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Windows Mobile 6 Crossbow Edition

ANTC's WM6 Crossbow Editions
OS 5.2318 (Build 153427.1.0)
All made by TheLoon's Kitchen props to him and whoever helped him since the name is always changing every update in the About.
Memory Stats will be up on final build of each version
PM me any bugs, Please no complaints this is my rom not yours if you don't like whats in it don't use it or *****.
Please have the IPL & SPL higher then 2.0
Windows Mobile 6- Crossbow Edition
Programs:
Office 2k7
Stock WM6 Games
MMS 4.2.8.1
Battery status
Grey Keyboard
Cool Cam
Kaiser Dialer
10b Kaiser Comm Manger
Start Clean
X button 1.5
Windows Live
Registry Hacks:
Temp IE Files to Card
Single Date line
Add time sync Tab to Phone Settings
Disable Error Reporting
Disable the security warning when installing non-certified application
Disable the SMS Sent notification
Wireless G
Enable clear type in Landscape mode
Enable file system cache and set to 4096
Increase file system filter cache 4096
Increase Ring Volume
Connect to Web Via ActiveSync
Show Edge network indicator instead of GPRS
Show slide-out keyboard caps dot icon next to SIP
SMS Alert
Today - Windows Live Search, Google
Themes I added was Areo, besides the default all other themes are gone..
I made the choice to have ONE version besides one or more, just I found a cool medium between vanilla and limited 3rd party apps. I left out apps like the audio manger to save space, theres WMP why have ANOTHER music player?
different layout? get a skin
I'm pretty happy with this rom, NO Xing out issues and a decent program free memory
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Send Space Download

You should've left google maps out, regardless nice rom.

LOL, wheres your rom at?

where is the rom cuz i want to also get a clean rom without so much crap in it and i like yours

pep 1st post..i just added the link

hm, would be great if you could also remove Tetris, WinRar and Google Maps.
I am currently downloading it to test it.

bmueller77 said:
hm, would be great if you could also remove Tetris, WinRar and Google Maps.
I am currently downloading it to test it.
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if the response to this rom is good. ill make a even more clean rom for you.

Sounds great.
The ROM looks very good but i experienced, the "OK"-Button sometimes seems not to work (using the stylus). Can anyone confirm this issue?
Happens to me f.e. after aligning the screen and installing programs

bmueller77 said:
Sounds great.
The ROM looks very good but i experienced, the "OK"-Button sometimes seems not to work (using the stylus). Can anyone confirm this issue?
Happens to me f.e. after aligning the screen and installing programs
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you gotta double tap it from the touch flo scrolling which i despise but i couldn't find a good base rom to cook off of.

ANTC said:
you gotta double tap it from the touch flo scrolling which i despise but i couldn't find a good base rom to cook off of.
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Double tapping does not always seem to work either. It seems the only sure-fire way to navigate is to tap start menu, and then go into today screen or programs or settings. Task Manager has so far been the only way I have been able to close items.
Barring that...I am loving how bare this rom is! With it connected to pc, active sync running...Storage= 47.46MB, in use 2.78, Free 44.69...Program= 51.96MB, In use 27.39, Free 24.57
Initial loading time seems a bit slow, but otherwise going from program to program is a breeze.
So how can this "OK" button issue be fixed, as it seems to be the only real setback to this.

nice clean ROM...wonder how much mem left after this installed...gotta try this.....get back soom...thanks alot....like the clean rom

akashastrega said:
Double tapping does not always seem to work either. It seems the only sure-fire way to navigate is to tap start menu, and then go into today screen or programs or settings. Task Manager has so far been the only way I have been able to close items.
Barring that...I am loving how bare this rom is! With it connected to pc, active sync running...Storage= 47.46MB, in use 2.78, Free 44.69...Program= 51.96MB, In use 27.39, Free 24.57
Initial loading time seems a bit slow, but otherwise going from program to program is a breeze.
So how can this "OK" button issue be fixed, as it seems to be the only real setback to this.
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maybe one of the senior members can help me out removing all the Touch Dllls in my kitchen, i used the one from double_004 cause i got TOO many errors on loons kitchen not sure why if its based off mattkr's kitchen since his was the first kitchen I used ever..

finally a vanilla rom! most of these roms are nice and stable but since i own a license to resco explorer i don't total commander and many of the other freeware apps. IMO resco is MUCH better than TC. i love google and WLS (rant) but i'm pissed @ ms right now for not adding my workplace to their db. i work for a new cvs/pharmacy store and we opened up back in february and a few months later a walgreens opened about 3 miles off from us and they are added and we aren't in yet. /rant

hi
Is it same version 5.2.1908 Build 18508.0.7.0, ported by Double_ofour mentioned in his post ?

Whats the base rom of this? There are many different base rom version numbers, and even different ports of the same version number. Would be helpful to know what this was built off of as some of them have various issues.

miror rapidshare
Code:
http://rapidshare.com/files/59435293/WM6-V.rar
Size 53762 KB

akashastrega said:
Double tapping does not always seem to work either. It seems the only sure-fire way to navigate is to tap start menu, and then go into today screen or programs or settings. Task Manager has so far been the only way I have been able to close items.
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Another way is using the SIP's "OK"-Button.
Well I tested the whole weekend and I love it.
Unfortunately there's no touchflo integrated. (I love that cube) but i think, I can add it somehow. Have to search for it.

bmueller77 said:
Another way is using the SIP's "OK"-Button.
Well I tested the whole weekend and I love it.
Unfortunately there's no touchflo integrated. (I love that cube) but i think, I can add it somehow. Have to search for it.
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I hate Touch Flo lol
Version is CE OS 5.2.1437

Just have to say that this is an excellent ROM and the one I've been looking for, the only program that I don't need it's Tetris (btw it's not a good port), installed yesterday and works excellent (for me) after a few tweaks. I noticed that after speeding up the processor, the touch "X" problem dissapear.
It will get ran out of memory if you open a lot of programs (WM6 stuff) I just fixed removing reg entry for Windows Live.
Excelent work!!
Keep working, be happy!!!

faq_orochi said:
Just have to say that this is an excellent ROM and the one I've been looking for, the only program that I don't need it's Tetris (btw it's not a good port), installed yesterday and works excellent (for me) after a few tweaks. I noticed that after speeding up the processor, the touch "X" problem dissapear.
It will get ran out of memory if you open a lot of programs (WM6 stuff) I just fixed removing reg entry for Windows Live.
Excelent work!!
Keep working, be happy!!!
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thanks, I added tetris well cause i like the game
its not Burger king you can't always have it your way but close to it..lol

Verizon tp2 suggestions

Hi. I should be getting a new verizon touch pro 2 and was wondering what I might be able to expect from it and if you guys could give me some new owner suggestions tips etc.
Thanks alot.
Joe

Be prepared to do a lot of reading if you really want to change things.
I have hosed up the phone several times and had to do hard resets because I installed so much crap that did not work.
Just make sure you search PPC forums and here and makes sure if you try something read up on it first.

What do you mean change things? I don't think I will change anything. At least not right away. Not sure if I'll even like the htc touch pro 2.

buggs1a said:
What do you mean change things? I don't think I will change anything. At least not right away. Not sure if I'll even like the htc touch pro 2.
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What he means is that if you want to reg hack or add any .cab files found here or on ppc geeks do your research first. Even though there are tp2s out there they all differ between cdma and gsm as well as carrier customizations. These differences can screw up your device causing u to loose original functionality or possible bricking your device.

A couple of things to do when you first get your phone:
Do a hard reset when you first turn it on. It will get rid of any errors or bugs you might or might not have. It will not hurt to do it regardless.
Next go to main page of XDA developers website and read the article about disabling push internet. It will free up some memory for you. It works great.
Also, search the XDA forum for the resproxy registry hack or edit or what ever you want to call it. It will also free up and stalblize your memory. you will need total commander to do it, so you will want to search and download then install the program before hand.
Those are the first three things that I would recommend as it made a big difference for me as far as performance is concerned

Thanks alot guys.
I should get it tomorrow and I'm really looking forward to it. I don't think I'll be getting much sleep tonight.
How would I do a hard reset and what is that? Would I do that right after I open it and before doing anything else or right after I activate it?
Yeah. I read something that mentioned push Internet. Kinda sounded like rss. I don't think I would use push Internet.
Will it be possibleto landscape without sliding out the keyboard? Or could someone add this or is it something htc has to do?
How will I upgrade to winmo 6.5 when it's released?
I know I need to learn and read but not sure what and where. I do have the xda wiki bookmarked but couldn't tell what I should look at first.
I don't care about fm radio but will it be possible to have am radio? I would listen to my local baseball team games. I don't listen to the radio now as there's no music I like. So that's why I'm curious about am. Internet radio streaming is of course different story. Is shoutcast available?
I've seen here people talk about gps. What is possible to use that's free? I can't afford vz navigator per month.
I wonder if there are any phone body protectors and screen protectors available at the local verizon store.
If I did change anything will it void my warranty? How does that work? I did add the extended warranty insurance.
Thanks alot.

If you are starting fresh you may want to consider doing this right after you get the phone before doing anything.
This should cover most anything you would need to do including the resproxy and other tweaks.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=84404
Download the Verizon CAB and install it and it takes care of most everything you need done.
To hard reset you just go to SETTINGS>MEMORY TAB> and choose Factory Default. It basically resets the phone to settings of when you first got it.
The Radio as of right now either does not exist on the Verizon phone or is locked out.
The only way to void your warranty is to flash a new ROM, which you can't do yet anyway. But any tweaks you make wont effect warranty.
Streaming internet radio is available and included with the phone, you just need the web address.
Other services like orb from winamp is also handy where you can stream your music collection from home if your PC is on to your phone.
Most anything you can think of you should be able to find, with some searching.
And yes when WM6.5 is released you will have to wait for Verizon to officially release the update.
So even though you will see WM6.5 released next month don't expect Verizon to have the update ready right away it maybe a while.

Well I got my verizon touch pro 2. It's not bad. I hate the browser though. Scrolling sucks and moving around on a zoomed page is terrible when you swipe your finger to go up down etc. The page just keeps going. It's near impossible to touch links to go there. I have to many times just for it to register that I touched a link. Or I have to use the keyboard arrows. It really sucks. You can download files though and this rocks!! I didn't know you could. I got an mp4 and couple other files. Pretty cool.
The ui is ok. I'm surprised how smooth the ui is compared to iPod touch I have which is exactly the same as iPhone minus the phone. So htc did ok here.
I ran the cab installer for disabling push Internet but can't tell anything is different.
So my question now is this.
When winmo 6.5 is released how long might it take verizon to offically release it? Can't I just do the update from Microsoft? I want it as it's supposed to be way more touch friendly.
Why does it violate the warranty if you install a rom? Do any of the toc etc mention this?
Is there a way to do a backup of the phone incase anything goes wrong with a rom or something?
There's a couple things I don't like about that thing you mentioned that would take care of a lot of stuff. The guy disables something I don't want disabled. I forget what it is right now.
Is shoutcast available?
How does the sbp shell thingy work? Like is it just a file you install to change the theme or something? Can you easily install and uninstall without any issues? Same question for the iPhone look GUI.
Will marketplace be available as a widget type of thing or do we know how you go about using it when it's available?
I'm curious also where a good place is to download free themes and apps for the phone?
Is it possible to have free voice gps somehow? There's google maps of course but don't know it. Never used it more then looking at it on my Storm.
This touch pro 2 is supposed to be 3.6" screen but it's not as wide as my storm or iPod touch. How is that possible? I don't understand if it's supposed to be bigger why is it smaller? There should be only 1 way to measure size. This sucks.
how do I make the screen brighter? It doesn't seem as bright as other devices like my iPod touch.
Can I file share with my LAN?
What is remote desktop like? How does the built in one work? Is there something better?
Sorry for bombarding you all with so many questions.

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buggs1a said:
Well I got my verizon touch pro 2. It's not bad. I hate the browser though. Scrolling sucks and moving around on a zoomed page is terrible when you swipe your finger to go up down etc. The page just keeps going. It's near impossible to touch links to go there. I have to many times just for it to register that I touched a link. Or I have to use the keyboard arrows. It really sucks. You can download files though and this rocks!! I didn't know you could. I got an mp4 and couple other files. Pretty cool.
Opera browser takes a little getting used to. Double tap to zoom in, and then you can click links pretty easy. I've been using WinMo phones now since the ATT 8525 (Hermes) and HATED the Opera browser the first time I tried it in a custom ROM. Since then, I've come to prefer it over PIE...just seems more user friendly once you do get used to how it operates - plus, it actually shows websites as desktop sites instead of as mobile sites.
The ui is ok. I'm surprised how smooth the ui is compared to iPod touch I have which is exactly the same as iPhone minus the phone. So htc did ok here.
I ran the cab installer for disabling push Internet but can't tell anything is different. If you don't have any pages set up to push on the web tab, I don't think you'll notice a difference. I could be wrong though.
So my question now is this.
When winmo 6.5 is released how long might it take verizon to offically release it? Can't I just do the update from Microsoft? I want it as it's supposed to be way more touch friendly. The phone is locked through what is called HardSPL to only accept "official" ROMs that are are correctly signed or whatever. MS won't actually issue a ROM for WinMo 6.5 - they'll issue the software to the individual manufacturers like HTC, Samsung, etc. At that time, the manufacturers then have to customize that OS into a ROM that works for the specific device (each device hardware requires specific stuff to function - which is why you can't put a FUZE ROM on a TP2, or a GSM rom on a CDMA phone, etc). Then, the manufacturer has to work with each phone carrier to put in the specific items the carrier wants included or excluded. So you won't ever see an "update" from MS, but only one issued by HTC possibly that won't be compatable with your specific phone until they release one that is authorized by Verizon.
Why does it violate the warranty if you install a rom? Do any of the toc etc mention this? The custom ROM is not officially authorized by your carrier, and requires you to modify the phone software and bootloader to install it. It also may or may not enable components of the phone that are not officially supported by the manufacturer or carrier. Will simply installing the ROM void your warranty - not necessarily. There are ways flash back to the original ROM before sending in for a warranty claim (assuming the phone is not 100% dead/destroyed), but if you make a warranty claim and it is determined that you had a custom ROM installed, they won't stand behind it because you modified the phone from the way they sent it to you.
Is there a way to do a backup of the phone incase anything goes wrong with a rom or something? There are backup programs out there - but you cannot do a "full restore" after changing ROMS because it may overwrite files that are newer or different and mess things up. I personally don't use any backup programs specificially. I keep all my media files on the MicroSD card, keep my emails synced through IMAP (personal account) and Exchange (work account) as well as all my tasks/calendar/contacts in Exchange. I don't have many SMS/MMS messages, so losing them when I reflash is not an issue for me. And I've gotten really good at restoring my settings and programs (which I keep saved on the SD card as well).
There's a couple things I don't like about that thing you mentioned that would take care of a lot of stuff. The guy disables something I don't want disabled. I forget what it is right now.
Is shoutcast available?
How does the sbp shell thingy work? Like is it just a file you install to change the theme or something? Can you easily install and uninstall without any issues? Same question for the iPhone look GUI. AFAIK, the different GUI overlays are simply a matter of "install and reset". I used to use SPB shell on my 8525 and Tilt, but it seemed to be a resource hog (version 2). Since the TF3D GUI on my Fuze and now TP2, I've been happy to simply use it.
Will marketplace be available as a widget type of thing or do we know how you go about using it when it's available?
I'm curious also where a good place is to download free themes and apps for the phone? You've already joined...search here and you'll find links to more places to find goodies for your phone than you'll ever be able to stay on top of.
Is it possible to have free voice gps somehow? There's google maps of course but don't know it. Never used it more then looking at it on my Storm. Don't know about free ones out there. I use Garmin Mobile XT myself - it's not voice command enabled (unfortunately) but does to audible directions and works pretty well. There are others out there too - TomTom, iGo, etc.
This touch pro 2 is supposed to be 3.6" screen but it's not as wide as my storm or iPod touch. How is that possible? I don't understand if it's supposed to be bigger why is it smaller? There should be only 1 way to measure size. This sucks. There is only one way to measure screen size - diagonal from corner to corner. That said, the TP2 is setup in a more HD style wide-screen format than many other devices. So the measured dimension may be bigger than other phones/devices, but the width may be narrower (when looking in Portrait view) because the screen is taller the other way.
how do I make the screen brighter? It doesn't seem as bright as other devices like my iPod touch. Start/Settings/All Settings --> System tab --> Power --> Backlight tab --> uncheck "Auto Adjust" and then you can manually play with the brightness
Can I file share with my LAN? Yes, but not with the stock file explorer I think. I personally use Resco Explorer, but have had a few issues with the network drive mapping locking up this device. Total Commander (free) has the functionality in it as well.
What is remote desktop like? How does the built in one work? Is there something better? I use the built-in RDC just fine. It actually shows a useable desktop image (albeit very tiny). No idea if there are other clients out there...the built-in one has always worked for me.
Sorry for bombarding you all with so many questions. No problem - hopefully I was able to answer a few questions.
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I'm impressed...
dezoris, Humble1 and the others...
It doesn't mean a thing coming from me but....
I would like to thank you for not being assholes.
You both took time out to answer his numerous questions without a snide remark or rude comment.
Thats refreshing!
Thank you!
MBK

Well thanks so so much. Truly! I dunno what to say except thanks sooooooo much! I'm kinda speechless.
I have to save those responses locally to turn to incase I need to.
I do like the phone. That's for sure.
In Opera I did zoom right on top of links and tapped the links and it took multiple tries to get it to work I'd say if I had to guess and I am, 7-9 times out of 10. That's terrible. Could it be opera, the screen itself or winmo 6.1 or that I have not run the screen calibration thing? I hope the next browser version works way better and more touch friendly the I am experiencing so far. Oh yeah. It's currently like dial up speed compared to my iPod touch and I'm even using wifi on the phone. But yes, I have read that Opera is very slow. It works at least . Hopefully things will improove in this area in maybe the next version or another browser.
What is it like to install another theme or whatever it is called? The iPhone GUI one and that SPB thing? Are they easy to get rid of? I think I'd like to try them, but am wondering the what if something goes wrong question.
Hmm. I'm not sure where to start now. I should look through this sites wiki, but don't know what parts or where to start. Also I'd like to install some neat apps to see what this phone could do, but not sure where to start.
Thank you so very much! thank you for being patient in answering my questions.
Update. Remote deskto doesn't work. I try to connect via wifi to my vista and remote desktop on the phone imediatly after clicking connect says , the connection was ended because of a network error. Please try connecting to the remote computer again.
Also windows update won't connect either. Same type of message.
Remote desktop works from my other pc and laptop too.
Any ideas?
Ok. Now my phone won't get a connection to the net via wifi and I changed nothing on phone or router. Reboot router and shut off phone doesn't help. I'm on my iPod touch right now just fine. I don't get it.
Thanks a lot guys.

A few small things.
#1 Don't install a bunch of garbage.
#2 The version of Opera on it sucks. The Beta on their site kicks the crap out of it.
#3 Try Skyfire. I don't like the idea of using a proxy browser, but lordy if it isn't useful.
#4 Be patient. I hated both of my previous HTCs until they started releasing ROMs for it.
#5 If you are having troubles with remote desktop, then get VLC. I hate remote desktop because it locks the display and inputs of the host. I use my TP2 as a remote control for my media center. I'd like to find a smarter VLC client though. =(
Enjoy the phone. The WorldCard app is cool as hell.

Remote Desktop
buggs1a said:
Well thanks so so much. Truly! I dunno what to say except thanks sooooooo much! I'm kinda speechless.
I have to save those responses locally to turn to incase I need to.
I do like the phone. That's for sure.
In Opera I did zoom right on top of links and tapped the links and it took multiple tries to get it to work I'd say if I had to guess and I am, 7-9 times out of 10. That's terrible. Could it be opera, the screen itself or winmo 6.1 or that I have not run the screen calibration thing? I hope the next browser version works way better and more touch friendly the I am experiencing so far. Oh yeah. It's currently like dial up speed compared to my iPod touch and I'm even using wifi on the phone. But yes, I have read that Opera is very slow. It works at least . Hopefully things will improove in this area in maybe the next version or another browser.
What is it like to install another theme or whatever it is called? The iPhone GUI one and that SPB thing? Are they easy to get rid of? I think I'd like to try them, but am wondering the what if something goes wrong question.
Hmm. I'm not sure where to start now. I should look through this sites wiki, but don't know what parts or where to start. Also I'd like to install some neat apps to see what this phone could do, but not sure where to start.
Thank you so very much! thank you for being patient in answering my questions.
Update. Remote deskto doesn't work. I try to connect via wifi to my vista and remote desktop on the phone imediatly after clicking connect says , the connection was ended because of a network error. Please try connecting to the remote computer again.
Also windows update won't connect either. Same type of message.
Remote desktop works from my other pc and laptop too.
Any ideas?
Ok. Now my phone won't get a connection to the net via wifi and I changed nothing on phone or router. Reboot router and shut off phone doesn't help. I'm on my iPod touch right now just fine. I don't get it.
Thanks a lot guys.
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Try this: http://www.rdmplus.com/
I was using it on my Storm and they allowed me to change to the Windows Mobile version when I finally unloaded that POS. Its a bit pricey but it works well even on a EVDO connection. Works great over wifi. One of the few bright spots in my Blackberry endeavor.

buggs1a said:
Well thanks so so much. Truly! I dunno what to say except thanks sooooooo much! I'm kinda speechless.
I have to save those responses locally to turn to incase I need to.
I do like the phone. That's for sure.
In Opera I did zoom right on top of links and tapped the links and it took multiple tries to get it to work I'd say if I had to guess and I am, 7-9 times out of 10. That's terrible. Could it be opera, the screen itself or winmo 6.1 or that I have not run the screen calibration thing? I hope the next browser version works way better and more touch friendly the I am experiencing so far. Oh yeah. It's currently like dial up speed compared to my iPod touch and I'm even using wifi on the phone. But yes, I have read that Opera is very slow. It works at least . Hopefully things will improove in this area in maybe the next version or another browser.
What is it like to install another theme or whatever it is called? The iPhone GUI one and that SPB thing? Are they easy to get rid of? I think I'd like to try them, but am wondering the what if something goes wrong question.
Hmm. I'm not sure where to start now. I should look through this sites wiki, but don't know what parts or where to start. Also I'd like to install some neat apps to see what this phone could do, but not sure where to start.
Thank you so very much! thank you for being patient in answering my questions.
Update. Remote deskto doesn't work. I try to connect via wifi to my vista and remote desktop on the phone imediatly after clicking connect says , the connection was ended because of a network error. Please try connecting to the remote computer again.
Also windows update won't connect either. Same type of message.
Remote desktop works from my other pc and laptop too.
Any ideas?
Ok. Now my phone won't get a connection to the net via wifi and I changed nothing on phone or router. Reboot router and shut off phone doesn't help. I'm on my iPod touch right now just fine. I don't get it.
Thanks a lot guys.
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Opera is as slower browser no matter how you shake it. You could try the 9.7.1b version and see if it is any better for you.
I have an iPod Touch 2nd gen and was playing around last night with the TP2 and the iPod. I found that the TP2 was just as responsive as the iPod in almost every task aside from web browsing.
The link clicking in Opera bothers me too. The zoom slider has delay.
I just think it is the application. Good thing is newer versions are coming, and Firefox and IE mobile will have newer versions soon.
You could try Skyfire browser as well. In the end you have options.
A few things:
* Make sure you have a memory card
* Install all your apps to it
* Install the Stop Push Internet.cab
* Install the disable resource proxy .cab
Opera is built into the ROM. So basically it is always running, the stop push internet just stops it from running until you launch it among other things.
Resource proxy is something HTC uses to quick cache things into memory so its always ready to open. Its supposed to make launching last used apps quicker. Everyone finds it not to speed up anything and it just eats up RAM.
After you do those both restart the phone.
As far as your RDP issue with Vista and Win7 you have to make sure you allow connections from all clients and make sure the you add the user account you want to connect with to the remote users under the same tab.
Check your firewall settings in vista and make sure RDP is allowed.
Also try connecting by IP instead of PC name, often more reliable, bypasses the router for name resolution.
Skins and Themes, I make my own wallpapers.
I also don't install anything theme related until I see a thread or a bunch of people with the same phone doing something.
I did the HTC Black upper banner, one file and selectable in the home menu.
I did the standard HTC flip clock because it was verizon tested and made my own wallpaper based on something someone else did. I think mine is better.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Any theme stuff I want to be reversible or selectable without a registry change or 3rd party app that's just me.
As far as apps you have to decide what you want to do on your phone.
If you dont know and just want to start installing things just be prepared to hard reset it if you hose it up with some app that does not play nice.
These are the apps I run. (Everyone has different needs)
S2US Slide to unlock - I turn off every feature of it expect the one to lock when screen goes black. I found the phone was constantly dialing out in my pocket so I had to do it.
Smart Gear Emulator - To play old Nintendo and Genesis games. I tried the demo and at least for Genesis games it sucks. I will probably uninstall.
WVGA Fix - Allows you to change the screen resolution down to 480x480 or 640x480. My old Genesis emulator wont work at 800x480 so I have to switch it to 640x480 before I launch it.
Pico Drive - Genesis Emulator plays most genesis games perfect
XDAShutdown - Just an app that you launch that allows you multiple options, to shutdown or restart. It also has skins to make it look how you want.
GarminXT - I bought it as a NAV application. Works really well on Verizon. And you can copy it to other cards. Maybe be legal but works.
Advanced Config 3.3 - I dont trust it have no need for most of the options in it.
Weather City Editor 2.1 - Did not work, tried it 20 different ways adds more accuweather cities to your weather tab.
Nitrogen - Audio player does not work very well for me, but is good for directly opening audio files from opera
Bing - Live Search
.Net Framework 3.5 - Required for many app installs
Facebook App
Netflix App
MS Font Pack
Microsoft MyPhone - Handy for backing up all your files, SMS and more.
Palringo - Chat client does everything, pretty resource intensive
Midomi Audio Identifier - Play a song or hum a song into the micand it finds the name of the artist and song.
Skype
Flash Hack for Opera - Sucks don't bother, any webpage with flash usually freezes the browser.

Remote Desktop w Vista/7
If you have problems connecting to your vista or 7 machine using the built in RDC program on the phone, you need to change the security level on your computer to:
"Allow connections from computers running any version of Remote Desktop (less secure)"
WinMo 6 doesn't have the new network level authentication bits. Maybe it'll appear in 6.5.....

Hi. I'm sorry I haven't posted for awhile. I been kinda lazy about posting a foow up. Plus 2 days ago Wednesday I had a tooth extracted on lower left side. So I haven't done much except try to rest, take my tylonol #3 codene and Pennicillan I been taking for a week to fight the infection from my tooth. Not a brushing issue but the tooth first was like cracked on the bottom around the root and then I was eating pizze a few weeks ago a d heard a high pitched pop/crack sound when I took a bite. That hurt like heck. I could not eat or touch it anymore. Went to my dentist and he saw immediatly the top of the tooth had cracked right down the middle. So it looked like a + kinda how it was cracked. So they took it out 2 days ago. I have to ice my left cheek for 30 minutes on, off then on again after every meal and I have to eat soft room temp foods. Plus take my meds. I also try not to talk much and when I move, specially up and down I go slow. My dentist said the healing now will take at least 6 weeks. He will take out the stitches next tuesday or Wednesday. Well that's what's going on with me now.
I have played with the phone a little each day. I have not made a phone call yet. I installed the no push Internet thing and don't notice any difference. Maybe a tiny bit less ram is used now. But I never used much anyway. I installed a few days ago the trial for the SPB 3 shell. It's not bad but I wish every button and window was uniform. Because with touchflo and the spb shell when you file browse or do messaging or certain settings screens you get tiny buttons that are like black and white. Like looking at the memory screen. It's nothing like spb and touch flo. This is annoying that the ui is not uniform the same all over. The spb shell and touchflo are responsive. Yes it does seem with only the web browser is it crummy. I did install yesterday opera 9.7 beta and looked at the local help docs. It was ok but scrolling still sucks major.
If you read what I posted you'll see my remote desktop works on computers just not the phone and that means it's set up already. I think I also already said I typed in the ip of the pc. I did everything right but no matter what remote desktop gives that error immediatly after clicking to connect. So I have no clue. I need to get it working though. Pay remote desktop apps I can't afford.
Why would you install apps only to the sd card? I haven't even put in my unopened 8gb card yet but I will.
The local verizon store said that verizon won't get the htc touch pro 2 in store for a long time. He said that's how htc is. Huh?
How can you make onscreen keyboard same as apples in safari on iPhone/iPod touch? It really sucks. No auto correct and the stupid keys aren't spread enough. Plus the stupid black and white text selection thing that pops up. Landscape really sucks for the keyboard since the keys are way too small a d way to close together. Portrait is much better and easier. The hardware keyboard I thought I liked. That is till I actually tried it. The keys are not spread enough. Way to close and I always have typos and there's no auto correct or auto punctuation or anything even remotely close to the iPod touch. Also there's a delay when typing and the sound sometimes. I like the sound and the vibration feedback when typing.
I wish messaging had add to contact in each message you read. And when you do try to add to contact it doesn't put in any info for you which is really stupid. You have to type in everything. It should auto the name and email address.

while XDA has huge amounts of programs on it, you may end up searching forever. A decent website for programs, themes etc. is http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ just make sure they are capable with the screen resolution (wvga) and some things may not work on the TP2. Also most of the phone forums on xda have some sort of thread that says must have programs or something along those lines. Read a few of those.
btw, WAZE is a community based gps program that has voice directions and is free. its kinda neat, you should give it a look.

Good stuff up there, gang. Some even was helpful to me, after a year with a Crapberry.
I think I am going to like it here.

RaggedOne said:
Good stuff up there, gang. Some even was helpful to me, after a year with a Crapberry.
I think I am going to like it here.
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Ditto, except I've been on a 'berry for the past 4 years...

Thanks guys.
Should it take over 9 hrs for a full charge from 0 to 100% battery charge?

Skyfire (1.05) new version is released....

What’s new in this release?​
Full VGA support: Skyfire now provides native support for the high resolution VGA and wVGA screens as available on many newer Windows Mobile phones. Web pages now render sharp and crisp with full fidelity
Finger friendly UI: A new, intuitive, and finger friendly UI for high resolution phones provides an easier browsing experience
Smooth Scrolling: Kinetic scrolling has been added to Skyfire. Pan or flick the screen to move in any direction smoothly
Full screen mode: For touch screens, browse in full screen mode with no UI elements on the screen for maximum page visibility
Enhancements:​Auto-move text entry box when the (virtual keyboard) is used: Assures that a text entry box moves into view in case the virtual (on-screen) keyboard covers it
Updated Flash and Silverlight: Updated both to the newest version available
Updated Start Page: Optimized for high resolution devices
Performance: Upgraded both client and server for faster and more responsive browsing
DOWNLOAD LINK
Video review of SKYFIRE 1.5 VS OPERA MOBILE 10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKoA-Fvr3Js&feature=player_embedded
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Thanks Rajiv, but I´ll stay with Opera mobile 10 beta 2 is fantastic!
Cheers,

orb3000 said:
Thanks Rajiv, but I´ll stay with Opera mobile 10 beta 2 is fantastic!
Cheers,
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I.m using opera mini 5 and this version of skyfire..... opera mini is fast to browse and skyfire is good forr watching online video... perfect combination for me

For Internet browsing I always used Opera Mobile 9.7. Opera Mobile 10 doesn't load some inportant images when browsing (ew. verification codes) and for videos I use youtubeplay and vTap. Can anyone post some screenshots of this Skyfire version?

mesaj said:
Can anyone post some screenshots of this Skyfire version?
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Screenshot uploaded in first post...

Opera 10 Beta b
Played with it since release. Beautiful work, would love to keep it, unfortunately it takes over 10Mb on install and clashes with pretty much everything I have, but the main culprit might be SPB MS. Will try it on bare OS install only before issuing bug report. On a first reset the device either freezes or SPB MS fails to load, or loads, but ceases at some point. Other programs fail to start, namely Pocket Player and Google Maps. I have 128Mb device, so it's not memory issue. I don't play Youtube vids due to data being expensive, so that aspect won't bother me, however, if the same conflicts persist, will have to part with 10 and go back to 9.5 that worked without problems. Which would be a shame, seeing v10 is quite spectacular and feature-full.

I have 64mb and it's often automatically closes due to not enough memory. I think it needs about 24mb free program memory. When sms come or something theres no chance to avoid closing Skyfire. At all it's much better than older one.

enigma1nz said:
Played with it since release. Beautiful work, would love to keep it, unfortunately it takes over 10Mb on install and clashes with pretty much everything I have, but the main culprit might be SPB MS. Will try it on bare OS install only before issuing bug report. On a first reset the device either freezes or SPB MS fails to load, or loads, but ceases at some point. Other programs fail to start, namely Pocket Player and Google Maps. I have 128Mb device, so it's not memory issue. I don't play Youtube vids due to data being expensive, so that aspect won't bother me, however, if the same conflicts persist, will have to part with 10 and go back to 9.5 that worked without problems. Which would be a shame, seeing v10 is quite spectacular and feature-full.
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You are right, shame Uni can´t stand 10b2
Anyway I prefer 9.5 than any other browser
Happy new year!

a video review of SKYFIRE 1.5 Vs OPERA MOBILE 10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKoA-Fvr3Js&feature=player_embedded

I very much like skyfire now it has VGA.
However I still prefer using Opera (I'm using v10 with no problems) - I don't use SPB MS.

An update
It seems I found the perfect match - Tomal 8.9, SPB MS and Opera 10 beta, running it for the past few days and it seems to work well and is fairly stable. On first install everything runs fine, but I had problems getting data connection after the very first reset - connected fine the first time, no connection at all afterwards. At some point I re-flashed, but got the same problem, so thought I'd have to give up on the idea altogether. What do you know - I found the culprit! It's Tomal's SRS Wow!!!! The little bugger creates all sorts of havoc in different combinations. Removed and had a smooth sailing ever since. The only bug so far is inability to change theme colors within SPB MS, but i think someone else in one of the threads complained about the same problem, I have a feeling it might be just a small issue of Tomal 8.9 + SPB MS. No biggie, glad to have everything I like running.

On a different note
Another winning combo was Tomal's 8.2 + SPB MS + Opera 9.5, no go with Opera 10. But Tomal's 8.9 is more economical in terms of program memory, which is possibly the reason Opera 10 works, I have about 21Mb left after everything I need is installed and spread through flashdisk, device and SD, while with 8.2 I was left with something along the lines of 9Mb - ridiculous and the reason I tried 8.9 to begin with!
What needed now is a patch to enable Opera 10 SD install.

enigma1nz said:
Another winning combo was Tomal's 8.2 + SPB MS + Opera 9.5, no go with Opera 10. But Tomal's 8.9 is more economical in terms of program memory, which is possibly the reason Opera 10 works, I have about 21Mb left after everything I need is installed and spread through flashdisk, device and SD, while with 8.2 I was left with something along the lines of 9Mb - ridiculous and the reason I tried 8.9 to begin with!
What needed now is a patch to enable Opera 10 SD install.
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Opera 10 still has some problem in rendering. Some of my favorite sites are terrible in version 10 beta. However, they are rendering correct in 9.7.
I'm using Opera 9.70.35627.0 at the moment and loving it....

tomal said:
Opera 10 still has some problem in rendering. Some of my favorite sites are terrible in version 10 beta. However, they are rendering correct in 9.7.
I'm using Opera 9.70.35627.0 at the moment and loving it....
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Opera 10 is still in beta, there might be improvements coming before final release. I had no problems with any site rendering, so can't comment. Can't remember why I uninstalled 9.7, probably the same old issue of me wanting things that refused to be together
I also have Picsel for Samsung just in case any of my browsers suddenly cease on me and I have to use PIE, which I absolutely hate.

HIYA mate I like dis skyfire but my uni gives up every 2 mins coz there is not enuff memory is there anyway can I get around dis probz ! Thanks

beri nice English
If you have a 6.5 ROM disable titanium and that will give you some extra mb, or go back to 6.1

thank you beri moch
orb3000 said:
beri nice English
If you have a 6.5 ROM disable titanium and that will give you some extra mb, or go back to 6.1
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Hi bro how do you dat ? (disable titanium )

ramtajogi said:
Hi bro how do you dat ? (disable titanium )
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settings-home-items untick titanium

Thanks
orb3000 said:
settings-home-items untick titanium
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yeah well thanks for your help but I cant`see on 6.5 tml rom

ramtajogi said:
yeah well thanks for your help but I cant`see on 6.5 tml rom
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it should be in every rom. go to settings>> Today>>click the items tab>> and untick windows default...

My CHECKED Apps on sweet TF101

First, sorry for my poor English. Hope you'll understand me.
Been holding this sweet device for about 5 days and now I want to share with you all some apps I'm using. I've checked them so they'll mostly work fine on your TF (there's some FC but rarely). Please fix me if there's any mistake.
And here we begin, I'll show you my desktop and apps list 1st:
Main Screen
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Left from Main Screen
Right from Main Screen
App#1
App#2
App#3
1. ACV - Comic Reader
Work fine.
I installed this to read some compressed comic but I prefer Manga Watcher over it so I extract the zip files and use that instead. (FYI: Manga Watcher HD will be release soon).
Some like Mango, but I used it and still like Manga Watcher the best, just my opinion.
2. AdFree
Require ROOT.
Work fine, not 100% though.
I use this to get rid of the ads in File Manager HD, it works so I think it'll work for other apps.
3. Adobe Reader
Of coz it works but not impressive. Slow and nothing special.
Just installed it when I first bought the TF and haven't removed it yet.
I installed ezPDFReader and RepliGo Reader later. They're greater than the other PDF Readers. and I found out RepliGo Reader is the best, it's fast, it's smooth, that's why it's best.
4. Advanced Task Killer
Require ROOT.
Work well.
5. AVG Antivirus Free version
Don't know if it works well because my TF is rooted so when I scan it says to remove the Super User.
6. Barcode Scanner
Work great.
7. Battery Monitor Widget
Require ROOT.
The Current Widget doesn't work for me so I use this and it's cool. You can track the consumer, how long to charge from 0->100% and how long it'll drop from 100%->0%,.. any many more, check it yourself.
8. Café
Just a Vietnamese news reader You needn't care
9. Camera360
Yes, one of the greatest camera apps. You'll have tons of fun with it.
10. ColorNote
I've been using this since I still have the HD2 in my hand (now I sold it to buy this TF ). I'd say it's the best on 2.x device but maybe not on 3.x. Anyway, it's cool because you can choose color for your note and drag it out on the desktop screen.
11. Dictionary of English Oxford
12. Dolphin Browser HD
I use stock browser most the time. But there're times it couldn't download (like filesonic.com) so I switch to Dolphin and it works great.
And there're times the stock browser close immediately without saying anything, no warning, no fc... :-s I don't know why and it's keep happening lots today. Dolphin is the choice in this case.
13. DroidIris
Search images on google, bing and some other sites.
Used this on HD2 and now on TF.
Work FANTASTIC!!
The thumbs are a bit blur (because this app is not for tablet) but check it out, you'll find it greater than using browser, go to google.com and search for images.
14. Dropbox
Use this to share some important files with my PC
Work fine!
15. ES File Explorer
Used this on HD2. It have rooted options (for Cyanogen and one other - don't remember the name).
It can browse file on LAN, FTP...
It works GREAT!
But then I knew File Manager HD, ES File Explorer became my 2nd choice
16. Evernote
Installed this because some site said it's GREAT.
It works, yes, very nice.
17. ezPDF Reader
As I said above, this is greater than the Adobe Reader and some other PDF Readers (but I think it's slower than RepliGo). It has the flipping page effect while RepliGo doesn't
18. FPse
PSX emulator
Work FANTASTIC!!!!
I've tested Final Fantasy IX and Yugi Oh! and they works well.
19. Fruit Ninja HD
Needless to say
20. Gõ Tiếng Việt
A Vietnamese Keyboard.
Not optimized for Honeycomb tablet but it's the best on the market at the moment.
Still doesn't support multi-touch, so bad.
21. GPS Status
Check the GPS Status, Signal...
When I first bought my TF, the GPS worked well.
Now I'm in my hometown (300km far from the place I bough it) the GPS doesn't work :| I can't locate my current location, it kept located the previous location... Don't know the reason till now...
22. HD Wallpapers
It works, a bit slower for me.
I use this to download some hi-res wallpaper for this TF.
The wallpaper I'm using now is downloaded using this app. It's big, very big, more than enough for you to set wallpaper.
23. IM+ Pro
Work fine but doesn't have voice and video function. What a waste!
Later I found the .apk files of yahoo messenger and skype (I couldn't search for it on the market). Then this IM+ just stay there I'm using Y!M and Skype instead.
24. JustPictures!
Best images browser ever!!! Can browse pics on your flickr and some others account, and of coz on your device.
Work GREAT!
25. Lịch Việt
A Vietnamese calendar.
Work fine.
26. Locus
GPS app that can use offline.
Work but I'm having problems with my GPS now so I couldn't check much.
27. Manga Watcher
Yeah! My most fav app. Worked GREAT on HD2 and now even GREATER on TF.
You can download tons of manga on the internet (mangafox.com, mangareader.net, blah blah ) and some hentai for the donated version).
You can also copy files from PC and add them into the library to read.
28. Messenger
It's Yahoo Messenger for Android device.
This is the version for 2.x but I installed it and it work well. You can send file, can use video calling (but you can't choose the front camera ) )
29. Mobo Player
I'm using 4 players: Mobo Player, mVideoPlayer, VPlayer and Rock Player.
None of them is the best because there're files they couldn't play while the others could, so I just have to switch between them.
This one can play MKV 720p, but without sub.
30. Moon+ Reader
I don't like the interface and the controls of this app at all. But the pro of this app is it can add OPDS library (if you don't know what OPDS is, just google it)
31. mVideoPlayer
Can play MKV 720p with sub.
32. myColorGuide
Just installed this for fun. It's an Adobe Air app which show you the PANTONE palette
33. NhacCuaTui
An Online Music Player for Vietnamese.
Work fine, sometimes fc (even on 2.x)
34. NhacCuaTui Downloader
Download music from nhaccuatui.com to your device for offline playing
35. PicSay Pro
Work great.
Nothing else to say.
36. Plants vs Zombie HD
It works at the beginning, but if you do anything like increase or decrease volume the screen will turn black, you still hear sound..
So, this app can be marked at NOT WORK
37. Pure Grid Calendar
A cool Calendar Widget with many options. Check it you for yourself!!!
38. QDict Lite
If you've ever used Windows Mobile devices you'll probably know MDict - a great app of all time. On iOS there're some app that can read .MDX files (I don't know its name 'cause I don't like iPad, iPhone or iPad, any i***, maybe it's MDict )
Now we have QDict, it can read .MDX files. Great and Great.
Even not the best but you won't get any prob with this app.
39. Quick Boot
Work GREAT!
Require ROOT!
You can choose Reboot, Power Off, Recovery and Bootloader. (I haven't check Recovery and Bootloader, s.o plz do it for me).
40. QuickOffice Pro HD
Like the name says, it's HD version so it's optimized for tablet.
It works GREAT, though there's not as many function as Polaris Office that come with TF.
41. RepliGo Reader
BEST PDF Reader at the moment for Android devices.
Fast, smooth, what do you want more?
42. RockPlayer
... don't know what to say.
43. Root Explorer
Require ROOT.
I used this to modify some system file.
This is the best root explorer
44. Samurai II: Vengeance
Yes, it works fine. Don't know if it's just me but I feel this game is a bit laggy (just a little bit) on my TF.
45. SBM You know what it is? SketchBook Mobile of Autodesk
At the moment this maybe the BEST sketch, drawing app on Android devices.
You can choose the opacity, the thickness of your brush, pen, ...
Try it It won't hurt
46. Screen Off and Lock
Require ROOT.
Work GREAT.
I use this to turn off the screen without pressing the power button.
It has some effects when the screen turn off (I chose Old TV)
47. Skype
Work great.
I can do audio calling with this version, but not video calling :-s
48. Speed Test
Work fine.
Test you internet connection speed (speedtest.net)
49. TeamViewer
Work fine.
Somehow like MyCould but you can connect to any device (PC, Android, ...) as long as it connects to the internet
50. Thumb Keyboard
Work GREAT.
Just google it and you'll see how it looks.
51. Titanium Backup
Require ROOT.
NAND Backup
Best of the best.
52. TubeMaster
Work.
Download youtube video to your device.
53. Unlock Facebook
For Vietnamese Only.
Work on TF but you must do some tweak.
54. Unrar Pro
Like the name says, it decompress .RAR file.
Work GREAT
55. Vạn Sự Lành
App for Vietnamese.
56. Volume+
Use this to increase the volume after update to 3.1.
Work really GREAT!!!
57. VPlayer
As I said above, I use 4 players.
This one could play .FLV while others couldn't
58. XDA
Work but sometimes FC (anyone get better version plz let me know)
59. Zedge
I've used this since HD2. Work really GREAT.
But now I can't use this app to download wallpaper anymore, it's too small for TF But you can still download ringtone.
Phew, if you want to know more about each app, just reply
Thanks for your time. Hope you'll enjoy this

Nice! You have a lot of detail here, I appreciate it and I've gone and got a few you mentioned.
#38. QDict Lite-I couldn't find it in the market store or Amazon. Could it be under another name?
LOL-so I'm not the only one getting a black screen with Plants vs Zombies. Twice now and the last time I just let it sit overnight, then it came back to life just fine-strange and I wasn't adjusting the volume...must be more than one thing sitting it off. But, such a fun game!
Thanks again, I like your list and know this took a lot of time-appreciated!

You must search for QDict using google.com, not market, not amazon.
If you can't find it send me an email and I'll send it to you.
My email: [email protected]

Or visit http://mail.ustc.edu.cn/~wchao911/
It's in chinese so use google translate to find out which link is download.
It seems there's a newer version than the one I'm using. Will check later.
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

For future reference, you could just use AppBrain and it would list all the apps on your phone/tablet rather than going in depth of each app. But the description of every app is pretty cool. Very informative.
Example: http://www.appbrain.com/user/zephiK/apps-on-the-nexus-s
(Not TF101 but you get the idea)

zephiK said:
For future reference, you could just use AppBrain and it would list all the apps on your phone/tablet rather than going in depth of each app. But the description of every app is pretty cool. Very informative.
Example: http://www.appbrain.com/user/zephiK/apps-on-the-nexus-s
(Not TF101 but you get the idea)
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Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. What I did is a short summary of apps on my device, what work, what not and what best Because TF uses HC so there're apps won't work or work but not optimized ^^

fantasticlord said:
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. What I did is a short summary of apps on my device, what work, what not and what best Because TF uses HC so there're apps won't work or work but not optimized ^^
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Yeah when apps aren't made for tablets, they can appear awful because of the size. I would make a AppBrain for my TF101 but I don't have enough apps on it yet that it would even any useful so I didn't bother yet.

fantasticlord,
Thanks for the reply, now I understand why I couldn't find QDict Lite.(s)

Best ROM for HTC Touch Pro2 Rhodium 400?

I am convinced that an almost working Anderoid will make me more happy than a fully functioning Windows Mobile 6.5
So I have read a lot of the forums and installed two different Anderoid ROM's successfully on my HTC Touch Pro 2 model Rhod400. One was FRXO6 Froyo and the other was GBX0A Gingerbread. The Froyo build crashed on me a lot so I tried the Gingerbread ROM, which didn't crash but I couldn't get a good strong data or phone connection.
two questions:
1) Who out there in XDA land has a good experience with the HTC Touch Pro 2 and which build did you use and do you have a link to this download? I would really love to get a good stable Anderoid build of any flavor onto my HTC TP2 if I can get some of the basics to work including bluetooth and the camera? Please share. Thanks.
2) Where is a link to where all the different Anderoid ROM builds kept for downloading and testing?
Thanks much !

Windows Mobile 6.5 is pretty good after all
Since I haven't been able to find a stable Anderoid ROM with bluetooth for my HTC TP2, I've been tweaking Windows Mobile 6.5, which is what apparently is loaded standard on the HTC Touch Pro 2, and I'm getting used to it.
I was able to get GPS locations into my photos, bluetooth works good, Wi-fi works good, I found a program called Fileaschanger that I can order my contacts by firstname lastname. I installed the latest Opera 10 mobile browser So life it getting better in my Windows Mobile 6.5 world.
2 questions:
A) Does anyone know if I can upgrade from Windows Mobile 6.5 to windows mobile 7 or do I have to buy a new phone to get the upgrade? I have Sprint.
B) I would still love to find a great Anderoid ROM for my HTC Touch Pro2 if anyone has a good experience please let me know.

Windows Mobile 6.5 frustrations
I've decided I HAVE to switch to Anderoid. Anyone that has HTC Touch Pro2 or Tilt 2 experience with Anderoid ROM's please point me in the right direction. Throw me a bone or a little foothold. Thanks!
After spending another 10 days with windows mobile 6.5, I am going slowly nuts. Most of the time I am frustrated with how long it takes me to find the right contact, and then press the right button. It is so touchy, it often clicks into the wrong screen, then locks up and I can't get out of that until it times out.
Windows Mobile 6.5 could care less about me, it makes me do things for it, instead of the other way around. Isn't a smartphone supposed to be smart and make my life easier? I spend way too much time clicking and searching and hunting for stuff. I have heard that Windows Mobile 7 is amazing, but I don't think I can get that for my phone, so it has to be Anderoid.

Trying out FRX07 on my Rhodium
I see that FRX07 was just released, so I will try that out and let you know how it works on my HTC TP2. Blue Tooth is supposed to work in FRX07 so that would be cool.

FRX07 works very well on HTC TP2
So far, real good, I recommend FRX07 build on the HTC Touch Pro 2. I am having a ton of fun setting it up. Get the FRX07 build here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171052 I have had very few issues, and many more successes !!
1) A minor annoyance: Backlight didn't work on the keypad when I slide it out. From the Android Market (which works nice) I installed a Backlight app and that seemed to do the trick and backlight works now.
2) WiFi works fine on WPA2 and I think it worked connecting to a WEP router also
3) It is a tad bit sluggish, I'm working on an Overclocking app now.
4) I have downloaded and installed about 5 apps so far, and they all seem to work OK.
5) Bluetooth. I haven't tried it yet.
6) Voice Search works. It does do 1 annoying thing that if I use it once it won't work again, and i force it to close with an app killer and then it works.
7) I haven't pocket dialed anyone since I put in Android. That is a big plus over Windows Mobile 6.5
8) Contacts all downloaded automatically from my GMAIL account when I setup gmail. The built in contact app works very well, searching for a contact works great compared to Windows Mobile.
9) Installed a barcode reader and it works great
10) Camera works.
11) Facebook app works and after installing it I can now share and upload photos to Facebook.

After using 2.2.2 Froyo for about a week I have a few issues. The #1 issue is that it has a lag time that seems to be growing, and Android is rather sluggish now. Frustratingly so. Maybe I need to reformat my SD card and reinstall.
Also Android crashed a few times today, that is the first time it has crashed. One time it crashed while I was talking on the phone. Not sure what brought that on.
Also, lots of applications, like maybe a dozen, auto start and seem to slow down the O.S. I downloaded a task killer app, but not sure if that one is working exactly the way it should. I can't seem to find any pages that you can alter if the application starts or not on boot. I would like to have them not start.
so maybe I do need to reformat and reinstall.

FRX07 lag time issues sort of resolved on HTC TP2
Sharing more of my Android experience. Android Froyo 2.2.2 FRXO7 on an HTC TP2 off of a 2GB sandisk memory card. This Touch Pro 2 normally runs Windows 6.5 mobile. I start HARET.exe and it boots up Linux / Android FRX07.
I was going nuts on the task killer, killing my apps all the time, then even went so far as to set the task killer to auto kill. Response time was getting worse and worse. Finally, figured out the task killer was my main CPU hog problem. Instead of helping it was hurting. So I uninstalled the Task Killer and am letting Android figure out what processes it should end. That is helping, and Android is more responsive again. Of course, it can always be faster, so I will try a few more things. I do still have a task killer. I am currently using ES TASK KILLER, but I'm only using it mainly to see what processes are running and NOT setting it to automatic.
Here is an interesting page with the title:
FAQ: Why You Shouldn’t Be Using a Task Killer with Android
Explains you don't need to worry about memory usage with Android (Linux).
http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
Also, in my experience, important to not install more than one new app at a time. Otherwise you won't know which app is hurting response time. Install 1 (one) app, use it for a bit, at least maybe 30 minutes or an hour. You can tell right away if your new app is affecting your lag time or not. if so uninstall and find a new similar app and test it. For example: Opera mobile browser for Android seemed to be affecting my response time a lot (almost non usable), so I removed Opera Mobile and now I'm testing Dolphin browser and it doesn't seem to be slowing me down. I didn't test Opera Mini, I was going to but I saw Dolphin so I tried it instead, and the Dolphin browser is pretty nice so far.

just installed fxr07 yesterday... Had heck of a time getting sd card(s) to reformat to work for install.
really like it, after setup and several reboots, the Speed is very reasonable. Have had a few unplanned reboots into windows, but android loads rather fast now.
I did the install so I could use the androids tether WiFi hotspot to connect my new HP TouchPad to the internet when not at home. The winmo tether is ad-hoc so it would not work with Touch pad.
took 24 hours to get it to work (configuration difficulties with both devices), but got it to work!
if anyone needs help with this, feel free to pm.
Love the Touchpad, esp with overclock and performance tweaks and the fireside prices!

Intalled Gen.y Dualboot on HTC TP2 w detailed installation instructions
Nice!
I still feel that my android install is too slow. For instance, after I press the camera button it takes 5 seconds before the camera app pops up. Is that slow or not? Maybe my expectations are too high. 5 seconds to get into settings or contacts, but only 2 seconds to get into messages, 20 seconds to open a browser and see the google.com screen.
Also, am happy camper again, because I installed Gen.y dualboot on my HTC TP2. Since it wasn't super obvious how to install gen.y dualboot, here is how I installed gen.y on my HTC Touch Pro 2.
1) Boot into Windows Mobile on your HTC TP2
2) Open Internet Explorer in the Windows Mobile
3) Go to this page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=623792
4) Go down the page, find and click the link that says Gen.Y DualBOOT v1.0.6.0 CABs (QVGA|WQVGA|VGA|WVGA)
5) A Megaupload web site page opens, wait 45 seconds for the timer to count down, then click Regular Download. (all this from your windows mobile HTC TP2).
6) A zip file of 4 cabs will download
7) Find the zip file you just downloaded to your Windows Mobile, and extract the cab you need. The HTC TP2 has a WVGA screen, so extract the WVGA cab. I have Total Commander on my Windows Mobile 6.5 HTC TP2, so I was able to find and extract the WVGA cab to a folder using Total Commander.
8) Find and double-click that WVGA CAB you just extracted, and it will install (again I used Total Commander) but probably any file explorer will work. I installed it to my internal memory on the HTC Touch Pro 2
9) Reboot and you will see the dual boot screen. You can customize the dual boot however you like.
10) Optionally, you can delete the zip file and cab file if you want.
Thanks to whoever created the gen.y dualboot, it is pretty awesome.

Speeding up Android
ace56 said:
Nice!
I feel my Android is too slow: For instance, after I press the camera button it takes 5 seconds before the camera app pops up. Is that slow or not? Maybe my expectations are too high. 5 seconds to get into settings or contacts, but only 2 seconds to get into messages, 20 seconds to open a browser and see the google.com screen.
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I have been reading this good how-to thread about Android Speed Improvements
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218458
Topic #4. I tried this. I can't really say if it runs any faster or not, it feels faster AFTER it wakes up from a dark screen, once it wakes up it feels more responsive. It has not frozen up on me yet.
I put the line below into my startup.txt file and rebooted and now I am running at 710.4 Mhz Max on my HTC TP2.
acpuclock.oc_freq_khz=710400
Topic #5. To be fair, I also tweaked the OS with topic #5 in addition to topic #4 (kind of dumb of me to tweak two things at once, since now I don't know which one is helping).
I changed the last 3 variables on this line. So the speed up could be from this line also. I didn't do the line below, Instead I used a file manager, found the file /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree edited this file using a text editor right from the phone, then saved it. I did use the parameters below. BTW: You will lose these settings on a reboot.
echo "1536,3072,4096,21000,23000,25000" > /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree
After tweaking the two settings above I tried a few benchmarks with my wireless on and sync on, GPS I had off and Bluetooth off.
16 sec = Camera open
03 sec = Chomp (text messaging) open
04 sec = Contacts open all 1000+
06 sec = Messaging (android classic) open
18 sec = Market open
06 sec =Opera Mini open
08 sec = Dolphin Browser open

dgf2002 said:
just installed fxr07 yesterday... Had heck of a time getting sd card(s) to reformat to work for install.
really like it, after setup and several reboots, the Speed is very reasonable. Have had a few unplanned reboots into windows, but android loads rather fast now.
I did the install so I could use the androids tether WiFi hotspot to connect my new HP TouchPad to the internet when not at home. The winmo tether is ad-hoc so it would not work with Touch pad.
took 24 hours to get it to work (configuration difficulties with both devices), but got it to work!
if anyone needs help with this, feel free to pm.
Love the Touchpad, esp with overclock and performance tweaks and the fireside prices!
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I am curious how this was done? I have the HTC Rhodium 400 on Sprint. I have installed FRX 7.1 and as stated works great, however when i go into mobile hot spot, i can turn on the password encrypted wifi and connect my touchpad to it however the problem begins when i try to exit the wifi hotspot. The Rhodium will not disconnect and then hangs, freezes and then i have to pull battery and start over.
any suggestions?

i finally got andriod installed on my tp2 but the touch screen isnt working any ideas?

ace56 said:
I've decided I HAVE to switch to Anderoid. Anyone that has HTC Touch Pro2 or Tilt 2 experience with Anderoid ROM's please point me in the right direction. Throw me a bone or a little foothold. Thanks!
After spending another 10 days with windows mobile 6.5, I am going slowly nuts. Most of the time I am frustrated with how long it takes me to find the right contact, and then press the right button. It is so touchy, it often clicks into the wrong screen, then locks up and I can't get out of that until it times out.
Windows Mobile 6.5 could care less about me, it makes me do things for it, instead of the other way around. Isn't a smartphone supposed to be smart and make my life easier? I spend way too much time clicking and searching and hunting for stuff. I have heard that Windows Mobile 7 is amazing, but I don't think I can get that for my phone, so it has to be Anderoid.
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I have a SPrint TP2 and currently running on the FRX07 build and everything works like a charm Bluetooth, GPS, WIFI and earphone Jacks only problem is i use a GSM network and everytime my screen sleeps the network goes off or switches to cdma mode although im operating in GSM or WCDMA mode. Have even tried deleting and unchecking the force cmda mode but to no avail.

take dis clue
ace56 said:
I've decided I HAVE to switch to Anderoid. Anyone that has HTC Touch Pro2 or Tilt 2 experience with Anderoid ROM's please point me in the right direction. Throw me a bone or a little foothold. Thanks!
After spending another 10 days with windows mobile 6.5, I am going slowly nuts. Most of the time I am frustrated with how long it takes me to find the right contact, and then press the right button. It is so touchy, it often clicks into the wrong screen, then locks up and I can't get out of that until it times out.
Windows Mobile 6.5 could care less about me, it makes me do things for it, instead of the other way around. Isn't a smartphone supposed to be smart and make my life easier? I spend way too much time clicking and searching and hunting for stuff. I have heard that Windows Mobile 7 is amazing, but I don't think I can get that for my phone, so it has to be Anderoid.
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Search for the FRX07 build and GBXOC files on xda forum.afte the download,follow the old procedures of formating n extraction on your pc.then delete the system and haret files fom the frx07 files and replace the two deleted files with the gbxoc haret and system file.u will den have a set of files.place them on yr formatted fat 32 sd card.remove yr sim card and run haret on yr new set of files.feel free to contact me

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