hi guys, this is my first post, and i am haveing some issues with my tmobile usa htc hd2, first off, i just got the phone in the mail this morning, so all i know about it is what i have gathered from the internet (not that much)... so, i am haveing trouble putting movies on it. i have a bunch of mp4 movies that i use on my ipod, but the only way i have gotten one on my hd2 is to put it on the phone memory, which means one movie takes up almost all the space, so that just wont work, and i need to know how to put them on the memory card.
also, id like to know how to install co0kies home tab, i have downloaded everything i need for it, but i dont know how to get it on my hd2.
any help on either topic would be greatly appreciated.
thanks,
Pbleonidus
connect to usb, when usb to pc connection popup comes up choose active sync, then go to my computer (on pc) you will see a new device called something like 'pbleonidus's hd2', click to open that, you will see tw3o devices, one called \ and one called storage card.
Open the storage card one, and drag your files there.
Same for installing apps, drag the .cab file to the phone and then on the phone, browse to the file and click to run it.
Alternatively, when the usb to pc connection popup comes up choose disk drive, and teh storage card (and only the storage card, you cannot see teh phones internal file system unless you choose active sync as above) will show up as a removeable drive in my computer
Download ActiveSync 4.5 (xp) or Windows Mobile Device Center (vista and above) from microsoft. It's a much better way to browse your phones File directories, including the 16gig storage card, in my opinion.
This would also solve your second question regarding the CHT cab file. Drop it in whatever directory you want on your phone, (via activesync) then use the phones File Explorer to find that location, and execute.
ok, so for CHT, i just drag the cab file to the sd card file? do i put it in any folder, or just into the main sd card folder?
also, same thing with the videos, can i just put them anywhere on the the sd card or does it have to be in videos?
A handy little site for all of you...
http://www.htc.com/us/support/t-mobile-hd2/help/synchronization
Many categories on the left hand side.
jimbonics said:
Download ActiveSync 4.5 (xp) or Windows Mobile Device Center (vista and above) from microsoft. It's a much better way to browse your phones File directories, including the 16gig storage card, in my opinion.
This would also solve your second question regarding the CHT cab file. Drop it in whatever directory you want on your phone, (via activesync) then use the phones File Explorer to find that location, and execute.
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ok, so i can just put cab files anywhere on the sd card, and browse to them, and click them from the device, and it will install things like CHT?
what if i want to go back to stock, can i just delete the file, or is there a process? and i think i got the movies to work, i just need to finish syncing a few...
By and large you can put anything anywhere you want, provided you know how to get to that location once you're browsing on the phone itself. In other words, you drop a movie in folder X, you need to know how to tell whatever player you use to open that movie from folder X.
Rule of thumb is to be clean and tidy about it, much the same way you would your pc. Personally, I drop the .cab files into My Documents, as it's easy for me to find from the File Explorer within the phone. Once you see it just tap and execute.
Once you execute a .cab file, you will be asked to install, then presented the option to install on Phone or Storage Card.
A program like CHT, or CHTEditor, or BsB Tweaks, I personally install on the phone itself. Any other Application or Game or what have you goes on the Storage Card.
If it's a program that's going to drastically change the way your phone operates (CHT), install it to the phone. Anything else on the storage card.
That's just my own conventional wisdom however. I think of it in terms of execution speed. You have to think something installed on the phone itself will run faster than something installed on the SD card.
thanks jimbonics, that helps a lot, and what if i need to go back to stock, can i just delet the cab file, or do i need to go through uninstall process (if so, how do i do that)?
also, do i need to run the programs in any secific order once they are put on the device? example: for CHT, do i need to run CHTEditor, then CHT, or doesnt it matter?
CHT first, then the editor.
For removal, simply go to Start-->Settings-->Applications-->Remove applications.
CHT is just a Sense 2.5 modification, so you aren't actually moving away from what is typically referred to as 'stock' (being a T-Mobile ROM over a cooked ROM), but I understand your meaning.
And, once you install a .cab file, you can then remove it from the phone, saving a bit of space.
You may want to archive it on your pc however, in case you ever need to do a hard reset. You'll find it'll help get your phone back to where it was much faster if you save all the cabs you install on your pc.
also, for the fixes that i downloaded, like a swype fix, opera mobile fixe, and something else, do i do the same thing as i would for the cht files, just put them on the sd card, navigate to them, and run them?
If they are .cab files, yes.
ok, i think i have everything i need, if there is anything you think i should know, im all ears. if i need anything else ill ask. and i appreciate the help so far.
pbleonidus said:
ok, i think i have everything i need, if there is anything you think i should know, im all ears. if i need anything else ill ask. and i appreciate the help so far.
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This thread will probably give you a lot of useful info as a new HD2 owner:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=688928
And then this one too:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=663845
i havnt tried any .cab files yet, i need to get the other issues sorted out first.
im still haaving troubles with movies, i have about 30 mp4 movies and only about 5 of them are working on my hd2? whats up with that? when i click on the other movie files, it shows a black screen with a loading symbole for like a half second, then goes back to to the movies list. on the ones that do work, it shows that screen, but for like 1-2 seconds, then starts playing the movie... i really need to get these problems fixed, because, although i love the phones big screen and awsome camera, im not to impressed with much else, i dont want to have to sell the phone, after only owning it for a day...
mp4 isnt a filetype in its own right, it is just a container filetype (same with .avi files).
Inside it is a video file and an audio file. When you open the mp4, it uses a splitter to divide it into audio and video streams, and then codecs are used to decode the two streams.
The problem is these can be encoded with one of dozens(hundreds?) of different codecs, meaning two mp4 files can have completely different format video/audio inside them.
THis may not be the problem, but i would hunt down some kind of codec info prog (i use 'gspot' for avi files, dunno if it will work for mp4s, i dont have any) which will tell you what codecs the vid and audio streams are encoded in. You can then compare that to the supported codecs on the hd2, and take it from there.
samsamuel said:
mp4 isnt a filetype in its own right, it is just a container filetype (same with .avi files).
Inside it is a video file and an audio file. When you open the mp4, it uses a splitter to divide it into audio and video streams, and then codecs are used to decode the two streams.
The problem is these can be encoded with one of dozens(hundreds?) of different codecs, meaning two mp4 files can have completely different format video/audio inside them.
THis may not be the problem, but i would hunt down some kind of codec info prog (i use 'gspot' for avi files, dunno if it will work for mp4s, i dont have any) which will tell you what codecs the vid and audio streams are encoded in. You can then compare that to the supported codecs on the hd2, and take it from there.
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i also have the files in .avi format, so what do i do with this 'gspot'?
(and last night i have been installing a bunch of .cab files, i have CHT, CHTEditor, BSB tweeks, and a bunch of other tweeks! they work flawlesly! YAY!)
also, would the fact that i dont have the factory sd card make a differance here?
when i got my phone off ebay, the guy sent me a 2GB sd card, so i had to use the 16GB card out of my old phone....
also, how do you get to the registry to make tweaks? do i need internet to do it? because i cant get any on my phone...
and also, what is the today tab, and how do you turn off htc sense on it?
Hello!
Once again trying to find a windows game similar to an android game my wife likes so that she does not ask me to sell the Tilt 2.
Regards
crush the castle exists as a flash game if I remember correctly. If you can go to a site hosting that game and play it in Pocket IE, then you should be able to use a firefox extension to extract the swf file and play it as a standalone on your phone. there is a tutorial on playing flash files from your device somewhere on these forums if you are having problems with it.
cbeck said:
crush the castle exists as a flash game if I remember correctly. If you can go to a site hosting that game and play it in Pocket IE, then you should be able to use a firefox extension to extract the swf file and play it as a standalone on your phone. there is a tutorial on playing flash files from your device somewhere on these forums if you are having problems with it.
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Interesting...never heard of this so need to do some more research.
Thanks!
I think this is the thread I was thinking of, though there are some others:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6268322#post6268322
on down in the tread are the specific instructions:
1) you save the .swf file to your phone.
2) you open the folder that contains the swf file with resco file explorer
3) you click continusly in the swf file until the sub menu show in the screen. then choose OPEN--->OPEN WITH
4) then click browse and choose there the program from the folder "program files/adobe/Flashlite/appzone.exe". then you are ready
5) now every swf file that you open in resco explorer will play automatically.
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This is, of course, after installing flash lite...
Hope that is helpful if you didn't find it already. I stumbled across it by accident again today while browsing.
Ever try Boom Blox Bash?
alchemy
is there an alchemy game for wm
you know the android alchemy game alchemy element combination
I tried it once and I really liked it
problem is i have a wm phone and I have only found it for android
can someone please help me
I have always just used Windows built in Picture and Video Transfer, I like how it renames and adds everything to the locations I choose ie: Home videos folder for videos and Picture library for pics.
What I want to do is import just my DCIM folder not Everything that is on my SDcard.
My S2 this worked fine.
I know I can drag and drop my dcim folder to a separate SDcard and then invoke the transfer, but it is a hassle. I also know Dropbox and cloud storage is probably the way to go but I have all my photos and video stored in my library on a NAS this way and would like to continue.
any ideas? How are you doing it?
Thanks-
Comatose1978
I just drag and drop everything...
WoodburyMan said:
I just drag and drop everything...
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Same. I just drag and drop things where I need them if I'm plugged in. But most of the time I just use AirDroid, so I can do it wirelessly. And in the past I also had an app (I don't recall the name) that when launched, would share the SD Card over the network, which Windows can then see. I created a shortcut in My Computer to that network drive, so it showed up like any other hard drive on my computer and I could drag and drop files to it. Was handy, but I haven't had much use for that lately, since everything is in the cloud now, and AirDroid works on nearly any network without any prior setup.