I wanna start off by saying that this is NOT a "rag on this phone" thread!

My intent here is more of a try at something like what we had in the 6700 forum, a type of known good - know bad (or glitchy - or buggy) software. Hopefully, if we can keep this civil and on topic, i would love to see this work it's way to a sticky for all to gain from... in the mean time, I'm gonna start off with laying out the software i have installed and the things I'm seeing. Please do the same! Hopefully we can whittle away at it and come up with enough experience to figure out what apps work and which ones are better steered away from.

Here goes...
Apps Installed:
-Chartcross GPS Test -- Ver 1.04 (Storage Card)
-Google Maps -- Ver 2.0.0.12 (Storage Card, but i only see it on the Device)
-MS Office Mobile -- Ver 6.1 (Storage Card)
-Orneta Notepad -- Ver 3.2.0 (Storage Card)
-Orneta Scissors -- Ver 1.2.0 (Storage Card)
-Resco Explorer -- Ver 6.15 (Device)
-Resco FTP -- Ver 6.15 (Device)
-Resco Photo Viewer -- Ver 5.34 (Device)
-Resco Reg Edit -- Ver 6.15 (Device)
-Resco System Toys -- Ver 1.32 (Device) ((Task Manager & Storage/Batt Monitor)
-IM+ -- Ver 2.14 (Storage Card)
-Skype -- Ver 2.2.0.36 (Device)
-Sprite BackUp -- Ver 6.1.0 Build 2192 (Device)
-TCPMP -- Ver 0.72RC1 (Starage Card (App & all PlugIns))
---TCPMP PlugIns---
------AC3
------FFMPRG
------FLV -- Ver0.4.2 (Flash Plugin)
------Vorbis LQ
-GPSdash2 -- Ver 1.53 (Storage Card)
-Gentimer -- Ver 2.01 (Storage Card)
-MS Live Search Mobile -- Ver2.5.2908.31943 (Storage Card)


Repeatable Glitches and Anomalies:
-Resco Photo Viewer crashs on new folder creation and image edit saving, also on emailing images.
-Resco Explorer crashs on moving/copying/pasting. (not always, but alot... need to track this one down abit.)
-Home screen background changes back to default layout, sometimes after system settings changes, sometimes after app setting changes... but easily once a day.
-All mail settings disappear... Exchange, POP, IMAP, TXT & MMS settings and messages GONE! happened 4 times now, currently i am making a minimum of 1 automated backup a day and usually alot more, one everytime i major edit something (read reg edits) or install/uninstall something.
-Lock ups when jumping between Resco apps and PIE.
-Random (as yet unknown) lock ups when running a certain combination of apps.
-Skype kills Bluetooth, cannot be re-enabled until after a soft reset.


Reg Edits (Hacks):
-PIE homepage change.
-PIE memory settings on Storage card. (Cache - Cookies - History)
-Uncertified app install. (SP_AllowCertificateInstall)
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There are more little things, but right now I'm starting to overload and draw blanks... i will edit this post later to add links to the software i mentioned above, and also continue to add post on updates as i find more out about what is causing what and how i fix/workaround it. I hope you all do the same.


// Ted

My most annoying glitch is sometimes when I have several apps running and press the home button I go to one of the other apps instead of the home page. The only other glitches I have noticed is a short freeze from time to time when reloading the home page but I have Facade so that is the problem there. The other glitch is that my horizontal pouch case with magnetic flap causes the screen to go from portrait to landscape and I understand why this happens. I would sure like to find a nice case with velcro closure or one with fewer magnets. I also do a daily backup with Sprite BU which I am sure helps to cleanup stuff and prevents a lot of memory leak glitches. My apps are:

SpriteBU 6.1 - device
SlovoEd En-Sp Dict - card
SplashId 4.0 - card
Facade 1.4 - device
Papyrus 1.3.10 - device
Resco Explorer/Reg Editor - card
Windows Live Search - device
Pocket Stars - card
SKTools Lite - card
TWC Smartphone - device
Egress 3.33 - device
EzQuote 1.11 - device
MissingSync - device
Bridge for Smartphone - card
Opera 8.65 - device

Resulting in 8MB free Storage Memory and 22MB free Program Memory after soft reset.

Frank

Forgot to mention hacks:
Changed HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\GDI\GLYPHCACHE from 16384 to 32768
App Unlock with: SP_AllowCertificateInstall.cab and SurrealNetworksAppUnlock.cab

Also one more glitch: Storage Card has disappeared once. Came right back when I removed and re-installed card. Using Sandisk 8GB card sold by VZ. I have seen this on other WM smartphones.

Programs -

Sling Player - Card
Don't Forget - Card
Maniac Automatic Keylock - Card
GPS Test - Card
Windows Live - Card
Route 66 Mobile 7 - Card
Oxios Memory - Card
Schedy Mobile - Card
Cingular Song ID - Phone
IM+ - Card
MoDaCo Do New - Phone
TCMP with FLV plugin - Card
CorePlayer - Card (Video quality is much better on Core)
Feadie - Card
InboxExender - Phone
RegEdit - Card
Total Commander - Card
SRS WOW - Phone
Walls and Balls - Card

Hacks -

PIE memory to storage card
Windows unlock

Issues -

The two issues I'm having so far is that the phone has locked up at random times. The other kinda annoying issue is sometimes the data on my storage card will appear to have vanished on my phone, but after a restart all the data is back. I've seen some other people via Google searches reporting this on other HTC devices as well. Some people said a format of the card has solved and I'm actually doing that as I write so post so "hopefully" it will solve that problem.

Just purchased and install Gentimer by Rivia Software the other day.

For the most part, this is a really killer app!
-Unlimited Alarms that support WAV, WMA & MP3.
-5 customizable timers
-Stopwatch
-World time (up to 4 timezones with a world day/night map)
((this one is very handy for me as my colleagues are in Sweden)

I thought this was going to be a really nice all-in-one app. However, every time the alarm goes off in the morning the phone locks up... i have to then pull the battery to get the phone to respond.

I have a ticket in with customer service, but as yet have heard nothing back, they are in Europe, and there website does state to allow up to 48 hours for a response, it has now been 36, so I'm hoping to hear from them tomorrow.

I truly hope this is a fixable issue as i very much like this app... but I'm not holding my breath. I'll definitely will post back with any & all updates.

Just thought i would add to this works/doesn't work thread, and give anyone considering this app a first hand heads up.

They make a pretty popular product so I'm sure they'll want to help to some degree. I never really used it myself. Back when I was using two time zones I always used City Time and City Time Alarms.

Code City - Products

I was just wondering if you can use Route 66 without having the data plan on your phone. I do not have the data so can't access internet, but was thinking that the GPS function might still work.

Route 66 is a complete navigation program. It does not use data at all. All the information it needs is stored in the maps.

Hey does our phone have internal GPS or do I need some sort of other device to use Route 66? I have it loaded on my phone, but get a message "the connection with the GPS receiver cannot be established. Please make sure that your GPS is switched on and is working properly."

Nope... no internal GPS in our Verizon version of this phone. you will need to get a Bluetooth GPS Receiver for your app to work.

Here is a thread that talks about a few options out there... but if you google "Bluetooth GPS Receivers" I'm sure you will find that there are many many options out there for you.

Happy hunting!