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[Nexus One General] wclifton1:
My nexus one has the overheating and rebototing issue, and HTC was nice enough to replace it free of charge! HOWEVER they have sent me three broken phones so far, waiting on the 4th. (1st didn't recognize sim, 2nd rebooted even more than mine, 3rd GPS doesn't work) .

Anyone have luck with warranty exchange? Am I just extremely unlucky??? I'm using various stable and nightly cm builds as well as the stock roms ...

Maybe we should put together an imei database of broken phones and see if they're just shipping out the same broken phones ...

frustrated.
[Nexus One General] rickytenzer:
I'm in Canada and I've received 2 warranty refurbs that worked flawlessly. I sent it in the 2nd time just to get a new one :P
[Nexus One General] ap3604:
I feel for you brotha' :(

Took me 6 tries to eventually get a working nexus from HTC swaps.

Guess you still have a ways to go ;)

Only thing keeping me from ripping HTC's head off was the fact that their customer service reps are so nice and helpful making the warranty swap painless :)
[Nexus One General] flumoxed:
I've had a similar experience... had to swap out my phone 5 times in order to get one that didn't reboot randomly/ or had the power button issue.
[Nexus One General] dnlsmy:
Hey 7th time's the charm for me! At least they don't make a fuss about it, keep trying, they'll get it right eventually.
[Android Themes] Morkai Almandragon:
Is it possible to make a theme for swype that can be flashed? Any chance if the answer is yes someone could direct me on the best place to start?
[Android Themes] voodoo55:
use apktool to decompile the swype ime apk. the keyboard layouts are in the assets folder. edit with your favorite graphics program, and recompile with apktool.
[Android Themes] Morkai Almandragon:
I know it can be done that way. I want to be able to make it flashable so that it would not interfere with someones beta instal.
[Android Themes] voodoo55:
I guess you could try changing the package name in the manifest xml, and see if you could get it to install alongside the beta. Doubt it will work, but may be worth try.

maybe just make a metamorph.
[General Topics] r916:
Someone told me that if you delete stock apps/bloat ware and then get an OTA update and proceed that it will brick your phone or give it problems?

I highly doubt this, but I need the acutal answer from someone who knows.

Edit: dammit will a mod move this to q&a :)
[LG Optimus 2x] Triage1:
As i've stated in the Topic , while charging it heats up cools down when full and when i leave it in the phone heats up again. It's shutdown but the region of heatning up isn't the battery its most on the top i think..

Can you share you experience and thoughts of this? I really wanna take care of my new baby ;)
[LG Optimus 2x] aMpeX:
mine goes up to 40°C when I put some real stress on it. Seems to be alright though, didn't have any issues so far.
[LG Optimus 2x] m.klinge:
Mine went to 48 while charging and using gps at once, but normally it stays around 40 while charging ;)

//M
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xThe Enforcer:
Is it possible if someone can theme it to match the newest Crysis ROM theme? Like a blue type of color? Or if someone knows of a nice blue keyboard, post it?

Thanks!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xThe Enforcer:
Still nothing? Who made it?!
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryan00793:
I was wondering if unbranding and then using the VPN in Hungary was how the ChevronWP7.Updater worked. Because I'm wondering if I should find an Att Rom for my surround or not. Anyway thanks for any help! :]
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kapanak:
No, the VPN method downloads the update OFFICIALLY from Microsoft servers the way Microsoft intended it.

ChevronWP7.Updater, as far as I know, pulls the update from the server and installs it one by one the way of WM6.5 ROM Flashing...

Again, not sure, but I can assure you the VPN method will not leave you hanging when it comes to future updates.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryan00793:
Ok thanks, just thought oh crap... Anyway thanks again
[EVO 4G General] bwcorvus:
I got an email today From: "Sprint" <sprint@sprint.delivery.net>. I thought the notes were something we all want to see. The bold part is what i find the most interesting.

"May require up to a $36 activation fee/line, credit approval and deposit. Up to $200 early termination fee/line applies. Phone Offer: Offer ends 6/4/11. While supplies last. $299.99 (two-year price) -$100 (instant rebate) = $199.99 (final price). Taxes and service charges excluded.. No cash back. Requires activation at the time of purchase. Upgrade: Existing customers in good standing with service on the same device for more than 22 consecutive months currently activated on a service plan of $39.99 or higher may be eligible. See in-store rebate form or sprint.com/upgrade for details. Sprint Premier Upgrade: Eligible customers with service on the same device for more than 12 consecutive months may be eligible for $150 instant savings with a renewed 2-year Agreement. Valid only on the eligible primary line with a 3-month consecutive average of $69.99 on a single line or $99.99 on a shared line. The upgrade fee is waived using a service credit that applies to the bill within 2 to 3 bill cycles of the upgrade. Other Terms: Coverage not available everywhere. Sprint 4G network reaches over 70 markets and counting, on select devices. Sprint 3G network reaches over 271 million people. See sprint.com for details. Offers not available in all markets/retail locations or for all phones/networks. Pricing, offer terms, fees and features may vary for existing customers not eligible for upgrade. Other restrictions apply. See store or sprint.com for details.

© 2011 Sprint. Sprint and the logo are trademarks of Sprint. Google, the Google logo and Android Market are trademarks of Google, Inc. Other marks are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved."

If i read this correctly, as soon as our evos turn 1 year old (assuming you bought on release) you will be eligible for an $150 off upgrade. We all pay $69.99 anyway.
[EVO 4G General] rushco:
This all changed a week ago.

/thread
[EVO 4G General] bwcorvus:
Under the new plan you have to wait 2 years for 150 off, 75 off after one year. I got this email today.

Sent from my Xoom
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
Depending on the plan... When will people get it that yearly upgrades did not disappear the qualifications just changed.

Sent from my spaceship!
[EVO 4G General] bwcorvus:
I understand this, and the letter sent out said $89.99 and above plans or 10 years with sprint got you yearly upgrades of $150 off. The email i received today says $69.99 and one year with the same device gets you $150 off after only 1 year of service. When will people learn how to read...
[EVO 4G General] rushco:
Yes, I did read it and I know it says $69.99. I am saying that the e-mail is wrong and the program changed on April 1.

You can believe that e-mail all you want but it isn't correct.
[EVO 4G General] twiz0r:
I think thats his point. Yes the program has changed, but he still got this email.

He wouldn't have made this post otherwise.

I wonder if he could use this to his advantage, probably bit but it would be cool

swyped from my cyanogenized and gingerbreaded EVO
[EVO 4G General] Hrshycro:
Well, I still have a $150 discount on all 4 lines (3 evos/1 airave), so I'm not going to complain, except about their ****ty ass 3G speeds!
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Can you actually use the airave upgrade though?
[EVO 4G General] KB112:
They'll just say someone had an incorrect file added to the reply they sent etc. I think you might be able to sweet talk your way into it for this year at least. 2 friends from work went to the local 3rd Party Sprint dealer they like and he was going to reset the upgrade dates for them. I don't know what he does or how he did it, but he did for her cousin/relative earlier that week. I think she said he had a heat ticket created for them both.
[EVO 4G General] KB112:
You're not supposed to be able to, but people ahve done it. A few peeps on Sprintusers changed that to their primary line once it had a year showing on their account and upgraded phones. Then immediately switched the AirRave back to that line when they got home. I don't know of they have closed this loophole or not, it's not supposed to work that way.
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
Wirefly shows it as eligible for an upgrade haha.. sort of tempting.
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Well it's funny because as soon as they added the Airave line to my account it was eligible.
[EVO 4G General] Hrshycro:
Hmm, if I can use the $150 upgrade discount on the airave, I'm going too! They won't do crap for me about their 3G speeds. They just say: Okay ...to everything I saw. Mindless robots, I think.

Hmm, Amazon Wireless is saying that the airave line is good for a discount... ;)
[EVO 4G General] KB112:
Like I said it works and people have done it. But it's not normal protocol, I dunno if they would do anything about it though?
[EVO 4G General] jyan_osu:
I've successfully used the Airave to grab an Epic last year for my wife. Looked on the web page when it was done and saw that I didn't have an upgrade available for the Airave so I knew it worked.

The funny thing was, in the process of reverting the #s back, Sprint accidentally canceled my Airave rather than switch it. When they put the Airave back onto my account, they reset the upgrade status so it said get $150 off the new phone again.

I'm premier gold now anyways so no problems getting the yearly upgrade but now I have three with me, my wife, and the Airave.
[EVO 4G General] tricknasty:
best bet is to keep your evo nice and shiny, sell it on ebay and pay retail for your new phone, im assuming evo 3D. worst case it costs your $100 or so but you dont have to sign a new contract.
[EVO 4G General] twiz0r:
Lol it would be more than 100 after selling your evo...

swyped from my cyanogenized and gingerbreaded EVO
[EVO 4G General] Hrshycro:
How did you go about using the upgrade on your airave line?

My mom recently washed hers and the best option is to just pay retail for one, but if I can use the airave $150, I'll do that for her; our 3 lines still have $150 discounts.

So, if I use the airave line/$150, the contract reups and starts at 2 years again, right? Then...when we use the $150 discounts on the 3 evo lines when the evo 3D comes out, the contract will reup and start at 2 years again, right? ;)
[EVO 4G General] jyan_osu:
I just walked into Best Buy and told them I wanted to use my Airave number. The reason I did this was when I bought the Evo, I heard the workers saying that yes it was possible to some other customers and that they've done it.

Now, I then headed to a third party Sprint store to had them switch #s back on the same day. The crux of the situation was that you had to wait at least 24 hours to switch back. Well, since my wife had work calls, I tried and do it that same day and it kinda sorta worked out. That was when they cancelled my Airave instead of switching it Weird thing was my Airave still worked for the next few weeks. It was when it stopped working and I saw a $150 extra charge that I called and asked why I had this charge and why the Airave didn't work. They said cause I called and cancelled it and I'm like no, I don't want to cancel I want to switch.

Yes, I think it renews the 2 year agreement of the Airave cause when I did it and went to the website, it didn't have the upgrade a phone for $150.. now it does cause of Sprint's little snafu :) but I don't need to use it for a while since I have 2 other upgrades

Yes all contracts renew to 2 years if you opt for the full discount.
[Windows Phone 7 General] thenewperson:
Before the NoDo update I unlocked my phone (Omnia 7) with the Chevron unlock. I encountered some terrible bug(s) so I applied the NoDo update to see if that'd help. It didn't. The phone still stayed unlocked even with the update, so I was wondering if it's worth it to reset my phone and (maybe) lose the unlock for good (since it won't work with phones with NoDo installed and I think that's what I'll get if I reset the phone). So, anyone think it's worth it?
[Windows Phone 7 General] shawchyn:
I think you don't need to "Re-Lock" your phone before getting NoDo update.
[Windows Phone 7 General] thenewperson:
You don't need to. What I'm wondering is if the phone will re-lock itself if I reset it. I'm thinking it'll use the NoDo version to reset itself, which doesn't work with the Chevron unlock, and I won't be able to unlock the phone again. I wonder if it's worth it to reset the phone and probably lose the unlock I applied to the phone. I'm experiencing bugs where i can't use the marketplace on the phone to buy or update anything, and apps that didn't come with the phone crash after ~15 minutes.
[Windows Phone 7 General] rwholden:
Sounds like reset time... I would say better to have the device working properly without unlock than not at all with it...
[HTC EVO 3D] bwcorvus:
I got an email today From: "Sprint" <sprint@sprint.delivery.net>. I thought the notes were something we all want to see. The bold part is what i find the most interesting.

"May require up to a $36 activation fee/line, credit approval and deposit. Up to $200 early termination fee/line applies. Phone Offer: Offer ends 6/4/11. While supplies last. $299.99 (two-year price) -$100 (instant rebate) = $199.99 (final price). Taxes and service charges excluded.. No cash back. Requires activation at the time of purchase. Upgrade: Existing customers in good standing with service on the same device for more than 22 consecutive months currently activated on a service plan of $39.99 or higher may be eligible. See in-store rebate form or sprint.com/upgrade for details. Sprint Premier Upgrade: Eligible customers with service on the same device for more than 12 consecutive months may be eligible for $150 instant savings with a renewed 2-year Agreement. Valid only on the eligible primary line with a 3-month consecutive average of $69.99 on a single line or $99.99 on a shared line. The upgrade fee is waived using a service credit that applies to the bill within 2 to 3 bill cycles of the upgrade. Other Terms: Coverage not available everywhere. Sprint 4G network reaches over 70 markets and counting, on select devices. Sprint 3G network reaches over 271 million people. See sprint.com for details. Offers not available in all markets/retail locations or for all phones/networks. Pricing, offer terms, fees and features may vary for existing customers not eligible for upgrade. Other restrictions apply. See store or sprint.com for details.

© 2011 Sprint. Sprint and the logo are trademarks of Sprint. Google, the Google logo and Android Market are trademarks of Google, Inc. Other marks are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved."

If i read this correctly, as soon as our evos turn 1 year old (assuming you bought on release) you will be eligible for an $150 off upgrade. We all pay $69.99 anyway.
[HTC EVO 3D] noahguz:
Offer ends 6/4/11?????

Sent from my whaaaaaa...??SAVAGAGED[RC2]ZEN®
[HTC EVO 3D] ScrapSilicon:
Pricing, offer terms, fees and features may vary for existing customers not eligible for upgrade.if Sprint has you lumped in as Silver and your 22 month or 10 yr anniversary isn't June 1 ..you'll most likely not see $150
[HTC EVO 3D] vabronxboogie:
How to continue getting a yearly upgrade

If you got a letter sent to your house then you would know that it's quite easy to become a Gold member easily. I lost my Feb upgrade once April 1 came. After speaking to a customer service rep, I got it back. They placed notes on the account that I have an upgrade. Unfortunately the website didnt reflect that which didnt matter but it mattered to me so I had to call sales and they read the notes and they updated the website with my new elibibility date of april 1 2011. I am now on the everything plan and next month im set to be on the $89.99 plan. Although they say I'm a gold member, it wont be updated until 3 months of being on an $89.99 and over plan. Anyone can become a gold member by choosing a plan of $89.99 and over. Wait 3 months and tada you too will be a gold member and can receive a yearly upgrade. Theres always ways around it. Just get on the plan and stay for 3 months and you will be a gold member. once you get ur upgrade you can go back down and 3 months before you reach a yr of receiving ur last upgrade upgrade ur plan to become a Gold member again...lol Read the mail they sent you carefully and u can ask the rep, and they will tell you u have to stay on a plan of $89.99 or more for 3 months to be a gold member. So there is hope for those who lost their upgrade. Being that the month just started you can ask to change your plan now to $89.99 and ypu'll be a Gold member with an upgrade after 3 months.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wd5gnr:
I know there have been some general questions about this, but I wanted to share what I've done and see if anyone can help get over the last hump. I have a USB GPS (GR-110 I got for next to nothing from Geeks awhile back). Running VEGAn 5.11 + supplements + Pershoot kernel.

So here's what I have working:

1) Plug in USB, get /dev/ttyUSB0. Woot! Thanks Pershoot!

2) Use stty to set the baudrate to 4800 (stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 4800)

3) cat /dev/ttyUSB0 dumps out NEMA strings. Woo hoo! $SPGSV tells me I have 12 birds in view.

4) Now at this point, if you HAD to you could write a GPS faker like many of the bluetooth ones do. I don't know why none of them don't already have options for an arbitrary character device but if they did we'd be done here.

5) On the other hand, you know a built in GPS card would still be NEMA and still look like an RS232 port so.... turns out that's a property ro.kernel.android.gps. You can set this at the command line, but I suspect that the Android stack looks for GPS on start up and if it doesn't find it, that's that. So you edit build.prop to put in: ro.kernel.android.gps=ttyUSB0 [from what I can read it doesn't want /dev/ in front of it]

6) I do not know if the Android code sets the port to 4800 baud or not. In fact, it could be that it wants it at a different baud rate but I have no idea what that baud rate would be. So I decided to get in early on the boot process and make a few changes. If you look at my other posts, I have added an rc.local that runs right at the end of init.rc but is in "user space" (not overwritten on each boot). So I added this to the start of rc.local (important because my rc.local blocks later to wait for the sdcard mounts):

#gps

if [ -c /dev/ttyUSB0 ]

then

chmod 666 /dev/ttyUSB0

stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 4800

fi

7) No joy. The buad rate and permissions are set, so I know the rc.local is running. I can stream data out of the GPS raw but Android just isn't seeing it.

8) I theorized that maybe Android is checking for GPS before I am running my script. To test that I used LCD Density changer to restart the Android stack. This is like a boot, but the Linux isn't rebooted. No difference.

9) Another theory would be Android expects its GPS at a different baud rate and is setting it.

10) Is there some Android service required that is disabled or just not started maybe?

I feel like I am soooooo close..... Any ideas?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamescoxon:
Hi wd5gnr,

I've been working on something very similar on the android powered scroll tablet but instead using an internal serial port we've identified.

Made no progress is making android accept the nmea stream as its own internal gps (using ro.kernel.android.gps) so have started to write an android program similar to the BT GPS apps where it reads the serial port, parses out $GPGGA and then uses mock locations to update the location system. I'm at the point of splitting the identified string into its components.

While I know this isn't the cleanest of hacks but it 'should' work, i've built it from the SerialPort.sample code so you can change the serial port and baud rate in the options - it hopefully will work on any android system.

Will keep you updated on my progress

James
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corvus:
Oh, at least i find a post with people working on it...

First, i have an Advent Vega, that is similar to Gtab.

I make it work, but with time it crash.

My steps:

1) Do the same that the first post, get ttyUSB0, change baudrate, modify ro.kernel.android.gps...

2) In vega we have 3 libgps... the default, one for integrated ericsson 3g/gps and one for huawei ones. This integrated are optional and my tablet doesnt have, but i can remane any of the to libgps.so and use them. Anyway, with default may work, but i get it working with huawei one.

3) You need to activate gps in settings (if you have gps greyed in location settings, can use a widget, like power widget).

4) To test i used gpstest app, so once you get nmea data in ttyUSB0, activate gps with widget and start gpstest. Maybe you dont get data (i dont), so come back to terminal and with stty ask the port for the baudrate (dont remember the command). In my case it has 9600 baudrate, so need a aplication in windows to change gps usb baudrate to 9600 (search in the windows drivers of your usb gps)

5) Once changed in windows, i come back to android and change stty command to the correct baudrate (like i said 9600), and redo the steps (cat ttyUSB0, activate gps and launch gpstest)

AND GET DATA... but some time after it crash the full tablet...

No more time to test it, but it's in my to-do list.

I dont know if i explain it good, but you can ask anything.

Anyway an app that can choose which port to listen to will be much better.

Corvus.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wd5gnr:
I've thought about this too. Should be easy. Would be even easier if we had RxTx ported to this tablet. I saw someone has done this, but it is very specific to hardware and I haven't looked at what that would take. But I imagine just opening /dev/ttyUSB0 ought to work. I've been known to write a little code myself (http://www.ddj.com/embedded) and if I ever find time to get started on this I'll start it as a google code project and invite you ;-)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wd5gnr:
The only GPS lib I see in VEGAn 7 is /lib/hw/gps.goldfish.so

Goldfish is an emulator I think, so that is not promising.

You mention 9600 baud -- are you saying that the system sets the port to 9600 so you have to set the GPS to 9600 to match?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamescoxon:
Hey,

I've been using android-serialport-api (google it, i can't post links yet) as my access to the port. My current code (its very basic) is built off the serial console sample. In its current state it access the chosen serial port, extracts the $GPGGA string, parses it and then converts it from DDmm.mmm to DD.ddd. I'm now at the stage of posting it to mock locations - just need to do some extra reading on the subject. This really is just a proof fo concept app as for example it doesn't run in the background but i felt that all that can come in the future.

James
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corvus:
Yes, you must have a libgsp.so for android to detect the gps.

And yes, depending the library used, the baudrate must set to 9600 or other.

Corvus.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] corvus:
Once you get a working app, please send me a priv so i can help you testing it...

Thanks.

Corvus.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] transitoyspace:
so has anyone got usb gps to work yet?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lanegd01:
On the malata site. there is a t11 rom for Android 2,2 which calls the Huawei GPS

http://www.malata.com/cn/downloadlist.aspx

T11 Tablet PC May 18, 2011 firmware (support plug-in 3G modem Huawei E261 Unicom)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liu2002:
Take a look at this:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17385039&postcount=15

but before you use this appliction, you must run stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 -ispeed 4800 (baudrate and port base on your device). Everything fine and fix without 1 second!
[Galaxy Tab General] Earthbrain:
After I downloaded the .apk file, I cannot find it anywhere. I looked at the "download" folder but it is not there. Where does it go?