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[HD2 General] brucegil:
HD2 on AT&T Has Been OK for Me

I got a T-Mobile account last year to get the HD2. (I'm a Luddite who wanted to keep using my WM6 applications I have had for years, and the HD2 is probably the last WM6x device.) But I have had an AT&T account since 1993, and my daughter has an iPhone, so taking the family to T-Mobile was out of the question.

When I dropped my T-Mobile account after 6 months ($200 cancellation charge or almost 3 months of my normal monthly costs) and moved my HD2 to AT&T, I did not see much drop off in speed - some but acceptable as I am not a constant web user. Plus I have WiFi at work and at home, so that helps.

I was hoping this change might get me better service, but according to a couple of posts here, that won't happen.

I understand the possible cost issues for T-Mobile users (and current AT&T users), but note that nothing is likely to happen for at least another year. Even if the merger is approved, we might not see a full change for several more months after that. By then your current contracts with T-Mobile probably will be up, and you can do whatever you want. Personally, I will look at moving on to the latest iPhone (6?) or the lastest Android (2.9999 or 4.0?) with quad-processors, 1024x768 screen, 64 GB of memory and, of course, true 4G data speeds, all at a discounted price of $199 for a 2-year contract.
[HD2 General] kazzxtrismus:
in all likelyhood the tmobile frequencies will still exist and function for quite a while past the life of our HD2's

in canada here when this kind of thing happens (quite often in recent time)

the equipment is left running/installed.

the servers and all other aspects of the tech involved will stay in place and operating because its another means of utilizing bandwidth.

the servers dont care how the info got there or how it will be disposed of.. they will just process the data.

by addition the actual hardware doesnt care and is not frequency specific.

in can easily broadcast and receive on all the frequencies of both carriers.. and if some doesn't its a $10 modification to the antenna/transceiver.

if there is any disruption to the service it'll be a programmed and intentional attempt to get you to buy new HTC's.

the incredibly expensive transceivers are like a car radio with pre-set stations and an amp etc... or ok maybe more like a CB radio... but you get the point.
[HD2 General] T-Macgnolia:
You sound as if you might be more knowledgeable about the way the hardware of the towers operates and the way the phones hardware comunicates with the towers and visa versa. And I may be thinking totally wrong here. But AT&T has plainly stated that they plan to use T-Mobile's 3G frequencies for AT&T's LTE (4G) network. Now as you say this is still a year or more away at this point. The point I am making though is if AT&T uses these frequencies for thirr LTE then T-Mobile phones will nolonger be able to access theses frequencies as the output signals for those frequencies will not be the same anymore. Yes the T-Mobile branded phones will still recieve Edge but no 3G or 4G at all.

Check out the link in post #26 on page 3 of this thread.
[HD2 General] kazzxtrismus:
unlocked tmobile phones here are not completely compatible with the "rob-gers" (major carrier) network.

they are perfect for WIND.

that said unlocked with a rogers card there is still a data connection possible as the hsdpa frequencies are in addition to the standard quad band connection.

albeit a slower connection (2G common term here).

that said because they will be receiving and transmitting using those frequencies you should still connect with the "ALLOWED" bandwidth usage.

this is where things get tricky... in all likelihood it is completely possible to maintain the current connection speeds we have. as all 4+ pipelines to our phones will still be capable of a connection.

your car radio can receive many channels but its not done all at once.

your phone works on all the receiver capable channels at once. (kinda..j-a-g-d)

transceivers on the towers are capable of working many channels all at 1 time.

think about roaming.. how do you get full data in Germany?.. your phone info is in the data... but they have 4g+ for a long time now

older phones still connect using their fewer channels and connect at their highest capable speeds for that phone and location.

they are NOT non functional due to their being extra frequencies available.

think of having 20 modems connected to 20 phone/cable lines.

if you could...

only connecting 10 would still mean you ARE connected.

if AT&T allows this in their programming we and our phones will still work just fine.

when WIND stopped using rogers towers.. i had no disruption of service or major issues. (using software they turned off the frequencies)

if the towers are still using the frequencies and our phones can make a phone call... there is no reason we cannot have 3g+hsdpa

except being FORCED out
[HD2 General] kazzxtrismus:
its kinda like having 6 CB radio's on your kitchen table all on different channels.

if you were fast and coordinated enough you could carry 6 conversations with different people at the same time.

AT&T wants our 6 to add to their 6 so they have 12 to use.

to broadcast and receive make on a frequency requires ability and permission.

we have the ability... they may not give the permission.

think of the different

dsl speeds you can buy... same idea

cable internet speeds...... same idea

if the transceiver is on (capable) and working.. on those frequencies. we will have the capability.

permission is our problem
[HD2 General] wearefree:
Same here except I'm not going to EU :p
[HD2 General] T-Macgnolia:
Here is a little article all you T-Mobile customers might want to read. It pretty much comfirms AT&T will be shutting down T-Mobile's current 3G and 4G network so our current phones will not get 3G or 4G once they do. Yes it is in question when AT&T will do this but the point here is they will do this. Here is the link.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...nt-4g-hspa-phone-will-not-be-covered-by-both/
[HD2 General] Dr.8820:
here we go...

http://www.bgr.com/2011/04/21/att-makes-its-case-to-the-fcc-regarding-t-mobile-acquisition/
[HTC Inspire 4G] cobaltblue31:
hey guys so basically I was wondering if its possible to layer or combine widgets on the home screens in Android like you could in spb mobile shell ? the reason I ask is because I really like having my weather and clock together like say fancy widget but that doesn't allow as much customization as I would like any ideas ? thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] pside15:
I know Launcher Pro plus will let you resize widgets so you can overlap them. Not sure if this is what you are looking for but it was the only thing that I could think of.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mattmiller:
U mean like the picture sergio has for his coredroid Rom pics? I'm wondering myself
[HTC Inspire 4G] Aaron78:
Launcher Pro sucked on my Inspire. HAVE TO PAY to put widgets on....BS!!! Uninstalled it.
[HTC Inspire 4G] pside15:
Why is that bs? Do you think all apps should be free or something?

LPP is totaly worth the small price tag. It is a great app.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mattmiller:
File manager in market
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sgsI9003:
I would like to import my firefox bookmarks in to my android mobile is it possible?

ON my mobile I mostly use the stock internet browser or Dolphin HD, I cant figure out any way to import my bookmarks in any one of them.

I know its possible syncing firefox desktop to firefox mobile, but the mobile FF is not yet fully developed & is buggy.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PartTimeLegend:
I'm hoping someone can help.

I'm rooted with Radio S-OFF and ENG S-OFF, running LeeDrOiD 2.2.2 with Kernal 2.2.7.

I am trying to edit system/etc/hosts to remove all the adblock entries, as it's causing issues with Words with Friends, also I think blocking ads just hinders the development of decent applications in the future.

I've tried editing it with Astro File Manager, but I am told I have "insufficient privillages". I then connected via USB Debuggin and ran adb remount, which shows my system partition as mounted. However I still can't edit it.

I thought S-OFF was supposed to mount the system partition for you for good.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grobiedeb:
You can use root explorer found in market and then mount system as r/w. S-off gives you the ability to mount system r/w but its not by default r/w.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] youngmane:
Dose any one know a way to unlock the T-mobile G2 For free? Sorry if this is a repost.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hispeedworm:
Super cid .... sin unlock .... read the Wiki section .... gfree does what you want
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raitchison:
The recommended root method also sim-unlocks the phone, easy as pie.

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php...cess_.28Permanent_Root_.2F_.22Permaroot.22.29
[Epic 4G General] litechocolate:
At&t's acquisition of Tmobile may very well be one of the best things that ever hapened to sprint, leaving only one low priced nation wide carrier in the country. I predict that millions of former tmobile customers will have no where else to go but Sprint. Anyone disagree / agree with my prerediction? (excuae poor writing skills)
[Epic 4G General] DooneyInThaA:
Agreed
[Epic 4G General] Jayavarman:
What should Sprint do with Clearwire?
[Epic 4G General] litechocolate:
I dont havea clue. As I understand it, Sprint has plans of using its 800mhz spectrum for future 4g service. I don't know what they could possibly do with Clear's 2.5 GHZ spectrum.
[Epic 4G General] snowmanwithahat:
lol there goes the idea of sprint buying tmo....
[Epic 4G General] DarkManX4lf:
If Sprint bought T-Mobile I think it would hurt them ore than it would help.
[Epic 4G General] stir fry a lot:
Sprint is worth about $267.64, T-Mobile is more than they can afford pal.
[Epic 4G General] insanity213:
If this merger goes anything like the AT&T/Cingular merger the combined new company is bound to lose a ton of subscribers. That merger was a clusterfudge and a half and is the reason I'm a Sprint customer now.
[Epic 4G General] churro7:
I was a cingular customer during that time i didnt notice anything

Sent from Snarf with an Epic
[Epic 4G General] D3luSi0n4L:
If I had a good chunck of money lying around I'd invest in Sprint as they have big plans for the future. Restating what someone above already said, AT&T aquiring T-Mobile is just going ot increase Sprint's number of subscribers, paired with their rumored and "unofficial confirmed?" lol if that makes sense - decision to move to LTE and finally topped with next weeks CTIA event where some REAL nice phones / tablets are expected to drop - Sprint is in for a subscriber boost. I'm on Sprint right now with my Epic 4G and had plans to possibly switch to t-mobile or At&t but now that At&t is buying Tmobile and will probably eliminate all Unlimited plans and sprint will get some actually nice phones that don't have a keyboard - I am definitely going to be sticking around! Oh and besides all that I just moved to West hills and now I have beautiful 4G coverage ALL through my house with 5 -7 Mbps down and 1 - 2 Mbps up So I'm one happy camper and its all about to get better when I upgrade the day Sprint releases their new phones to the public! Man waiting really pays off!

Any more opinions anyone?

-D3luSi0n4L
[Epic 4G General] churro7:
You are amongthe select who has 4g

Sent from Snarf with an Epic
[Epic 4G General] abduljaffar:
Agree. Sprint should benefit in economy theory.
[Epic 4G General] insanity213:
Wow, you're quite lucky - or maybe I just wasn't so lucky. They screwed me around quite badly. I'm not going to turn this into a flame AT&T thread, but generally speaking I was with AT&T since the analog days and they made it impossible for me to continue to use them as a direct result of that merger. Took my 3 lines to Sprint and never looked back. Best wishes to any happy T-mobile users out there who are going to be converted if the feds approve this.
[Epic 4G General] churro7:
all I got was a bill with AT&T instead lol

I came to sprint because it was cheaper.

still true now
[Epic 4G General] insanity213:
Sorry, I have to rant here for a minute...

1st, I had just bought a new phone on the AT&T blue side. When they wanted to migrate me to the "orange" billing system because I wanted to up my minutes they told me I'd have to buy another new phone and I wasn't eligible for an upgrade. I wound up unlocking my phone myself and using the orange sim in it anyway.

Also, at the time I had 3 phone lines in 2 different area codes. They told me the new billing system wouldn't let me do that and I had to change a phone number that I had with them for several years. I ended up having to split the one line off onto its own account which cost quite a bit more per month but had no choice at the time and was generally happy with my coverage and equipment otherwise.

I also regularly dialed international long distance @ 85 cents/minute which equated to several hundred dollars a month (over $700 one month) which I always paid on time and with a smile. Shortly after they migrated my account I had an emergency while traveling and desperately needed to dial international which I was no longer able to do. I called AT&T post haste and they told me "We're sorry, since you've been a customer less than 90 days we cannot permit you to dial internationally". I explained the situation that since migrating to the new billing system I had a new account number and provided my old account number for them to verify. They claimed there was nothing they could do and I could appeal to a manager which would take 7-10 business days. I wound up talking to a complete stranger about my situation who let me use his landline. We had no idea what it would cost him to dial international from his line, so I gave him $50 which he refused but I insisted he take it. I moved carriers within days of that ordeal.

Thats just no way to treat an 8 year loyal, multi-line, international dialing customer dealing with a life and death situation. Money was never the issue, terrible customer relations was. Thats why I want to wish all those poor TMO users good luck - I hope they don't have the same experience.
[Epic 4G General] uranidiot:
great 4 sprint but this is BAD 4 us, y. cause there would be NOTHING to stop sprint from RAISING their rates or eliminating the unlimited plan. at&t would be the only GSM cell company in the US. in a way it would be a MONOPOLY! out of the 4 top carriers, sprint was the cheapest followed by t-mobile. FCC NEEDS 2 SQUASH THIS DEAL! unless metro pcs gets more towers, mark my words WE WILL SUFFER!
[Epic 4G General] Jayavarman:
Agreed. AT&T is going to screw everybody. Look what they are already doing to T-Mobile Girl.
[Epic 4G General] Overstew:
Looks like it may be time to buy some Sprint stock. :)

EDIT: LOL It went down 16% today.
[Vibrant General] fragmentttt:
does anyone know if there is an app that changes the layout of the homescreen? like 5x5 for icons, 6x6 (instead of the stock 4x4).
[Vibrant General] MilkPudding:
ADW Ex. (Free ADW may work too, I'm not sure.)

You can have up to 10x10 and icon size is adjustable too.
[Vibrant General] dougstoner:
Adw ex is awesome. Well worth the money, trust me.
[Vibrant General] fragmentttt:
Is there an actual app instead of a custom launcher?
[Vibrant General] keda51:
Launcher Pro also is a good choice
[Vibrant General] Romanbb:
It would require a modified version of TouchWiz Launcher. There may be some floating around on XDA. Google search something like

"site:xda-developers.com touchwiz launcher modified"
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] natenute:
Just flashed tigers blood and tried to use voltage control on one of the suggested settings in the thread. It froze after I saved the settings and it freezes upon reboot as well. I reinstalled the kernal and now when my phone goes to sleep the buttons on the bottom of the phone stay lit up. Any ideas?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Romanbb:
If you have profiles on setcpu enabled, delete them.

Or try flashing a different kernel to clear the settings up? (Not sure if this will work?)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sym_Link:
Do you have BLN turned on? There is a BLN app installed with the kernel. If BLN is turned on, whenever you have a notification (gmail, mms, etc.) the bottom lights will light up. It is a feature, but you can disable it with the BLN app. As far as your phone freezing, be sure to only hit "Apply for now" in the Voltage control app until you are sure your phone is stable with your settings. That way if things go wrong, a reboot will set you back to default. Once you know it is stable then "Set on boot".
[Defy General] imbeci1e:
My phone loses signal often without any obvious reason - i.e. I've placed it on a table where the coverage is 100% and just leave it like this, but suddenly there's no signal at all. Usually in a while the connectivity is restored, but sometimes it just gets stuck without signal (installed "No signal alert" to monitor it).

I'm in Bulgaria, so there should be no problems with the UK release. I tried with 3.4.3-11 and 3.4.2-155, loosing signal on both. I just downgraded to 3.4.2-145 and the signal is stable for now...

For the record, I tested it with "clean" install - wiped, then flashed the SBF - no root, no clockwork recovery, no custom ROM, no apps...and the phone keeps loosing signal pretty often.

Anyone else noticed such behavior?
[Defy General] imbeci1e:
Hmm, I'm loosing signal with 3.4.2-145 as well...I'll try with different operator to see if there's difference. The other option is to downgrade to Eclair - which I guess is not an option anymore after flashing Froyo...
[Defy General] 31stfreak:
I'm currently using the 3.42.155 and haven't really experienced signal losses. Could it be that you must get your hardware checked? I hope you solve it soon! Goodluck!
[Defy General] unrafa:
3g and Voice calls are related, when you receive a voice call 3g is dropped, and when you hang up the phone its resumed, but if you have the wrong baseband it could happen the opposite, signal reception drops when 3g is transmiting/receiving.

This may be your case,

To the point Bad 3g speed / bad signal / drops in signal / drops in 3g, all is repaired just changing the baseband.

try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=944258
[Defy General] imbeci1e:
Sorry I left the thread without update - it turned out the SIM got defective, it just coincided with the Froyo upgrade and mislead this is the cause. After I downgraded to 2.1 it kept loosing coverage, than I moved the SIM to an old Sony Ericsson and I got "SIM Inactive" error...I don't get it why Android/Motorola can't distinguish such hardware defects...
[Defy General] lanfearxt:
not sure if it's your SIM, but when i was on 3.4.2-145, i also have this same problem. Had a friend with a Nokia but same operator, had 100% coverage and my phone with EMERGENCY CALL only. But it comes back in a while or so. Not sure if it's the ROM or not, but now with LiquidArc (with 3.4.3-11), signal seems to be very good, or at least on par with the dumb-phones
[Desire General] PartTimeLegend:
So today, I ran Unrevoked against a Desire I had spare.

It ran perfectly, even with the repeated "This was a triumph" messages followed by a Done.

The first reboot after intial load went to a boot loop that goes "HTC ... Blank Screen... HTC ... Blank Screen".

I booted to the bootloader, and then loaded Recovery which doesn't respond to volume up or down at all. Reboot, causes the loop to start again.

Any advice? I'm a little concerned I've really killed it.
[Desire General] TheGhost1233:
In recovery use the dpad.
[Desire General] PartTimeLegend:
I can't believe how dumb I was with this.

I used the trackball/pad thing. Though when I go to Flash zip from sdcard, it just takes me back to reboot system now.

I've got a replacement ordered.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alijanismayilov:
Hi everyone. My question is, is there any theme that have MS Windows 7 AERO effects instead of plain transparent effect. I am not a developer or advanced user, I am normal guy that appreciates all XDA`s developers and all stuff what helps us to develop and make our ANDROID phones simply the best. But no one from theme creators do not use WINDOWS 7 aeroglass effect instead of just trasparent. Why? Is it that hard? There are so many themes, but I can`t use them just because of transparent effect in expanded notification area or somewhere else where pop-ups comes with an information and I can`t see anything because the fonts are mixed to each-other. My sight is a little bit bad, and when fonts are on each-other I can`t read anything..... Is it only me complaining? Theme creators, do something please. I am more than confident that WINDOWS 7 aeroglass effect will be more attractive and better looking than the old-fashion and plain transparent effect. :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alijanismayilov:
I see. It is only me complaining. Nevermind.
[Thunderbolt General] CoolRalph:
is there anyway to change the lcd density of the thunderbolt ? i tried lcd density changer and lcddensity for root from the market and neither worked
[Thunderbolt General] youneek:
If you have root then you can use root explorer to mount /system as r/w and then you can find the lcd density line in the build.prop and change it.
[Thunderbolt General] superchilpil:
Edit the build prop
[Thunderbolt General] tgwaste:
i tried a vew lcd changes and it makes things look bad. I tried 160 and 290
[Thunderbolt General] CoolRalph:
worked fine thanks, didnt really help tho so i reverted lol
[Thunderbolt General] lu270bro:
changed it to 220. worked well. changes wont take effect till reboot btw. for anybody wanting to know its inside system folder. long press on build.prop and open in text editor. save and exit and it will auto backup old settings automagically.
[Thunderbolt General] runhopskipjump:
I recommend somewhere between 220 and 200. 200 is perfect for me with zeam launcher. crisp ui and smaller icons.
[Thunderbolt General] lu270bro:
220 is a good number with ADW EX. very crisp as well. havnt tried anything lower cuz i proly wont be able to see it...half blind already
[Thunderbolt General] tgwaste:
agreed. 220 is good with adw
[Thunderbolt General] youneek:
I'm using LP and like 185. There's a discussion in the general section.
[Thunderbolt General] bmcclure937:
Will custom ROMs incorporate the improved LCD Density? I know this is up to the developer... but I have never owned a device with a 4.3" display that benefits from modified density so I am unsure if ROMs usually include this :)
[Thunderbolt General] two_cents:
Any reason why I can't get system to change to r/w? Would like to edit the build prop but can't get root explorer to switch to r/w... Tried lcd density app also and it didn't work... Running adryns .9 rom if it matters
[Thunderbolt General] mycomputerisjunk:
He says that his ROM can lose root. Instructions to repair it in the first post. That is likely why you can mount r/w.

On a side note, I have LauncherPro installed and the density is set to 200. Love it, just hate that the status bar icons are bury, so I hide them for now.
[Thunderbolt General] two_cents:
I have root... set cpu/ titanium and wireless tether work fine... just can't get root explorer to switch r/w in system... no big deal I'll see what I can do if I switch back to the stock .6 rom just wanted to see what the fuss is about
[Thunderbolt General] Geegolly:
get the "mount /system" app.

Can also mount the system in the Terminal Emulator app.
[Thunderbolt General] two_cents:
that worked... dont know why root explorer wouldn't let me do it... thank you
[Thunderbolt General] Hemorrdroid:
Nice, didnt know about the app. For some reason mine doesnt want to do R/W in Root explorer either.

I used Terminal emulator, heres the code if anyone wants to use that.

su

mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
[Thunderbolt General] scottricketts:
Root Explorer did the trick for me. Tho with 200, Rosie doesn't seem happy so I put ADW EX back on and things are back in the pink.