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[F.A.Q.] Android for HTC HD Mini

Android port for HTC HD Mini (PHOTON) Frequently Asked Questions
Credits
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Photon Developers Team
-r0bin-, schlund, munjeni-cardsharing, derefas
MANY THANKS TO:
Cotulla for the first android port
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...Thanks to codiak, tzacapaca and all other members who work and helping the Photon community
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note:Android port for Photon is still under development and NOT READY FOR DAILY USE!
General
Q:Is it a ROM? will it remove Winndows Mobile (WM) completely?
A:No this is not a ROM .. so WM won't be affected by it .. and whenever you want to switch back to WM just restart the device. Currently Android is installed by using a clean SD Card, and booted from there.It is booted by running a special application called 'Haret.exe' residing on your SD Card which will terminate the Windows kernel and boot into Android.
Q:Means when I come back to WM I will not notice a difference?
A:In fact, there are two reported issue:
1.After running android, the gps in WM may not work. Solution is : launch Andriod again, go to Settings -> Location, and enable checkbox Use GPS satellites
2.If you lower ringtone volume in Android you will also have lower ringtone in WM(even if it's on maximum)
Q:What version of Android, release is using?
A:Android 2.2
Q:Where can I download latest release?
A:http://code.google.com/p/photon-android/downloads/list
Q:Where can I get instructions on how to install?
A:http://code.google.com/p/photon-android/wiki/Android_Installation_Tutorial
or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002178
Q:When will we have a full working Android? when will be ready for daily use ?
A:Hard to say ..PLEASE Do not ask such things, because nobody knows, but the project is in progress ...Will be published ...
Q:Is there an porting Android on HTC HD Mini roadmap?
A:NO! Developers working in their spare time, please show some respect! and not bothering them with questions such as: When will be the X sensor designed ... or X bug fixed
Q:What kind of questions can I ask here?
Alease look around to see if your question has already been asked (and maybe even answered!) before you ask. You should only ask practical, answerable questions based on actual problems that you face.
Q:How do I know what has already been asked and answered?
A:How to Search on XDA-Developers? - search using the XDA-Developers Forum built-in Search function, find the search bar and type in your search text, and press Enter.
Q:I'm not a programmer but I want to help .. How can I?
A:Check the developers requests
Installing Android
Q:Haret wont finish loading android ? & My SD Card doesn't seem to work!
A:Most SD Cards are working, but if not, you should try one of these fixes
Fix 1: a)Format your card with this tool http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/(perform full erase,or full owerwrite)
b)go on "My Computer",right click on card and format it again FAT32
Fix 2: Tell your wife / girlfriend that you are about to make some modifications to her phone... change the ringtone and steal her SD Card to use with Android. She will never discover what you have done.
Fix 3:Buy a new card
Using Android
Q: Where can I report bugs?
A: http://code.google.com/p/photon-android/issues/list
Q:Any other known bugs ?
A:Other known bugs here:http://code.google.com/p/photon-and...+Milestone+Owner+Summary&cells=tilest=1073817
Q:I can't wake up my device?
A: Press Volume + and power together. If you can't wake it up just remove the battery
Q:Application "xy" is not responding: Should I click "Force Close" or "Wait" ?
A:Click wait, it COULD be related to the slow speed of the SD Card (for Android's liking) This seems to happen more after bootup or wakeup when the device is busy doing stuff in the background.
Q:I got an error: process com android settings has stopped unexpectedly
A: See Tutorial
Q: How do I overclock?
A: Tutorial click here
Q:How do I migrate my contacts from Windows Mobile?
A: See How to sync WinMo with Google or you can also use SPB Migration Tool
Q:How do I prevent clock drift?
A:To alleviate this, download ClockSync from the Andriod Market. An hourly synchronization setting is recommended.
Q:What is ADB / How-To ADB
A: ADB = Android Debugging Bridge. Official Google ADB Page It also kinda works like USB Mass Storage using a Windows app called Droid Explorer.
Q:How to expand the size of data.ext2
A:There are two procedures described :
1.Click here if you doing a new "installation"
2.Click here if you want to keep your user data
*Helping the FAQ get better*
help out by using comment / thanks to all contributors​

Tips and tricks
How to change GPS zone for faster GPS: Tutorial
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Customizing/Modding
Overclock / Dual Boot / Bootanimation
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LONG PRESSING HOME BUTTON opens a TAB that show all Apps are open, so you can switch between them
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How to increase battery life
Turn off wireless functions such as Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and data connection when you’re not using them
Use only GSM networks.
Do not use GPS satellites to determine your GPS location.
Lower the screen brightness.
Switch off screen animations.
(Batteries gradually lose storage capacity over time. Consider replacing your battery after 1 year, or if you notice that the battery life is decreasing)
Checking the power usage of applications
Press HOME > MENU, and then tap Settings.
Scroll down the screen, and then tap About phone > Battery > Battery use.
Great tips to read [Howto]Tips n tricks for better battery life
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Glossar
Froyo (frozen yogurt) Google's name for Android 2.2
Cyanogenmod customized firmware release based on Android - it offers extra features
HARET(Handhelds Reverse Engineering Tool)application that serves as a Android boot loader
Initrd.gz initial RAM disk
data.ext2 Second partition with format ext2 (file system for the Linux kernel) includes all user data
zImage kernel image (the z means it is compressed). It contains most of the drivers.Some drivers go external via Linux kernel modules (.ko files)
kernel The kernel is the central component of operating system it is a bridge between applications and the actual data processing done at the hardware level. The kernel's responsibilities include managing the system's resources - the communication between hardware and software components
spl Secondary Program Loader. same as bios on a PC. (it sets where your system boots from, intialises sub system process etc)
sspl soft spl - allows you to flash another spl
Troll is someone who involves itself in discussions purely for the purpose of disturbing other users and making itself feel important. Please don't feed the trolls. Send his "definitions" to moderator with link to topic and then ignore him.
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Important icons and indicators
key function

ok then i wont post the faq ive already written then, i was just awaiting mods response as i said in my thread, lol, thanks

why should not it perhaps better than this, if so I'll ask a mod. to erase this thread

15MA1L said:
why should not it perhaps better than this, if so I'll ask a mod. to erase this thread
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no mine was almost exactly the same, lol
Hopefully this will stop the spam

LoL
Ok guys! Now we have the Faq thread for our Android Mini and thats really cool but i think people still ask their questions on the other threads.... xD
What's wrong with these people ???

spithash said:
Ok guys! Now we have the Faq thread for our Android Mini and thats really cool but i think people still ask their questions on the other threads.... xD
What's wrong with these people ???
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Thats why i asked mod for a q&a sub-forum but i haven't got a reply yet, do you think i should pm admin to ask?

I have not seen the last few days, someone asks something that is written in the FAQ, and if I see someone, then I will tell him maybe in the replication or through PM and ask him nicely in a friendly way, to read the FAQ. That's my plan!
bruce2728 if you want to do something new that would be for all of us benefit-Thumb Up!!
Nike - Just do it!

ok then i will tell people to see the faq thread first before asking something...we may win!

spithash said:
Ok guys! Now we have the Faq thread for our Android Mini and thats really cool but i think people still ask their questions on the other threads.... xD
What's wrong with these people ???
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those big ads and banners are very annoying

superzuan said:
those big ads and banners are very annoying
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I fixed it

spithash said:
I fixed it
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that's allot better , thank you spithash .

If you have something to say about make a better FAQ, please! so that novices can follow the fast track in a sea of ​​posts ... and if you do not then at least keep the forum clean please

Devssss....... will there be a new release before the 27 of juni? i read that somewhere.

superzuan said:
Devssss....... will there be a new release before the 27 of juni? i read that somewhere.
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hallo superzuan ! to clarify, I am not a dev, I am just one member of the xda, the same as you eagerly awaiting the new release If you follow the forum then you saw that dev are working "full steam"
I'm going tomorrow at 10 days of vacation to Africa and do not know if I will be there online
however, dev and members, good luck!

Thats why i am asking im going on a vacation to. Have a nice trip
Sent from my HTC Liberty using XDA App

overclocking
hi, don't know whether this should be here, or in another thread, but
I was wondering whether we could overclock in android from 'haret', because for me the setcpu app force closes many times and the overclocking widget does too. Maybe use haret startup command?
Thanks in advance!

benjanico said:
hi, don't know whether this should be here, or in another thread, but
I was wondering whether we could overclock in android from 'haret', because for me the setcpu app force closes many times and the overclocking widget does too. Maybe use haret startup command?
Thanks in advance!
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Overclocking comes with some pretty serious risks. There is always the possibility you could brick the phone, this is not a game for beginners.

double post - sorry

15MA1L said:
Overclocking comes with some pretty serious risks. There is always the possibility you could brick the phone, this is not a game for beginners.
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Yes, you right.
But i 5 months used my Diamond2 overclocked to 710mhz and all works fine.
It was be nice to overclock and this HD Mini too

[Q] GPS Pop-up agreements disable?

Is there any way on a rooted Charge to remove the legal pop-ups that must be agreed to every time you activate GPS location services? I toggle those services quite often and the pop-ups are soooo annoying. Thanks in advance!

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Me too, I would like to know

I'd love to know this too
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I'd like to know too

Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A

Dolphin HD autohide tabs?

Opening Dolphin HD begins to load my homepage (Google) and seemingly after its done it then auto hides the tabs bar. Does anyone know how to disable this? (auto hiding the tabs bar)

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I don't have my phone on me to try, but isn't it just in the settings?

if its there I haven't found it yet.

I'll have a look when I get home.

Cool Thanks. The reason why I care is because there is a delay in hiding the tabs. It causes me to accidentally select something lower on the screen than I entend to often. Because it will delay, and I won't be thinking and I'll go to select the textbox on the google home page for example. Just as I'm selecting it Dolphin autohides the tabs (Which causes the whole screen to move up), and I end up accidentally selecting "Restaurants, Coffee. or Bars". Really annoying after about the 1000th time it happens.

Well either I imagined it or they've removed the option, cos I can't find it either. I think you're gonna have to get in touch with the developers and ask them.
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Any solution? I have the same irritating behavior. Haven't found a way to disable yet!

1BadBoy said:
Any solution? I have the same irritating behavior. Haven't found a way to disable yet!
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My solution was chrome.

manther said:
My solution was chrome.
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Lol

[Q] Spb shell 3d Launcher

So I got a hd2 android (MDJ_GingerBread_HD2_v.1.0_RC5_RAM_STOCK) and I found this launcher(I did not buy it, i found it on the internet). I installed it I couldn't open it. The only way you could have opened it is by clicking the home button and selecting it. Everything was running smoothly until I shut down my phone. When I turned it back on my original 'ADW launcher' appeared instead. And now I cant go back to spb shell. But it is installed. Any ideas on how to get it back??
Ps: 1st post sorry for the roughness

People on this forum generally look down on installing pirated versions of apps. Since this is a developer forum we tend to try to support other devs as much as possible. The only advice I can give you is to buy the app on the market, as I'm sure that will solve your problems.

Don't think the problem is related to the pirated version... Just install Home Switcher from Market, it's free, it lets you choose between your installed Launchers. Had the same problem with Launcher Pro...
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Uninstall adw
*signed

Buy it moron. Then you can get developer support instead of the outdated error and malware infested copy you probrobly have. If you don't waant to buy it don't use it.

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[Q] Clearing Cache?

Ok basically I play a game that allows you to do offers for Credits.
Now I usually factory reset my phone and it allows me to do the same offers over and over.
Offers are sually download and play this game that game ect.
Obviously this is quite time consuming and I wondered if there was a way to clean the data form my phone without having to factory reset?

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Sorry Orb I saw the "Anything that involves all of the phones and doesn't fit in any of the other fora." bit under General Discussions and read no further down the other sub forums.

Ultim8 said:
Sorry Orb I saw the "Anything that involves all of the phones and doesn't fit in any of the other fora." bit under General Discussions and read no further down the other sub forums.
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He doesn't care. If you have a question mark anywhere in your post he moves it here. I am starting to think he is a bot instead of a human behind a keyboard. A bot with poor coding.

lol ok, hopefully someone can help me with my question now its in the right section

you guys need logcat files to help with this?

i assume you only want to clear the cache of that particular game?
if so, go into settings > applications > manage applications > name of game > clear cache

No not that simple im afraid, at the moment i have to factory reset the phone to get the same offers to appear again. I have also tried using CWM to restore to before i did the offer but even that fails.

Also the offer wall is sponsorpay if that helps?

85gallon said:
He doesn't care. If you have a question mark anywhere in your post he moves it here. I am starting to think he is a bot instead of a human behind a keyboard. A bot with poor coding.
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He is not, neither poorly coded, nor a bot .
Ultim8 said:
No not that simple im afraid, at the moment i have to factory reset the phone to get the same offers to appear again. I have also tried using CWM to restore to before i did the offer but even that fails.
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Check out my app sd maid, try AppControl->Reset app to defaults.
If that doesn't help, you can factory reset, then run the game , and afterswards use the sd maid -> Misctab -> Modified files to view files that have been changed.
What game are we talking about?

Thanks for the quick reply, the game is called life is crime.
I'll try your app now and let you know how i get on with it

I forgot to mention, to do this without factory resetting your phone all the time, you will mostlikely need root.
Having root, i would also try a NANDroid backup.
Possibly backup/restoring with Titanium Backup if all else doesn't work.

ok im rooted so i'll give your app a quick go......will i need your pro version?

Ah no luck I'm afraid, surely there is somewhere in this phone that saves the data to tell the offer wall not to show X offer as its already been claimed.
Factory reset and starting again works but if I can figure out where this info is I could potentially save myself quite a bit of time.