EDIT: SORRY ABOUT THE TITLE IT WAS MEANT TO BE UN-RETIREMENT
Hey guys,
I just brought my old Alpine out of retirement, It works OK except it was retired because I broke the sim card socket.
I was going to use it for tom-tom but just left it ignored for years. I fancy using it now as a way of having a nice moile internet browser around my house, (Via Bluetooth, possibly wireless eventually if I can justify the costs)
Its an old XDA2 Branded device and what I really want to do is
Upgrade the os to get all the latest driver versions even upgrade the OS from the standard if it is not having issues. all I need working is the BT and SD card reader really and as few bugs as possible.
I really want rid of all the O2 crap as well just the plain basic good software.
Any recommendations of what browser to use (is there a firefox mobile?) i considered opera as well.
any other ideas of cool little apps to make this a good device that will only use in hope to brose net ad a couple of games, perhaps have skype on it for example
any advice is welcome as I have been away from the scene for 2 years.
Thanks guys
The quickest way i found to clear out the O2 garbage was to hard reset and then when it says "Custom application will be installed in 3 seconds", or something like that do a soft reset.
Hello,
first its nice to be a new part of this very good community!
I'm developed an application running on htc devices. The application is working fine with my xda orbit 2. Cause i used GPS, i need to call SystemIdleTimerReset() periodly.
Now i got a new device (HTC HD2) and my application falls into sleep mode.
As i had read some threads, HTC has it's own PowerManagement.
Is there a possibilty to prevent the device to fall asleep? Maybe a p/invoke to a htc-specific .dll?
I know that device brightness could be regulate via HTCUtils.dll, so i think there could be a way like this to keep application running without any suspending??
Thank you in anticipation
Edelfried
Research:
- PowerPolicyNotify ( PPN_UNATTENDEDMODE )
- SetPowerRequirement / ReleasePowerRequirement
- SHIdleTimerResetEx
Depending on what exactly what you want to do, these three calls (and SystemIdleTimerReset you were already using) in various combinations will get it done.
(Barring a few weird things, like for example Wi-Fi while the screen is off, which on for example HTC devices also requires a registry entry change - bad HTC !)
I know this topic has been discussed previously, but I haven't been able to find the answer yet so here goes:
As I understand it, GPS is working in all/most sense and cm based builds however AGPS seems to be an issue all have in common. From what I understand AGPS is just a helper function for quicker GPS locking so even though AGPS isnt working, you should still be able to get a lock.
Now, since before we got nand based ROMs for HD2 I used haret to load android from my SD card. Back then I used GPS depended applications like c:geo for geocaching and car navigation progs, as well as progs for finding nearest resturant when I visit other cities/countries.
Been a while since I had the need for it, but recently with the nice weather geocaching for example have become an interest. What I see now is that none of the ginger/cm/non-sense builds I have tried have given me a GPS lock. I have tried the GPS fixes, flashed Norway.zip for tweaking my gps.conf, installed gps-status but no chance in getting a lock. and yes, I have been giving it quite some time, outdoors.
Anyone else having these problems? I see from screenshots on for example the HyperDroidCM7 ROM that you can get a lock, so its not a problem for everybody. Is my assumption on what AGPS is, correct? Any worarounds to get GPS functionality working? Strange to have these problems now, since it worked kinda well before
EDIT: tried now with [10.MAR.11][CWM] RAFDROID HD 4.0.2|Fastest Full DesHD|DATA2EXT|[Rafpigna 1.8 OC], still no lock
There's no driver support for AGPS, so the best we can do for now is to tweak our gps.conf and use gps status. If you can't get a lock at all, it could be a HW problem. If geocaching is a necessity for you, you could go back to WM and sd Android, use WM to grab AGPS data, then boot into Android.
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I use that rom, but the 4.0 (really not much of a difference for me between the 4.0 and 4.0.2), and I always have a lock quickly.
1) Did you try installing the GPSFix.0.1 apk file and running it? that downloads a criticial file xtra.bin into your data folder.
Also try the 1.2 files and see if you have any luck, because I know in the 4.0 of Rafdroid, the gps works very well.
Same as Angeldeath, I use Rafdroid and it works ok.
Mine was faulty a couple of weeks ago and HTC warranty had to swap the board (and also did the screen, keys etc). In the end it would still lock but after a while it would freez or have no reception anymore.
But to be honest I don't like the GPS receiver at all in the HD2. There are numerous tests and other people to back me up on the tremendous jitter the receiver has which makes you jump all over the place.
A nice test is to place it in the car and switch on the cruiscontrol at 100km/h, or even worse at 180km/h. The thing will jump atleast 10% in speed.
When I need to drive or walk long trips I use my iBlue 747A+ 66 Ch Bluetooth GPS Logger which you can buy cheap on ebay.
That thing logs, is fast, deadly accurate and with the free 'bluetooth gps' on the market you can even use it on the HD2
huggs said:
There's no driver support for AGPS, so the best we can do for now is to tweak our gps.conf and use gps status. If you can't get a lock at all, it could be a HW problem. If geocaching is a necessity for you, you could go back to WM and sd Android, use WM to grab AGPS data, then boot into Android.
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The AGPS thing on WM and then booting into Android is a myth, there's an extenvise work being done to make AGPS work on Android for our HD2s, but they have not managed to get it working yet.
Android on our HD2 simply doesnt have any commands to load AGPS, and the chip itself doesnt save any data. In the remote case it saved anything, there's nothing on the GPS Driver itself to read it
Quick tip to get your GPS to work:
Load Google Maps, let it try to get a lock, if after 1 or 2 mins it doesnt get any lock force close the app, turn off then back on the GPS and reload Google Maps. If you still cant get a lock, let it sit for at least 5 mins, then Force Close it again.
after that it should get you a lock in less than 10 secs.
Easiest way to FC it is enabling the "hold back to FC app" option on CM builds.
Can't get it working, with PPP plugin for Blueman, it delivers a CONNECT 750000 or there abouts, but says CONNECT expected, and fails. Does not work with NDUN plugin. This is strange as an ZTE F107 dials fine. Except after trying the HTC Universal (o2 wm5 on 3 uk), and then it needs a restart of the netbook to be able to get passed the modem time out, not handled by networkmanager, and port in use messages. Even deleting the device and repairing does not work.
In some senses this is not too bad, as I was thinking of using a magic multiSIM, which using the old A38 (iirc) code, is useless in europe, but it does have a large phonebook capacity for backup of numbers, and then switch off the UMTS/GSM radio. I even think the ZTE F107 makes a more power efficient DUN for it when needed, and so means just running the bluetooth, anyhow, and making it a plain old organizer.
* How much power does switching off the 3G radio save?
I have installed the psidoc sdhc patch (after finding the regular sdhc patch did not work), and wm5torage for an 8gb SD. For mobile file transfer.
Some good news is that the new version of http://www.spactime.us spacetime mathematics 4 (v5-1) now no longer needs registration ('tis free), and a sort of sync with google calendar via the netbook is possible.
I looked where I could within limited time, wife hates me working with my phone, and I can't find the help I am looking for. My HD2 on T-Mobile with a newly flashed TBD_Sensation_xl_v2.2_TMOUS nand and this is the 2nd OS I am having these problems with.
Issues:
#1: Internet works crappy at best on TMobile connection but works fine with wi-fi, possible configuration error (worked fine on stock ROM)?
#2: I can calibrate my G-Sensor but when I go to play any games that use the G-Sensor, they tell me it's not there(worked fine on stock ROM)?
Thanks