yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Droid X General] thewahlrus:
Can they do that? I did all of thee above. However I didn't steal wifi tether like most of you a holes. I rooted so I could remove crap like NFS and kindle and play angry birds without ads (I would've paid if they'd let me). Whatever, I'd just leave VZW. F**k their ETF, I got other bills I'm not paying.
[Droid X General] jeraspie28:
Seriously, one way or another everyone's dx was purchased (not leased) at some time which makes it your property, not Verizon's. Is there really any harm in customizing your phone? Or having access to the system files of the phone?
[Droid X General] EXQEX9:
I call shenanegains.
[Droid X General] tyvallely:
As of now I dont give a f if they think they can suspend my account because I'll stay on the phone all day complaining about how the phone sucked anyway and how many problems it had.
[Droid X General] tyvallely:
Yeah they can and that's why everyone is unfolding as we speak.:( Also I removed all the apps and **** that came on the phone and slowed it down. But I do have to confess if I knew ahead of time that they were gonna do this I would never used wifi tether.
[Droid X General] tyvallely:
Oh and by the way if wifi tether is such a problem than why is it on the market? And legally wifi tether is totally different from the 3G hotspot because if you compare the two wifi tether has more options and was available first. Also the developers can decide the fees of wifi tether but another company can't just rise there fee prices.
[Droid X General] tyvallely:
No not at all there is nothing wrong with having access to system files and making your phone suitable for the way you use it. Good point.
[Droid X General] bL33d:
Does no body have a sack or what these are our phones if we mod them it's are business wifi tether is different but modding ur own hardware is ur right not a privilege.

There are other carriers mainly sprint and the soon nexus s so let them piss me off I got 3 smart phones with unlimited data and will leave in a heart beat.
[Droid X General] drummynator:
Great. First I hear motorola us locking boot loaders, and now verizon is banning data if they catch you rooted. What's next?

Sent from my Focused DROID X
[Droid X General] randroid123:
Actually from a software standpoint 3g hotspot and tethering are VERY different. Tethering programs such as Wireless Tether for root users are using an Ad-hoc network that can only connect to one device at a time. Also Ad-hoc uses much more power and essentially all it is is usb tethering without the chord which is built into vanilla android and wireless providers have no authority to limit us from doing this. 3g mobile hotspot on the other hand is a service that Verizon provides that essentially makes your phone into a true wireless router. You are capable of attaching to numerous devices (up to 5?) and this is not an Ad-hoc network but a true wirless (wifi) network that, I believe, works just like your ethernet router at home.

What Verizon is doing here is trying to block the competition by baking this security feature into their phones, forcing you to use their 3g hotspot - this is why the free hotspot hack still works, they werent trying to target those using the TBH patch to "borrow" this service, they are targeting application's developed to circumvent the 3g mobile hotspot app all together. Its really a joke if you ask me and completely goes against what android stands for.

Verizon could give a crap about android though, thats why they attempt to put things like the VZ app store in to place so they can monitor the programs they offer (finally they have the iphone, its like a match made in heaven!) I dont know at what point exactly verizon started becoming Nazis, but thats what it has become. If they could, they would circumvent any openess that is offered from their phones through google and they are clearly making as many steps as possible toward this goal.

F@ck off verizon, Ill switch over to a pre-paid plan and unlock a cool android phone for it next time, the best network can go F it self.
[Droid X General] Sirschiz:
Hold up...

Wait just a moment. Wasn't there something not that long ago. That a judge ruled that a "Jailbreak" wasn't illegal? That once you've purchased a device legally, you are therefore able to do what you wish, as long as you stay within the confines of the law? How does rooting break the law? You're not stealing intellectual property. You're not harming anyone. Last I heard, Google is still claiming Android is OPEN SOURCE (that is until Honeycomb..A-holes) right? Most of us are forced into 2 yr contacts at $30 plus a month for unlimited data. So, let me ask. Is it illegal to buy a new car, buy some nice RIM's, drop a few 12's in the trunk, tint the windows, and add some nitrous under the hood to "Go Fast, Go Fast"!? I think not!

Now to those who've abused these cool hacks, then it's to your shame that we are now facing these possibilities. Just because you can break the rules, doesn't mean everyone should.

But then again, who am I? Just another rooted fool that believes in Democracy, Liberty 2.0 and justice for all! ;)
[Droid X General] erik077:
I dont have verizont but here is what I think... you signed agreement with data plan and stopping you to have that same data resulting in breaking your agreement from their side (since there is no part in signed agreement about addressing posible banning if you doing one or other thing). Yes they may use it to track you down and void your warranty if any, but other like stopping services I would say NO WAY.
[Droid X General] tyvallely:
I want to get out of motorola...any quick ideas/fixes?????
[Droid X General] SysAdmin-X:
Before everyone has their piss fits (which it seems everyone already has)...

Yes there are a lot of policies that are being pushed through corporate carriers to limit what users are doing with their phones. While I'm still not sure of the validity of P3droid's information, he generally isn't one to screw with people, and generally is here to support and help the Android Community. This doesn't mean I'm agreeing with anything P3droid says, but just watch for things to pop up. There are tons of rumors that cirulate about Wireless carriers and policies.

This is the one thing about XDA that I'm not a huge fan of...one rumor or possible truth comes out, and it blows up into a massive panic attack from everyone that has enough posts to comment in the forum.

Give this some time and watch how things pan out. These phones weren't supposed to be able to be rooted or do a lot of other things, and look where the Dx is now?

I'm sure that the hacking/modding community for android will be around quite a while. There will always be a battle between phone carriers and the community and the hackers winning and the carriers working to patch things.

Give this all some time and watch it pan out before we all start whining and switching to Sprint...
[Droid X General] tyvallely:
If they let me out of my contract....black and yellow.......SPRINT <3
[Droid X General] OSDroid:
Not to throw fuel into the file (so to speak), but the contracts are for their use and protection, not ours.

Think about it. They can legally change the rules mid contract. If you want specifics, look at your credit card contract. They can change the interest rate at the drop of a pin if it looks like they can make more money off you. It's not right nor fair, but it is what we live with when we want to do business.

Now, it is not illegal to root our devices. Thank the hackers of the iPhone. Like said before, it is our phone, not theirs. We paid for it. Sure it was subsidized by the excessive charges VZW puts on us, but the phone is ours.

They are just looking for more revenue.

If I were in the management at VZW, I'd have to insist that the return on investment for developing these tools for tracking us vs losses would have to prove positive.

Anyway, enough of a rant.

BTW, when did this information come out? 01-Apr? April Fools day? Are we all fools?
[Droid X General] Ben's:
If it is indeed an April Fools Day joke, it's going to ruin the credibility of a respected developer.

Everyone just needs to relax and like SysAdam-X stated, one rumor makes everyone freak out for no reason without no absolute concrete evidence.

I mean, look...everyone is freaking out about a single post and in that thread, I don't see anything official, a link or any other proof this is going to happen. Where's everyone common sense gone :p?
[Droid X General] DjGeraldo:
I say april fools joke, I've talked to people about jailbreaking and rooting, all I've ever heard is "well we dont want you to but if you do, it will void your warranty".
[Droid X General] cstrife999:
One post by a user over the entire internet is not evidence... Also please stop spamming the forums on every category...
[Droid X General] cstrife999:
No "news" ever came out. Do a google search it either links to one of the posters threads or the original ps3droid post. No other evidence or even a shread. Plus Motorola and Verizon announced recently they are upgrading Zoom tablets to 4g even if they are rooted. After talking to now several Verizon reps I got the same response and one even laughed at how stupid this is.
[Droid X General] tyvallely:
I called Verizon and the person I talked to said they have heard about that but they can't confirm anything right now.
[Droid X General] cstrife999:
Really? You must have had the one rep that I didn't call. I've talked to five different people. Trish, Michael, Jeff, Brad and just recently Thomas. Seriously there is no shred of evidence besides the post of one user. Just recently weren't we all burned by a joke a dev pulled about Droid X bootloader being unlocked. I've google searched for hours. No hits except original post and the ones made by you. Seriously either you are trying to spread mass garbage or you are one of those that believe it. Trust me this is far from true. Never will be and never has been. This makes no sense when Verizon and Motorola just showed root friendly attitude... Think about it and stop panicking my man.
[Droid X General] axlx1:
Nope this won't happen. Look and modmyi.com for the iphone apple has been trying constantly to kill the jb community.

The united states government ruled in favor of the jailbreaking community along with severeral other modding devices saying in summary a person that buys a device and keeps it in their pocket has the right to do what ever the hell they want with it.

If Verizon does anything like what is being said here they are going to have massive legal issues. I can't see them dealing with that since no doubt Cydia vs Apple clearly depicts a decision in favor of Cydia. Only thing I see them doing is just making updates for security

Yes I don't post much on my droid so sorry for grammar or any missed info on this post but there are past attempts at this idea. (Apple had plans to be able to remotely rip apps off peoples I phone if they deemed it unworthy before the government ruleing)
[Droid X General] mark manning:
I thought the supreme court said root/jailbreaking is our right.
[Droid X General] luke1333:
agree 100% +1
[Droid X General] Nolimitz84:
April fools joke imo!
[Droid X General] Steven58AF:
The VZW CSR's and Tech support team reads the same forums as we do. We're parroting information in a big circle. They are basically confirming they read the same rumor on xda as we did. :rolleyes:

I'm beginning to think this is all BS.
[Droid X General] turkeylover1:
Yes!
[Droid X General] lithiasalesjs:
If any of you think Verizon is tracking rooted phones your gullible. Its what .004% that actually know how to hack a phone ... get real. I will continue to tether my phone .... get at me Verizon
[Droid X General] lithiasalesjs:
And the fact it would more then likely cost them more money to try prevent it then they are losing to the small percentage of rooted users.
[Droid X General] jnehama:
Thank you, thank you. That's exactly it, the information is going around in a big circle and each report, article refers to the previous post article as proof. And on top of that, as any child knows from the game telephone (lol) the information gets even more distorted and absurd. A claim that the carriers may be monitoring who does not take updates (true or not) becomes a full fledged conspiracy with all root users being denied their service, sometime in may or june. Non specific uncertain info becomes proven plans. And people are flying back to froyo. We've done verizons work for them, by scaring everybody!
[Droid X General] cstrife999:
+1. Perhaps the user spamming these forums with these posts works for Verizon and wants to scare us... +1 for conspiracy theories!!!
[Droid X General] tyvallely:
Go over to droid-life.com and look for the post that talks about the whole verizon & motorola. Tell me once you've openly minded read it and tell me what you think.
[Droid X General] _Viper_:
If this is true then I will take my money to Sprint and buy an Evo 3d.
[Droid X General] cstrife999:
I could have posted that for all you know. It's not about being open minded. Anyone can post ANYTHING on the internet. Usually when he is the ONLY ONE to do it... Well yea draw a conclusion. Also when reps from the company in question think it's funny. Give us one little article from a blog other than his. Anything... Engadget usually is pretty big on rumours... Nothing there... Techcrunch.... Nothing there... Are you not understanding what I am everyone else are saying. Not only is your claim invalid and unsupported, but out claims are supported by Verizon and Motorola's recent support for root users... What is your rebuttal?
[Droid X General] MasteRaven:
Can they do this? There's a ton of root users on their network. I use root for roms and oc, but nothing else. Would the phone still have wifi capabilities though? I wonder too if we could unroot and flash back to stock before this happens?
[Droid X General] MasteRaven:
If you wanted to return to full stock OTA, would maderstcok.zip flash help to receive OTA Gingerbread update? Then reroot after Official Gingerbread?
[Droid X General] raziel36:
Seriously.. we're all going to assume that P3Droid is making this up? The guy that somehow manages to get early leaks and has worked his ass off for this community.. really? He's always the one with new stuff, before anyone else.. that alone says that he has credible connections and information.

Do any of these tech blog sites get the leaks or even know about them until it's released by P3 and TBH? Nope, so why point to their lack of coverage as proof of anything?

Yes, the bootloader crack was fake.. but was also done by someone with a history of such BS. Again, this doesn't fit with P3.

Ask the developer of your favorite ROM why they were able to make that ROM... it's because of a leak, that came from where? Oh, that's right.. the one guy that consistently makes our user experiences better... but yeah, you're right.. he's just ****ing with you and doesn't know ****..

I get it.. you want that to be the truth, and will convince yourself no matter what. But to piss on the credibility of one of the main reasons we have what we have.. is just pathetic, guys.

Any claims to what Verizon plans on doing with their info, are still speculation, so.. to the OP, of this thread, I agree that there's clearly no proof we will be denied services.. and you should not claim that, at this time. Something IS going on, though, whether we like it or not.
[Droid X General] lithiasalesjs:
lololol paranoid people makes me lawl
[Droid X General] willjohnson:
So... Can someone please tell me what the difference between tethering on a cpu and surfing the web on your phone is(other than a bigger keyboard and screen). we pay for unlimited data usage anyway. They are already combating this by throttling. I think this is as far as it will go. Seems to me tracking what someone does with their phones to the level discussed on p3's original post its a gross invasion of privacy. Just my humble opinion.
[Droid X General] cstrife999:
How about my counter evidence genius? Verizon and Motorola allowing 4g upgrades to rooted zooms? This is BS I don't care who he is. He's one person with zero backing. I could post anything I want too doesn't make it true. This is the truth. Back P3droid all you want when nothing happens you will realize how stupid this whole thing sounds...
[Droid X General] raziel36:
Your counter evidence has nothing to do with phones.. it's a tablet. Verizon also sells netbooks, which a tablet is basically a variant of. Provide some proof that they are supporting rooted phones, then we'll talk... genius.
[Droid X General] cstrife999:
It's verizon and motorola and an android device... That gets 3g service... Form factor is the only difference. OR how they currently replace rooted phones for warranty replacement like my fascinate... Yea dude just admit this is bull**** and get over it. This is a fear campaign nothing more.
[Droid X General] kendive:
I would just say Bye Bye to Verizon... For good
[Droid X General] sunder74:
We can rant and complain all we want. But the fact is tethering in and of itself is a separate paid service which rooted tethering circumvents so there is validity to the carriers actions. Also a lot of people who failed to properly follow instructions and return rooted devices they bricked for warranty exchange are putting us on the radar. This is clearly fraud because of the phone being rooted. (Most of these devices are on contract activation subsidies so the carrier/manufacturers eat the cost of the fraudulent exchanges.) If it does come to pass we as a community have to accept a degree of responsibility for whatever actions are taken.
[Droid X General] sunder74:
Its not just big red brother... :(
[Droid X General] kendive:
A Man... I will be gone too...

Be careful Verizon. You will loose alot of Business. Not a good time to be making customers mad...
[Droid X General] luigi90210:
you guys are taking this a bit to far

1 this is just a rumor there is no proof besides the fact that p3droid has said it and im not trying to discredit p3droid or anything but if p3droid said if you dont jump up and down 3 times and scream i love apple, every carrier known to man(and some only known to dolphins)will cancel your contract, would you believe it? i think not, so as far as im concerned its just some rumor that someone said on the internet on april fools day

2 you guys are taking it way to seriously, your acting like if the CEO of every carrier came out on TV and said that they will cancel everyone who has a rooted android and make them pay ETF

and finally verizon has always been able to see what is on your device, what OS its running on, and what you do with it

its not something new that was just implimented, they have always been able to see what is running on their network just like how ISPs can see what OS is on your computer when you connect to the internet without a router

plus this is in the wrong section

i dont see how this has anything to do with themes or apps
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Kal*El:
Since I'm new to the Evo, coming from a waste of time Fruit phone (pun intended) I want to help out in the XDA community.. I'm still learning and would love to partner up with some of you boot animators splash etc....

I will update as much as I can... So come back for new swag.. This is the "pimp my droid" thread...

This is by far the best forum I've joined..

So with that said I'm going to start adding my flare of splash screens for your viewing pleasure.. I'm a huge Super Hero fan along with other ideas for splash screen.

I'm open for ideas, but want to add more splash screens to the community.. We all have our own ideas but I'd like to add my own swag to the bunch.. .

___________________________________________________________________

DISCLAIMER: YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR PHONE!! IF YOU MESS UP THEN......YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL FOR READING LESSONS!!

HOW TO

:

1. Download “Filename”.zip and choose save location

2. Choose the PC36IMG.zip file and move/copy it to the root of your sdcard

3. Load your phone into Bootloader

4. Once you in the Bootloader it will automatically search for the PC36IMG.zip (NOTE: make sure your in the Bootloader and not in fastboot! If in fastboot, select [using volume UP/DOWN] Bootloader then press your Power button)

5. It will tell you it has located the file and ask if you would like to UPDATE (it will say “press vol up for yes, vol down for no”) press VOLUMEup and update the splash.

6. It will go through a quick update sequence then ask “would you like to reboot the device? Press VOLUMEup for yes or VOLUMEdown for no” Press VOLUMEup and reboot your phone.

7. ENJOY! :D

****When you download the file just remove the "name in the file" and leave the PC36IMG****

Please feel free to Donate....:)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] redm1st:
sweet designs/splashes.

Custom Splash Screens by RedM1st
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dased14:
Nice stuff, really like the crime scene on one
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Kal*El:
Thanks Dased... Just want to share some of my personal preferences on here...
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Kal*El:
Here's more to add to your splash..

The Latest Uploads
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] dased14:
Thats some really sick **** what did you make the fruitslice on

Sent from my SPH-P100 usineg XDA App
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Kal*El:
The fruit slice was actually a pic a friend of mine sent me to pick fun at Apple....so I figured it could be a cool splash
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] 12MaNy:
Fruit slice is badass bro. Thought about converting it as well but didn't have time, glad someone finally did. :)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Kal*El:
Thanks.....stay tuned for more to come..

Saw a lot of ideas and will get some added...
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] androidsupra:
definately some great stuff man, gonna be putting fruit slice on the wifes evo soon.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] ttkyles:
request

first off love your work.That NY Giant splash is my favorite
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] ttkyles:
ok no response
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Kal*El:
Ttkyles sorry Im not ignoring you..LOL...as far as a splash for your device I can see what I can do for ya
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Abstract520:
Can't wait to see more of these great stuffs.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Kal*El:
Abstract for sure.....will be uploading some more shortly
[G2 and Desire Z General] gizzymo:
I have a HTC Vision/G2. and my touch panel seems like its not calibrated right. like when i tap on something it thinks i long pressed it. also when i scroll it jumps around alot. It originally did it to me when it was running the stock rom. but i rooted it and flashed a few different roms but it still sems to be out or wack. i have downloaded and installed and tried the HTC Calibration app. still no luck. am i going to have to get a new touch panel or is this a software thing? PLEASE HELP!!!
[G2 and Desire Z General] TheToiletSpaula:
only thing i can recommend is to try another rom, or perhaps open your phone and reconnect the touch panel ribbons. sometimes resetting the ribbons into the correct position works.

my phone had some problems with sensitivity from a fall and i opened it/reconnected to ribbons and it was fixed.
[G2 and Desire Z General] gizzymo:
Where can i get the tool to open it? The warranty is already out so might as well....
[G2 and Desire Z General] Skellyyy:
How is the warranty out? HTC give 24 month warranty. :eek:
[G2 and Desire Z General] chancy319:
THIS................
[G2 and Desire Z General] eunkipark92:
Because you have to remove the void sticker to open up your g2 which will remove your warranty. And it comes with only 1year warranty. If I'm not wrong europe is the only continent that have 2year warranty
[G2 and Desire Z General] gizzymo:
well i havent taken the sticker off yet. and there is no water damage. and tmobile said the warranty is out but has the G2 even been out for a year! so im goin to complain.... there is no way this device is a year old!
[G2 and Desire Z General] gizzymo:
after 4 calls with customer service I had gotten the OK for a warranty exchange. Going to go to the store and swap out later. Hopefully this one doesn't do the same....