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Noob here............
Please help me to decide wether to buy the HTC TC or not
I've seen it first hand on a sample unit of the retail shop I went to just a couple of days ago..........
What I did first is saw the graphic interface asap,I saw some lagging in the scroll down of the programs folder, I mean the icons keep on mssing out when I scroll the page up or down.............my question is..............is this very serious........or this is acceptable for a lot of TC users here by now,coz for me it does not bother me too muchas long as the icons dont appear for 5-10 seconds out......u know what i mean............its acceptable for me,dont know about a lot of people here???
Secondly,i tried the wmp in video tab,there are two videos at the time I tried the TC, one is with the stone and sandy video the other one is the flower and the bee,at first try,I watched the first one and its kinda choppy or theres a little bit stuttering with the video playback,but nevertheless still minor fault for me,but when I played the flower&bee video irs as fast as it could be........so what gives???
so what I am trying to ask you guys here,specially TC owners,is it worth it to buy the HTC TC even with this slight video inconsistence witht the device,from day to day use.........can someone here complain that its a total crappy " device"?
does the other things the TC do also as crappy as the ones in the video department?i.e. internet,camera,calling,GPS,etc.etc.?
So if anyone can help me just a little bit to shed some light and insights for me to buy the HTC TC or opt for other PPC........please your advise will sure help me very much
thanks a lot
Vinz
the TC is actually the better device you can buy , I've it from four mounth and the day per day use is a pleasure , if TC is a crap think about what the others devices are........
TC is just my 2nd Pocket PC. My first was Xda Mini. To tell the truth, I like my TC so much. Like the TouchFLO so much. Can't live without it!!!
thanks for the inputs guys.............
so you are saying the TC out of the box is quite ok and fine with you,even without tweaks and rom updates,just the standard shiped unit state, is really performing alright,of course aside from the video jerkiness of some videos and some lags in window scrolling...may it be internet explorer or just the normal windows...still the TC is up to par???how about complains of GPS too long to connect?complain of the window litteraly composing itself slowly as you go from one window to another,etc.etc............or are this the effect of some really defective units or bad ones........or thus this happen to each and everyone of the TC owners as well???if not then i think its just a case to case basis then?
sorry for a lot of questions here........but for a $700++ unit I am really trying to get all the bases covered here,so to speak........
nevertheless......
hhhhmmmm.........I guess I might consider buying it for now...........need to research some more or read some more..........
oh by the way.....for TC owners.........in the HTC E-club support,the one u need to register the imei number of the TC.......do they have updates for roms and softwares there to maximize the video jerkiness of the TC?or other downloadable good stuffs..........????
thanks a mil
Vinz
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=362188&highlight=crazy
Out of the box, the TC comes close to being "usable". However, it takes just a few registry hacks (see tips and tricks) to make it a great device. Sure, it still suffers from some video and scrolling lags, but for the most part it is a great device. As for video, I have had no issue playing video specifically encoded to play on WM devices.
Check out my first look over at Mobility Today.
http://mobilitytoday.com/articles/htc_touchcruise_impressions.html
oh thanks a lot Sir JNGOLD,that surely help me more on deciding whether to buy the TC or not,and a very nice review you got there.........
simple registry hacks?are they safer than flashing roms like i see here in the forums,I am really lost here when it comes to cooking,rom,flash,hard spl,radio roms,etc.etc.I kinda know a little about the registry hacks,like what we do in windows xp on our pc's same principle right?so for me I think some registry hacks won't harm the warranty of my device if ever I buy this thingy.I just don't think I am technical enough to do a flashing rom if ever.......
I just hope registry hacks for PPC are simple as the ones in the PC.......
well thanks a lot for your info,appreciate it very much
cheers
vinzi_76 said:
oh thanks a lot Sir JNGOLD,that surely help me more on deciding whether to buy the TC or not,and a very nice review you got there.........
simple registry hacks?are they safer than flashing roms like i see here in the forums,I am really lost here when it comes to cooking,rom,flash,hard spl,radio roms,etc.etc.I kinda know a little about the registry hacks,like what we do in windows xp on our pc's same principle right?so for me I think some registry hacks won't harm the warranty of my device if ever I buy this thingy.I just don't think I am technical enough to do a flashing rom if ever.......
I just hope registry hacks for PPC are simple as the ones in the PC.......
well thanks a lot for your info,appreciate it very much
cheers
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You don't have to flash roms or anything like that to enjoy the device. As for registry hacks, if you are familiar with exploring the registry on a PC, then performing them on a PPC will be a simple chore. You just need to get a registry editor like Resco Explorer (also a must-have file explorer), or even some freeware registry editors.
As for your warranty, no it won't affect it.
JN is a good person to listen to.
I work in the field and sell every phone. I left my Atom Life and Nokia N82 Black and Nokia N78 for the Touch Cruise today.
I could not be happier with every aspect. I installed Resco Explorer and I am good to go.
I chose this phone over anything else that is currently available.
Hey Vinzi76,
I have upgraded to the TC from using P3300 for a year, then using the Tytn II for 2 months.
By far, this is the best Windows Mobile phone in the world i would say! lovely styling, looks real classy! dont just go on the photos, they dont do it enough justice. you have to actually hold one to feel it! its just Superb!
I am in love with this now! before buying this, i too was contemplating wether to go for this or not, but after seeing this phone in real, i just couldnt resist!
You can check out the Tips and tricks thread on the Polaris upgrading forum for the reg hacks... also if you don't want to doi by hand then there's Schaps's Advanced config tool which is free to download and use...
Hi guys,
I have tried searching for a thread like this but only found one from 07', Im think about upgrading my Trinity to a newer model but i am not sure which model to upgrade to, I like the looks of the Diamond but not sure about the battery life and size, is the Diamond pro (not sure if that is the correct name, it has the slide out keyboard) going to be any better? How dose the Titan compare? Or the Polaris? Is there any others I have missed?
Thanks
I don't know about the best HTC, but I can tell you that we are hearing a lot of rumours about bugs and lock ups with the Diamond. I haven't checked recently though, maybe they have brought out a less buggy rom for it or solved the issue.
you're asking for out personal opinions, so you can't hope to get an unskewed answer.
my answer- get a smartphone with plenty of ram and processor. You'll love the ease of use that i just can't seem to get on ppc.
My personnal:
pros - TouchFlo 3D, G-sensor,VGA screen,Size,Design
cons - speed of WM6 scrooling,slower video playback (but still can play unconverted videos), everyone MUST try it, so you can not even tell somebody you have it.
hi guys, i have an htc touch cruise, its about 15 months old now. Its totally standard and i have not tried upgrading it, however it has become really really slow to start up lately. This morning i still could not phone anyone after 5 minutes, and it froze once! is there anything i can do to speed this up? i have an 8gb memory card in it with about 4gb of music, would this affect it? cheers for any help!
i forgot to add thats it actually an O2 Orbit II branded variant
What's your memory status? How much free device memory you have?
Maybe it's time to uninstall some software, or even hard reset device - remember, it's Windows...
see this is what i am thinking, fecking windows! this is my first XDA, so i just assumed, like my laptop, it will need re-installing once a year!!!! ha ha!
i might just take the opportunity to upgrade to wm6.1, good idea?!
If your Polaris is on 6.0 Pro, I don't suggest upgrade...
Bodisson said:
If your Polaris is on 6.0 Pro, I don't suggest upgrade...
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Why on earth not? Just curious what your position is.
Usually the newer 6.1/6.5 OS will is a lot more improved that the outdated 6.0. My vote definitely goes for upgrading your phone, it'll fix all your problems.(unless its a hardware issue)
My points are all written in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=411883&highlight=Bodisson&page=13
In short:
- iGo 2006 stopped working
- problems syncing with more than one PC
- slower
- more battery consumption
There's more, but these 4 are my main reasons.
And since your all here have huge brains and i not =) ... what is the probibility that we will see any updates or addons, or maybe a payable player for the HD2 that it can acctually manage?
I feel its time somebody just said it in a forum post here since it cant do it.
No, im no engineerer or developer, but i had my share of different touchscreen devices through the years and i ALWAYS found a way to play my divX/AVI movies ... or convert them and then played em.
I read this forum up and down and people are saying they play movies in full quality using that type of conversion, or this bit rate etc etc.... with.... no lagg, no screen tearing, no audio out of sync etc etc. All i can say to you is, ither your lying or your blind OR your using i cooked phone.
I tryed:
- The so super claimd internal standard players (Both of em) (Phone seems to always lack strength to play em without problems)
- Core Player
- TCPMP (Core)
- DivX Player
I prolly tested 6-7 converter softwares for example: Videora, HTC HD2 Video converter (With no pre set HD2 config, isnt that cute), Aiseesoft Total Video Converter, AVS Video Converter .... and i have NEVER got 1 movie to work. A short TV series episode might work somtimes if your lucky, but full length movies from DivX/Avi ..... it wont work. Or at least, through all these really waste of hours i at least not found a way. And once again, im not saying im the best guy on this. But what do you in that case have to be, a video producer to get a video working ?
I cant help it, this phone is pissing me of more and more, its slow in respons compared to the....ick ... Iphone, and has a tendency to lagg when your in most dire need to use the phone fast, you have to be prepaird to restart it 3 times aday at a bad day.... i was so much hoping that this would be the once, the windows phone i could fully enjoy ... on paper it sounded so great with the snap dragon and all ..... well well .... guess i have to buy another phone and wait another year to hope Windows manage to make a fast, not to buggy phone =(((((
I have stock ROM 1.66 in my phone and maybe thats why, but why should you in that case totaly rebuild your phone for somthing what 90% of the phones on the market can do when you buy em? Sorry for any bad language, im mad, and in not good at english.. i want this phone to be good, but its crap.
I would post this in the Leo forums and you'd probably get a better response.
However, that being said, I have had no issues using Core Player and running non-converted xvids from my SD card... on my cooked ROM. Sorry, doesn't help! I agree this should be done natively without issue.
Lets hope that WM7 has some fancy Zune integration that takes care of this!
Any reason you don't want to install one of the cooked ROMs? Worlds of difference...
This is strange . I have watched movies on my far slower 614c with 500mhz cpu and just 128mb ram . No recompression , converting ..... just copy -> paste
Both core player and tcmp are doing fine
Mazzarin, i would love to install cooked. But it seems so hard to manage, find the right rom, how to etc. Im scared i would make the phone a brick basiclly. Seems complicated all this, guess thats what im saying.
Does the phone get faster? like, less sluggish/laggish? And if your using WM 6.5.3 or somthing, much difference from 6.5?
My friend you should really try the Leo forum, I'm sure that you'll find some answers there.
Video playback
Okay, I totally understand where he is coming from. Only Microsoft can make Windows Media player suck in a pc AND a mobile device. I supose they're trying to sell more Zunes. Whatever the case may be, I'm having pretty much the same problem. I installed a Divx player but playback is less than stellar. Videora seems to work great for video but the audio sucks. I love my HD2. I think this problem can be resolved. I am also hesitant to try a cooked Rom. I may be more open to it in the future but I need more info on that. I would like to hear which cooked Rom is the best on an HD2. Some of my iPod files play very well on HD2 but others don't. I am considering on getting the Sprint version though. (HTC Evo) We'll see I still really like this one.
I have HD2 too, but maybe Acer neotouch S200 is better phone..
Do you have the 576MB of ram hack, and what res are you playing it at?
Did someone managed to get the new HTC Camera Modes to work on 1st Generation Devices or can someone explain why not or help me develop a solution ?
I would like to know how to get the Camera Enhancements o my Mozart too!
If you tell me what the new modes are, I can tell you if I have them. The Camera Enhancement is installed on my trophy and is working aswell
Ludacris said:
If you tell me what the new modes are, I can tell you if I have them. The Camera Enhancement is installed on my trophy and is working aswell
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I suppose he's talking about burst and panoramic modes which can be found in the camera settings of both HTC Radar and Titan.
If anyone could figure out a way to get the burst ad panoramic modes, I would greatly appreciate it.
Sent from my HD7 T9292 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
I think the camera modes are driver controlled but how do we crack the camera enhancment app to do that is someone a app developer? and could help me a little bit to bring it to 1gen HTC's or the other manufaturers Devices?
has anyone been successful in getting the 2nd gen HTC devices' (Radar/Omega and Eternity/Titan) camera settings working on 1st gen (HD7/Mozart)?
Moved to WP7 Q&A
No questions in the development section please.
Take it easy
O_G
well its no question but more a important discussion were noone seems to care about...
truth is, now with mango almost at tango we still did not have one improovement, even worse..
most of the new applications HTC made, are NOT COMPATIBLE with 1st Gen devises, even OLD APPS like the COMPASS are NOT COMPATIBLE anymore..
WTF!!! and i mean.. WHAT THE FRECKIN FRUC
im seriously mad about this!
if we hadnt had ripped their apps and cracked them,
we couldnt even use them anymore...
those lazy profit orientated leeches
like the mozart couldnt make those cam shots
they just dont programm the driver and
dont give us access to do it ourself...
even worse then apple... damn...
webwalk® said:
well its no question but more a important discussion were noone seems to care about...
truth is, now with mango almost at tango we still did not have one improovement, even worse..
most of the new applications HTC made, are NOT COMPATIBLE with 1st Gen devises, even OLD APPS like the COMPASS are NOT COMPATIBLE anymore..
WTF!!! and i mean.. WHAT THE FRECKIN FRUC
im seriously mad about this!
if we hadnt had ripped their apps and cracked them,
we couldnt even use them anymore...
those lazy profit orientated leeches
like the mozart couldnt make those cam shots
they just dont programm the driver and
dont give us access to do it ourself...
even worse then apple... damn...
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I agree with you that was my reason to change my trophy to a desire hd and now im lucky ^^
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If chefs coking ROMs for first gen devices with camera settings from device second gen (and this happens) maybe anybody have xap file with these camera settings (from second gen of course)? If yes it could give to the forum. I do not think about modes panoramic or series but other like: white balance, brightness, etc. I need this file for my friend. THX