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I installed WM7 into my HD2, contacted MS, activated marketplace and xbox using the tut. All went mighty smooth thanks to you guys.
Only problem im facing is that FB refuses to stay logged in. I log in once, browse , close it and then when I come back, it says
"facebook passwork is incorrect".
I give the same password, and its all fine for that session. Then i close it, and its back to square 1.
Help please.

I had exactly the same problem!
After re-installing WP7 & doing the activation steps by the book, it seams ok now.

no no nooo. dont want to go through that process again why cant life be simple

showdown_counts said:
no no nooo. dont want to go through that process again why cant life be simple
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Are you saying installing/unlocking WP7 is not simple??
If yes then you should just stop right now, flog your phone and get a nokia 3310!

its simple allright. but i already installed tons of apps and synced contacts ( which is a badass pain in WM7). But is there any other fix to this ?

My WP7 did the same & re-installing with the same memory card fixed it.
Installing WP7 is a lot easier than Android, unless your apps are on ext4.
Have you been running PC installed xaps? Cus if I install from PC they all get revoked after a short while
m$ are messing me around reg getting a key

WP7 Installed, activated, live working, sd formatted, Android coexists... now?

As soon as i discovered I could give WP7 a try on my HD2, i started all the process...
Now it works i activated the live account and everything is ok.
I also succeded in having android still booting from the on purpose formatted SD, and i choose from magldr the desired OS.
Now... what?
I mean, WP7 seems incredibly smooth and i would like to go deeper in it, but i find myself lost.
here are my questions, being used to working with wm 6,5 and android :
1) How do i get my contacts/tasks/appointmentsback on the phone from outlook on pc ?
2) Is it possible to use the IGO8 Wm 6,5 version here with WP7?
3) how do you use the phone as an AP (wifi , usb or BT tether)?
BUT, ABOVE ALL ...
where do i find all the needed app?
I mean, the market seems tailored only to make you spend money.
There a lot of music file to download, but where are free apps?
In the Android Market you have a plethora of free apps, but i cannot find free apps for WP7 in its market, i only see apps to buy...
How can i have my Hd2 / WP7 ready to a daily use, comparable with android?
where are simple useful apps like
tapatalk, a nav, layar, wikitude, news and highlights, dictionaries, comic readers...
how can i customize the home screen like the easy android widget way?
I think i am missing something, it is my first dive into WP7 sea, so if an expert Wp7 lifeguard lends a hand, i would really appreciate any advice...
thanks in advance.

To answer your second question. No you won't be able to run any of your current Navigational software on WP7. From what i've gathered, there is currently no good paid for app for it. So no Copilot, TomTom, IGO.
It's the only thing keeping me from changing over to it actually.

WP7
Market Place is the best place to go. Search xda to find other apps, there are entire sections deticated to apps on this site. The only problem with installing from places other than the market place is that your phone has to be unlocked. If the app is not an Official app, meaning it can be found on the Market Place, then sooner or later will run into an error message requesting that you uninstall the app. This because your phone automatically locks itself after a while. You can fix by unlocking the phone again, but you will have to keep doing it everytime you want to run or install unsigned apps. If you want free apps, swipe left to the free apps section in market place.
Windows Mobile apps are not supported on WP7. You can get T-Mobile TelNav from market place, just search for it keyword tmobile
Search windowsphone.com for support setting up and syncing outlook.
No tether or wi-fi support available yet, at least none has been mentioned by anybody yet.
As for those apps you are looking for, chances are they are not on WP7 as of yet. But to make sure, search Market Place for them. To do so follow these steps: When in market place press the Home key. This will open Market Place search. (Outside of market place this key will open bing search)
For customizations go to windowsphone.com for guides and tutorials on how to use the phone and customize.
Most questions about windows phone 7 can be answered by searching or going to windowsphone.com

1) How do i get my contacts/tasks/appointmentsback on the phone from outlook on pc ?
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Just setup a liveid or exchange account. easy as hell and you should have seen this while booting the phone for the first time. Once you setup the account everything will be sincronized.
2) Is it possible to use the IGO8 Wm 6,5 version here with WP7?
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no. i read somewhere theres a gps software available but not sure which one. Major companies are still developing their softwares for wp7.
3) how do you use the phone as an AP (wifi , usb or BT tether)?
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cant right now. operators dont want period. theres a hack for samsung focus i think which enables you to use wp7 as ap. not sure about other phones, softwares or if theres already something available for this task.
BUT, ABOVE ALL ...
where do i find all the needed app?
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first. make sure your country has support for marketplace.
start marketplace -> click apps -> slide right -> click ALL -> slide right 3 times till u reach FREE.
you should see a list with lots of good free apps to download. You can also use bing to search through all the list. Check bing visual search. its really good.
where are simple useful apps like
tapatalk, a nav, layar, wikitude, news and highlights, dictionaries, comic readers...
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check marketplace. theres already 6k apps available for download/buy but you have to remember wp7 is still young. it was release few months ago you have to be patient and wait for the softwares to appear. iphone / android didnt get 100k apps in 1 day and compared to android market wp7 marketplace is growing faster.
how can i customize the home screen like the easy android widget way?
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just click and hold to remove/add etc whatever you want on the start screen.
sorry for my english

bnlf said:
Just setup a liveid or exchange account. easy as hell and you should have seen this while booting the phone for the first time. Once you setup the account everything will be sincronized.
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ok, but i hate sending my private data to an external server, i like usb (local) sync.
is there a way?
no. i read somewhere theres a gps software available but not sure which one. Major companies are still developing their softwares for wp7.
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so, no working nav... ok
cant right now. operators dont want period. theres a hack for samsung focus i think which enables you to use wp7 as ap. not sure about other phones, softwares or if theres already something available for this task.
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so, this will be the only OS not offering this simple and useful service...
first. make sure your country has support for marketplace.
start marketplace -> click apps -> slide right -> click ALL -> slide right 3 times till u reach FREE.
you should see a list with lots of good free apps to download. You can also use bing to search through all the list. Check bing visual search. its really good.
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i'll try, but i am really beginning to think that android is the future while this wp7 seems only a "new past" (if you understand what i mean).
thanx 4 the answer mate, very clarifing

gaiden0000 said:
To answer your second question. No you won't be able to run any of your current Navigational software on WP7. From what i've gathered, there is currently no good paid for app for it. So no Copilot, TomTom, IGO.
It's the only thing keeping me from changing over to it actually.
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I am dual booting WP7 and Desire Z, I use co-pilot from Desire Z.

I have the same question about contact elsewhere but no responses.
I have separate contacts on my hd2 and hotmail and wish to keep them separate.
When you register your hotmail on wp7 it automatically downloads all 700 contact which I don't want in my phone.
My hd2 is synced with outlook but I don't think you can sync wp7 with outlook.
I had an omnia 7 for a week and returned it keeping my hd2
Reluctant to flash to wp7 nit I know I can move my 300 phone contacts over.
Non tethering is a real pain. HTC did confirm to my directly that the HD7 does support tethering but the function has been removed by the operators

aenedor said:
I am dual booting WP7 and Desire Z, I use co-pilot from Desire Z.
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thanks . care to share how u did it ? is ur android sd build ?

pool7979 said:
thanks . care to share how u did it ? is ur android sd build ?
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It is a SD build, it is Dandiest's Desire Z 2.1 (the 2.2 fix / update caused it to lock up when mounting the SD card YMMV).
I followed this post : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913815 and the post it links to because at the time I could only mount one SD card at a time via my HD2.
I recomend reading the whole post and the post it links to several times before starting, I rushed into it and as a result made mistakes by not following the instructions properly, what should have taken 2-3 hours (mounting 1 SD card at a time) took nearer 8 LOL! cause I kept redoing steps until I realised how / where I was doing them wrong. This was last Sunday.
EDIT: I have a 16 gig class 6 SD card and an 8 gig SD class 6 card, I used the 8 GIG initially when installing MAGLDR and WP7 then following the instructions above transfered the WP7 partition to the 16 GIG card. This gave me a smidging under 8 gig for WP7 and a smidging under 8 gig for Android, not huge but not too shabby neither. I see you can buy 32 gig cards now, but the fast ones cost £80 so that is something for my future

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I have the same question about contact elsewhere but no responses.
I have separate contacts on my hd2 and hotmail and wish to keep them separate.
When you register your hotmail on wp7 it automatically downloads all 700 contact which I don't want in my phone.
My hd2 is synced with outlook but I don't think you can sync wp7 with outlook.
I had an omnia 7 for a week and returned it keeping my hd2
Reluctant to flash to wp7 nit I know I can move my 300 phone contacts over.
Non tethering is a real pain. HTC did confirm to my directly that the HD7 does support tethering but the function has been removed by the operators
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You can go to Settings, Email & Accounts, click on the accounts and uncheck contacts, except for hotmail. Go figure. But I think you can sync with outlook using exchange server directly, if not sync using exchange with google and sync outlook with google as well.

[Q] I can't unlock my phone anymore

Today I was going to install an XAP. I went to go install in and it said my phone was locked. So I figured Id just have to run ChevronWP7 and unlock it. But it wont unlock? Idk why it wouldnt cause I never had a problem with it before. I did some research and im super confused.
I read this, is it because i changed my phone identity that i cant unlock my phone anymore?
The majority of the failures to unlock your phone again is because you used a registry script that changed the HD2 to identify it as an HD7 and may have included registry entries that set PortalUrlProd and PortalUrlInt to 127.0.0.1 or a Null value and somehow your phone became relocked. Once it's set this way, no matter what you do to unlock the phone it won't work because the proper server to query is "developerservices.windowsphone.com" is not defined on the phone. ChevronWP7 works by hijacking and spoofing the address of developerservices.windowsphone.com to be your local computer and then responds appropriately over port HTTPS (443) to the phone.
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I never thought it would be a problem, Ive used ChevronWP7 before to unlock my phone, Ive got WP7 all set up and working, along with Xbox Live and the Marketplace. But now im stumped. How do I get my phone to unlock.
I read this thread and i tried to do the methods but i cant because my phone wont unlock! Someone please help. I am so confused.

It wont unlock without editing the reg.....but,
I was having the same trouble yesterday, installed a new SD card and then tried to unlock for hours but wouldn't work,...
So I flashed the XBoxMod ROM, V1.03. The unlock is already done as well as the regedits to keep it unlocked when you sync with Zune. The ID is already changed, so you just flash, activate and fill your accounts out again. Easiest way.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944995

I have 1.03 flashed and the lock has suddenly this morning stopped working, have installed the chevron again, just wont unlock again...
without WP7 being unlocked its a pile of crap, why does it suddenly stop being unlocked, if I have to reflash everything, the rubbish thing about WP7 there is now way to back anything up.
Will someone come out with a better unlock than this unstable chevron

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I have 1.03 flashed and the lock has suddenly this morning stopped working, have installed the chevron again, just wont unlock again...
without WP7 being unlocked its a pile of crap, why does it suddenly stop being unlocked, if I have to reflash everything, the rubbish thing about WP7 there is now way to back anything up.
Will someone come out with a better unlock than this unstable chevron
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what is so good about side loading apps unless you are stealing them? There are not enough things out there to make it worth the effort.

errr HELLO....camera application that actually allows you to focus, ability to install a navigation package with voice feedback, ability to tweak to suit your needs via reg editor, side load homebrew applications that are not allowed on the strict Microsoft zune, change the search to something useful instead of the pathetic bing....etc...etc...
If you want to shout out and accuse me of steeling that's one thing, but make sure you get your facts correct before, just because your on a forum you think you can slag people of and slant them, an apology would be nice, calling me a pirate PAH! I work with application developers and know exactly the damage pirating can cause...

TrevorMcCauley said:
I read this thread and i tried to do the methods but i cant because my phone wont unlock! Someone please help. I am so confused.
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Hey there,
Did you manage to unlock your device? Good to see the guide is stil getting use
Method 2 will keep you unlocked, but to get it unlocked you have to kinda do something in between the two methods, if that makes any sense?
Ill explain. Turn on airplane mode on your device and connect it, making sure Zune is running on ur pc.
Goto your hosts file and edit it like it says in the guide, but just delete the entry. Save the host file.
Now in theroy, you should be able to run chevron to unlock your HD2, although it cant hurt to reinstall the chevron.cert to your device (i keep it in an attachment on my email just in case )
Let me know if you need anything more
And as for the last two posters, quite it please guys, no one is accusing anyone of anything, be happy

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Hey there,
Goto your hosts file and edit it like it says in the guide, but just delete the entry. Save the host file.
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What entry am I deleting?

I cant even get ChevronWP7.exe to start now. It instantly says "Uh oh. Sorry, I'm having trouble communicating with the phone." when I try to run it. My phone is plugged in, zune is open, idk what the problem is. At least yesterday the program would open, then say Uh oh. when i tried to unlock it. What should I do?

Bump. I never got this problem solved.

run as admin and alternate between the normal version and the no limit sideloading version.
obviously make sure your device is on, and unlocked at the main tile screen and that zune is running, keep repeating my first point until it works
Dont know if it wil work for you guys but it works for me, alternating between the two versions and admin always being on usually does the trick, sometimes i have to restart my PC and phone, but usually persistance will get it unlocked again.

Install WP7 from Mac

So here is my question. Is it even possible to put WP7 on the HD2 with a Mac computer?
I dont have bootcamp because i dont have the disk space, or the windows disk. Nor do i really want to put windows on my computer.
I have been running android for a few months, and I am interested in trying WP7.
How do I go about doing this?
Must I have a windows computer?

use virtual box to install windows XP, the only thing im not 100% sure on is if a forwarded USB port will allow flashing, ive had 32-bit IrDA devices work on a 32-bit guest of a 64 bit host so theres a good chance it will, guess there is only one way to find out, it will either connect or it wont, shouldnt be any issues, unless it doesnt work
Let us know how you get on

oh if your low on disk space just get a 8GB flash drive and dump the virtual machine files on that, it will slow things down somewhat so it might be worth considering having two flash drives, one for the virtual machine one for the WP7 install files, unless of course your able to share a folder from your Mac to your VM

Do you all think it's worth getting rid of android and go to WP7
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

That depends on a couple of things
First and formost, do you have an SD card that will work with WP7, without that the answer is no, even a mostly working card can give you random resets
beyond that you need to conside a couple of other things
Do you want a OS that you can mod the crap out of, install 1000s of apps which may or may not work or do you want an OS that just works, works very quick (with compatible SD card) and less apps but is solid as a rock.
finally do you play multitouch games, if you do dont bother, the HD2 doesnt handle them well, WP7 does, its just our hardware.
its your choice, but all i would say is, IF you have a compatible SD card give it a try for at least a few weeks, really get involved with it, emails, FB, live, exchage, zune etc, if you dont like it after a few weeks then fair doos, most of the folk who slag it dont give it a chance, it is not android, it in not WM, its not iOS, its WP7 an thats what its living up to, nothing else.
read through this thread to give you a hand in seeing if your SD cards will work
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171895
there isnt a compatible list but if you run a test on an existing card theres a good chance we can tell before you install it if it will be worth it

When I first got the phone a few months ago i had WP7 on it, so I know the SD card works.
I changed it out for Android, but that was before NoDo or Mango, so i dont even know what improvements are there.
I loved alot of features about it, but it just seemed to be lacking some. I dont know what changes came with Mango or NoDo for it to be worth it.
Battery drain was my biggest issue. With WP7 it seemed like 5 hours and the battery was done.
Since its my primary phone, its alot of work to switch to WP7, and back to android loosing everything in the process. Its a pain to type in all the contacts over and over again.

Just wanted to add one more thing.
99.99% of what I use my phone for is organizational.
With that I mean I use my phone for calendar planning big time.
I currently have my HD2 with android syncing my google calendar to my ical at home and work.
Heres the draw. I wont have my google calendar for much longer, which will leave me with no way to really sync anything from my Mac to my phone.
if there is a solution that WP7 can give me, thats a plus!

Setup a live account, or transfer everything to an exchange account, you shouldnt have to type any contacts, most things can now be transfered quite easily
The calander is pretty good, i use it for my work and personal email, the blue entries are work, orange personal, the To-Do list is really handy.
Nodo brought bugger all, everyone was jumping up an down about the lack of copy and paste so Nodo brought it in, and in all honesty ive maybe used it 3-4 times. Mango will bring a big change, my advice to you is to leave it for a while until a RTM version of mango gets put on our HD2, at the mo its Beta, and Betas always have a bunch of code in it that will slow things down. Hold fire, setup a live account wait for Mango RTM and go for it.
Note that you dont need to change your email address, just use the live account / exchange (pop3) account to bridge your contacts and calanders, it will mean having to sync your live account with your current one, in an ideal world you would use an exchange account or live, that way it just "works" google is actually pretty good too, that can be imported in to it without much hassle as well.
oh the battery should last about a day depending on the state of your battery, i use it a lot and i can just get a day, no more. theres a few tricks you can use to help extend the life.

When is a mango release set? I have a live account. But live can't sync with my ical on my Mac. So it's looking like this may not work for me.
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When is a mango release set? I have a live account. But live can't sync with my ical on my Mac. So it's looking like this may not work for me.
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you need a way of exporting it, im not all that clued up on macs but surely they have some way of exporting stuff in to something like a CSV

They do but I want it to sync automatically. Right now my ical syncs every 15 mins. I'm away on business this week and my wife added something to the calendar an it update my phone and office calendar
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upgrading a WP7 build

So ive been using WP7 on on HD2 on and off since it came out, but ive come to stick with it now I have an android tablet.
My question is can i upgrade a WP7 build to a later version via flashing a new version of WP7? For all intents and purposes, most different WP7 builds are the same (in terms of raw system files they remain largely identical, it mostly tweaks and appearance that differ)
Right now i use XBmod NoDo. My question is, should i choose to flash a Green Mango build over the top of my NoDo build. Would this:
1. Wipe all my data entirely (i have a working SD but syncing around 1000 songs took me 215hours as its incredibly slow)
2. Mean i have to reactivate Live services?
Also if live services have to be reactivated, before i flash an upgrade can a phone be deactivated so the code can be reused? Ive used my code 3 times already, for the second time, and microsoft were annoyed the last time i asked them as they knew id already asked for one before.
I did have a search before i posted this but i couldnt find any definitive answer.
Thanks

you install any WP7 ROM via flashing (and at the moment that is the only way to update the HD2) then it will wipe everything of the card and the device
Im not sure why you keep asking MS for activation codes, you only need one, you can use that as many times as you like (on the same device)
and it took you 9 days to sync some music!!?? something not right there my friend, zune does encode it all but it shouldnt take that long at all
i wouldnt bother with Mango beta just now, its buggy and full of debug code, wait for the RTM which is only just around the corner and save yourself some hassle
finally, there is a way of backing up your data manually, you need to use Windows Phone Device manager, now the new beta versions have the backup function, the public version doesnt, but you can copy all of the data, you would then reinstall the app manually then copy back the data from your backup afterwards
read this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1082343
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So ive been using WP7 on on HD2 on and off since it came out, but ive come to stick with it now I have an android tablet.
My question is can i upgrade a WP7 build to a later version via flashing a new version of WP7? For all intents and purposes, most different WP7 builds are the same (in terms of raw system files they remain largely identical, it mostly tweaks and appearance that differ)
Right now i use XBmod NoDo. My question is, should i choose to flash a Green Mango build over the top of my NoDo build. Would this:
1. Wipe all my data entirely (i have a working SD but syncing around 1000 songs took me 215hours as its incredibly slow)
2. Mean i have to reactivate Live services?
Also if live services have to be reactivated, before i flash an upgrade can a phone be deactivated so the code can be reused? Ive used my code 3 times already, for the second time, and microsoft were annoyed the last time i asked them as they knew id already asked for one before.
I did have a search before i posted this but i couldnt find any definitive answer.
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thanks a lot. If the unlimited activations is true them my first code had an issue, as it was unusable after my 3rd activation (i switch between WP and android very often). I dont know about this code as i havent tried it again.
But thanks for your suggestions and help. +rep to you