I am currently using Samsung Galaxy Tab as my primary phone but unfortunately it doesn't offer any FM radio support. So I'm in search of a HD2 Android ROM which can satisfy the following criteria:
1) With acceptable FM Radio support
- MIUI's FM Radio reception is really bad
2) With battery life comparable to original HD2.
- I currently charge my HD2 once every two to three days because the primary usage is one to two hours of FM Radio. I've tried a couple of Android ROMs, but they drain battery pretty fast, sometimes the battery get completely drained in 10 hours without new apps installed. I'd be very grateful if someone could recommend a ROM with a normal battery life.
3) In-call recording (optional)
4) normal Bluetooth drain (optional)
Any help would be greatly appreciated
1) FM radio is problem (in WinMo too). My HD2 has worse reception than the cheapest mp3 player but .. I use build-in radio from CM7 ROMs and it´s better than nothing. You can try it..
2) In my opininon 3 days is utopia if you want to use your device reasonably. Anyway I had the smallest battery drain with charsinghs unofficial CM7 nightlies.
3) I have not found any useable yet ..
4) I beleive that "60mA battery drain" issue in non-Sence builds will be solved soon
good FM reception
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samsamuel said:
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Okay. Very funny.
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pretty bad radio, ain't it? I have a pound shop radio with ten times the reception of this piece of, well, piece of not-good-radio!
I personally feel tht theres no rom out there with perfect radio reception
It's perfectly possible to obtain perfect FM radio on the HD2, but only by streaming the station via the internet - no hiss or crackles that way!
Yeah I use my age old Nokia XpressMusic phone for radio while I'm out and about. The HD2 has a really bad FM receiver it seems. You always have to be positioned correctly just so it won't 'hiss & crackle'.
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what is a good radio for the tmobile phone i haven't seen a section for radios usually newer ones have better battery life ..let me know
ateam201 said:
what is a good radio for the tmobile phone i haven't seen a section for radios usually newer ones have better battery life ..let me know
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Thus far, there are only three radio I've found that won't brick us, and the stock radio is the best for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653938
Links on 2nd Post.
There should be plenty of conversation over there as to which is best, but each cook will tell you which they prefer you to use. In actuality, I just test each one for a day and watch to see if my battery or call quality improves.
We can have the exact same device but use different radios for different areas of the country/carriers, so it's impossible to really say which is best until you try them.
Hey guys, just want to know which radios are you guys using. I'm using darkstones latest build, had 2.11 installed last night but battery life was horrendous. Today switched to 2.10 on the advice of some members. However sound quality during call was bad, could hear static.
Which radios do you guys use that strikes a balance between both? Or is there no compromise?
Julian2103 said:
Hey guys, just want to know which radios are you guys using. I'm using darkstones latest build, had 2.11 installed last night but battery life was horrendous. Today switched to 2.10 on the advice of some members. However sound quality during call was bad, could hear static.
Which radios do you guys use that strikes a balance between both? Or is there no compromise?
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see my post i have tried everything for the sound quality have not worried about the battery yet trying just to get a decent call out which i think is the function of a phone ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=738095
Ok, with so many builds, so many good chefs and alot of info to assimilate, I thought it would be a bit better to just ask and get some advice.
What I'm looking for:
very stable
app friendly Android build
Bluetooth
4g
good signal strength
Decent battery life (run phone and a few apps at least 12-14 hours w/o charging)
Speed (similar to G2 speed, possibly due to lack of SENSE)
Please share you advice and experience with your builds so I can decide which to go with.
I'm using Bangster's 1.5 build, with PPP data enabled (via startup.txt). So far it's nice and fast/smooth. I haven't used bluetooth (don't have a need for it).
Wifi connects no problem to my protected network. To enable fast downloads in the market, follow advice on this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794562&highlight=slow+market
But so far things are going well.
My win-mo rom is NRGZ Oct. 8 (dinik+cht).
Radio is 2.15.
SD Card is 4 gb PNY class 4 (bought at best buy for like 40 bucks).
aryden said:
Ok, with so many builds, so many good chefs and alot of info to assimilate, I thought it would be a bit better to just ask and get some advice.
What I'm looking for:
very stable
app friendly Android build
Bluetooth
4g
good signal strength
Decent battery life (run phone and a few apps at least 12-14 hours w/o charging)
Speed (similar to G2 speed, possibly due to lack of SENSE)
Please share you advice and experience with your builds so I can decide which to go with.
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You don't ask for much do you? Well, basically all of the newer builds offer what you are asking for. But there is no BEST build, you simply must find the one that works best for you. The battery life in my opinion is just simply not going to happen, Android, no matter what build you choose has lack luster battery life. If you want a perfect Android experience, then buy an Android device. If you want to just tinker with Android, run it on the HD2.
I'm considering selling my MyTouch3g 32a for a HD2 device... But, I need to know some things before I make this move.
It looks like you can't yet replace the WinMo 6.5 with Android, so it has to run off SD. At least that's what I can infer. How does this effect performance?
Is battery life good on the HD2? My MyTouch3g can get about 17-18 hours off the charger.
What does and doesn't work on the HD2 running Android? Any quirks I should know about? ...Is it stable and reliable enough to be a daily driver?
Also since I'm on T-Mobile, I'd be looking for a T-Mobile branded HD2... does this matter?
Sorry for all the noob questions.
replacing winmo will be possible in near future by a nand rom. i guess noone knows by now what will work better with a nand rom. most people think that battery life time will increase dramatically, but i won't count on that...
for me, running android from sd-card has no disadvantages but as i said before, we have to wait for nand roms.
with new kernels like S1 or S2 from mdeejay battery life is great (for me). it lasts minimum 24 hours on normal usage.
as far as i know there is just one big and some small issues with android on hd2:
big one: data disconnects with ppp. this is nearly fixed for me with S1 kernel, but approx. once a day i still get data lost...
small one(s): very few touchscreen freezes (escpecially when trying to answer a call).
just now i can't remember other issues, but since about 2 months winmo is just used for booting android on my hd2.
my conclusion: android is a very well daily driver
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replacing winmo will be possible in near future by a nand rom. i guess noone knows by now what will work better with a nand rom. most people think that battery life time will increase dramatically, but i won't count on that...
for me, running android from sd-card has no disadvantages but as i said before, we have to wait for nand roms.
with new kernels like S1 or S2 from mdeejay battery life is great (for me). it lasts minimum 24 hours on normal usage.
as far as i know there is just one big and some small issues with android on hd2:
big one: data disconnects with ppp. this is nearly fixed for me with S1 kernel, but approx. once a day i still get data lost...
small one(s): very few touchscreen freezes (escpecially when trying to answer a call).
just now i can't remember other issues, but since about 2 months winmo is just used for booting android on my hd2.
my conclusion: android is a very well daily driver
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Thank you for the info.
What does "data disconnects with ppp" mean? and if this happens, what do I do to resolve it? Throw into airplane and out of airplane mode?
you're welcome. as far as i know there are two internet protocols:
rmnet and ppp. because of low speed, rmnet seems to be vanished in nearly all builds. the good thing about it was stability! ppp has the opposite properties: very fast but till now a bit unstable.
data disconnects means that it's not down- or uploading any data while connection seems to be established regular. as you guessed right, you can handle it with airplane mode or by disconnecting and reconnecting internet connection. there is also a (semi)fix for that, which will reconnect for you automatically. but i'm pretty sure that this data loss problem will be gone in the near future (devs are still working on it).
p.s: sorry for my poor english, i hope you understand everything.
As for me it is very usable on a daily basis. I didn't think it was possible until I started flashing Android. Everything is great except for what fruchtfliege was saying. But even then, I have never gone back to Winmo.
fruchtfliege: is your LED notification light working properly? Mine only lights up once and that's it.
compared to that old 32a, the hd2 is an absolute monster!
theres an ocational minor glitch, but nothing like things were on ported roms on a dream/saphire....
its smooth sailing...
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with new kernels like S1 or S2 from mdeejay battery life is great (for me). it lasts minimum 24 hours on normal usage.
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sorry a bit out of topic: can i install mdeejay kernel to my mccm build? and where can i find it? thanks.
I'm using the MDeeJay evo 2.3 build and i haven't found anything not working at all. The battery last longer than it did on winMO. Been using this build constantly for about a month now, apart from the odd reboot I've had nothing but fun and games
I would personnaly recommend this build also.
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I'm using the MDeeJay evo 2.3 build and i haven't found anything not working at all. The battery last longer than it did on winMO. Been using this build constantly for about a month now, apart from the odd reboot I've had nothing but fun and games
I would personnaly recommend this build also.
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no ppp disconnects?
Thanks for all the replies, this has been real helpful in my decision and will probably grab a HD2 when/if a WP7 rom comes out just to have the best of both worlds in my pocket.
One last question, I see the MDeeJay evo 2.3 build mentioned here, but I'n not a fan of sense. Is there a CyanogenMod port that's really stable?
exiva said:
Thanks for all the replies, this has been real helpful in my decision and will probably grab a HD2 when/if a WP7 rom comes out just to have the best of both worlds in my pocket.
One last question, I see the MDeeJay evo 2.3 build mentioned here, but I'n not a fan of sense. Is there a CyanogenMod port that's really stable?
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i'm using mccm and it's great (especially the looks) except for internet drops.
fruchtfliege: is your LED notification light working properly? Mine only lights up once and that's it.
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you're right. this seems to be another small bug. mine's not working properly, too. doesn't matter much for me, because i never used the led lights as indicator for calls.
sorry a bit out of topic: can i install mdeejay kernel to my mccm build? and where can i find it? thanks.
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i'm not sure which build mccm is, but if it's from mdeejay it SHOULD work (as posted in his kernel thread)
The LED notification light 'usually' works fine for me. Under 30% battery and it stays lit though
Only thing that doesn't really work is the camera on HD builds.
So far I've been disconnect free since I changed to S3 kernel from Mdeej - however I also disabled the stock tab and uninstalled my taskkiller which might've helped.
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The LED notification light 'usually' works fine for me. Under 30% battery and it stays lit though
Only thing that doesn't really work is the camera on HD builds.
So far I've been disconnect free since I changed to S3 kernel from Mdeej - however I also disabled the stock tab and uninstalled my taskkiller which might've helped.
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Which build are you using? You mean it works for missed calls and sms?
a constant in all our mini versions for Android is the poor quality of the battery in terms of duration and in terms of charging, and with equipment on or off, it would be better to focus their studies toward this major shortcoming of the Roma
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a constant in all our mini versions for Android is the poor quality of the battery in terms of duration and in terms of charging, and with equipment on or off, it would be better to focus their studies toward this major shortcoming of the Roma
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yes battery is very important , much more than things such as sense 3.5 , ICS etc. indeed its the most important thing they can work on.
fortunately schlund is working on it now and we're eagerly looking forward to new update with new battery driver which he wants to release these days.
some good apps are improving the battery duration, i use juice defender and advanced task killer
Task killers are not a good solution. Android 2.3 is good enough to manage properly RAM memory. Most important for battery are your settings about "auto sync", GSM band, etc. There are topics here with good advices.
But i agree with the importance of the battery driver.
I installed and I have to say that MK 3.17 is very stable and the battery lasts much, for me is the best
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I installed and I have to say that MK 3.17 is very stable and the battery lasts much, for me is the best
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very goog , how long does it take to become less than 5%? with what type of uses?
tnx
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I installed and I have to say that MK 3.17 is very stable and the battery lasts much, for me is the best
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Also i tried that ROM. There is no surprise MK 3.17 battery lasts much, cos nearly nothing is in it. no google apps, a broken sense 3.5... even there is no alarm & clock application on it.
Im actually .net developer and just a beginner with android (i still dont exactly know what google play is) and that rom was my first android rom. i thought whole android stuff is like that rom.
btw imo derefass' htc sense 3.5 build is the best anroid right now.
I thank all of our developers htc hd mini. I find that you continue to make new rom, cm7, CM9, meaning 3.5, but with the low battery. I was hoping that Schlund, who spoke after the last appearance of the new drive for the battery, did a new release but sadly nothing. Me with the battery so low I can not use Android but I still use wm, hopefully well ......
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