I bought an HTC Pro 2 yesterday, and Windows Mobile is horrible. It freezes, using the internet is nothing like an Iphone, and this morning it cut off by itself and would not power on at all no matter what, and the battery was full. I had to take out the battery and reinsert it to get the phone to come on. Soft Reset would not work.
Is there a way to install Android 2.2 on my phone?
Thanks
dude, trust me, the TP2 is great device. Find a nice WM ROM and install it, this will fix most of your problems.
as for surfing, I find Opera Mobile more than capable...it's fast and displays content in great way. Opera mini is a great alternative too.
Regarding your question: check this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=589
you can dual booth WM & Android on your TP2
I personally like WM more. It's much easier to customize.
I recently installed Android on my kaiser, and I'm starting to like it..maybe I'll install it later on my HD2 and see how it really works on fast device...
Remember that these ports will not be without any problems, they are not made by HTC, so is you are looking for stability, go for a good WM ROM. This will be the best thing to do.
Check out ppcgeeks.com, they have a ton of CDMA ROMs for windows mobile, I personally have BigNaDads Sense ROM and it is my favorite by a long shot, very stable and comes with alot of things preconfigured....
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What is the best WM phone avail that is great for rom usage.
my wife has the Treo Pro. well i personaly hate it. Can't really do much with it.
something that works great with SPB Mobile Shell also
On my personal opinion the best WM device on the market to this date is Touch Pro 2
EDIT: If you need a hardware keyboard there is no better option by now and nothing upcoming, if you don´t need a keyboard read later posts
Hy,
i love my HTC TOUCH HD ...
TP2 for now, but the new LEO will be out soon and smoking!
Wait for the Leo like my learned friend above says...
All around device, I would say Leo
For the snappiest performing device, anything running the latest-generation OMAP processor will do, the current generation which is not yet in a device is capable of 1080p playback at something like 30% cpu usage
Hi all,
I read through a few sites and the forum to research about my phone and i am looking to make it not so laggy/sluggish.
I am from Australia and is on Telstra network and my HTC Diamond2 is very sluggish and so laggy, it can barely function. Chance upon android articles and reading about rave reviews about how Android performs faster than Windows Mobile 6.5.
I have ZERO computer programming technical abilities. Just a chemist looking to fix her phone. So, this may sounds like requesting baby sitting service, but if anybody is kind enough, please direct me to the builds that are stable with Diamond2.
Google maps, text msging and bluetooth (which at the moment does not work) are very important functions to me, so I am looking for a build that have functions similar to these working well.
thanks so much in advance.
check this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=509493
there is currently no fully working android build on the TD2 as there are problems with the drivers, android is not a complete replacement for windows mobile tho as you need to boot android from the win mob enviroment, plus as a owner of a android and win mob device i prefer windows over android any day of the week, maybe you should try some system optimisation software like sk tools, pocket mechanic or tweeks 2k2 as they can all improve system stability also try a cooked rom from one of the great TD2 cooks here on xda as alot of them out perform the stock HTC roms
Thank you so much.
Yes, i am just looking to really optimise my phone as I am pretty much stuck with this phone unless I can afford a new handset straight out.
Again, thank you for the link. I have no great computing abilities but I like to DIY. Will definitely look around more.
Thanks so much again.
you're really asking a question that will result in an answer that you just won't like. Its basically not feasible to have android on your phone, and if it ever were to be somewhat available, it would not be stable and it would require significant tinkering and knowledge to have a half-ass working android Diamond2.
your phone is nice...there's definitely a way for you to sell it off locally and purchase an android phone.
Hi,
im searchin for a new mobile... i wanted to buy it in the next 2 or 3 weeks, but there is a big problem:
i dunno what mobile would be the best for me :S
I am thinking about Windows mobile and Android ... The windows mobile phones i have used till now are quite nice, but no one really made me fully happy ... i always tried to port other interfaces and so on my lg ks20 and htc diamond.
i´ve seen that android has a quite nice interface with very good touch friendly options...
my windows mobile candidate would be of course the HTC Leo , what the android canditate would be is just open till now ...
I often browse in Wifi networks , like facebook, gmail, icq, etc. and therefor i am searching for an mobile with good browsing quality ... what camera there is ... i dont care about that crap ... just being comfortable in networks , chatting , sharing files and so on...
Hope you can help me ..
else any questions ? just post, i will directly answer.
See ya
Sallal
//EDIT: I saw now some androids and i think nexus one and desire are very good but , what is the difference between them ?
Hi,
In term of memory management Windows mobile is far way better and for the interface also you have a lot of ui for windows mobile that are now very close to the Android style that you are searching for(if not even better).
I first bought an HTC Hero and was very happy the first two months but then it became so boring because of that lack of programs for it.
Now I am on a Leo and I can assure you that the moment you will put this device in your hand,you will be impressed by his speed.
Hurry up before the HD3
what about the htc desire ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T4gEQKThsg
this video impressed me
Sense La Révolution for Windows Mobiles SPB Mobile Shell:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKzIT5DhUZA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QydHxYziKwY
Here it is in a nutshell,
Android is the new kid on the block, rough around the edges, not fully functional yet, short on apps, in dire need of updates, but with the genuine potential to be an actual iPhone killer ( hence Apple vs HTC suit solely filed to slow down Android ). Android is on it's way, but not going to be great until, after whatever Android phone you buy now, is old and tired.
Windows Mobile is tried and true, tons of free apps, full bluetooth functionality, full Exchange and Office functionality, easy to sync, fully customizable to your needs, but it is what it is and will not get any better. Whatever you buy now, will not be upgradeable to Windows Phone 7 Series, and WP7S would appear to be that " make it or break it " for
Windows Mobile.
In short ? Android = up and coming, but not quite there yet. Windows Mobile = Already mature, but could be on the down slide soon.
If you are living for today, Windows Mobile hands down. Come this fall ? Phones with Android 3.0 ? Windows Phone 7 Series ? Who knows.
The Nexus One is Googles Android device made by HTC, The Desire " was " the Droid Eris, but has since been reassigned to the HTC branded Nexus One.
@die_Leuchte: Danke für die videos, ich hab mich entschieden / Thanks for the Videos , now ive decided what to take
@denco7: i know it is a nutshell, but if i see what android showed on mwc for example, it seems that it has millions of apps and is just now the iphone killer ^^
just crap what they are sayin ?
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@die_Leuchte: Danke für die videos, ich hab mich entschieden / Thanks for the Videos , now ive decided what to take
@denco7: i know it is a nutshell, but if i see what android showed on mwc for example, it seems that it has millions of apps and is just now the iphone killer ^^
just crap what they are sayin ?
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http://phandroid.com/2009/11/23/android-vs-windows-mobile/
Add to that limited Bluetooth capabilities and ( important to me ) limited M$ Exchange and Office capabilities it just isn't mature enough yet to be a serious multitasking phone for business.
Don't get me wrong, I think Android is the future of Mobile OS' . WP7s is going to have to do a lot to convince me otherwise. And I am leaning towards an Android phone after Android 3.0 and WP7s come out, just from what I have seen of Android 1.5, 1.6, 2.0 and 2.1 on the Nexus, I just still don't think that it is capable yet.
so you think that if you would buy a smartphone now, you would choose winmo...
if you could buy it in 2 years , you would choose maybe android ... right?
Do not be fooled by a shiny interface just like I was.Besides what you are seeing on an Android phone is the Sense UI made by HTC.
If I am not wrong the Nexus one doesn't have the Sense UI.
I am not telling that Android(in reality Linux) is not a good phone.On the contrary you will find it with very useful applications but in some cases just like what happened to me you will not have a wide range of choice for the same application.
For Ex:If you want a Virtual Keyboard,because Android is still new you will have only 2 or 3 keyboards(maybe there is more now) to choose from but on Windows Mobile you have more than 15 competitors to choose from with years of experience in that field .
So,
Android is for you if you can be satisfied with what you have.
Windows is for you if you are thirsty of applications
Hope this helped
thirsty guy
well, i always need to get more apps to have another quit unuseful thing on my mobile, like wifi router or so
then i take the leo ^^
EDIT: @forcefield: i recieved an email , that swype for android is out your problem is solved now
Here is a quote from another german forum
there is no "better" one, some like winmo and some android more ...
before i buyed my new phone i thinked about the hd2 and the milestone... i choosed the milestone and i dont regret nothing !
looking at the amount of apps i would choose android because its just much easier and uncomplicated .. with more apps than windows mobile.
i dont know whats the difference between the desire and the nexus one , but you can wait until they get on the german market to see more information..
pointing on the battery strength maybe its disapointing but i have to be honest, its normally just between 1 and 3 days depending on how you use your phone.
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i still think that windows mobile has more apps.. but the problem is , they are just widespread in the www.
battery: an issue what wont be solved in 500 years.
Original Post from http://www.handy-faq.de/forum/handyberatung/128679-suche_gutes_browsing_handy.html
Sry for the bad translation, it is freely made by me ^^
another question ... i you would have the choice between touch pro 2 aka rhodium and hd 2 aka leo , which one would you take ?
with reasons please =) ...
sallal
I'm suprised that no one has brought this up, but, if you got a Windows phone, don't you always have the option of running Android on it? I don't think it works the other way around. Please, PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong.
jadesdan said:
I'm suprised that no one has brought this up, but, if you got a Windows phone, don't you always have the option of running Android on it? I don't think it works the other way around. Please, PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong.
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Android proted to WM is still a port. It runs within WM and some of the features of Android don't work and some of the features of the phone won't work with the Android port. It will never be as fast or as smooth as Android running natively.
sallal said:
another question ... i you would have the choice between touch pro 2 aka rhodium and hd 2 aka leo , which one would you take ?
with reasons please =) ...
sallal
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I would take the Leo, faster processor, bigger more beautiful display, more ram. The only plus for the Rhodium is the slide out keyboard.
But just remember that neither phone is going to be upgradable to Windows Phone 7 Series.
of course take the LEO!!!
I own Touch Diamond 2 (which is basically like TP2 without the slide out keyboard) and it's really great and everything. But then I also have access to Samsung Omnia II with 800 Mhz CPU and it's running so much faster and more smoothy. And the big display is insane!! Then go figure because HD2 even comes with 1 GHz!!!! IMO it would be stupid to buy the OLD TP2 with only 528 Mhz.....
jadesdan said:
I'm suprised that no one has brought this up, but, if you got a Windows phone, don't you always have the option of running Android on it? I don't think it works the other way around. Please, PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong.
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No, there's no fully working Android version for any WM phone. They all have bugs and stuff not working.
I currently use a HTC TP2 with WinMobile 6.5 OS. While I have used PPC and WinMobile for perhaps ten years now, I am getting fed up with the instability of WinMobile. It crashes (hangs) about once a day. The only way to maintain stability is to watch the "Free RAM" gauge, and soft-boot it when it drops from 85 to 65 MB.
I am now considering moving over to Android (HTC Desire).
The main reason I have stayed with WinMobile for all these years are the apps I use. I suspect the instability I have experienced is using SPB Mobile Suite as a preferred UI and some other third party apps. Nonetheless, the instability is frustrating.
QUESTIONS
1) Is Android alot more stable than WinMobile (how often does it crash)?
2) Does Android allow using a microSD card with is formatted with FAT (I want to sometimes pull out the card and plug it into my desktop (WinVista) for sychronization and file transfer)?
3) Can Copy-Paste function be used across apps on Android?
4) Does Android have software that syncs with my desktop MS-Outlook (email, calendar, contacts)?
... thanks.
Android vs WinMobile.
Hello. Yes, it is a hole lot more stable.. and faster.
so. 1) on official roms it never crashes on itself (if the app is badly programmed, then it is the app that crashes and closes)
if you don't do anything naughty (like installing weird stuff that mangles with your cpu / os internals), the os is perfectly 101% stable.
2) by default every android phone out there uses microSD cards formatted with FAT32. there are "naughty" modifications (see above at point 1) that makes one partition the microSD for swap and ext3 for applications.
3) by design.
4) by design. it also syncs everything with google servers and exchange servers.
Android is compared to WinMob the first flight to the Moon
Android is very stable and other things u want u will get!
Android is just Perfect =) Iphone cant be better with his apps/games Android is much more then just an Appstarter like the Iphone!
I own and HD2 and my two previous phones were "Diamond 2" and "Diamond" so I've tryed all flavors of winmo for some time, and now that I'm running Android on my HD2, I can tell you that Android is really 101% stable, nothing to do with Winmo, there is no way I'm going back to winmo, plus I've found everything I used on Winmo in Android.
I was using a sprint tp2 and did the winmo 6.5 update and instantly regretted it. I hate that thing with a passion. It constantly lagged horrendiously and froze at least once a day. I got the HTC hero and satisfied to keep it until the dev's can no longer keep updating it.
There is an android port for the tp2, but not sure current status of it. You can run it for a little taste of android before spending money. Check craigslist and eBay for used phones. Got my hero for $100 with no contract extension when it was going for ~$80 in store with extensionand rebates.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
Even though android isn't fully developed for the HD2, it is as stable as windows mobile. When android is finished, it will be the clear winner in stability.
I just made the switch from the TP2 to the Desire about 2 weeks ago and from the start I have been very impressed. I fought constantly with different ROMs, tweaks and setups on WM trying to get it to just work when I needed it to. The desire isn't perfect, but in comparison it blows away the TP2. I was nervous about losing my hardware keyboard but I don't miss it as much as I thought I would. Still sometimes I wish I had it. It's worth a try though. You can always return the Desire and go back to your TP2.
Well I went from a unlocker tp2 switching between Mighty Rom and energy Rom. That phone did lag terribly a couple times a day, and is just way too slow. I upgraded to a rooted EVO switching between Vaelpak's rom and CM-6.0. Obvoiusly the EVO blows away that phone in every reguard. Overall Android has similar functions comapred to WM6.5 but is easier to use once you get used to it, and there is no comparison with the available apps for Android, you'll thng you won the lottery with all the apps you can get. Good luck
Touch -> Mogul -> TP -> TP2 -> EVO = free at last
Android 2.x's are much more stable than WM6.x's for me...no turning back now
I feel very happy since i installed android in my hd2, it runs smoothly and fast, no hangs. The only issue that i've found is the battery drainage
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Beeing a smartphone user for the last 5 years, I have tried, Symbian, WinMo, iPhone and Maemo and finally gone to Android. IMO if you are wandering between WinMo and Android in therms of functionality I must say that Android is the winner. It is more user friendly, more intuitive and I personally find it easier to use it. Even the new iPhone 4 fails to impress me when compared to my HD2 running Android 2.2.
The stability is virtually the same they both have certain things that will cause hangups and issues.
WinMo is NOT made for touch screen and any touch stuff going on is based on Sense or another overlay. Microsoft did what they could to get to the touch generation but it's a Gen behind for sure but it isn't a bad system. It just isn't "smart" when it comes to multitask.
Android is pretty customizable and is supported by a BEVY of programmers.
Here's the kicker though which may cause a problem soon:
Android is Linux based and Devs hate Linux for gaming etc. Win7 will be so much easier to port for since many devs are fmailiar with Window Programming and Win7 will make porting iOS games very easy.
For now, Android, for later, win7 may be the winner.
When I had a WinMo phone. I had to pull out battery quite some times as it freezed. On Android I've never had any problem. Even if something would crash. The app would force close and everything would be fine.
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QUESTIONS
1) Is Android alot more stable than WinMobile (how often does it crash)?
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By leaps and ******** bounds, man. The stock Android 2.2 firmware on my Nexus One is way more stable than any cooked Windows Mobile ROM I've ever tried on the three Windows Mobile devices I've used (MPx200, HTC_Excalibur, HTC_Fuze).
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2) Does Android allow using a microSD card with is formatted with FAT (I want to sometimes pull out the card and plug it into my desktop (WinVista) for sychronization and file transfer)?
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Yes.
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3) Can Copy-Paste function be used across apps on Android?
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No; it's application specific. Yes, it's completely stupid.
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4) Does Android have software that syncs with my desktop MS-Outlook (email, calendar, contacts)?
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Try this: http://www.companionlink.com/android.
Hope that helps!
Hi. I own HTC Touch Pro T7272, i DID read the sticky, but I am still confused (may be because of my bad english). I have WM 6.5.3 right now, bit it's more and more laggy. I found out, that Android could be installed ony my device? If yes, would it be faster then WM 6.5? My father has Android and I like it more. If you would be so nice and post here link with guide where download and how to install Android into my phone? Thank you
Right now, I'd stick with winmo. If you find winmo is laggy, then installing Android is not the answer. I like it as a means to play around with but a part from that, nothing else seems to really fascinate me about Android, yet. Yeah, you can brag that you are running an OS other than what comes natively but over-all development is really slow for our device at the moment. If you like Android, my best suggestion is to get an Android native device. I'm sure this isn't the answer you were looking for but just thought I'd share my expereince with running Android on an older device.
for me i think android for touch pro is still have many bugs now. I have try to install froyo fx06 bundle, for the first time look i think it works good then windows but after a day i found that it drain battery, and sometimes wifi error and i need to restart my phone back to get it work, and the real problem is sometimes it's freeze. maybe we just need to wait a little while for someone release the new version.
p/s sorry if my english not good enough