone also...
I decided I'll try the SD first
So I followed a guide just downloaded the rom I want (MCCM GB V2.0 Gingerbread HoneyComb Sense theme) unzip, then copy to the root of my sd, run clrcad (don't know what he meant by working sound- I heard nothing) then run haret....
Then I am always stuck at the green letters screen forever, never get further...
I'm not sure what is wrong
I looked through all possible things
I did HardSPL4 and now has HSPL2.08, I got a custom rom
The only thing I did not change and think might be the problem is the radio...
my version is 2.10.50.26
Would flashing an updated radio make my android on sd work?
Is this "Leo_RADIO_2.15.50.14**" ok for my HD2? (on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611787)
Thanks for the help nice to talk to everyone~

gameg2l said:
Hi, this is my first post here
I've been here for a long time (well didn't have a handset so didn't find the need to join...)
I read through many articles and learned a lot from this forum
Last weekend I got my T-Mobile HD2 and I proceeded to install custom rom soon after
(latest Energy rom by NRGZ28- thanks)
The rom is awesome, it's just that I wanna try out android on my phone also...
I decided I'll try the SD first
So I followed a guide just downloaded the rom I want (MCCM GB V2.0 Gingerbread HoneyComb Sense theme) unzip, then copy to the root of my sd, run clrcad (don't know what he meant by working sound- I heard nothing) then run haret....
Then I am always stuck at the green letters screen forever, never get further...
I'm not sure what is wrong
I looked through all possible things
I did HardSPL4 and now has HSPL2.08, I got a custom rom
The only thing I did not change and think might be the problem is the radio...
my version is 2.10.50.26
Would flashing an updated radio make my android on sd work?
Is this "Leo_RADIO_2.15.50.14**" ok for my HD2? (on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611787)
Thanks for the help nice to talk to everyone~
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Ha I guess you did not like the first option, so I will edit the whole post.
Running Andriod from SD is very simple as long as you follow the instructions to the T. If the Andriod folder you copied to your SD card has another folder in it that you have to open to get to CLRCLAD and HARET then you need to copy that folder to the root of your SD card. It is also important the name of the folder is Andriod. The first time you boot the Andriod it can take up to ten minutes sometimes cause it has to creat folders, files, and pathways. So maybe you are not giving it enough time to boot all the way up beforeo you hit the reset button or do a battery pull. Your SD card also needs to be formated correctly you want to format it usimg Fat 32, please make a back up copy of your card also if you reformat it as it will wipe it clean. Last but not least you may just have a bad download. Try redownloading the build and recopy it to your SD card then run CLRCAD and HARET.
The only thing a radio will do is cure robot sounding voices during a phone call while running Andriod but most builds now have that solved and are compatible with the current radio 2.15.50.14. Also when you touch on CLRCAD you will see or hear nothing it enables the sound on the Andriod build.
Last but not least being you have a TMOUS (T-Mobile) HD2. Be adviced that you most flash a radio version that has a 50 in the third set of numbers like 2.xx.50.xx. Do not flash a radio that has a 51 in the third set of numbers like 2.xx.50.xx. or a radio that looks like this 2.04.50.xx or 2.05.50.xx as they will brick your TMOUS HD2 reindering it usless for nothing but a paper wieght. And the only way to unbrick a HD2 is with a JTAG and a ORT wich will cost you and you will have to take your HD2 apart to fix.

O_O is the issue that difficult?
I don't mind calling though
Thanks

gameg2l said:
O_O is the issue that difficult?
I don't mind calling though
Thanks
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I sent you s PM, look at the top right hand corner of your screen and you should see you have a mwssage click on it.

Any luckwith getting it to boot yet?

Thanks!!! I downloaded the newest updated Rom and it worked lol I was too drawn into it so completely forlorn to post here (only pmed)
But beheld this is nice
Sent from my HTC HD2 Gingerbread using XDA App

gameg2l said:
Thanks!!! I downloaded the newest updated Rom and it worked lol I was too drawn into it so completely forlorn to post here (only pmed)
But beheld this is nice
Sent from my HTC HD2 Gingerbread using XDA App
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I use a Gingerbread build too.

[Q] NexusHD2 Gingerbread SD

Hi 2 All ! Can't post in thread with the build so i post here.
I got problem with this build:
[28.June.2011][SDB] NexusHD2-Gingerbread V2.8 [GRJ22/Android2.3.4][K: tytung_r10]
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I've run it from MAGLDR 1.13 Boot from SD, everything works except Market, won't download after selecting the app, and after 1st restart it won't boot stuck on HTC logo. Tried a few times with different SD cards, reformatted. One is 2Gb another is 4Gb same problem after reboot it's stucks.
Also tried
NexusHD2-Gingerbread_V3.1a_SD_(Android-2.3.6)
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Won't boot, stuck on HTC logo. Tried different dataimg_1gb.7z. No luck.
HTC HD2 [T-Mobile] Leo (HSPL 2.08) | WPH7.1 | MAGLDR 1.13 |

Tried many SD builds, these ones: Jaguaralani Gamer's Edition
JaguarMIUI - work after restart, but have some bugs with Market or with Calling, a question are there any difference beetween SD or NAND builds ? And how do I see the version of the radio and which on is the the best ?

H3PB said:
Tried many SD builds, these ones: Jaguaralani Gamer's Edition
JaguarMIUI - work after restart, but have some bugs with Market or with Calling, a qustion are there any difference beetween SD or NAND builds ? And how do I see the version of the radio and which on is the the best ?
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To see your radio version, go into bootloader (hold vol- key while booting phone)
Your radio version will be next to the letter R
I think it shows in Android settings/About Phone as baseband, pretty sure but not 100%
Best radio version is a matter of trial and error, the one in my sig works very well for me.
Just if you're using a T-Mobile US HD2, DON'T flash a X.XX.51.XX radio, TMOUS use X.XX.50.XX ONLY or brick!!
NAND builds are more long-run reliable, as the ROM's files are not all in one or two .img files as an SD build has it. So on an SD build, if you get some file corruption, you can have anything from force closes, to buggy apps, to unbootable system.
You should definitely be able to boot up, reboot, and install from Market on any SD build that you just recently installed though.
Alot of the SD builds however were originally designed to be run from WinMo using HaRET, and take some messing with in order to run from MAGLDR, but on these newer builds you shouldn't have problems. Running from NAND almost invariably provides a more stable Android experience.
Try going into Settings/Applications/Manage Applications, and clear the Market app's data. This sometimes helps with the downloading from Market issue. As far as not being able to boot more than one time, tbh i dunno. You should be able to boot and reboot many times, especially on a fresh install.

Thanks for reply man. Gonna try more builds i guess. I got a hardware problem with Volume Up and Down and it is a pain in the ass to use them in MAGLDR, and to enter in boot loader mode, pressing the Volume Down also works as Enter it's a miracle how installed MAGLDR and WPH7 on it It's a long story, i got my phone from a friend he changed the screen after he broke it and it's a little bit bigger than original one so there is problem with Volume Up and Down flex.

Only with
SDB NexusHD2-Gingerbread V2.8 GRJ22/Android2.3.4 K: tytung_r10
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i got no problems after calling with other SD build it goes black and I need to connect the USB cable to unlock the phone, strange cause than I got WM 6.5 there were no problems with that, and there are no hardware problems with that...

H3PB said:
Only withSDB] NexusHD2-Gingerbread V2.8 [GRJ22/Android2.3.4][K: tytung_r10]
i got no problems after calling with other SD build it goes black and I need to connect the USB cable to unlock the phone, strange cause than I got WM 6.5 there were no problems with that, and there are no hardware problems with that...
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That sounds like a kernel problem to me, you could pretty easily change kernels and see if the problem persists.
Just download a new SD kernel from the Android SD forum, unzip, put the zImage file in the main folder of your Android build, and then if there is a 'root' folder in the .zip, place that in the same folder. If there's not a root folder, then make a folder in your Android folder on your sd, name it root, and place the other folders from your kernel.zip into that root folder.
There's no guarantee that a new kernel will fix the black screen after calls, but it's a shot. It's a pretty common problem from what I've seen, so a forum search might be a good idea before switching kernels

At last I've installed ClockWork and flashed NexusHD2-Gingerbread_V3.1 (Android-2.3.6). Everything works great but still got black screen after calls.

SOLVED!
Used the free app ProximityScreenOff. Its in the market.
Make sure you select the Proximity sensor instead of the Light sensor in settings.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=801021

H3PB said:
SOLVED!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=801021
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After using it for a few days still got this problem. Any tips ?

After using it for a few days still got this problem. Any tips ?
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Tried a lot of variants stopped at Sanity app. Not a perfect variant but ok.
New problem Bad sound/Mic Gain and high volume in call.
Fond 2 threads about it but got a question. Still can't post in respective one. (10 posts limit Damn...) There is info that no need to make it if it's Nexus Build
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=860850&highlight=Mic+gain
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805002
Need help