How to unbrick HTC Desire 526G - SP Flash Tool method (fastboot mode)

Follow the next steps:
1. Get SP flash tools (Latest version)
2. Download your phone's firmware (from manufacturer site or needrom.com etc) and extract it.
3. install Mediatek Preloader drivers as per your OS version (win x7 , 8 10 etc) and architecture (32/64bit).
4. Run Flash tools with admin as administrator
5. select the scatter file from the firmware folder you downloaded and wait for it to load. (Do not connect your phone yet and leave the battery inserted)
6. Select Download Only
7. Hit the download button
8. Now plug in the micro/type C usb end of your cable to your phone but dont plug to PC. yet
9. While hold down both volume buttons i.e up and down buttons, (Do not press the power button), Insert the Usb cable end to your PCs usb port (Please choose a port thats very reliable).
10. After a while, P Flash tool will begin to upgrade your phone, dont release the buttons yet, let it lapse about 2mins then release them, the firmware upgrade will still continue and it will display a tick pop-up when done (this may take between 5-10mins).
Now unplug your phone, remove and re-insert the battery and power-up your phone. You phone is now unbricked.
Note that the first boot will longer than a regular boot.

Source: XDA Forum

[July 24th] [Sense 3.5] Energy™ -.¸¸.·´¯ Sense 3.5 with working SD-EXT Mod

I want to share my successful procedure with this Sense ROM for HD2 :

1. Prepare Ext4 partition on your SD card (min 1 Gb)
2. Setup system partition to 380 Mb in CLK
3. Clean everything throw ClockworkMode Recovery
1. Wipe data/factory reset  
2. Wipe cache partition
3. Advanced > Wipe dalvik cache
4. Advanced > Wipe battery stats
4. Install [July 24th] [Sense 3.5] Energy™ -.¸¸.·´¯ Sense 3.5 ROM in NAND mode 
5. Don't reboot just exit
6. Install SD-EXT Mod - AMARULLZ DATA TO SD-EXT  
7. Now reboot

Now you have best and fastest Sense ROM for your HTC HD2 with working DataOnExt.
Just update it throw Google Play and that's it.

If you experience robotic voice throw calls follow this fix.

How to remove robotic voice in HTC HD2 Sense Android roms

- go to settings/sounds
- uncheck audible touch tones
- make a phone call and when finished
- reboot

Lockscreen Policy - Disable Android 4.2 Lockscreen Widgets and Camera

Install application Lockscreen Policy from Google Play to get rid of widgets and camera on the Android 4.2 lockscreen.

P.S.: from XDA Developers

XDA: NexusHD2-JellyBean-CM10.1 - 2G/3G signal indicator

To correct signal strength indicator change line in /system/build.prop to ro.telephony.ril.v3=signalstrength,singlepdp,apptypesim

P.S.: Download BuildProp editor from Play Store and edit it the easy way.

Prepare HTC HD2 for XDA Nexus 4.1.2 rom

1. Install HSPL 2.08;
2. Install Magldr
3. Partition correctly with Magldr: 5MB cache, 285MB ROM (choose custom and type 285 in the textbox, then repartiton with HD2 tools)
4. After partitioning, you will have access to AD Recovery.
4.1 Use AD recovery to partition your SD card: 2G sd-ext, 256M swap.
4.2 Use AD recovery to mount USB storage, copy ROM and upadates on the card.
4.3 Flash ROM then reboot. Do NOT boot.
4.4 Flash all other updates. Reboot phone, go through the setup.

How to install mobile phone over USB on Windows 7 VirtualBox

If you are trying to install the drivers for HTC mobile phone inside MS Windows 7 VirtualBox, try installing the VirtualBox Extension Pack and enable USB 2.0 in the settings after doing that.

ClockworkMod Recovery Custom ROM procedure

Everytime I install a new Rom, I double check to make sure it has a boot.img, then upon using CWM to install it, I first do the following(some of them are redundant, but I do so for good measure):

• wipe data/factory reset
• wipe cache partition
• advanced > Wipe Dalvik Cache
• advanced > Wipe Battery Stats
• mounts and storage > unmount cache
• mounts and storage > format /boot (If the rom had a boot.img)
• mounts and storage > format /cache
• mounts and storage > format /data
• mounts and storage > format /system

Then I install the ROM zip, and if I want GAPPS, I flash those afterward.
Then reboot.

This ensures that ALL data is gone, and it will not allow for unique bugs caused by remaining data from a previous rom.

from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32947067&postcount=11

Cyanogenmod Partitioning SD Card

Partition the SD card
- Scroll down, and select “Advanced”
- Select “Partition SD Card
- Choose your Ext Size (I recommend choosing half of the storage space that your card is.
   - For a 256mb card, select 128M
   - For a 512mb card, select 256M
   - For a 1gb card, select 512M
   - For a 2gb card, select 1024M
   - For a 4gb card, select 2048M
   - For a 8gb card, select 4096M
- any memory card higher than this will not be partitioned, the phone will not be able to read it properly, but I would recommend an 8gb card, and if you have any smaller than 1gb, I wouldn’t even bother wasting your time – but go ahead if you wish.
- Now it will ask you what Swap size you want:
   - If you have a 256mb or a 512mb card, select 0M.
   - If you have a 1gb or a 2gb card, select 32M.
   - If you have a 4gb or a 8gb card, select 64M.
- If it asks to confirm, select yes, now wait for a few minutes, and reboot

Enable only Wifi Internet on HTC Windows Mobile

start->settings->connections->connections

Mobtel Telenor Internet
My Work Network

Go to advanced->select My Wok Network [the first button over composition rules]

Here select "work" for everything.

Now, without 3G, the phone connects to internet only if you have an active wifi, otherways doesn't connect.

How to flash HTC Touch Pro from memory card

(This is for GSM):
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=448008)
Flashing via MicroSD Card
1. Make sure your microSD is Formatted to fat32 using a PC (you dont have to delete all files but it is safer if you do)
2. Download your prefered Radio from the Raphael Rom Develpoment Page and unzip/unrar it to your computer
3. Goto the Radios Folder and rename the .nbh file to RAPHIMG.nbh
4. Copy the RAPHIMG.nbh file to the root of your microSD Card
5. Plug the microSD Card into the phone
6. Press and hold the volume down button, then press the reset button with the stylus. Release the volume down button when bootloader tricolour screen appears
7. Follow the onscreen instructions to start flashing
8. After the flash finishes press the reset button with the stylus to reset the device

6. JOB DONE. Well Done YOU DID IT!!

MS HotFix for problem with 1 year recurrences synchronization (Pocket Outlook - ActiveSync - MS Outlook 2007)

I experiencing problem with Pocket Outlook and MS Outlook 2007 synchronization. Problem is that appointments which has recurrence set to 1 year like birthdays, anniversaries ... are correctly transferred from PC -> PDA (when edited by MS Outlook 2007), but when I made some modification to such appointments in PDA with Pocket Outlook (for example changing reminder time, name, ...) then after next synchronization when changes from PDA -> PC were sent the 1 year recurrence is changed to 12 years!!! And the worst and most frustrating thing is that when I synchronizing between two PCs then all appointments with such settings are changed from 1 year to 12 years!!!

Here is a hotfix that is supposed to fix the 12 year problem that has been driving me crazy:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=981048

HTC Touch Pro TAEL ROM My Location fix

In some cases, brilliant TAEL ROM don't update weather for My Location...

It did not work at all regardless of the many ROMs tried so I figured it must be my phone company blocking the Weather updating...... After much trial and error I discovered my phone company configuration through "Connection Setup" is putting in a proxy server on the internet connection settings... By simply unticking the proxy it works now AWESOME!!.... Everything else seems fine, and the proxy dosent seen to be needed...