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[Samsung Mesmerize] capocaccia:
Hey guys I did a search and poked around on here but couldnt find what I needed.

Alright, im asking this question for a friend. He has a Showcase and he tried to flash a rom, resulting in the phone not being able to get past the recovery screen. I tried using odin and flashing the Eclair 2.2.1 rom to no avail. It gives me a wipe data failed and wipe cache failed. Personally, I own a captivate and have successfully flashed many roms but this phone uses some different stuff.

Im wondering if there is a way I can do a complete wipe from the recovery screen, and then load a stock rom?

If so, should I attempt to use kies post wipe or flash manually?
[Samsung Mesmerize] Onebryteday:
Well here is a link that is a step by step to get back to either

Eclair 2.1 or Froyo 2.2 for Showcase owners.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11291692#post11291692

I own a Mesmerize so I don't have any experience with a Showcase

But elijahblake does. Don't forget to thank him for his guide in the link above.:)
[Samsung Mesmerize] Onebryteday:
Did you get the phone restored?:)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] incubus26jc:
There is an awful lot of dust building up in the bottom left corner of my screen making it really hard to see the screen excpecially when im outside.

Anyone ever have this issue or know an easy way how i can get it out of there?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2776902:
I have a good bit of dust above the back and search keys. It's starting to get annoying. Especially on black backgrounds.

My 3rd generation iPod touch had the same problem. But I have the 4th gen and there's no dust whatsoever. But I'm pretty sure the screen and glass are fused together somehow.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k_nivesout:
I have this same issue on my old phone (D2), there's dust underneath the top layer of the screen that I can't seem to get out. Would definitely be interested in a solution for this.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donnyp1:
Dust in my screen, all we are is dust in my screen, yaaaa all we are is dust in my screen!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NemesisXV6800:
Same problem here but in the top left and now middle of the screen. When I had my Storm I took it in for this and they did replace the phone for me. Right now though I finally got a good dinc after two bad refurbished ones so I think I may hold onto it until my warranty runs out then take it apart and try to clean the dust out myself. From the disassembly videos it looks pretty easy but my only concern is that there is a missing (probably just a foam strip) and this will keep happening. I'd be interested to hear of other people with the same issue and their fixes. The dust is pretty annoying for me too, and especially noticeable in the sun.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donnyp1:
Do you guys use invisishield? With my shield an silicone case. , my phone is completely encased.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2776902:
I like to run all my stuff nude. No case, no screen protector. Save for my iPad, it has the Apple case so its easier to type on. No screen protection though. I prefer the feel of the glass.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donnyp1:
The shield is awesome, well worth it. Feels great and does not scratch. The silicone has saved my bacon more than once. Phone looks brand new, had it since day one.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luke1987:
+1 for screen protector (invisishield is too sticky for me, I like the cheap ones). But if you can't get dust out with compressed air I know I've spilled many solvents on my screen and haven't dissolved it yet (nearly have my Chem degree)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donnyp1:
My invisishield is not sticky at all, almost a lubed feel. Its amazing. I like it cause it doesnt scratch and its harder to fingerprint.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] incubus26jc:
dust in the screen, dust in the screen, looking like a fool with dust in your screen!!

Sorry im a loser :(
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2776902:
I had an invisible shield for a few months. It was ok, but it started getting dents in it. And they were annoying. Ive been without a screen protector for about 5 months now. And it hasn't scratched the screen at all. There is some scratches on the bottom right corner, but that's just the glass. Not on the screen part. I've even put it in my pocket with my keys a few times on accident.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donnyp1:
Lol, i was just thinking of the old song by kansas when i read this post!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2776902:
Duplicate post. Xda app fail.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2776902:
Ok, here's a picture.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3683218/HTC_Incredible_Dust.JPG
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k_nivesout:
Damn. Same thing on the D2 I'm getting rid of, not that much dust though. Anyone have any ideas to get that **** out?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DustinBooyah:
I'm fighting with this issue as well, I never had a problem until the glass shattered and i took it apart and replaced it. A couple of weeks ago I took the phone apart again, dusted the screen & glass and put it back together with a piece of tape where I thought the dust would accumulate, to no avail.

My next idea is to find an extremely thin, black, rubberized material to wedge between the glass and the bezel. I have a feeling that there is some kind of lining missing.. Not sure what I wanna use just yet though for this.

Either way I have to take apart the phone one more time to get the dust out. Ill have to have my gf's phone with me to compare as well, maybe see if I can straight up see a piece in hers that isn't in mine.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NemesisXV6800:
Please post up when you compare the two or figure out a way to seal the dust out. None of the other replacement incredibles I've had ever got any dust in them, and this one just keeps getting worse.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2776902:
Just for the record. My friend has an SLCD model and his doesn't have any dust. Mine is an original AMOLED (Manufactured 4/2/2010). Got it on launch day (4/29/2010). And I believe he got his in November.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gorilla*:
I dont have any dust... weird.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteveG12543:
I've had mine since day one, no dust at all. Hmm, I wonder why some get that problem but not others...

Sent from my Droid Incredible running CM7 RC4.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DustinBooyah:
This Nokia E7 has exactly what I have in mind around the glass.

Granted, our phones have a thinner gap between the glass and the bezel... I'd still like the chance to get something in there to seal it off from dust and debris. When I take it apart I'll get some electrical tape around the back of the screen as well, just in case that's where the dust is coming from. I'm certain it's coming from the front of the phone though.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DustinBooyah:
I'll go ahead and update everyone...

I'll start off by saying I compared my phone to my GF's AMOLED Incredible that she got almost a year ago, and simply put: her's is better built. The glass is more precisely cut and even closer to the plastic bezel than mine is (Mine is rebuilt with OEM parts from when I dropped it), and it looks like it's well sealed-off. Having mentioned this...

I took apart the phone about 2 weeks ago and cleaned the dust from inside the screen, but only moderately sealed off the screen from inside when I put it back together because I wanted to see if I would get any dust when I wedged something between the glass and the bezel first... just so I could be sure as to where the dust was coming from.

What I did was wedge an old thin piece of adhesive (from my old Incredible chassis) between the glass and bezel with a nice sharp razor blade. If it sounds like this is meticulous, it totally is. I had to wing it as far as what exactly to wedge in there because I couldn't think of anything that would be that thin and flexible. I put it along the top of the phone, about 1/4th or 1/5th the distance from the ear piece.

So far its working perfect. I haven't gotten a single spec of dust inside my screen since I did this.

For reference, I would say a piece of rubber about as thin as a photograph should wedge in there and close off the dust... how you stuff it in there is up to you, I used a razorblade but that's what I had laying around to do the job. As far as cleaning the dust, the only way I do it is taking the phone apart.

Of course, this is my personal situation and might be different from ya'll. Honestly though, the dust in the screen is a manufacturer's defect and you should head up to the Verizon store and ask for a new one. It's not your fault it wasn't sealed off, and I'm sure that since this is common that they'll take care of you.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] POQbum:
The dust under my screen looks like it's coming in from the USB slot. How are we suppose to clean this again? :confused:
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] donnyp1:
Im not sure dude, i have never had dust. Got mine day one, got silicone case n invisishield, still looks like new
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solidkevin:
Its on Gingerbread and im sure it will get Ice Cream or whatever, will it get the one after that though? And what about even after that!

I just want a phone that can last me a long time (at least 2 years)

NS has everything I want and need, as long it has the latest updates im good, and I dont like to root and rom and stuff, I just want all stock stuff.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
With the speed technology moves two years is probably about right for the life of a new phone. It will probably be dropped by Google long before it's discarded by the devs though.

My question would be whether the hardware will last the two years.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
Doubt it. They'd drop support for the Nexus One before NS.

the nexus series last longer than regular android phones. So you shouldn't be too Worried.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] princeasi:
Today's phones are like computers. It'll last as long as it does what you want it to do. Once you feel that your phone no longer can do what you want it to do, then thats when it has become personally obsolete and time to replace. Generally I would replace my phone every year, because it seems a new phone would release with a new feature that I would want to make my everyday communication needs much more efficient.

Sent from my Nexus S
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pkilla:
It should last a very long time and get every update Google throws at it

I mean there's only so much u can add to a phone dual core better camera better screen.....
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robstunner:
totally agreed, I find myself struggling with the iOS/Droid battle, but i usually try to stick with a phone for at least a quarter. i have problems :-p
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alexnaoumi:
i think the nexus s will be supported, after all, the nexus one came out with eclair and got both froyo and gingerbread. im just trying to decide which phone to get, an epic or a nexus S 4g.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JupiterDroid:
What Dev's? lol

We have NO dev community yet:)

JD
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robstunner:
Lol. Go check out the atrix dev section.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zardos66:
The phone will last a long time I bet!

How ever, 3G access will die within a year. :(

I can deal with Edge, but other people can't. I don't know what I'm going to do, I hate AT&T and hate CDMA.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robstunner:
Can you please elaborate?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
huh? I'm talking about the custom roms etc ... am I missing something?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slateac:
Probably quite a while.

I would assume the Ice Cream update would be the biggest leap so far, especially if its going to bring Honeycomb features to phones. (ie hardware acceleration, holograpic UI etc.)

And the Nexus One/S would probably the only phones to get the update for a while.

You should be worried when they stop support for the Nexus One first.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zardos66:
The ATT buyout of T-Mobile. They are planning to use T-Mobile's 1700 3g spectrum for their own purposes. Making all 3g T-Mobile phones stuck on Edge.

I'm too stubbern to buy another Nexus S with ATT bands if I decide to stay. I'll suffer with edge.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solidkevin:
Oh man! You scared me for a second! I thought ATT was going to get rid of 3G and only go 4G or something! ATT has always been good to me so I cant wait to get my ATT NS!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robstunner:
thats a minimum of a year away, IF the FCC even allows it. I would doubt they would do that to t-mobile users..........
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] C0mbe:
Not to mention it would be a material breach of contract and allow millions out of a contract. Wouldn't be a very smart move IMO.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zephiK:
and canadian towers.. i believe not 100% sure but i remember AllGamer saying something about this?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Enhanced:
Hmm I've noticed that the Dev section isn't as booming as I thought it would be considering this is a Nexus phone. I'd assume that that's because the phone was only released on T-Mobile (and some other places in UK) until very recently?

Will the dev section pick up once the AT&T, Sprint and the Canadian carriers pick it up, or did people just decide to skip over the Nexus S for some reason? I'll assume it's the former.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MarkusPO:
AFAIK, it's been available in uk since it's original December launch.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xspyda:
It certainly has. I bought my original one in December similar free from cpw.
[Galaxy Tab General] siteexperts:
We just got a t-mobile no-contract tablet. Randomly while trying to browse via wifi, the t-mobile prepaid screen pops up and we can no longer use the browser.

Anyone else experiencing this and have ideas how to stop it from happening? Is there a way to permanently disable the t-mobile network connection? (we are always connecting via a wifi tether and are not using the tmobile service).

Thanks
[Galaxy Tab General] Spastic909:
Here's a thought...call tmobile...I know what an original idea
[Galaxy Tab General] rangercaptain:
Is your tab in airplane mode while you use wifi?
[Galaxy Tab General] foxmeister:
Probably a silly question, but when you say "wifi tether" it sounds like you are tethering to another phone, so are you doing this or are you connecting to a "fixed" WiFi access point? (e.g. your home DSL/cable connection).

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab General] siteexperts:
Either... Sometimes we are tethering to an access point on our phone, other times it is the wifi at the airport.

No we are not in airplane mode.
[Galaxy Tab General] rangercaptain:
Hold the power button in for a few seconds, then choose airplane mode. Then in settings, enable wifi.

From the wireless settings you can uncheck packet data.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] rrohanjs:
hi.

i was looking for a automatic call recorder application for the last couple of days but nothing was working on the milestone.

i need something that does not turn the speakerphone when doing the recording.

everything i found was either not working or crashed.

can you recomend anything?

thanks.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] mile44:
Apparently direct recording is not possible. Only the "from speaker into microphone" kind is available.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] lfventura:
Unfortunately this is not possible on our milestones. I dont know exactly why, but probably something in the moto Kernel that prevent us from doing that.
[General Questions and Answers] Alexanderbooth:
I was wondering if there was an app which would let you, decrease the recording level when recording sound and in videos mainly. When your at a concert or in a club the sound always distorts, I have no idea why phones don't give you the option to set the volume of sound or even deactivate it all together, its a very simple operation really. Anyway is there an app out there that will do this?
[Vibrant General] airhop7:
So it finally hit the uk and 859.99 us dollar for the 16gb and 1125 us for 32gb holy moly. That's w.o contract. With is 599us for 16 jesus
[Vibrant General] jriv:
Way to much needs to be half of that

sent from a guy living in a van down by the river
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
You've got to be kidding me. That's too much! That's my tuition fee for a year!!
[Vibrant General] deadpass:
give it a month and they'll be buy one, get one.
[Vibrant General] montez.061-:
Hell....give it a month and you won't even want one anymore...there will be something newer...
[Vibrant General] geoffcorey:
You also have to remember that UK prices don't directly transfer to US pricing even through currency conversion. I suspect that the sgs II will be between $500 and $550 in the US at launch off contract.
[Vibrant General] VeryCoolAlan:
Yea but the US versions will take apart a lot of features to lower the price. I remember the original EU galaxy s was almost 700!
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
also the non us based versions updates faster right?
[Vibrant General] VeryCoolAlan:
Yea because samsung releases it

Instead of sending the base to the carriers and loading it with their bloat.

Oh and as the priciness!! Wait a month and buy on ebay or amazon it gets cheaper really quick!
[Vibrant General] xriderx66:
wait a month, and it'll be down like 200 dollars lol.
[Vibrant General] iynfynity:
this made me laugh out loud. :D
[Vibrant General] geoffcorey:
Not necessarily. I will bet you can find an imported eu sgs II for around $550 pretty soon after it's launched.
[Vibrant General] VeryCoolAlan:
I meant if you buy it from the store.
[EVO 4G General] teejay89:
So, I see now that deck has released an RC8.

I also am already on nightly 36 of CM7.

My problem? Both are beautiful, stable (well haven't flashed RC8 from deck, but RC7 was 90% of what I wanted compared to N36 being 95% of it) and fast. I get slightly better battery with deck's ROM, but I'm too lazy to test both for a day a piece, especially when I use the exact same kernal on both.

Any opinions? Also- if I DO decide to go back to deck, am I correct in assuming that I could just clear my cache and dalvik, since they're both AOSP ROMs?
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] xtone:
Hey guys, modified the Bi-winning v1 Pulldown, Power Menu, and USB connect. I got nit picky, but nice enough to share :D

See screenies, for the changes I made.

Flash thru clockwork at your own risk, you are responsible for your device.

*Long initial boot, be patient*

Enjoy.

Credits:

EDT for Bi-Winning ROM (beta3 power toggles)

Trigger USB images
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] s15274n:
Looks good man. Here is STOCK if anyone wants to compare:
[HD7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaheerjane:
hi guys i got my phone unlocked and everything was fine then i updated it to 7.0.7390.0 and now cant get it unlocked using the chevronwp7 unlocked.

i keep getting the "sorry i am having trouble communicating " error and i followed the steps here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1016699&page=2

but after the update still cant unlock.

please help!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] olgunozcan:
hi,

i have already flashed "RCMixHD_v3.0_A2SD"

RCmix 3.6 Full wipe required

or only update?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davebugyi:
Full wipe - AFAIK it is a different base.
[Nexus S General] Aria807:
Just wondering if anyone has this issue. Everytime I try to reboot into CWR (while connected to my comp thru USB), the phone just boots up with the Google and unlock symbol (since I unlocked my Bootloader) and it just freezes there.
[Nexus S General] prittyboy203:
Will it boot up without the USB connected? Or are you able to get into recovery then there's a option to then connect USB for USB transfer
[Nexus S General] Aria807:
Works fine as long as not connected to comp. I was wondering because I wanted to delete my entire SD section and then format, then wipe the phone completely clean and reinstall CM7. However I can't boot into CWR w/ it connected to the comp so I dunno if it's safe to wipe the phone. I want to be able to copy the CM7 zip back on the phone so I can flash it in CWR.
[Nexus S General] prittyboy203:
Yea I got what your saying you can boot into cwr and there's a option to USB toggle and you then can copy everything then you can wipe the card. Then put it back on when you format it or what you want wipe the phone then disconnect the phone and flash the cm zip. You should be good this way no?
[Nexus S General] Aria807:
Ah didn't know that. I could boot into the stock bootloader while attached to the comp because that's how I unlocked the bootloader. But I tried to do the same thing when booting into CWR and it would just freeze so I didn't kno how to wipe my SD portion via format (I'm thinking there's a lot of apps I've downloaded in the past and it may be messing w/ my CM7 and causing dim bootloops), then dump CM7 back onto the SD card so I can reflash the Rom.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dburg84:
this should be in general forum. All roms are out of date as well. This has nothing to do with android development. Just one users observations.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mmarz:
I'm doing these tests for the benefit of the developers as well as the end users. Part 4 is going to cover how to modify each rom to get the most out of them and compare how they perform head to head. I'm also planning on testing the performance of the different kernels I just posted.

Only one of the roms is out of date and that is because the update was just released. Rest assured that I plan on testing the updated version.

(new results posted in Part 2)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] dburg84:
I'm not raggin on ya. I appreciate the efforts. Can tell you really put time into this.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] ungaze:
Nice work here. I think all android user should read this. Keep it up man. I too am on the eternal quest to keep our battery draw to a minimum. Quick question, how does your multi-meter tests compare to "Battery Monitor Widget" app's battery draw results? Are they comparable?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] neutronscott:
I had read your thread last week because I had the Optimus and already lost it over the weekend.

I bought a cheap T-Mobile Comet and spent all of 10 minutes trying such tests at work with the Fluke 87-III. The range was only from .6uA Airplane mode 0% brightness to 2.6uA downloading over 3G.

I wonder if mine are right now. :O

Your thread (maybe it was elsewhere?) did make me realize this "50% Time Without Service" issue that I did not know of before and that airplane mode toggle after boot-up alone made the battery last so much longer on the Optimus without using any JuiceDefenders and such. It actually no longer died before returning home from work.

Thanks very much for the information. If only I still had this phone. :(
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mmarz:
I looked into using an app at first, but all of the android apps estimate your battery usage based on the percentage reported by the OS. Even if they show a mA rating, it is estimated from the percentage reported by the OS. This isn't a very accurate way of doing it. With the multimeter, you are measuring the current as directly as possible.