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Desk clock application

In my job I have the opportunity to work with a large variety of phones that multiple carriers in the United States sell. One interesting feature I saw was on the Blackberry Curve 8500 series, in which when you plug your phone into a USB device, it automatically goes to an analog clock screen.
I know that in 2.1 ROMs for the Hero, we have a nice program called Desk clock, which shows a digital clock moving to random parts of the screen.
My question is, is there a way to configure Desk Clock so that it automatically turns on when I plug my phone into my computer?

+1. An application like this would be just awesome.

There you go
I built a little something for you.
For now, it is really just a prototype.
If installing works and you open it, it will show nothing. This is not a bug, there is just nothing to show. The service listening for power plugins is running in the background, so just hit home and ignore it.
It will try to launch the android 2.1 clock first and then the HTC one when you connect the power supply.
I'll try to give it some kind of UI later, but for now, I've got a train to catch. Have fun with it.

Thanks a lot, MrMooh! I'll test it once I get back from work and post the results.

It works like a charm. It seems it calls the HTC Clock application, not this dedicated 'Desk Clock' app from 2.1, but it's even better for me. Awesome work, thank you so very much, MrMooh.
EDIT:
Is there a way to make this service run at startup in background?

I'll look into it. I already have an improved version, but it's not what I'd be proud to release. Perhaps at the end of this weekend I will have it finished.

Thanks. I'll be more than happy to do the beta-testing.
Sent from my Hero using the XDA mobile application powered by Tapatalk

I would be interested in this too. Seems like a fine idea. I can beta test if need be.
Sent from my Hero using the power of thought!

Alright guys, I quickly made a new version this morning.
It should actually start automatically after booting up and you have a button to manually start and stop the service.
Try it out and tell me the bugs

Works perfectly. If there are any bugs - I can't find them. Thanks, once again.

MrMooh said:
Alright guys, I quickly made a new version this morning.
It should actually start automatically after booting up and you have a button to manually start and stop the service.
Try it out and tell me the bugs
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Mr. Mooh, thank you for this!
Edit: Only thing I'm noticing is I can't change the weather to Fahrenheit, but that's excusable.

kyods said:
Works perfectly. If there are any bugs - I can't find them. Thanks, once again.
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samre here works a treat on villain 5.4. brings up the android clock on mine. but i like it! well done you!

or use tasker (tasker.dinglisch.net), there you can choose to start the app you want when usb / dock plugged and 1000 other features (location based, event based a.s.o...)

Its worked im my sapphire 32b with strokes 2.1 rom version 1.4.2. thx man.

Works great, this was one of the few things I missed about my BlackBerry! MyTouch 1.2 running Cyan 5.07 test 2.

Nice app! Is possible to start the real desk clock ( black screen with time in white ) ? The one that starts with the icon with the pc and the clock...

Great!
The app is for comfort! Great! Thanx!
But I have one comment:
It could be super when the screen goes back to main home screen (not deskclock) after unplugging. It`s just a thing of personal comfort, so maybe somebody can support this.
Thanx again!

thank you dev!
this is neat

New version
I just fired up eclipse and added a few lines. Plugging out the cable will now always get you back to the home screen, no matter what application is running, so don't update if you don't like that behavior.
I could theoretically start the "real" desk clock, but I don't really know what intent to start to make it work. If you find it out, tell me and I will add the option.
PS: Tasker looks like a really good app, thanks for showing me.

It doesn't works in 1.5 roms

[ROM] pmf v2.1 | 2.2/NONSENSE | RADIO v2 | UPDATED 7/31: Browser Fix.

pmfv2.1
changelog
v2.1
2.2 HTC Browser bug fixed. Credit to rmk40. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=738799
Location icon is hidden from the status bar. This does not disable E911 location services.
To hide more status bar icons, see below for mods/patches.
rom information
Android 2.2 (Froyo)
Sense (Roise) removed.
100% odex free!
Wireless Tether 2.02
720P video recording.
Facebook for HTC Sense included, with contacts sync. FriendStream required.
HTC Mail & Calendar (Exchange/POP3/IMAP) included.
Launcher Pro is the default launcher.
Busybox shell installed.
applications
Fixed Gmail 2.2.1
2.2 DeskClock
News and Weather (GenieWidget)
Other HTC apps included: Phone, Contacts, Gallery (Photos), Camera, Camcorder, Flashlight, Browse, Messages, MMS, VMM.
Chrome to Phone
Superuser
Removed: All Verizon apps, HTC News, countless others.
known issues
MMS is not working for most. Try Handcent or Chomp instead.
Market will not show some applications. Fix here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=737662 Credit to adrynalyne.
Wireless Tether with WPA & Infrastructure mode is currently not working. WEP/AdHoc work fine.
mods/patches
ALWAYS NANDROID BACKUP FIRST!
Hide Status Bar Icons (Location/Battery/Clock). Patches here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=7426364#post7426364
Verizon Backup Assistant is attached below for those that use it. I have not tested it, so it's unsupported. Apply in recovery or ROM manager.
credits
aciuss, anonymous, unrEVOked
requirements & warnings
OTA RADIO V. 2.05.00.06.11 STRONGLY SUGGESTED
DATA WIPE REQUIRED BEFORE APPLYING!
ALWAYS NANDROID BACKUP FIRST!
I am not responsible for any damage done to you or your phone.
download v2.1

Thanks! Going to try it out right now...if I wanted to remove Genie widget and Chrome to Phone, are they in apps or in system/app? Thanks again.

tats_06 said:
Thanks! Going to try it out right now...if I wanted to remove Genie widget and Chrome to Phone, are they in apps or in system/app? Thanks again.
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Chrome to Phone is removable. Genie Widget would have be removed in recovery.

pardonmyfreedom said:
Chrome to Phone is removable. Genie Widget would have be removed in recovery.
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Thank you. I wish we had full nand unlock...cause my Root explorer is no good for now. I just don't like adb..so prefer Root explorer.

Does OTA come pre installed with the rom, or do I already have to have it, cause right now im running a rom and have the OTA already installed. SO...

rtop2 said:
Does OTA come pre installed with the rom, or do I already have to have it, cause right now im running a rom and have the OTA already installed. SO...
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are you talking about the updated radio/baseband?

just flashed, wierd not having senseui on my increible!

Exactly what I was looking for. I'll be trying this out tonight.
HTC Incredible, rooted w/ modified Sense 2.1

anyone have a zip of the updated radio? seems like that would be the easiest way to get it...thanks

mms working?

BillytheKid82 said:
anyone have a zip of the updated radio? seems like that would be the easiest way to get it...thanks
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There is another entire thread dedicated to flashing the OTA radio file. It's an entire process, especially if you are rooted already. You have to unroot to do it.

would it be possible to get the 3g ap hotspot so I could install it? It actually works quite well.

so... as with every other 2.2 rom i've tried, i'm getting the same problem with this one.
my contacts sync, but they don't show up in the "people" app. they appear in the phone app, but not the actual people app.
can anyone help?

Im trying this now. What do people think of it so far. I was very please with pmf's work when using his 1.1.

"Call To Answer" Screen is still HTC
Just flashed this ROM. I must say, it is very fast and responsive. Great work!
I have one concern:
The lockscreen is Android 2.2 vanilla. However, the "slide to answer" screen is still the HTC screen. When testing, the screen was off. As soon as the call came in and the screen turned off, I saw the vanilla lock screen flash for a second (I believe it was the stock unlock screen, not the stock "slide to answer" screen) and then it was replaced with the HTC slide to answer screen.
Is anyone else having this experience?

aztex00 said:
Just flashed this ROM. I must say, it is very fast and responsive. Great work!
I have one concern:
The lockscreen is Android 2.2 vanilla. However, the "slide to answer" screen is still the HTC screen. When testing, the screen was off. As soon as the call came in and the screen turned off, I saw the vanilla lock screen flash for a second (I believe it was the stock unlock screen, not the stock "slide to answer" screen) and then it was replaced with the HTC slide to answer screen.
Is anyone else having this experience?
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this is how it was with pmf 1.1

Please add support to ROM Manager! I love being able to install straight to my phone while bored at work!

I don't think the facebook sync is working correctly, the full list did not appear. this stuff is getting annoying because I really love this rom so far.

aztex00 said:
Just flashed this ROM. I must say, it is very fast and responsive. Great work!
I have one concern:
The lockscreen is Android 2.2 vanilla. However, the "slide to answer" screen is still the HTC screen. When testing, the screen was off. As soon as the call came in and the screen turned off, I saw the vanilla lock screen flash for a second (I believe it was the stock unlock screen, not the stock "slide to answer" screen) and then it was replaced with the HTC slide to answer screen.
Is anyone else having this experience?
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Thanks. Yeah this is because the phone answer lock screen is controlled by the HtcPhone.apk, which is used in this ROM.

ihyln said:
I don't think the facebook sync is working correctly, the full list did not appear. this stuff is getting annoying because I really love this rom so far.
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I haven't had issues with it, other than the first sync can take a while to show up. I find that firing up FriendStream can sometimes force it to sync.

JagerRom Final

Since CaptJager doesn't seem to post here, I will update this thread to the status of JagerRom for the time being, which is now available on Rom Manager.
This is an excellent senseless, deodexed, froyo, Jagermeister themed Vanilla rom, which includes the following extras:
Android drinking a bottle of Jager boot animation (Hilarious)
ADW Launcher
3 cubed music player
Agenda Widget
Alarm Clock Plus V2
Adobe Flash Player - built in, must be removed via adb to install hulu fixed flash
City Caller ID (City ID alternative)
Gesture Search
Rainy Days
Tunee Music
Wireless Tether
K9 Mail
RockPlayer
720p video saved as .mp4
Please let me know of anything else you find in the rom.
Current version =
JagerRom Final available in Rom Manager
Issues =
LED notifications not working 100%? Please verify.
No Live Wallpapers
Facebook Sync not working.
Alternate Boot Animation sound (Jagermeister Love Song)
http://www.mediafire.com/?hxvtv7zdnoml5x5

Ya I've used i liked it!

Newest version has the sync issue fixed. Great rom so far, thanks Jager.

great rom for the inc... runs smooth also....

The ROM is fine.. I am not getting the phone icon on the home screen.. it's got a dot.. and all apps and internet on the front.. but when I click on the dot nothing happens.. it appears like the phone icon/button was not installed properly.. anyone else have a problem with that in this ROM?

kriskmk said:
The ROM is fine.. I am not getting the phone icon on the home screen.. it's got a dot.. and all apps and internet on the front.. but when I click on the dot nothing happens.. it appears like the phone icon/button was not installed properly.. anyone else have a problem with that in this ROM?
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Did you drag the phone to the open spot? You can put any shortcut you want there.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

dspero said:
Did you drag the phone to the open spot? You can put any shortcut you want there.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
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NO I didn't.. thanks for the clue.. I thought it came there by default..

Awesome stuff! The boot animation is sweet lol .. I wish everybody putting out roms would get onboard and put them on Rom Manager.. it sure makes getting your rom noticed easier. Not to mention saves me a lot of time when at work lol

boot animation is not my taste.. too loud.. gotta uninstall.

kriskmk said:
boot animation is not my taste.. too loud.. gotta uninstall.
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In ADB, go to /system/media. The audio file for the boot animation is there if you want to remove it.

kriskmk said:
boot animation is not my taste.. too loud.. gotta uninstall.
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Just my opinions, but don't uninstall simply because of the boot animation, that's one of the easiest things to change about a ROM. just replace the animation with one you like and see how the ROM is.

Is there a list of what is working or broken in the rom?
Sent from my ADR6300 using Tapatalk

can anyone confirm MMS is working properly?

obededom said:
can anyone confirm MMS is working properly?
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Working fine for me

I got a question. Why does this rom does not come with live wallpaper, and is it possible to add it to this Rom. Thanks guys.

how do I get rid of the sound on boot? I tried flashing a new boot animation and pushing one through adb. Neither changed it.

Shots audio in bootanimation
CT453213 said:
In ADB, go to /system/media. The audio file for the boot animation is there if you want to remove it.
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In case anyone else is interested in getting rid of the "shots" audio, the file is /system/media/audio/notifications/Friendly.mp3 took me a little while to find it so hope it helps someone else out.

I tried the same thing with no luck here either, the Jager rom does not seem to be doing traditional bootanimation. It appears he is overwriting a system ringtone for the audio. As for the .png animations, I could not locate any while dissecting the ROM??

Gps didn't work or camcorder.. but the rest is good
Sent from my HTC incredible using XDA App

Flashing this over. I how this gets updated as much as sky raider.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

[Rom][9-25-11]ReHomed Rom v1.1 (Formerly Known as Home-Less)

Hello all! Here is my second rom that is more stock based, ReHomed Rom!!! This is using the latest update from LG except for the boot.img. It has been cleaned out to decrease size and to increase speed. It will continue to be a work in progress! I hope you all enjoy!!! (All of my other mods will be coming soon for this rom)
What is this?
This is a skinnier version of the factory updated rom. It features everything LG. It has been deodexed and has been trimmed down for size.
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Changelog
v. 1.1
Added LGHome from ZV5
Added Widgets from ZV5
Added Memo App from ZV5
Fixed CarHome App Maps & Navigation Buttons
Fixed Long Press Search (Thanks MajorPay!)
Made into CWM Flashable Zip
v. 1.0 Initial Release
Based off of LG's ZV6 Froyo 2.2.2
Fully Deodexed
ADW Launcher
Removed Most Verizon Apps
Removed All Apps that can be Installed Thorough the Market
Removed LGHome
Build.prop tweaks for better battery and faster speed
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Known Bugs
Car Home fc on every boot
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Screenshots
Coming Soom
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How do I install this?
ReHomed 1.1
1.) Download the .zip & make sure 4g is enabled.
2.) Place zip in external sdcard
3.) I recommend to wipe data to prevent any problems
4.) Go to install zip from sdcard
5.) Select ReHomed1.1.zip
6.) Reboot
Home-Less 1.0
1.) Download the .zip & make sure 4g is enabled.
2.) Extract the .zip to your external SD card in /clockworkmod/backup/ This should give you "/clockworkmod/backup/Home-LessRom1.0"
3.) Boot to Clockwork, select "Backups/Restore", then "Advanced Restore". Select "Home-LessRom1.0", then select "System".
4.) Once the restore finishes,wipe at least cache partition, and advanced/Wipe Dalvik-Cache. To have a fresh clean start you can wipe data also, but is not required.
5.) Reboot, and enjoy your new ROM!
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Technical Info
This rom includes edits to the framework, lib files, and the build.prop. As time goes more will be done.
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Downloads
v1.1 http://www.multiupload.com/JKSLLBRWXL
v1.0 http://www.multiupload.com/ADW3OCVWEG
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Special Thanks!!!
TheCubed for all of his hard work for us on the Revo. Helping me retain root access, and always being there for me when I have stupid questions
MajorPay for the long press search fix
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Donations
For those that enjoy the work that I have done and would like to support my efforts financially through the donate to me button, any amount is appreciated, but all that I ask is that if you like my work, please hit the thanks button!!!
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hey MT would you say this is faster than RevoIt 1.3?

jackpot08 said:
hey MT would you say this is faster than RevoIt 1.3?
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It is a little slower just from having more in it, but is still pretty quick.
Sent from my VS910 4G using XDA Premium App

Awesome, can't wait to check it out
Sent from my VS910 4G using XDA App

Yep, still pretty quick ... love having the old status bar but I do miss some things from revolt (lock screen, accurate battery, the notification pulldown)
Was sad to see the return of Facebook and Twitter for LG
Overall, great work!
Sent from my Home-less Revo using XDA App

KaneOfMars said:
Yep, still pretty quick ... love having the old status bar but I do miss some things from revolt (lock screen, accurate battery, the notification pulldown)
Was sad to see the return of Facebook and Twitter for LG
Overall, great work!
Sent from my Home-less Revo using XDA App
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You can just freeze or rename sns.apk in system/app to get rid of face book and twitter for lg.
Sent from my VS910 4G using XDA Premium App

Downloading. This is exactly what I've been wanting. Thanks man.

What is the status on obtaining root after update?
Thanks!

navycow said:
You can just freeze or rename sns.apk in system/app to get rid of face book and twitter for lg.
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I was wondering what sns was, thanks for the tip
Sent from my Home-less Revo using XDA App

Does this have the polaris office on it? I'm on the revolt rom and I must admit that I do miss that app. I wouldn't even consider leaving revolt, its so good...if polaris were on that.
Sent from my VS910 4G using XDA App

Techluv said:
Does this have the polaris office on it? I'm on the revolt rom and I must admit that I do miss that app. I wouldn't even consider leaving revolt, its so good...if polaris were on that.
Sent from my VS910 4G using XDA App
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No polaris
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Cool rom. I like that it has the LG widget in it.
I was wondering. If I pulled the APK files can I install and use these widgets on my Wife's rooted HTC Thunderbolt?

mtmichaelson said:
Hello all! Here is my second rom that is more stock based, Home-Less Rom!!! This is using the latest update from LG except for the boot.img. It has been cleaned out to decrease size and to increase speed. It will continue to be a work in progress! I hope you all enjoy!!! (All of my other mods will be coming soon for this rom)
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Hey Everyone.....so the issue of a phone fc while in car home came back. I'm on revolt 1.3 running car home ultra app...I was curious about the installed stock car home and went to titanium backup to freeze it and noticed that there were two installed. I uninstalled one of them for ****s and giggles...well, restarted and did not get a car home fc....I'm not sure yet if this fixed my phone fc isuue, but i'll post back....
Possibly check to see if there are two apps....not sure if this is a fix, just something I noticed.
BTW..Thanks Mt! once again, you have made this phone worth having...hopefully, I'll figure out my battery issues

Hey thanks for the kind words!
There should be 2 different car home apk's for it to work properly. There should be carhome.apk and carhomelauncher.apk. The launcher is what makes it work in the launcher without being plugged into the car dock (that should be the only way it launches). Now in Revolt I used the aosp car home apk, which is where the phone force closes are coming in. It does not have the aosp phone so some of the coding is off causing it to force close. Now the Home-Less rom uses lg's car home which does not force close the phone, but is set to use bing for maps, and vzw navigation, but is a little more visually appealing. So I an going to look into both of them and try to rebuild the lg apk to look for google maps and navigation, then use it on both roms.
On a positive note, I have gotten the initial force close on boot fixed and will be in the next release for both of them.
I'm Revolting and Home-Less, how about you?

With this rom being Home-less, does it retain the LG Lockscreen and What's New features? I am still on DeCrap and prefer swiping up to unlock versus the AOSP lockscreen.
DeCrap works great for me but the phone is constantly trying to do the SW update and I've been waking up in the mornings to the Recovery screen and not my alarm

destilo said:
With this rom being Home-less, does it retain the LG Lockscreen and What's New features? I am still on DeCrap and prefer swiping up to unlock versus the AOSP lockscreen.
DeCrap works great for me but the phone is constantly trying to do the SW update and I've been waking up in the mornings to the Recovery screen and not my alarm
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Just do what mtmichaelson said: rename MobileUpdateClient.apk to .bak and no more update issues. It is located at /system/app
Edit: Forgot to add, bluetooth will not work any longer after this change. No big deal for me.

destilo said:
With this rom being Home-less, does it retain the LG Lockscreen and What's New features? I am still on DeCrap and prefer swiping up to unlock versus the AOSP lockscreen.
DeCrap works great for me but the phone is constantly trying to do the SW update and I've been waking up in the mornings to the Recovery screen and not my alarm
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This does include the LG lock screen. Since LG Home is set on Bing, I didn't find it worth the trouble to debing the launcher when, in my opinion, it is a crappy launcher. So since everything else LG returns on adw, that is what I went with, but everything else is LG.
I'm Revolting and Home-Less, how about you?

mtmichaelson said:
This does include the LG lock screen. Since LG Home is set on Bing, I didn't find it worth the trouble to debing the launcher when, in my opinion, it is a crappy launcher. So since everything else LG returns on adw, that is what I went with, but everything else is LG.
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Awesome, this is exactly what I've been waiting for. Thanks and keep up the excellent work!
RE:chiperic - Thanks for the info on stopping the software update, but I use bluetooth so I'm gonna switch to this rom. I've followed all the posts on Home-Less, DeCrap, and ReVolt and completely missed the part on renaming MobileUpdateClient.apk.

chiperic said:
Just do what mtmichaelson said: rename MobileUpdateClient.apk to .bak and no more update issues. It is located at /system/app
Edit: Forgot to add, bluetooth will not work any longer after this change. No big deal for me.
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So far I have also found that freezing "Software Update" (I use Bloat Freezer) fixes this issue. I haven't gotten the update since I froze it and haven't had anything else go wrong with the phone. Bluetooth still doesn't work if you do it this way.

mtmichaelson said:
Hey thanks for the kind words!
There should be 2 different car home apk's for it to work properly. There should be carhome.apk and carhomelauncher.apk. The launcher is what makes it work in the launcher without being plugged into the car dock (that should be the only way it launches). Now in Revolt I used the aosp car home apk, which is where the phone force closes are coming in. It does not have the aosp phone so some of the coding is off causing it to force close. Now the Home-Less rom uses lg's car home which does not force close the phone, but is set to use bing for maps, and vzw navigation, but is a little more visually appealing. So I an going to look into both of them and try to rebuild the lg apk to look for google maps and navigation, then use it on both roms.
On a positive note, I have gotten the initial force close on boot fixed and will be in the next release for both of them.
I'm Revolting and Home-Less, how about you?
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Thanks Mt for clarifying...I was hoping that had something to do with the phone fc...I drive alot and use my phone alot....
sorry if missled anyone..
looking forward to the fix.

HTC Velocity - SU broken *FIXED*

I've unlocked, installed CWM, rooted it, installed busybox via the busybox installer from the market (which requires root), however titanium tells me that the SU command fails and I should attempt to re-root my device
Where should I go from here before I break something?
Thanks
UPDATE:
Never mind, booted into recovery, reinstalled VIVID_CWM_ROOT_VER2.zip all is good

had the same drama at first nice fix how are you finding the phone???

So fair I am impressed with the speed, I have not used 4G yet, its not available in my area yes, but its light years ahead of all the other handsets here even on 3G.
Physically I was expecting it to be heavier, and coming from a HTC HD2, the lock and volume buttons are perfectly positioned so that I accidentally press them all the time as they are in opposite of what I am used to and its the same width but 1 cm taller, which means I can no longer use my leather belt pouch I miss having a physical hangup and separate physical answer key which through the circumstances of its birth (WinMo 6.5) the HD2 was blessed with. Build quality on the MicroSD card slot is lacking, it could have been made better. I also miss being able to hot-swap the microsd card as I could in the HD2, instead I have to pull the battery which is annoying.
Software wise, I gotta say that I am REALLY missing MIUI, Sense is very pretty but I find it is not really what I am looking for and its quite clunky in comparison to MIUI... and I hate how it squashes down widgets for no reason at all. I will probably play around with AWD or LauncherPro in the meantime, I'm also not really a fan of the ringpull unlock screen but I'm sure I will get used to it in time. I noticed that the VIVID and RAIDER have sense 3.0, where as the Velocity has Sense 3.5... maybe ROM people can yank a clean build from the Telstra build along with teeter
BlueTooth - Works Great, Syncs INSTANTLY with my car, never skips on A2DP, works great.
Wifi - Works fantastically
Games work great on it, I'm cranking away with my PSX emulator (FPSE) and GTA III runs good, I was originally disappointed it didn't run better but after I reduced the draw distance in the game settings it was good, I think I had too many apps running as well. I installed ATK to take care of that and the phone is much better after I have ATK autorun every hour and clean up background apps.
Battery life I can't tell because I have been using it almost the entire time and it melts through it pretty fast, I'd give it a week of normal day to day use before I really give a verdict on it, I do have the screen at 100% brightness all the time which doesn't help, and I already have an extended battery in the mail. I sync 2 gmail accounts and an exchange account, all in push, and I just leave BT and WIFI on all the time as I like just jumping in the car and it works, or getting home and already being on the wifi.
Overall I give it a 6 out of 10 so far, with CM7 or CM9 and MIUI that would quickly elevate to an 8 out of 10, with all the space inside the phone, the size of the standard battery is disappointing, they could have put one almost twice the size in there if they arranged the sim and microsd slots better.
The biggest problem is that I was really spoiled with the HTC HD2, I'd say 90% of my gripes with the phone are with sense, I find it ugly and clunky and I wish HTC had just left android alone... I don't have an issue with gingerbread, I haven't used ICS yet and I'm in no busting rush. As soon as the ROM community grows up for this phone it will be amazing, until then its kinda meh.

davidcampbell said:
I noticed that the VIVID and RAIDER have sense 3.0, where as the Velocity has Sense 3.5... maybe ROM people can yank a clean build from the Telstra build along with teeter
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havent looked around the dev forum have you?
there are a couple of roms built off the telstra 2.3.7 sense 3.5 already....

davidcampbell said:
I'm also not really a fan of the ringpull unlock screen but I'm sure I will get used to it in time.
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Don't get used to it; install WidgetLocker and never look back.

Pirateghost said:
havent looked around the dev forum have you?
there are a couple of roms built off the telstra 2.3.7 sense 3.5 already....
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Sorry if I offended, I meant no disrespect, any thread in the dev forum with the word sense in the title (ie most of them)... I have not bothered with, when some sense free roms show up, then I will be excited
formicae said:
Don't get used to it; install WidgetLocker and never look back.
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I'll check it out thanks

Good stuff mate ,feel the same way about the phone build wise,but hey..only good things to come..
I look forward to some cool features in the romsand also more people jumping on board to get more action out of the forum,but so far I'm happy
Sent from my HTC PH39100 using XDA App

I went to town on launchers and things today and significantly improved the base system.... ADW Launcher, screen density of 200 and widget locker have made this a much nicer playground
still, widget locker isn't perfect, every now and then I see the standard lockscreen for a few seconds, so its like the sense lockscreen is still activating in the background

davidcampbell said:
still, widget locker isn't perfect, every now and then I see the standard lockscreen for a few seconds, so its like the sense lockscreen is still activating in the background
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My phone is in another room, but I think in the Advanced settings somewhere there's an option to disable the stock lockscreen.

formicae said:
My phone is in another room, but I think in the Advanced settings somewhere there's an option to disable the stock lockscreen.
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if rooted, you can also go into /system/app/ and rename HTCLockscreen.apk to HTCLockscreen.bak and it will remove the ring lockscreen, and put it back on the old sliding tab lockscreen (froyo/gingerbread stock/aosp lockscreen)

Pirateghost said:
if rooted, you can also go into /system/app/ and rename HTCLockscreen.apk to HTCLockscreen.bak and it will remove the ring lockscreen, and put it back on the old sliding tab lockscreen (froyo/gingerbread stock/aosp lockscreen)
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Cool trick. It doesn't break anything? I remember doing something similar on my Desire and I couldn't dismiss alarms (ugh) or answer calls, I'd have to do a battery pull.
(also, I think you need to be rooted to disable the stock lockscreen in WidgetLocker, so maybe it's essentially doing the same thing; alarms/calls work fine on my Vivid with it disabled, so maybe I'm answering my own question)

formicae said:
Cool trick. It doesn't break anything? I remember doing something similar on my Desire and I couldn't dismiss alarms (ugh) or answer calls, I'd have to do a battery pull.
(also, I think you need to be rooted to disable the stock lockscreen in WidgetLocker, so maybe it's essentially doing the same thing; alarms/calls work fine on my Vivid with it disabled, so maybe I'm answering my own question)
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i did it on my mytouch4g and had problems dismissing alarms, but i got gentle alarm, so i didnt worry about it any more, lol
havent done it on this phone yet
i take that back, i did it, but i didnt run any alarms or test any calls, so i dont know if that is broken or not

Ah yes found it, settings > advanced > disable stock lock.
it warns that this will make any of the physical keys wake the device, I'm cool with that

Yeah, I actually like waking my phone with the volume buttons sometimes, depending on how I end up grabbing it in my jacket pocket. And it's not like they unlock the phone; I have WidgetLocker set to only have a 15-second timeout, overriding the normal display timeout, so I'm not too worried about accidental battery drain.