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[Q] Beginner needs answer

Hello, I just registered to the forum. I was going round the threads, I have read some tutorials, but I didn't really find an answer to my question.
I'm going to buy a touch HD in switzerland. Maybe I will buy the german version. I can speak german but I don't know if it will be really comfortable for me. That's why I was reading the tutorial on how to use the xxxxship.exe (changing your device to a new version).
BUT if I don't have problems with the language, and the language is fine I understand all and I don't need to change to english or italian (my motherlanguage)....are there reasons that I should change something to the phone?
Everybody here on the forum is using custom roms, is adding - deleting applications and so on. Is the 'normal' version so bad?
As a beginner, what do you recommend me to do with a factory-new touch HD? Update WM to 6.5 ? Try immediately a custom rom from XDA ?
Thanks and sorry if i wrote stupid questions, the forum is really big and difficult to understand for a beginner.

No reasons, If you use official ROMs without problems (too slow, some problem with some programs, you want new components but HTC doesn't etc) else you could stay with it.
I preferred use HardSPL and Cooked ROMs (see my signature) because TIM ROM is horrible and old... now my HD is better functional
D'rath

Hi rogermorse, welcome to the world of windows mobile!
As a beginner, its not necessary to change your rom - the official one works fine. You want to get the hang of windows mobile first before attempting any flash. I do have to say that WM has a bit of a learning curve but once you get past that its really good all-rounder device that is very useful in many occasions. Just trying out all the apps (free and commercial) available out there will keep you busy for awhile. Also you will be able to see whether your device has any hardware faults after using it for a month (if faulty most conk out sooner than later). Remember also that changing to an unofficial rom will void your warranty... you want all faults ironed out before you change rom because sometimes you physically cannot reflash back to an official rom for service.
Cooked roms here mostly focus on tweaks, stability and speed and some graphically enhanced. As new devices come out, their OS and default application packages are updated - these are ported to our device so we can also enjoy these updates.
Its a whole new world once you get on the bandwagon!!!

Best advice would be get used to your own phone and stock rom first. Read the manual, read the wiki. Get used to all the functions.
If you are happy with phone, then excellent. If however you are not happy with certain software/functions. Search for fixes and read up on them. If in future you would like to change to a cooked rom, again, search and then read up on them.

Also there are not only faults in the Stock ROM, in the custom ROMs there are newer applications and builds of the operating system. Some even have (or most of them nowadays) Windows 6.5 and/or Touch Flo 3D 2.5, which is better looking and has more functions.

Keyboard backup

Hi there
I'm new in the Hero community, coming from a WinMo Toch Diamond and until now I've not regretted it for one second. It's just great!
I use a non-branded device with the stock Sense UI. We swiss people often write short messages in dialect (yes, even though we are very small, we have a huge variety of dialects...), which, of course, are not part of the languages available as Android system language. But with t9 it is possible to add custom words, so that's no big problem after a while and enough typing. My question: Is there a way to backup the keyboard dictionaries? I would be happy if I wouldn't have to "refill" my dictionary with all the swiss words after a hard reset or the - hopefully soon - 2.1 upgrade.
Is there a way? Do I have to root my device for this?
Thanks in advance!

Could somebody please send/attach/upload the original keyboard from 1.6 please?

I am currently using the 2.1 leak which came out yesterday. Though it's not perfect and there are minor problems here and there, the main problem is the keyboard and for me it's not usable and I suffer everytime I have to use it!
Several others also agreed with me the new keyboard is wack, unresponsive and is very slow.
Is there any way somebody can get the original stock keyboard from the original 1.6 release and upload it somewhere so I could replace it with the current one?
I really love the old keyboard and was used to it, really loved the fact it also has a numpad which makes logging into ebay/hotmail far easier & quicker.
Lastly, should someone be kind enough guide me through replacing the NEW keyboard with the old one, as in WHERE to put the file in the streak, which folder.
Thanks in advance

It wont run on 2.1.
It just crashes.

Meltus said:
It wont run on 2.1.
It just crashes.
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Dam, you tried? I hope in the final release it will not crash wehn tried.
I cannot stand the current keyboard.

Excellent language support in Sense 2 roms with Gingerbread keyboard

Moderators are pleased to move this topic if I posted it to wrong forum, sorry.
I was shocked when tried white-energy's Feather Desire HD Build with the 100% translated Serbian language. Tried some more ( Bulgarian, German ) and found them perfect too. While waiting for white-energy to support ext4 data partition on SD card I decided to try andrewf403's AF403 DesireHD rom. I've installed Gingerbread keyboard ( search Marketplace for "Keyboard from Android 2.3" ) there and got the same results as with Feather Desire HD Build. Now, the catch is ( thanks to xMareXx ) not to manualy choose your language ( you'll lose your location in Clock widget and get some more force-close issues this way ) but go thru Setup process again setting your language there. The keyboard itself isn't required and you may continue using default HTC or any other keyboard. Serbian keyboard from Gingerbread is Cirilic only so I'm using HTC's wich have very well supported Serbian latin characters. I didn't try this in other roms, but I'm sure it will work on Desire Z based roms too. If somebody try on Desire or Evo rom, please tell me the result.

i am using projections desire based NAND ROM.
sorry, i can't give any feedback for multilingual improvements that result due to installing the gingerbread keyboard as you have suggested. this is mainly because i am not a multilingual user so i don't know what to look for, neither will i understand any language i switch to for testing
but i just wanted to say thanks for the information about an EASY way to install a keyboard! sometimes, i don't think about the simpler ways! the installation experience this time was magnitudes better and easier than the last time i changed a keyboard (added droid x keyboard to phiremod's skinny evo some months ago).

[Q] How to get Japanese menus on (official) 2.2.1?

I would like to be able to change the UI of Android 2.2.1 to Japanese and I can't find any hints on that. Tbh, I'm quite disappointed that Android doesn't support at least all the language including input methods the iPhone does since day 1 (2007).
I found a method to have Japanese text input and it works, more or less. But I want to give the phone to my girlfriend and thereforce a Japanese UI would be perfect.
Any chance on that? It has to be possible to do it manually from getting the specific files off a Japanese ROM maybe? The Japanese HTC Magic equivalent hasn't been officially updated since 1.6, which sucks....
I would be willing to flash a custom ROM if it supports multilanguage out of the box, but I'm fairly new to this Android stuff. So please bear with me.