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[EVO 4G General] dirkyd3rk:
Just get the free asurion sprint app its free and it works. It even gives gps signals of your phone if you turn on GPS every 2 hours. It can also remotely wipe your phone. Weird as it sounds the GPS feature doesn't use battery because it only comes on for 5 seconds to give your location to the website and it turns on then turns right back off. I found that using wireless network for location based services burns more battery than using GPS to get location. When an app needs location gps comes on gives sig then its done; wireless location is always on. This means thanks to this app, if you steal my phone I will hunt you down son.
[EVO 4G General] andy49510:
This is one of the reasons I want to move to Texas hopefully next year. That and I absolutely hate Kansas. lol. It seems like everyone there has the right attitude about guns and keeping protected and they don't mess around.
[EVO 4G General] mmegalodon:
Hmm, thanks for the suggestion. Thing is, looking for an app that can have GPS enabled with a bump and not have one that has to be left on. I get what you're saying about how it's only 'active' for that 5 seconds but I hate leaving my GPS on when not in use. I haven't 'tested' it in a while but I've always found leaving GPS on works enough of the battery to the point I don't want to be leaving it on. Though maybe I should just get used to it.

Knowing my luck though, if I did lose my phone it'd be the day I have GPS off ... and the day I disable the PIN unlock. :rolleyes:

Will poke around. :cool: :pervface:
[EVO 4G General] dirkyd3rk:
Lol. I leave GPS on all the time and I feel like my battery is better. I've ran some test myself and I've found that for me, using wireless data for location just eats battery. It wants to connect to anything and everything. To each his own, what works for me might not work for you 0_o. But I like my total equipment protection app I hope I don't have to take advantage of it but If I do I'm ready *spongebob voice*
[EVO 4G General] mmegalodon:
Yeah sounds like I'll have to mess with this and look at some of these apps. More I think about more I figure it'd be for the best ... no matter how mindful you are things can happen. Especially a mugging!
[EVO 4G General] eck0728:
Plan B will enable gps and remote nuke your phone if your old phone is on WiFi
[EVO 4G General] eck0728:
Also I'm so sorry to hear about your mugging if you sustained any injuries I pray you'll have a speedy recovery
[EVO 4G General] fixxxer2008:
yeah and if he shot the guy he would go to jail. i swear some of you need to think. it's a damn phone, let it go and buy another one.
[EVO 4G General] heathmcabee:
a phone isn't worth someone's life, but it is worth a black eye or 2. my 2 cents
[EVO 4G General] rugedraw:
I do see your point, but I respectfully disagree. If you can reach for your wallet or phone, you can reach for your weapon.

lol....you are way off base. It doesn't work that way. If you are being mugged, you are being told "give me your belongings, or else". The "or else" part constitutes bodily damage and your right to defend yourself and your property may be invoked. If he takes your phone, and you shoot him in the back while he's running away, then you're probably in trouble depending on the laws of your state. We can agree to disagree, but I'm not giving a stick of gum to a crook, and certainly not a $500 phone.
[EVO 4G General] Khilbron:
After all the responses here, the one response I didn't see, was the first thing you should do if your phone gets stolen, is remove your Credit Card from your google account. Last thing you want the thief doing is randomly charging apps to your card, just because he can.
[EVO 4G General] dirkyd3rk:
You wont go to jail in Texas. If you're defending yourself and you shoot someone the law stands behind you 100%. I wouldn't shoot to kill but just to injure. There's stories all the time on news where people shoot people all the time in Texas and they were just protecting their homes and families. You never hear then going to jail.
[EVO 4G General] nolageek:
OP here. Yes he had a gun and anyone who thinks they have the state of mind to be Dirty Harrys in the situation is either used to being mugged or fooling themselves. The only thing that was on my mind was "give him the phone and walk away" and that is what I did. He came up from behind and was wearing a ski mask. He was literally two feet away from me. I went from nonchalantly walking down the street to having a gun stuck in my face and my heart racing out of chest in 2 seconds.

The one thing that makes me mad is that I *never* walk around with my phone out of my pocket. I know good and well that makes you a huge target. I walked out of the house texting someone and finished the text walking down the street and a block later he got me. I was a block and a half from my house.

Sucks. And I cancelled my service immediately. Hopefully he'll connect to wifi and I'll get the e-mail.
[EVO 4G General] sand1303:
Keep it together

Sent from my rooted HTC EVO using the xda app!
[EVO 4G General] TurboX2:
is it ironic that theres a post just under this about someone who mugged a guy and took his evo?? lmao
[EVO 4G General] Papa Smurf151:
This story is horrible. Hope u catch the little douche.

BTW someone started a troll thread stating he stole this guys evo...know its too soon but it was damn funny
[EVO 4G General] dirkyd3rk:
Lol it has papa smurfs name in it wtf
[EVO 4G General] Papa Smurf151:
Lmao I just noticed that. Guess I made last comment in thread when pic was taken. I only steal iPhones so I can jailbreak them and put android on them then give them back. Usually the person thanks me
[EVO 4G General] EndlessDissent:
I agree, it's a terrible story to have to tell. I was mugged once, south side of Chicago. I only had $14 on me, though, so it could have been way worse. And mine wasn't really at gunpoint; my friends and I got surrounded by a big group of thugs, and they implied they had weapons but never showed them. I was pretty confused and disoriented the entire time; I just kind of went along with whatever my friends did.

I'm glad you got away alive and uninjured. That's the important thing.

That said, seeing the troll thread directly under this one was priceless. If you can appreciate humor at your own expense, anyway, it's worth a gander. I just hope the opportunity for that never arises again. People shouldn't be getting mugged, let alone for a cell phone. I hope the guy who mugged you has fun with his new service-less phone. Actually, I hope he dropped it and it shattered right before he tried to use it.
[EVO 4G General] Bielinsk:
Wasn't me.
[EVO 4G General] jdh10475:
I'm not sure if someone else has already stated this but I would be sure to use some sort of lock code or pattern. I know it slows you down a bit but at least your info is protected.
[EVO 4G General] rugedraw:
Wow......that's f*cking scary. That's the type of **** you see in movies. I don't know what I would have done in that situation, but it sounds like you did the right thing. Glad you're OK, man.

Someone attempted to mug me for my work laptop that I take home everyday. The guy was an obvious junky, and he tried to hold me up with a 1980's butterfly knife from about 10 feet away. Your case makes mine look trip to Disney World.
[EVO 4G General] nolageek:
From now on I'm definitely using one. Definitely.
[EVO 4G General] sand1303:
Last time

Sent from my rooted HTC EVO using the xda app!
[EVO 4G General] SiL3nTKiLL:
id be pissed if sum1 stole my evo!
[EVO 4G General] culua:
Why don't they add those self distruct bomb on the cell phones.

So if example person input wrong password 3 times it will erase data and explode.
[EVO 4G General] overclockxp:
If someone puts a fun in your face that to me is no different than attempted murder. I'm sorry for your experience and glad you're okay.

Posted from my Atari 2600
[EVO 4G General] wuclan48:
If that's your reaction I can't even begin to imagine how you'd feel if someone stuck a gun in your face!

Sent from the void...
[EVO 4G General] Action B:
My girlfriend was mugged on her college campus at gunpoint. She didn't even have an EVO but she fought the guy and he ran away. I think that guy wanted more than an EVO from her....

Also one time a guy from DC stole my girlfriends phone. He gave me a number and tried to get me to meet up with him to "give it back". I gave that number to police and then the next day the guy dropped the phone off at the police station and we picked it up.

I hate, hate hate Washington DC. My least favorite place. Everytime I say that someone pops in and is like "oh but DC has a lot of museums" well guess what I hate museums too!
[EVO 4G General] zman519:
First off I feel for you Man and I'm sorry this happend to you.

Look on the bright side its only a phone. Its not your TV, PC or your Car.

But as for "fooling themselves" There are some of us Soldiers and or Vets, Vet Cops that WILL NOT HESITATE TO take any chance in that situation to TAKE the enemy OUT killing him/her on the spot.

Sent from my ComBadge..
[EVO 4G General] epicslam:
dude you should have had lookout mobile security with the paid subscription for $30 per year. then taken your laptop to were the phone is (provided its on) and then call the police with the exact location and say to the crook.... life's a ***** man.....
[EVO 4G General] mrufino1:
I'm sorry to hear that. I have prey on my phone, looks to be similar to the other services mentioned. I hope I never need to find out.
[EVO 4G General] ZuperBlahq:
Thats why I'm mastering the art of butterfly knives so i can look like a badass. but seriously that stinks.
[EVO 4G General] eXtermia:
You can remote install lookout using googles app store through a webbrowser if its still on, and track his ass down, giving the location to the police
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] scmangler:
I have an Huawei Ascend from MetroPCS that I have rooted and updated to android 2.2. All went well for about a week until I accidentally deleted Talk, I started getting the force close for a lot of my apps and my wifi was cutting out. Today I noticed that I had zero bars and looked under phone status only to find that "My phone number" is now "Unknown". Does anyone know how to set that or do I have to go back to factory and call Metro? Also the link for the recovery package (MetroPCSStock Recovery Package with Scripts) redirects to another sight, do I have to sign up for that sight to get the recovery file? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

One other thing when I boot up my phone it has a message that reads "no UIM card Emergency calls only". Is this like a SIM card in which case Metro phone don't have those so I am probably screwed.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] elf-:
hey man I am having the same exact problem NO UIM card emergency calls only Please insert a UIM card I even flashed to a backup image I made liek 15 days prior to having this problem tonight and still didn't make any differnace bro I dont know wtf to do now...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacoballen22:
He's running cm7 and he cannot boot. It hangs. I webcam chatted with him to talk him through it but didn't work. He said he couldn't get to the recovery menu..I told him it wasn't bricked though. What should I do? (I know this can be solved).

Swyped from my sexy EVO.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattykinsx:
Hangs where
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2buckley:
So where exactly is it hanging? At the splash screen (white htc evo 4g), or is it boot looping (the boot animation?). When he selects recovery, does he hang at the splash screen, does it go back to the bootloader, or does it give you a black screen with a red triangle and exclamation mark? Whatever the case may be, the first thing I would try is reflashing the recovery. The easiest way to try that would be to download a PC36IMG.zip of a recovery, and flash it with the bootloader. If that's a success, he can try reflashing a rom. If that fails, I would try running an RUU.

I will a ttatch a PC36IMG of Amon Ra V2.3
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
if the link that k2 attatched flashes successfully, but he still can't boot into recovery, he is probably actually bricked. there have been a few reports of this. try an ruu as well.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LooneyToone08:
Its looping in the boot animation and won't go from there its just stays on that screen
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Have him flash the file k2buckley attached, amon_ra recovery, then try to flash a rom. If that doesn't work, he'll need to run an ruu, then re-root.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacoballen22:
I don't think it's looping. Just hanging on the Splash screen or possibly the cyan screen. Hard to tell atm. But he did say it did the vibrate and shut off thing a few times. (Happened to me once, left it alone and was able to recover.) Hard to help him when I'm not there doing it myself. So if I cannot get to the recovery, how do I fix it?

Swyped from my sexy EVO.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2buckley:
Download the file I attatched. It is amon RA recovery. Flash it with the bootloader. That *should* give u recovery back.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacoballen22:
You know what. I didn't even think of that. Isn't that like doing it when you rooted initially? I'll have him try it. If he can't get to it then it is bricked? He was using rom manager instead of recovery for all those flashes though -.- so makes things difficult?

Swyped from my sexy EVO.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Basically, yes and he should learn how to use recovery. Not exactly difficult, but can be saved.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacoballen22:
Yeah. I did however make him do a backup in rom manager before doing all the cm stuff. I wanted to do a nand but we didn't have time. How would that backup be accessed? Or would it be better to just reflash the pc image through bootloader?

Swyped from my sexy EVO.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
If you want to try and restore a backup, then just boot into recovery, or restore it from rom manager. If he's going to flash amon ra recovery, he should still make a backup on clockwork, and then immediately make a backup on amon_ra, and be sure to backup the wimax.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacoballen22:
I'll try helping him but he left work before me so I couldn't attempt anything today.

Swyped from my sexy EVO.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Ah I see. Well just post the update once you get the chance.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacoballen22:
Will do. Chances are I'm going to have to do it myself(or maybe I don't have confidence in someone who almost bricks there phone in two weeks).

Swyped from my sexy EVO.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Lol, well if you do it for him, and he watches, hopefully he'll learn the steps.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacoballen22:
Doesn't boot or doesn't get to bootloader. I think it's a brick.

Swyped from my sexy EVO.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k2buckley:
Can't even get to the bootloader? Do you get a charging led when its plugged in to a wall? Are you sure the battery isn't dead?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacoballen22:
Oh no, it turns on just fine. Doesn't load boot loader. It just tries to start up like normal but hangs on the boot screen.

Swyped from my sexy EVO.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacoballen22:
UPDATE: He gave me the sd card and he said he can get into the recovery menu. Does this mean it's not bricked?

Swyped from my sexy EVO.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Well that's a plus. Have him download the 3.70 ruu in PC36IMG form and then flash it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Papa Smurf151:
Try putting SD card into computer and scan it to see if its bad. I've seen a bad SD card screw with boot ups and such.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacoballen22:
Should I put all the files on the computer then do a wipe of the sd card? And how would I check for a bad file?

Swyped from my sexy EVO.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacoballen22:
Ok. After trial and error his phone is working. For some reason I think it was the sd card. Should he buy a new one or was this just a scare?

Swyped from my sexy EVO.
[HTC Inspire 4G] N3gentropy:
Just asking--I know the basic root method won't do this; wondering if there's any way yet to keep my old SMSes.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Nickovtyme:
Just FYI...questions like this should go in the Inspire General Forums but there are ways to back up your SMS.

GO SMS will allow you to back up all your message logs on your sdcard and will email the logs to your gmail account.

Then all you have to do is restore them after root or flashing new roms.

Titanium Backup will do this as well.
[HTC Inspire 4G] N3gentropy:
Thank you. Sorry for posting this in the wrong forum.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vanlon:
My problem is that I can't seem to flash certain ROMs they just hang on the HTC splash screen on the initial boot. I can use reflextsense 1.8, but I can't run robocik or insertcoins roms. I did have robocik's last rom on there , didn't like the rotation so I tried to move over to insertcoins and that's when the problem started.

I downgraded to a stock rom, then tried again, no joy. Any ideas?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skedone:
completely formate your card mate then do full wipe and try again i have had this in the past and it was a memory card error
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vanlon:
I will give it a go and keep you posted, thanks.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vanlon:
That worked, thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patrick.pilcher:
I'm now on my second SGS i9000 and although its a great phone I have had the same problem with both phones - Android market access does not work - either via 3G or via WiFi. I either get download unseucessful or the download starts and then stops with no install.... Doing a factory reset on both devices means I am able to download and install apps for 10 minutes or so before I am back to square 1 and both handsets refuse to download.

Inserting my SIM into yet another android phone (a Sony Ericsson X10a) sees access to the market and app downloads working fine.. any ideas? No access to the Android market pretty much makes the SGS i9000 about as usefulas a brick..

I've cleared caches and done all the usual stuff including soft and hard resets but to no avail....Any and all help would be hugely appreciated!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rschenck:
You may want to take a Nandroid backup then try a new ROM, maybe from Doc's Kitchen or something simple. Consensus of opinion seems to be that the only good way to fix a broken market is to install a new ROM.

Are you on stock currently?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patrick.pilcher:
It is indeed a stock ROM - very frustrating....
[Windows Phone 7 General] Titus_Andronicus:
So I got NoDo. Seems nice. Cut and past is cool. But most apps are not build correctly to cut and past. So, specifically, does anyone know of an app that will allow you to cut/copy the GPS coordinates displayed from the GPS?
[Windows Phone 7 General] arturobandini:
You can try several apps:

- I'm Here

- Text Where I am

- Here I am (a bit different I think)

- Outdoor Navigation (great soft), using the SOS function.

The last one is really the most complete.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Titus_Andronicus:
Thanks. I have the trial versoin of Outdoor Navigator, and I really like it, but it doesn't allow the SOS function. I wondered if that would work. Anyway, maybe I will have to try to get a credit card hooked up to the market place for that one.
[Droid Eris Accessories] Stonent:
http://newgenoutlet.com/products/Pl...lymer-Battery-for-Most-HTC-Mobile-Phones.html

This exact battery is $50 at Best Buy.
[Droid Eris Accessories] TheAtheistReverend:
Anyone try this battery yet? I have a few batteries laying around that have all gone to crap and my 1750 from seidio isn't holding it's charge very well anymore.

Still can't bring myself to buy the 3500.
[Droid Eris Accessories] Letitride:
Might want to consider & shop for OEM 1500 maH ?

Haven't tried them yet but I got a supposingly OEM battery (1500 maH) for the Ozone/Imagio at around $10 including shipping via eBay, and I switched it over to the Eris since the Ozone is now used only as an unlocked spare for GSM/wifi purposes, etc. Got it from these folks, fast ship as they're local & was in our mailbox in 4 or 5 days.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-OEM-HTC-BTR...309517?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item3a5dd47b8d

It's only slightly larger than the OEM 1300 maH rated battery, but this one fit perfectly as well and with the custom Froyo, rooted phone, giving me enough juice for a full 18-30 hours day without running low - depending on usage, and, at night, I just hook it up to the charger. Plus, I got plenty of vechile & usb charging option while on the go, plus, the spare battery resulting from the switch with me most of the time, so I'm good going anywhere with the device.

I prefer not to throw more money for a 3500 maH battery+cover as none of the protective cover/shield/cases out there are designed for the thicker phone & its bulk, which sort of defeat the purpose of using this relatively "compact" device especially on a side-by-side with the TB and their related siblings. ;)
[Droid Eris Accessories] willwgp:
I just ordered this battery OP suggested, will test it out and get back to you guys some time next week. Really needed a battery a bit bigger than what I've got now, and I think $10 fits the bill! Thanks OP.
[Droid Eris Accessories] willwgp:
I've tried out the battery over the past few days, and I'm impressed. I had the oem 1500 battery before, and it went down in life really quick throughout the day. On normal use, I would only have 20-30% by lunch time. But I took it off the charger at 7:50am today, and it's at 80% right now (1:23pm). Most of the weekend, I was hooked up to Wi-Fi, and it lasted an entire day and a half on normal use. I define normal use as 30-60 minute sessions of browsing the web, and texting every now and then for about 5-10 minutes. I'm enjoying it a lot. For only $10 you can't go wrong. So if you want a battery that will last you through the day, this is it. Thanks for the find, OP.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Bad@ssGtab:
I've searched many treads and also put up a few posting in the past.

I know Anyconnect is not available for the Xoom/Andriod OS at this time, but has anyone found an "easy" way to connect to a Cisco VPN system.

I was able to install certs as needed and tried a few workarounds, but no luck.

This is the a must have for me and I know a lot of others.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Inphinitizeit:
I was able to get my Cisco VPN to connect by rooting and using VPN Connections.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Bad@ssGtab:
Thanks for the response...

Couple of questions

You mentioned rooted? Did you change kernel also?

3g or Wifi model? (I have Wifi)

When you say VPN connections, do you mean a app or the stock connect in the system?

Did you tranfer your certificates to the Xoom?

Sorry for all the questions. I've had a Gtab since November and just picked up a Xoom after holding out for a month.

Glad I made the purchase.....
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Inphinitizeit:
I should mention the Cisco VPN I'm connecting to only uses grou passwords

I'm using the 3G model, and it is rooted with the tun.ko module available from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=972550&highlight=tun.ko.

VPN Connections is a root app available from http://code.google.com/p/get-a-robot-vpnc/
[Xoom Themes and Apps] Bad@ssGtab:
Thanks! I'll give it a try.....