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[T-Mobile LG G2x] SurgeCentral:
It gives you an option to keep your current plan, you just have to select the 30$ data, but after i bought the phone i called Tmo customer service to keep my current data plan as is, just told em i bought it online, so yes you can keep your current plan
[T-Mobile LG G2x] t0ny0:
I started this thread, and all I wanted to do is let people know that I got the phones for 149 WITH contract. And they gave me bluetooth and all kinds of other goodies for free. I never EVER said that I got them without a contract.

I was just trying to help people out, cause T-mo wanted $199 for the phone with contact..

I am not trying to be misleading, and I do not work for Costco. Just trying to help fellow XDA members save some money :mad:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Paul22000:
Oh, nice! Thanks! :cool:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] flexnix:
I showed the T-Mobile store my $149.99 ad from Amazon, and they honored the price. :D No rebates, nada! And this was for a upgrade plan.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Paul22000:
Ooh, good to know. You get the price and the in-store support then.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] er86:
The Columbus, OH Costco does not sell any phones off contract. I was a bit surprised... Some time ago I also emailed the folks at Costco's online store and they gave the same response after I could not figure out how to purchase without a contract online.

I will try to return to the store and ask management of the Costco itself for assistance.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] kirdroid:
Ok i finally decided to go the costco non contract route.

Here is what i got:

2 LG G2X phones for $875.98 (each phone is $399 + 9.5% tax)

I also got a free Bonus pack (car charger, leather carrying pouch), they also gave free earphones and some extra charger for each phone.

Since, i bought the full price, i had to add 2 Even More plus lines.

Each line cost $49.99 + $25 for data monthly. I didn't care about this as i'm planning to cancel anyway.

I paid for the phones and they activated the lines in the store. And i removed the new SIM's from the phone as soon as i went out of the store.

Waited couple of hours and called TMobile customer care to cancel the additional lines.

Here comes the surprise, they are not willing to cancel until costco confirms that i have returned the device. I'm like WTF?? they want costco to call and tell them that devices are returned before they cancel the lines.

Neway i didn't argue much since i just activated the lines couple of hrs back ....... i'm planning to wait for a week atleast and then go to the local TMobile store to cancel the lines. If they ask me to return the device to costco, i will explain to them that i bought the phones at full price and i didn't sign any contract.

Until i cancel my even more plus plan i will be kind of nervous as to if i can keep these phones :(
[T-Mobile LG G2x] iceshark:
Perfect timing, I just showed this to our Kiosk Manager Brian and his Tmobile field rep who is in store. They said this makes no sense. Tmobile only gets confirmation if your asking to return a bought phone on an Upgrade price and want to exchange it for another within the 90 day window Costco offers as its out of norm for Tmobiles computor system.

He said you bought full retail pride and no discount given. The phones are none of Tmobiles business and makes no differance if you return.

HOWEVER, if you bought and filled out a REBATE form then they will also ask for confirmation that you returned as they want to cancel our your Rebate qualification so you do not get rebate from tmobile for a phone you bought and returned.

Brian said when this happens and customer is keeping phone. He simply calls tmo and tells them customer is canceling sale and they do not ask him about phone. So you may need to go back to Costco and tell them you are keeping phones since you full price paid, and tell them for now your canceling contract on 2 new lines and he will go into his computor or call and cancel at your local Costco. No issue at all. He thinks its the rebate forms that is why they asked if phones returned. NO biggie!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] iceshark:
Okay they just walked into the office and gave me another update!

The Tmo rep called his Tmo customer service and read your email. The rep said they are now asking Costco and other retailers for confirmation of return of phones before canceling contract to stop people not due upgrades from buying phones on new lines and canceling those to circumvent the upgrade timelines on main accounts for early upgrade prices.

HOWEVER again, he asked them what if the customer did not get a special price and paid in full but wants to keep phones. They said that is not a problem and they just need the Manager to call them and let them know accounts canceled and customer keeping full price bought phones. Will not be an issue.

He said if you did not want to go in to Costco and did not get a rebate form and want to keep phones and cancel extra lines. Just ask for Tmo Manager when you call customer service if they refuse you.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] kirdroid:
Oh man...l should have come to your costco and bought the phones ... this would have been a lot easier :(

Thanks for the info and verifying the cancellation terms. Yeah i have not got any rebate forms or anything like that. Just paid the full price and added 2 non contract lines.

So, I will try again calling them again and ask for TMobile manager, if not i will go back to Costco and have them call. But kind of pain tht i need to go back to Costco for this as I felt they were not that happy selling me the phones, since i told them i'm planning to cancel the lines.

Lets see what happens.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ashman3000:
I went to the Houston Costco (i-10) and no-go over there. Sales girl wont sell me the phone without a contract, she wouldn't allow it for prepaid or even more plus plans. she called her Manager, i called the costco Mgr., but he didnt have a clue.

I asked her if this was a Car Toys store and she said yes.

I want to know if T-Mobile store will price match the $399 of Costco?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Paul22000:
That would be amazing.

Has anyone tried this?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] aldo37:
I highly doubt it. The only place you see the $399 price is on the costco.com site, and it will not let you buy it at that price on the website (you have to get a contract).

I tried two Costco's and they did not budge on selling it to me off-contract.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] azsl1326:
I bought the phone the day it was released from Tmobile, saw the Amazon price and asked them to match it. They couldn't/wouldn't do it. Interesting now they are matching the price.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Amd4life:
My local tmobile wouldn't allow me to pricematxh costing,
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dakalter:
I just wanted to know if anybody has tried using a bluetooth keyboard and mouse setup. I am interested cause i think this phone would be amazing to use as a 'pc' just like the evo especially since we can hdmi mirror natively and i have verified that using droid overclock to change lcd density works.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] briandresstoyota:
I am absolutely DYING to know if this works. My entire life is on my phone and it would be so wonderful to connect a keyboard and mouse and put the hdmi out to my tv. cmon, this has to work. how can the evo do this and i can find nothing, absolutely nothing anywhere on doing this with the g2x?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] briandresstoyota:
find it very hard to believe that with all the people on this forum we cant get an answer for this very simple question. Someone please assist.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] btate0121:
i have a bt mouse at home. i'll check this evening..but somehow i doubt it... the keyboard SHOULD work tho.. but I don't have one.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] wmm:
I think it's likely that you will need an additional driver to use a bluetooth mouse and keyboard. Search in the market for "bluetooth keyboard driver."
[T-Mobile LG G2x] bdkinney:
I know Teksoft has an HID driver for Android that is supposed to allow keyboard/mouse input. Its called BlueInput....here...

http://www.teksoftco.com/index.php?section=blueinputandroid

I don't know if/how well it works on our device. I only know it exists. If someone wants to try it and report back I would be interested in knowing too. This could save me from hauling my laptop to work every night.

Hope this helps...
[T-Mobile LG G2x] briandresstoyota:
I was in bestbuy and tried the motorola BT keyboard that they market for their android tablets. I kept getting an error on my device while pairing. said, "problem with pairing. please make sure the password on device is ******"

the *'s are always random numbers. I would really like to get this to work. gahhhh
[T-Mobile LG G2x] makr8100:
Passwords are usually 0000 or 1234 for most devices, but if not you're screwed and need documentation. I'm going to be ordering a bt keyboard/mouse for my atrix cuz I hacked the webtop on it so I don't need the dock, hopefully input devices work without.... :o
[T-Mobile LG G2x] makr8100:
Oh wait, I realized what you're talking about, bt 2.0 uses different password methods.... Back from spacing out, you should be able to click yes that they do match and likely out will attempt to connect.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] briandresstoyota:
welllll. there is no option to say yest they match. the password changes everytime i try to pair. So yeah, still no definitive answer on whether or not the G2X supports bluetooth hid. how is this so FFFKKKKNNNN hard to find?!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] briandresstoyota:
Bump. any help please?

Is this something i need cm7 for? do i get mouse pointer like the evo had in cm6? im so confused please help
[T-Mobile LG G2x] briandresstoyota:
There definitely have to be more of us that want to see this become an easy task. im sure many would benefit from this. I know i would love to be able to take all my work notes on my phone without using my thumbs for pages and pages of notes. any ideas folks?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] player911:
I think the stock rom doesn't support it. I couldn't get my wiimote to pair until CM.

Probably the same deal. I'm sure CM has support for those profiles.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] briandresstoyota:
Thanks so much for the input. I've been trying to get the wiimote to work too? Any feedback? Using nexus aosp by faux.
[G Tablet General] nook-color:
Prior to purchase decision - I'm trying to give myself a crash course on Getting a new ROM on this device and rooted for Android Marketplace.

I've spent a bit of time focused on the Nook Color and I gather per that device - you need to use a uSD in order to root the nook with autonooter - or alternative method. Then as I understand you can add CWR and manage your ROM's.

While trying to find a similar cookie cutter method - I found the video on stickypost -

Installing Clockwork TNT Lite 4.20 from Youtube per ehunyadi ( who seems to contribute to this site )

Is this device pre-rooted? If I pick one of these up in the next day or 2 - can I play around with the G tab - software update and sideload an app before rooting - or would that somehow limit my options for installing CWR and / or new ROM onto the device. ( I think it doesn't make a difference - but this Android is completely new to me - never used it before on any device )

I'd like to test drive and make sure the screen suits my needs to use with EZpdf - and Kindle before installing a custom ROM

Thanks
[HTC Inspire 4G] jags_the1:
i am completely new to inspire and now totally confused .. lol

i am new to htc and flashing radios. So i dont know how to check or upgrade a radio

i got this phone from another user here and it has kernel version 2.6.32.35 -cynogenmod -g0825ccb android@giulio-desktop #1

so is there any better version then this kernel.

i was planning to install ultimateDroid rom . its says LorDMod version is advised, is this kernel [KERNEL][20 APR]LorDMod V4.1 better then the one i have?

and how do i check what radio version i have ?

i have flashed roms though so i guess i am good for that part.

thanks!
[HTC Inspire 4G] pside15:
I'm running ultimate Droid with that kernel and it is fantastic. Great battery and very fast. I have never flashed a radio so I can't be much help there. I've always uses the stock radio and had no issues. You can check your radio version in settings>about phone> baseband version.
[HTC Inspire 4G] jags_the1:
thanks !

and yea radio flashing seem to be the hard part for new users and you can brick your phone too , so trying to understand when and what bricks the phone . since i dint root it myself , i am having trouble in understanding how this radio flashing thingy works.
[G Tablet Accessories] Dorquemada:
Has anyone tried to use the Zippy BT-500 with their G Tablet? I stupidly ordered it based on the amazon description saying Android compatible.

I've tried to pair it, and the G Tablet sees the keyboard, but it won't pair. Any ideas?

Thanks,
[G Tablet Accessories] calpencil:
Code:0000 usually works.
[G Tablet Accessories] Dorquemada:
Not this time.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shakes The AssClown:
Just as the title says...Can we now?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DirgeExtinction:
Which problems? This build is the same ED01 build we found a few days ago.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheSonicEmerald:
Doubt it will make a huge difference. Its nearly the same as EC01.

Sent from a Limited Edition phone from a Premium app..
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ajd88:
Check out evil fascination rom. Pretty nice, based on what I believe to be the same build sent ota tonight. Thats as good as it gets right now imo.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] finakechi:
How about you fix them yourself Or be a little less impatient and a little more grateful of how much work these dudes do for us.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DirgeExtinction:
He's just asking a simple question. No need to answer that way.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navenedrob:
Yes, it IS true that there probably isn't MUCH of a difference between this and EC01...

However, this is what I was waiting on to update my ROM, personally, so I will be doing this in the next few days. As for what other developers would like to do, that is a personal choice, they may simply not see any reason to and won't.

So besides those like me who make the choice to do anything with it, you probably won't see anything happen. Just keep in mind that just because it is official doesn't really make it any better than what we have at this moment. I haven't explored it yet, but that is my opinion on the matter.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gkirby11:
When the OP cannot understand simple forum rules I see no reason to censor comments made towards him *edit* unless the intention is to "flame" said user.

This is a question, not a ROM or anything being DEVELOPED and it has no place here.

Now say if this were asked in Q and A I would see your reasoning at being a little harsh. ;)
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neh4pres:
+1

Sent from my frozen yogurt filled fascinate
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devlp1213:
also most people want aosp,cm fixes and this will not help them, the stuff they want fixed is tied to tw which had been stated hundreds of times.

SC2.9.2 Voodoo Eclipse
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iofthestorm:
Something to that effect (Touchwiz source doesn't help AOSP so much) should honestly be stickied to the top of the development forum, although I doubt that would help that much anyway with the type of people who post these threads...

People don't remember how long it took for JT to even get a good Eclair AOSP build working. I think it's somewhat clear that Samsung's releases are not terribly useful for AOSP ROMs.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deaffob:
+1

I really think that mods should temp-ban these people who just post wherever they want.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] times_infinity:
We don't have everything we need from Samsung. Stop asking. It's been said already.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] micellis:
Thats all folks!
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] finakechi:
Sorry I just think it's a little rude to post this in the Development forum is exclamation points and CAPS!!! It came off very "ugh why do these dev roms have so many problems can we just get them fixed? GAWD!"...to me. I am not a developer but I am very aware that it is not nearly as simple to do what they do as some people seem to think. Maybe I over reacted a little, but that type of attitude pisses me off.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BasiliskPie:
SOLVED -- Pilot Error: CFIG -- ref' post at bottom

An Amazon/Woot! G-tablet arrived yesterday, and I'm struggling to learn it as I have NO smart-phone (nor, obv., Android) experience. (I've 44 years of mostly UNIX computers, and I've been networking since dARPAnet days.)

From the start, I was able to CONNECT to my house Wireless router (and get an assigned IP#) BUT nothing that "should"[?] connect to the Internet did: the browser couldn't pull up Google, BBC.com, etc. and the email s/w didn't connect to my gmail acct.

I didn't let that bother me as the Big Goal was to load GingerBread, which I did: Android 2.3.3 (Kernel Version 2.6.32.36-aosp a.k.a. "G_Harmony_Gingerbreadv2.3.3"). Also loaded CWM and GAPPS. 'Took a long time to get that installation process right, but everything seems stable EXCEPT I still CONNECT to my wireless router but cannot get any program to interact with the Internet.

Any suggestions as to HOW to debug or fix this?

Android remains a puzzle to me; I don't grasp its organization and management:

I haven't figured out how to delete a Music file yet! (Once 'did -something- that momentarily displayed a garbage can, but haven't been able to reproduce that.)

I have a 32GB SD card which the Tablet acknowledges, but I haven't ever "seen" it over the USB connection (to Windows 7), not have I seen any Android tools to display/access it. Is it mounted on a UNIX-like directory? Or is it Invisible as an entity?

The #$%^'ing beast disconnected during my download of several books-on-CD (rip'd to MP3's) and now says the SC card is messed up... so I guess I have to erase it and download the data again... hoping it won't disconnect once more.

'Guess it's time to order a book on Android... sigh. If there are any online Primers you'd recommend, I'd appreciate a link!

Thanks, John

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Edit: PS -- Erasing the SD card didn't fix the problem: I still get "an error was encountered on your SD card" when I go to the Music player. 'Guess that means using CWM to format something. More sighs....

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Edit2: PPS -- Yet re-booting restored the Music files... however Windows 7 continues to think the tablet's "drive" needs an error scan/repair. O grief....
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mantara:
Do you have a file explorer installed? That wold easily let you delete and move files.

Your micro SD will not be detected by your computer. You will need to mount your device to the PC and load files onto internal SD then move them to the micro SD with a file explorer. Or you can get a usb SD reader and load them directly.

Do you have wpa or any other encryption running on your wifi? Different roms have trouble with certain protections. I suggest setting your router to accept only preset mac addresses you approve.

I might have disconnected with screen timeout. Set screen to never time out under settings.

Does your rom indicate internal mem as emmc or SD? Some are SD for internal and SD 2 for micro SD.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BasiliskPie:
I knew FE apps existed, but presumed there was SOME way to delete w/o them. And... since the beast won't communicate to the internet I have to find another way to load apps (via my W7 computer). [I've used Win7 to delete tablet files over the USB port -- gack... that's a nasty method.]

I have a PC-attached SDHC reader and earlier looked at the SD card that way. However, I'm not sure what I can DO with data I load onto the SD card since I haven't been able to understand in what ways Android makes use of that SD card. [For example: if I placed a root-dir directory of Music on the card, would Android merge that with the internal Music files?]

I have some encryption, perhaps WPA, but the Android wouldn't declare that it has a Connection if it hadn't properly matched the security methods on the router. [I vaguely recall seeing the tablet flash a box with the protocol details it found the router using.]

Very frustrating. I expected a more intuitive structure to Android, and fewer problems. I bought this for a trip I'm taking on Friday, but it looks like I won't have email and browsing on that trip.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mantara:
Most roms have FE apps installed but I'm guessing the barebones GB doesn't.

Have you tried opening your wifi so no password is needed just to see if its a tab flaw in the wifi antenna?

Music players vary. Stock, no. Power AMP yes. With power amp and some free apps you can set the directorys they search for music in.

GB is nice but it is still very fresh and the kinks are still getting workred out in the version for Gtab. There still isn't drivers to enable hardware acceleration. I would seriously recommend vegan b5.1.1 or the clemsyn/calculin rom. Both are super stable and very streamlined. And both are fully tested by thousands of other moders. Worth a shot.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] greymane98:
Router?

I have some encryption, perhaps WPA, but the Android wouldn't declare that it has a Connection if it hadn't properly matched the security methods on the router. [I vaguely recall seeing the tablet flash a box with the protocol details it found the router using.]

The fact it is connecting to the router leads me to believe you may have a configuration issue on the router. Do you have the router locked to Mac address filtering or restrictions on access? If that is the case, your tab could connect to the router but not the net.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BasiliskPie:
I found where while-on-outlet timeouts could be turned off on the Initial Android (that came on the tablet); I have been unable to find anything which allows more than a 30 minute timeout period on GingerBread.

I'm unsure where you're asking me to find this information: Within a PLUS/POwerOn boot (CWM)? or in the [lame] Storage information under Settings?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BasiliskPie:
I've set nothing fancy on the router beyond basic encryption. I often have friends' computers in here for repairs, and those aren't blocked. Still, opening the router up is an interesting test for manana. Friday a.m. I have to be up and off to the airport around 4am, so I shouldn't be floundering around with this just now!
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mantara:
You wouldn't be able to tell without a file explorer. Just realized that. There has been debate about standard android (emmc/sd) and tablet android (sd/sd2) drive labeling. Didn't know what the newest GB used for labeling drives. It has caused lots of confusion and lead many to accidently format their SD (internal mem ) with cwm.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mantara:
Just to get it running for your trip you could at least try a froyo rom.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=884103
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BasiliskPie:
I'm worn out, and have to crash now. Those are good points, and I'll pursue them ASAP.

But I'll pursue snoring just now!

Thanks to all!