The ramblings of Aprazeth, an recent convert to minimalism, enthusiast of computer technology – with an outspoken opinion about everything and everyone.
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Improving text quality on your HTC HD2
Jul 20th
For whatever reason (unknown to me at this point) ClearType is turned off on (at least my) HTC HD2 by default.
To turn it on, and improve the quality of your text/reading – simply do to the following:
Go to Settings, either via the Start-menu or HTC Sense.
Tap on Menu in the lower-left corner, and select All Settings.
Tap on System.
Tap on Display.
Tap on the tab ClearType.
Tick the box and tap OK in the upper-rightcorner.
I personally recommend restarting the phone once you have turned it on.
Enjoy the improved text/font rendering!
Windows 2008 R2 with WSUS 3.0 SP2 running on SQL 2008 R2
Jun 9th
In case anyone is wondering whether or not it works; it does.
Note;
- I did upgrade Windows 2008 R2 with all of the patches available at that time (as of 8 June 2010)
- I was using a 180 day trial of both Windows 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition and SQL Server 2008 R2.
- I installed Windows Server Update Services 3.0 SP2 via the Server Manager of Windows Server 2008.
- All of the software is 64-bit
- I used a HyperV virtual PC to test this out, which was connected to the actual network and Active Directory
Just be sure to select the option to use the local database during the installation of WSUS (I installed SQL locally on the same machine) The reason why I did this is to run a trial of SCCM 2007 R2 (Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager) on that machine. That same machine will then also replace a current WSUS instance on another server.
Expect more on this in the future!
Updating the FaceBook application on the HTC HD2
Mar 19th
One of the things I noticed on the HD2 as soon as I unpacked it, is the seemingly old version of Facebook that came installed. Mind you, I am running the latest version of the ROM from http://www.htc.com/nl/supportdownloadlist.aspx?p_id=297&act=sd&cat=2. The actual download-page for the ROM upgrade will also tell you how to confirm which version you are running of the ROM (which is easy to check via Start > Settings > System Information (or Software) and then version.) Note that the download-link is for the Dutch HD2 ROM. Please use the HTC Support site of your country to find the appropriate one for yours.
The version of Facebook Mobile that was installed was version 1.0.0.7 (from the top of my head) You can verify your version by going into Facebook, then at the home-page click Menu followed by About.
Now to upgrade to a higher version, you can use Microsoft Marketplace (which should already be installed on your phone) Simply search for Facebook and it should find it. Install it as normal of course (as a tip; be sure to set Microsoft Marketplace to store it’s files on your SD-card)
If however it doesn’t, click on Menu followed by Settings. Change the region to United States – English and click on Save. Now try the search again and it should find it just fine.
I have of course made sure that the HTC Sense UI still maintained the Facebook functionality amongst my contacts – which I find incredibly handy. It of course did – and I have since rebooted the phone (You might be asked to reboot your device as well)
So now I am running with a far more usable version of Facebook mobile on my HD2. Oddly enough the app still is in Dutch, but you can’t have your cake and eat it :-)
HTC HD2 Day 1 conclusions
Mar 17th
Well, today concludes the first day with the HTC HD2.
Overall, I am a happy consumer. However, just like with everything I have some pet peeves with it:
- Installing Google Mobile made the device incredibly slow. Uninstalling and then rebooting the phone did not fix it. So I had to resort to the hard reset option (source: HTC HD2 Leo Hard reset – Soft reset.) Not so happy with that. I am happy with how fast I could get my stuff back (Microsoft My Phone and the Google Active Sync took care of that)
- The screen is like a magnet for finger-smearing… ;-)
- Although not specifically the phone that caused it; I had to setup a completely empty Windows Mobile Device Center profile (with nothing ticked) so WMDC on my PC wouldn’t keep bouncing up and down like a Jack Russel on crack every time I connected the phone.
- I also noticed when manually setting up the Active-sync profile SMS syncing was showing. So far I haven’t found anything on this matter from Google, so I am not using it (anyone?)
- It doesn’t use the storage-card for message/attachment storing by default.
- I’ll admit that it’s not as big of an annoyance as I first thought it would be – but it’s in Dutch, which I am of course. But still!
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