Install Android 2.2 Froyo on an HTC Touch Pro2

If you are tired of Windows Mobile, in some very easy steps you can put Android 2.2 Froyo on your HTC Touch Pro2, you'll need to read this article.

You Will need :

• HTC Touch Pro2
• 1GB microSD Card
• Windows Mobile and Android knowledge
• Patience

Step 1.

Get the ROM: It's at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=904918

Step 2.

On Windows Mobile, navigate to the andboot or the root folder on your SD card and launch haret.exe

Step 3.

Wait for welcome screen setup

• Do not touch
• Wait for green light
• Skip everything and you are at the home screen
• Wait for green light

Step 4.

Open Spare Parts Change End button behavior to go to home

Step 5.

Goto to Settings - Call setting Set up your voice mail for Sprint, Verizon, etc..

Step 6.

Now you can sync your phone

• Go to Settings - Setting account & sync
• Let the phone sync. Do not touch. Wait for green light

Step 7.

Boot back to Windows Mobile

Step 8.

Open File Explorer

Step 9.

You can now switch to the camera, 1250 or 1253 kernel located in the files folder

Step 10.

Copy the zImage and modules*.tar.gz to the andboot folder level

• files\first boot zimage and modules 1232 - camera/kb backlight - you can use Vignette with this
• files\zimage and modules 1250 - official kernel - kb backlight
• files\zimage and modules 1253 - official kernel - kb backlight/USB headphone

Step 11.

Boot haret, always wait for green light

Step 12.

Make a test call, send a text, tell someone to call you. Tell someone to send you a text

TIPS :

• Goto to Settings - Call setting and set up your voice mail for sprint,verizon. etc..
• Goto Settings - Sound. Test the volume settings, test phone ringtones and notification ringtone
• Goto Settings - Display-Brightness. Make sure you drag the yellow line to the left but do it really slow. This is to save battery
• Goto Settings - Location & security- Enable use wireless networks and GPS
• Goto Settings - Applications - Enable unknown sources
• Goto Settings - Language & keyboard - Set your language or use more locale 2 to add language. Press the menu key and follow the screen
• Open astro, browser, calculator, calendar, car home, clock, contacts, email, gmail.google seach, latitude, maps (if you see update occurring, just cancel it), messaging, music.navigation, news and weather, phone, places, search, talk, tapatalk pro, titaniumbackup
• Open the market app LAST - allow it to do updates for existing apps

Warning :       

• DO NOT OPEN VIGNETTE UNTIL YOU HAVE SWITCHED TO THE CAMERA KERNEL ON FUTURE BOOTS
• First boot will take several minutes for the data.img to be created... Be patient... Enjoy the animation...

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Clear Temporary Internet Files on Android Devices

From time to time you may feel the need to clean up temporary internet files, browsing history, or cookies on your Android device to free up memory from cached information from internet browsing. To do so follow these steps:

Step 1.

Open the Internet.

Step 2.

Press the menu button. Select more.

Step 3.

Select settings.

Step 4.

Scroll to privacy configuration. Select clear cache

Step 5.

Press OK.

From the same screen you can clear your cookies and history.

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Angry Birds and Android

Angry Birds game for Android launched on the first day has been downloaded 1 million times. So that was quoted Into Mobile. It is time to make the server GetJar experience down for some time, because the game is most popular for Android users.

The success of Angry Birds is one of the cornerstones and there is no doubts about Google's mobile OS as a viable option for mobile application development. Although they have not been able to match Apple already has 300 thousand applications in the App Store.

With these results, Angry Birds Android listed his name as the most downloaded game in one day. Other applications such as Adobe Flash 10.1 and Skyfire for Android has been downloaded one million times, but it took weeks and months thereafter to reach that amount, and not in a matter of hours.

Angry Birds known to be a successful game that was previously owned by the iPhone platform. Game has been downloaded more than approximately seven million downloads in the past 10 months.

Angry Birds own position on the iPhone platform, recently broken by a new competitor game called 'Cut The Rope' has just entered the mobile-gaming market, and they were pretty good achievement. Game 'Cut The Rope' is available for USD0, 99 for the iPhone and USD1, 99 for the iPad. Both versions have sold more than 1 million copies in just the past 10 days.

Adjust the Screen Timeout on an Android Phone

This article is a continuation of previous article on how to save battery life on android. Running applications (or apps) on an Android phone is notorious for using up battery power. However, leaving the screen display on is also one of the biggest battery killers. If you want to leave your phone on, but want to save power, here is how to adjust the screen timeout.

  


Step 1. 

Go to your phone menu and tap on "Settings".

Step 2.

Find and tap on "Display".

Step 3.

Scroll down and tap on "Screen Timeout".

Step 4.

Choose the time limit you want.  

• 15 seconds
• 30 seconds
• 1 minute
• 2 minutes
• 10 minutes
• Never turn off.

Step 5.

Learn that more battery power will be used on longer timeouts or if you select "never turn off". If the phone is being charged, timeouts aren't an issue.

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