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Dear all,
I used a HTC universal and wizard, but I've sold them both. Therefore I would like to close my account, but how is this possible? I couldn't find the option under user control panel.
Thank you,
Pieter

You can either scroll to the bottom of a page and click contact us and then from there ask to have your user account deleted or you can just stop using the site. You might as well just leave the account and stop using the site as you never know in the future you may get a new HTC phone and wish to return.

You raised a very important legal question, & believe me you will be answered very appropriately by XDA management as I have found them to be very law abiding people.

pvanbrakel said:
Dear all,
I used a HTC universal and wizard, but I've sold them both. Therefore I would like to close my account, but how is this possible? I couldn't find the option under user control panel.
Thank you,
Pieter
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Hi Pieter,
I can remove your account if you send an e-mail to the webmaster account ([email protected]) requesting the removal of your account including your username and registered e-mail address. Please note that this will not automatically remove your posts, if you need your posts to be removed as well please explicitly ask so in the e-mail.
Best regards,
Flar

[Q] HTC Mail App and Hotmail Exchange ActiveSync

Hi,
I was just wondering if anyone has got to the bottom of why the HTC Mail App Version 2.00.0037.218634 (as installed via the Android 2.2 OTA update) does not work with Hotmail Exchange ActiveSync.
From what I understand the issue is not with hotmail accounts being activated, as people who have installed the stock Android 2.2 Mail.apk on their devices have been able to setup the account and get a combined email inbox.
From another forum here is the stock Android 2.2 Mail.apk
http://www.4shared.com/file/hP_PfaD8/Email.html

Same here, i thought that it was my hotmail account at first but then i read on Paul Thurrott's blog that ActiveSync was being enabled for everyone on the 30th August. I just downloaded the Android 2.2 stock mail client and it the sync works perfectly - think i prefer this over HTC's so may stick with it... Thanks for the link.

+1 thanks for the Link!

Just a word of warning, I don’t think this application can be uninstalled once installed (please correct me if I am wrong).
Also, you will no longer receive a counter of the number of emails received as there is no homepage widget with this app.
Finally, from what I have heard, Google search does not search emails contained within the Android Mail App.
Ideally I would like to see HTC patch their Mail App. I think the missing functionality is the ability to accept certificates and it is this that is preventing the HTC Mail App from syncing with Hotmail Exchange ActiveSync.
Please correct me if I am wrong on any of these points.

Is the file you linked to valid for all stock 2.2 phones or is it somehow specific to the HTC Desire?

Uninstalls fine on my stock 2.2

audioscience said:
Is the file you linked to valid for all stock 2.2 phones or is it somehow specific to the HTC Desire?
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It should work on all android phones, it might even work on 2.1 as long as you don't sync the calendar and contacts.

dik23 said:
Uninstalls fine on my stock 2.2
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Yes,
Uninstall works fine, apologies for that. No HTML Support

imranbashir_uk said:
From another forum here is the stock Android 2.2 Mail.apk
http://www.4shared.com/file/hP_PfaD8/Email.html
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Is this definitely the stock Android 2.2 app?
Because it's identical to "Improved Mail" on the Android Market Place but oddly is labelled as version 2.2 but Improved Mail is v1.75. I'd be surprised if Google would allow an e-mail app on the Nexus One that doesn't support HTML e-mail.
The one on the market place has a couple more option so I'm assuming it's newer (still no HTML or Move mail into new folder support though). It's also more stable. I found the one in the link above made my HTC Desire go very slow and unstable (unless I killed on of it's mail services).
Touchdown is the best alternative I've found. It's pretty powerful but the interface is a bit ropey. It's also 20 bucks!
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Finally, from what I have heard, Google search does not search emails contained within the Android Mail App.
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I second that. It's not listed as a Universal Search option.
imranbashir_uk said:
Ideally I would like to see HTC patch their Mail App. I think the missing functionality is the ability to accept certificates and it is this that is preventing the HTC Mail App from syncing with Hotmail Exchange ActiveSync.
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I've e-mailed HTC Support. I suggest others do the same. They need to send out an OTA fix.
About the only good things about Improved Mail are:
* Hotmail Exchange ActiveSync
* Combined Inbox
Otherwise it's pretty basic.

I've heard back from HTC Support:
"We are sorry you have had to work around, to get something to work, as the software was not compatible.
We are aware of this and I will for record send this information to the appropriate team. We are always working on fixes for our future updates.
but as of now i have not got that information."

I'd like to see this fixed too as downloading a separate basic app at about 3mb or even higher, just means I am wasting space on something that should be there anyway... with things like the flashplayer updates taking up 12mb of my internal storage - I'm only left with 14mb!
Anyhow, I thought I'd email HTC too to see if we can push them along a bit if they see a bit of interest in getting the e-mail application fixed...
Will see if they have the same response.
Have it running on Improved Email for now.

Thanks. I'm sure they could send out an OTA update. Hotmail is only one of the biggest e-mail providers worldwide and HTC said they know about the problem.
The developer of Improved E-Mail has said he'll look into why HTML e-mail support isn't working because he reckons it should. I've only got 20-22Mb free and you can only move so much to SD card.

Thank you for contacting us . In regards to your handset I can help you with that. I am sorry that you have been experiencing problem with your handset
I confirm that it is not supported at the moment on the handset thank you for bringing the issue to out attention
We do not have information available at the moment we advise you to register e-club to receive further updates regarding your handset model
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Not any indication of a fix

It's not just the HTC Desire. HTC Incredible and Evo users in the States have reported it too. Given how big Hotmail is and I bet it affects all HTC Android phones (at least since the Hero), I hope HTC are working on it as a matter of urgency.

Hi Guys, new to XDA but thought I'd join as I have a shiny new HTC Desire HD.
Unfortuanately the Desire HD still has Hotmail Activesync issues (i.e. it won't work - comes up with the "please try later" error message). I am using Improved Email until there is (ever?) a fix - but I'm finding it slowing down the entire phone. After a couple of hours of improved email running the phone animations become really choppy. As soon as I force close improved email, everything returns to normal. Very odd.
I have emailed HTC about their Mail app incompatibility with Hotmail, and received the generec response below:
Thank you for contacting us .
We don't have this information available at this time but would recommend that you check back on our website regularly for any further developments.
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Come on HTC! The Mail app is really letting down an otherwise incredible device.

A Quick update, I emailed HTC back saying that the response provided was not good enough, told them that they needed to fix the issue pronto, and that I am considering getting a refund due to this... Seems drastic but might as well use the fear tactic.
They instantly replied with this:
We are aware of this issue you reported on your e-mail , We thank you for bringing this to our attention. We will pass this information along to our software developers.
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Let's hope they actually are working on fixing the issue. I still can't get around why they would remove the original android mail app that does work, and replace it with their own crippled app.
I tried installing the original android mail app posted earlier on in the thread but it says "problem parsing". Anyone have an idea as to why this issue has occured?
Tim

Thanks TimHawker. How can HTC release the Desire HD, knowing it has this bug?
This isn't some 2 bit e-mail service no one has ever heard of. Hotmail is in the top 3 (maybe number 1) of webmail services world-wide.
I've not found my Desire slows down with Improved E-Mail but it's funny you should say that because I did when I tried the Native Google Nexus One Mail App (which I'm confident is an older version of Improved E-Mail, it's identical). Exactly the same symptons. I too had to kill it, to get animations flowing properly.
I've not found that with Improved E-Mail though but didn't try it for as long (so it's certainly possible I would have the same problem). I'm having to use HTC Mail and POP3 because every mail app I've tried doesn't work with HTML e-mail when using Hotmail's Exchange ActiveSync (Hotmail with POP3 is fine). See here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8882069
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I tried installing the original android mail app posted earlier on in the thread but it says "problem parsing". Anyone have an idea as to why this issue has occured?
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I wouldn't bother. It worked fine for me but it's identical to Improved E-Mail in every way (likely an older version). Google must've licensed it from the owner of Improved E-Mail, surely?

Thanks for the reply bradavon.
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This isn't some 2 bit e-mail service no one has ever heard of. Hotmail is in the top 3 (maybe number 1) of webmail services world-wide.
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You're 100% correct there, Hotmail is the number 1 worldwide webmail service with over 350 million users. HTC should be questioned as to why they have decided to provide an incompatible app with the most popular webmail service out there. I just can't quite fathom it.
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I wouldn't bother. It worked fine for me but it's identical to Improved E-Mail in every way (likely an older version). Google must've licensed it from the owner of Improved E-Mail, surely?
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Thanks for the info. Perhaps it's the opposite - it's the Google Android defacto mail client, but improved by the author, mwebster
I think I'll send HTC another email informing them just how big Hotmail is - perhaps they have their heads in the sand and think it's used by a few plebs with no smartphone interest.
Anyone else with this problem please bombard HTC's inbox! They may then listen and provide an OTA update.
Tim

TimHawker said:
You're 100% correct there, Hotmail is the number 1 worldwide webmail service with over 350 million users. HTC should be questioned as to why they have decided to provide an incompatible app with the most popular webmail service out there. I just can't quite fathom it.
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Microsoft only finally finished rolling out Hotmail's Exchange ActiveSync on the 30th of August. So that's something at least. Microsoft don't also support Android devices yet too but say Android 2.2 should work (2.1 doesn't due to a bug with it), other versions unknown but I'm guessing unlikely.
But when all other apps I've tried work with it (except for HTML support), it cannot be that difficult to fix and especially on the new Desire HD/Desire Z. Which shipped after the problem was known.
TimHawker said:
Anyone else with this problem please bombard HTC's inbox! They may then listen and provide an OTA update.
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Good idea.

bradavon said:
Microsoft only finally finished rolling out Hotmail's Exchange ActiveSync on the 30th of August.
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Ah ok, thanks for the info - wasn't aware it was such a short time ago. Still, considering the Desire HD has just been released the problem should have been fixed.
I have emailed HTC again, will post whatever they reply here.
Tim

HTC Sense Twitter not accepting login

Hi,I discovered two hours ago that my twitter account associated with the HTC Sense wasn't syncing at all,a message about server not responding was displayed.All other accounts like google, facebook,flickr all seem to be ok. So,I decided to remove the twitter account from "Account&Sync" and recreate it with the same username and password but kept getting "invalid username and password" everytime.I signed in via web browser,the loving details were accepted. Does anyone have this same issue?
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nasimdejai said:
Hi,I discovered two hours ago that my twitter account associated with the HTC Sense wasn't syncing at all,a message about server not responding was displayed.All other accounts like google, facebook,flickr all seem to be ok. So,I decided to remove the twitter account from "Account&Sync" and recreate it with the same username and password but kept getting "invalid username and password" everytime.I signed in via web browser,the loving details were accepted. Does anyone have this same issue?
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I can confirm I'm having this EXACT same issue! It's just started happening! Thank goodness I'm not alone, for a second there I thought my phone was f*cked.
Downloaded official Twitter from the marketplace and that's working. Maybe Twitter has decided to block Peep for some reason?

Glad you mentioned this, I've flashed a few roms today and wiped my phone and changed my password - all because I couldn't log into Twitter with HTC Sense and like jedininja666 I thought my phone was broken! I'm getting a bit annoyed now! First the market stops working (download unsuccessful most of the time) and now this...

This is due to twitter changing thier authentication. Peep must used the old auth not the new one.
Read aboout it a few mins ago Twitter - Login Errors Your going to have to wait for HTC to update Peep.
Linkazoid

linkazoid said:
This is due to twitter changing thier authentication. Peep must used the old auth not the new one.
Read aboout it a few mins ago Twitter - Login Errors Your going to have to wait for HTC to update Peep.
Linkazoid
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Aaah thanks for the link! Makes sense. I just hope HTC update it soon

linkazoid said:
This is due to twitter changing thier authentication. Peep must used the old auth not the new one.
Read aboout it a few mins ago Twitter - Login Errors Your going to have to wait for HTC to update Peep.
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Thanks for the update,I thought I was going nuts when I couldn't retrieve my tweets via peeps. Hope HTC will sort out this issue cos I get most of my tech updates via tweeter.
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nasimdejai said:
Hi,I discovered two hours ago that my twitter account associated with the HTC Sense wasn't syncing at all,a message about server not responding was displayed.All other accounts like google, facebook,flickr all seem to be ok. So,I decided to remove the twitter account from "Account&Sync" and recreate it with the same username and password but kept getting "invalid username and password" everytime.I signed in via web browser,the loving details were accepted. Does anyone have this same issue?
Sent from my Archos5 using XDA App
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No problem here, I get twits thru FriendsStream widget and Peep without problem. No login errors. Using NexTSense v7.0.

I freakin' hate the Twitter Dev's for this. I'm sure it will be a while before HTC figures this out.

same problem
everything worked fine till yesterday. I did factory reset and now i am unable to log in to peep. Official client works fine, i can login through opera mobile, mobile web browser. But i want Friend Stream!

I use the official app as Peep is rubbish!!

No comments from HTC's official twitter account about this despite much angst from users.
The changes to the twitter authentication method have been public knowledge for nearly a year now and should have been dealt with before now... after all social integration is a key part of the Sense sales pitch...
The official twitter app is a poor substitute in my eyes...
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

elbowz said:
No comments from HTC's official twitter account about this despite much angst from users.
The changes to the twitter authentication method have been public knowledge for nearly a year now and should have been dealt with before now... after all social integration is a key part of the Sense sales pitch...
The official twitter app is a poor substitute in my eyes...
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How is it poor? Peep is a terrible app, HTC should've written the official app into 2.2 and done away with Peep altogether IMO. Having said that, I don't use FriendStream as I prefer to use the individual apps/widgets

+1..so terrible..twitter dev should inform HTC first before they made changes..now we users have to suffer for waiting the update from HTC!!
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+1..so terrible..twitter dev should inform HTC first before they made changes..now we users have to suffer for waiting the update from HTC!!
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They did - over 6 months ago!
This is HTC's fault pure and simple.
http://dev.twitter.com/pages/oauth_faq
Regards,
Dave

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How is it poor? Peep is a terrible app
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How is Peep terrible? Well, apart from not support OAuth!
I prefer Peep too - mostly because of the widget. I've installed the official Twitter app now as Peep isn't working, but I still prefer Peep.
I rather like Touiteur too, but you only get the widgets with the paid version, and since Peep is fine for me and free, I'd rather use that.
Regards,
Dave

Would it be correct to assume that you only experience this problem if you remove and readd your account, or if you are setting up a new rom ? Meaning, that until you don't log out, it stays in ???

andycted said:
Would it be correct to assume that you only experience this problem if you remove and readd your account, or if you are setting up a new rom ? Meaning, that until you don't log out, it stays in ???
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I found that whilst I could still update Twitter via Peep, I couldn't get any updates, rendering it rather useless.
Regards,
Dave

Around this time last year I was building Twitter integration into a website for client using ASP.NET and even then the Twitter developer site urged using oAuth instead of basic authentication. HTC obviously thought they wouldn't disable basic auth!

HTC Sync Manager Released - FINALLY!

Good news guys, HTC Sync Manager was released today. For those of you that care, the HTC Sync Manager supposedly offers much more functionality than the previous program HTC Sync. Not installed it myself yet, so can't comment much on stability etc, but I've been waiting for this for a long time!
Hit the following link to check it out!: http://www.htc.com/www/software/htc-sync-manager/
EDIT - Started using it, it's HTC's hit on iTunes, not as good as iTunes but EXTREMELY good for V1!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1665262

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wasn't released on UK site at time of posting

Facebook connection and sync with contacts

Greetings people!
First I would like to express to everyone my best wishes for the upcoming new year and then ask for your help with a problem I encountered.
It seems that my M9 doesn't give me the option to connect a facebook account to each of my contacts.
In a contact I have telephone number and mail and it also allows me to add twitter account and LinkedIn and LinkedIn for sense but not the facebook profile of the contact(person).
I tried all I could think of with no results.
Coming from the M7 I remember this was available and it also synced with facebook account of the contact.
I would be grateful if someone would enlighten me on how to "fix" this
Sent from my HTC One M9 using XDA Free mobile app

It's caused by a recent change FB updated in his app. Facebook simply no longer supports the contact sync for Android phone with Android 5.1.1 later releases.
On the Facebook community forum, as far as I read, they stated: “Unfortunately, this feature is no longer available. If you would like to provide feedback to the product team about this, please visit our Help Center.”
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Looks like this app fixes the "issue" :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.michaelflisar.socialcontactphotosync

k0rner said:
Looks like this app fixes the "issue" :
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.michaelflisar.socialcontactphotosync
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Yes it does, if one only wants the pictures. It doesn't help to sync the mobile numbers - if a user has one in his FB account - so this feature is definitely lost
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