HTC HD2 – Error [260] : Connection

T-Mobile has a ROM upgrade for HTC HD2 (check here). I tried installing and ran into this error 260. After connecting my phone to my PC (which sync up using ActiveSync on my Windows XP machine), I started the installer that I downloaded from T-Mobile website. Then went through the setup steps. When the installation began, my phone screen changed to a tri-color screen. Then active sync showed ‘Not connected’. A few moments later, the RUU (ROM Upgrade Utility) stopped the installation and displayed the error 260 message and I had to exit out of the installer.
Turned out Windows was not recognizing my HTC HD2. So this was what I did and was able to upgrade my ROM. This might work for you as well.
1. Start the upgrade process and continue until you get the 260 error. Exit out of the installer.
2. DO NOT disconnect your phone.
3. On your PC, goto Control Panel. Open Add Hardware.
4. Go through the wizard and locate your phone (starts with Qualcomm) which should be displayed with an exclamation mark. Select it and click next.
5. Let windows automatically find and install the drivers for your phone.
6. Restart the installer that you downloaded from T-Mobile website. The upgrade will probably go through fine now.

This worked for me and might work for you as well. No guarantees whatsoever :).

HTC HD2 – MP3 Trimmer

I couldn’t fnd MP3 Trimmer on my HTC HD2 so I had to install it manually.
This is how I did it:
1. Go to this page from your HTC HD2 internet browser.
2. Once the page loads and you see ‘Click here to start download’, tap on that link area. Save the cab file to
somewhere on your phone.
3. After the download is complete, open the cab file from whereever you saved it to. Check the security
message and proceed to install ONLY if you are ok with the security warning. MP3 Trimmer will be installed.
You will see the install successful message…

That’s it! You will see the MP3 Trimmer in ‘Start-> Multimedia’. Simple, right?

Hope that helps…
– C S

Install program on Windows Mobile device using msi/exe file…

It is easy to install a program on your windows mobile device using .msi or .exe files. You don’t necessarily need the .cab files. But before you can use the .msi/.exe file, you should install Microsoft ActiveSync on your PC. After that, download the .msi/.exe file onto your PC. Then connect your Windows Mobile device to the PC (when you connect the device, ActiveSync detects the device and syncs with it). After successfully connecting your device to the PC, you can just double click the .msi/.exe file and start the installation on your PC. Go through the install wizard and complete the install process. At the end of the process, AtiveSync takes charge and copies over the required files to your windows mobile device. At the end, ActiveSync asks you to check your device for further info on the installation process (some programs may not need any additional steps but some might). I installed Office Communicator Mobile 2007 R2 on my HTC HD2 and after ActiveSync copied over the required files to my phone, I could see a .CAB file being installed on my phone. I wasn’t prompted for any more steps. It just finished the install by itself.
See, easy right?
Have fun..
– C S

HTC HD2 – Dial a ‘Pause’

It is common nowadays to dial a number and then dial some other number (like an extension or another number if the first number is a calling card, 1800 number or something..). You can easily do this automatically via your contacts. For example, I have an international calling card. To call an international number, I have to dial a local US number (say 1234567890) which then asks me to dial the international number (say 0987654321) followed by a # key. Before, I used to dial the first number (saved in my contacts) and then I used to dial the international number and the #. Now, I just saved it as 1234567890,0987654321# in my HTC HD2 contacts. And I simply call from contacts. The phone first calls the number before the ‘,’ (comma) and then ‘pauses’ once and then dials the rest of the numbers (including the #). Note that each comma represents a pause. So if you include two commas, the phone pauses twice before dialing the following number.

Hope this helps.
– C S