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[General Questions and Answers] caffeineighted:
So I've gotten myself into a pickle. Let me start this by saying that staying on AT&T is not an option for personal reasons.

Current situation

: HTC Inspire 4G with an unlimited data plan on AT&T.

Living in NY metro area with great coverage.

Got the green light from AT&T to cancel my contract with no ETF if I want.

Hopes & Dreams

: Have a great phone on a future-proof network (LTE for example) while guaranteeing myself unlimited data.

Obviously I have a lot to weigh here:

AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile.

I feel like this is pure bad news if I were to stay with AT&T or switch to T-Mobile. If I stay AT&T, prices are sure to go up, and sure I keep my unlimited data, but the network is going nowhere fast. 4G is bull****. 3.5G at best. All in all, the real innovation and envelope pushing just isn't happening here.

Verizon's LTE & Tiered Data.

From what I hear, the speeds are gorgeous. I checked and I'm in a hot coverage area. But I also hear indoor coverage sucks, and the LTE > 3G handoff is sloppy and leads to service drops.

Then there's the tiered data. I'm sure if I were to wait too long, I'll miss the boat on unlimited LTE data. Hence the reason I feel I need to make a move soon.

Sprint.

Short & sweet: Is the 4G good? Phone selection ramping up any time soon? What's hot now? The Pre 3 looks amazing, but if it'll be on Verizon, I'm not sure what Sprint may have to lure me in.

MetroPCS.

Just kidding ;)

Anyway, any and all input is appreciated. I'm just not sure where to go and how.

Keep in mind I need to do the carrier change by May 4th.

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] caffeineighted:
30 views and no opinions?

:(
[General Questions and Answers] kopsis:
I tried dumping AT&T and switching to T-Mobile a year ago and within 48 hours I was begging AT&T to reactivate my account :) In the end, it simply came down to signal strength/coverage. Before even considering all the other factors, find out what kind of service you're going to get in the EXACT locations where you spend your time. Maybe you're lucky enough to have strong service from multiple carriers (I wasn't), but I'd certainly test and see if it narrows your options.
[General Questions and Answers] mikeygnyc:
I agree with what kopsis said; find out coverage in your exact area to the extent possible.

I can't say too much about the options personally, as I've had T-Mo since they were Voicestream and just after they bought Omnipoint, but I'm leery of the AT&T merger and I know they're not the best for everybody as is.

I have a VZ blackberry through work and while it's hard to be completely objective since the BES and proxy stuff screw with speeds, I've had issues with data actually being usable. While I have great coverage (theoretically), I've found sometimes that the device will show EVDO but only be able to pull 10kbps. Or it will not be able to get on EVDO at all and revert to barely usable 1xRTT even in areas that supposedly have hot EVDO coverage. I think while they have great geographic coverage, base stations can get overloaded throughput-wise, especially given the nature of legacy CDMA devices being "promiscuous" and talking to every tower they possibly can. I'm sure LTE will be different with them but my experiences so far have left me less than impressed.

With regards to Sprint, be aware, that they're rumored to be dumping WiMax for LTE sometime in the future, so that may interfere with your "future-proof" plans...
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rosser725:
Can someone please post the boot animation that was in 2.1 Eclair for the incredible?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rosser725:
Anybody?
[Epic 4G General] Paleryder:
Radio Shack is practically giving them away !! $19.99 new account, $49.99 upgrade. My wife may just get a early Easter gift.
[Epic 4G General] fram0027:
I love how they advertise this phone with a plan that costs $69.99, and forget to mention the $10 "Premium Data charge".
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pippi80:
hi,

I have a problem:

I got root permissions, and installed the recovery clockwork, without unlocking the bootloader, since I had a rom 2.3.1.

I must say that for now I have no problem to install the various rom 2.3.3.

But finally advised me to unlock the bootloader, but I have no idea how to proceed now:

I put the stock rom, copy all the contents of the SD on my PC, And then proceed to unlock, but I fear that all formatting, and not finding the original ROM, can create problems, possibly brick the phone.

that you advise me to do?

I leave everything like that, or I try to unlock the cell?

sorry for my bad English
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] liquelt:
You just need to type fastboot oem unlock while the phone is connected on your computer and on fastboot mode. You dont have to fear about bricking or doing something with your phone. I did that when I got my phone and everything is alright!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rikardo1979:
have a look here, it should help u [GUIDE] Step by Step ROOT Nexus S via ClockworkMod Recovery image (i9020/T only) by AllGamer

All credits go to him ;-)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DacMaddy:
Alright so I had Google backup my applications, and I was running CM7. Then I tried flashing to SalvageMod (I did factory reset and everything) and since Google backed up my apps it put back all kinds of stuff from CM7, which makes everything a little wonky because it turned into a mix of the two ROMs. How do I access what Google backed up for me so I can alter what does and doesn't get backed up when I flash new ROMs? I tried Google.com but I couldn't seem to find anything pertaining to Android phones, but maybe I missed it. Many thanks in advance! I would really like to try out SalvageMod without CM7 interfering haha.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dougjamal:
That is one of the reasons why I don't have my apps, data and settings automatically backed up to Google's servers. However, to attempt to answer your question, one step is to disable the "automatic restore" feature located in Menu-Settings-Privacy Settings. No, I have not tried it but it seems like a good starting point.

posting & replying via the XDA Premium app.
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] slamorte:
Is anyone using a good calendar app to replace the standard Samsung one? I use multiple google calendars and an exchange calendar and the stock Samsung app can only display one color for all four of my google calendars - very annoying.

I'd really like something that can do double pane to take advantage of the larger tablet screen like the Samsung one.

Thanks for the advice.
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] galexandr:
If you go to the 'amazon app store' they are giving away calendar app worth 5$ for free
[Galaxy Tab Themes and Apps] slamorte:
Thanks. I had actually just installed it. It does not have a dual pane function, but I'm diggin' the custom calendar color feature.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bomster:
When I flash a new kernel, will my phone factory reset, or it like flashing radios where everything is kept?

Thanks
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] letom:
Everything stays.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeatherFace:
EVERYTHING will be exactly the same... nothing changes.. u can find kernel flash tool in ma attachments just to save u time and effort :p
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bomster:
Thanks alot guys :).
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -shift-:
i've noticed that the wallpapers i make for the xoom are severely pixelated. i've tried searching around for a possible fix or even an explanation, but haven't come across one. anyone got some insight on this?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alias_neo:
Its to do with needing to fill the screen in portrait so they need to be 1280 high by 800 + extas for screen scroll.

Not sure what the actual value is though for width.

Macbots drool as I XOOM through the Galaxy to my hearts Desire on the back of a Droid.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -shift-:
no, i use the 1892x1389 resolution template i found here on xda.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alias_neo:
Maybe the template is wrong?

I just looked through system and there is a config file that puts the wallpaper at 1920x1408 try that, im in bed now or id try it myself, then say thanks if it works. :-)

Macbots drool as I XOOM through the Galaxy to my hearts Desire on the back of a Droid.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alias_neo:
Just tested with a google image at that size, it looks perfect, so I think i'm right. Good night.

Macbots drool as I XOOM through the Galaxy to my hearts Desire on the back of a Droid.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -shift-:
awesome, thanks!

i actually realized it's the gallery preview viewer that sucks. it shows the image compressed at full scale. what a derp moment for me lol.

thanks again!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tabbott01:
Just got a Cincinnati Bell Vibrant today (running froyo) - phone, etc., is just fine, absolutely no complaints, but I noticed almost immediately that the GPS won't acquire a lock. Not even on a single sat. I'm a GPS power-user (navigation, biking, running, etc. - I use it constantly), and this is a serious problem for me. I've never had a problem getting an instantaneous lock in this area on any of my previous phones. I tried the various fixes for the T-mobile Vibrant that are floating around the internet and all they do is grind my phone to halt. I grabbed the .apk for Samsung's GPSRestore app (because Cincinnati Bell won't make it available for us to download from the app store), but after "restoring" my settings, it tells me it can't acquire a lock and that I need to contact Samsung. Seeing as many people report improvement from the other fixes for their non-Cincinnati Bell phones, I just wanted to see if anybody has found anything that works for the Cincinnati Bell phones.

Thanks.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Indigo779:
Cincinnati sucks for vibrant users. I've tried many roms and fixes and have never had adequate locks at all.

If gps is seriously important to you I would suggest returning the phone if possible.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Azure100:
If none of the GPS fixes worked for you just like me. Try the hardware fix below it works wonders !

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=878970
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EricDET:
I use my Vibrant on Cincinnati Bell and have never had a problem with gps.... Just try a couple of the GPS fixes here... Obviously you'll have to mod the phone to be able to flash.... The hardware and software is identical... T-mobile even appears in the build version under phone info... lol. Obviously if none of the fixes work then return the phone and get a new one.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jahganja:
What's more

Even more hilarious. If you take a bit of isopropanol and rub out the ugly "Cincinnati Bell" logo that they printed on, you will see it says T-mobile underneath! I laughed my a$$ when I saw that.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Woody:
I actually just scratched it off with my fingernail when I got mine. CBW got a bunch of Vibrants and HTC Penaches (aka MyTouch4g) from TMo. As we know, CBW is notoriusly stubborn about their simlock policies. Once my contract is up (a few months), I am going flash it back to the Ultimobile 2.2 that was on there, unroot it and say to them, "You got this phone from TMo, simlocked it and you are telling me that you can't unlock it" I call BS.

Side Note: I had the Motorola XT720 which was manufacturer locked on 2.1 (with no upgrades ever planned). We were able to upgrade it ourselves by building 2.2 from the original Milestone A853 source. Few months later, CBW decides to give its customers Root and an "official" upgrade. Guess what, it was a hacked version of our version. We even saw some of our source buried in there. It was realeased by a sub-company Ultimobile. Now for the bad part. Because it was not really stolen (it is open source), from us, they put in a tracking code that if XT720 users outside of CBW market updated their phones, it would send data back to Ultimobile about who was using their product. Dirty Dirty Dirty. As soon as I got my Vibrant, i rooted it, found the code and instantly flashed a new ROM to get rid of it. Just an FYI

Going back to OP's issue, I have no problem whatsoever with GPS on CBW Vibrant. I just looked this morning and mine was made in Jan 2011.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaintfm:
Ditto what Woodrube said. While GPS with the Vibrant isn't stellar, it works reasonably well outdoors or in a car. The only issues I've run into were when using MIUI or CM7. The only fix I needed was to add an extra step (Angry GPS) before using Google Navigation and it was smooth sailing.

Try picking up a copy of AngryGPSMod.apk and doing a GPS test. It may suddenly start working as intended.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rambino2k:
Anyway to turn off the "tap to click" feature of the trackpad on the Lapdock in Webtop mode?

I'm running the unlocked/full Ubuntu and tried to change the setting using gconf-editor. It lets me uncheck the box, but nothing changes.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polariscon:
Hi fellow developers, is there any way to disable logcat in gingerbread rooted rom JVK with CF root 3.1.

thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DVSoftware:
Why would You want to do that?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polariscon:
why not to improve performance?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jakar217:
You could try:

logcat-disable

That probably wouldn't work, though, with a stock kernel.

You could also try deleting the folder /dev/log (delete 'log'. Do NOT delete /dev/)

You would have to be rooted:

adb shell
su
mount -o remount rw /dev/
rm /dev/log/*

The mount line may need to be different in order to actually mount, since it varies by device.

If that works, it would most likely be lost after any reboot.

It's worth trying, anyway.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nouseferaname90:
I was bored and experimenting with voltage control ex and made quite the derp derp mistake. I set my phone to 1400 and let things roll for a little bit. Unfortunately I also set apply to boot. Lo and behold, my phone freezes up, so I go to reboot it, and it now freezes at the lockscreen at bootup at right about the point I'm guessing voltage control starts up.

Normally in this situation, I'd plug my jig in and just go through the process of installing serendipity again.

The problem in my current situation is that I'm away for the weekend and don't have my jig with me. Is there a way I can fix the issue with my computer, a usb cable, and my phone, or should I just wait till I'm back and go through the process of using the jig.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
You should be able to do it by deleting the file created by the voltage control app using adb in recovery. I can't recall the exact name that the file should be, but someone will see this that knows. Otherwise reflash the rom, assuming you have it on your phone.

Another thing I used to be able to do back when oc level was built into the kernel and had lockups on boot was to plug into usb, not sure if the bit if extra voltage helped but it seemed to, and unlock the screen as soon as possible and try to open setcpu to lower the clock speed. Had to catch everything just right and get lucky but sometimes it would work.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
What kernel are you on?? if you are lucky enough to be running onix you won't have to mess with adb, get into recovery go to advanced and delete voltage settings from there ...
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nouseferaname90:
Luckily I do have onix, but unfortunately, my captivate is one of the few where 3 button boot to recovery doesn't work. I'm installing adb and I'm gonna give that a shot to get to recovery.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nouseferaname90:
I tried using adb but I can't get into recovery...It seems like my phone freezes before my computer (and adb) can recognize it. Am I out of luck until tomorrow when I get my jig then?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
Sounds like it ... There is ways to get the 3 button fix, search for that and do it so a situation like this in the future is fixable without having to flash to stock.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
If you don't have button combo to get recovery you are probably stuck. :/
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
You should be able to avoid a flash to stock though if you grab an odin flashable kernel and just do that when you can get into dl mode.

At least that will save you setting your phone up again.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
Great idea
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
umm dont need 3 button fix... with custom roms that have advanced power menu~!

long press power button > recovery

done
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newter55:
Not much good when the phone is locking up on boot due to bad oc setting requiring a battery pull.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
THAT ONLY WORKS IF THE DAMN PHONE WILL BOOT!

3 button fix is an emergency option for when the os won't boot.

Tell this guy in this situation to use the extended power menu see how fast that gets him!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nouseferaname90:
And thats eventually what I did. I realized that a little while ago and have repeatedly been trying to get the timing right (Most of the time, it was freezing during shutdown for some reason) but I eventually got it into recovery! Thanks for the help/suggestions.

I booted to recovery then erased/cleared/whateveritwas the voltage settings in the advanced menu
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TRusselo:
oh crap cant get into the phone at all.. crap. i was helping someone else on msn with almost the same problem but it was just laggy and hard to use once booted...

my bad. right if you cant get past the lock screen ya... bummer...

EDIT never mind I WAS RIGHT....
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] studacris:
You can't be retroactively right TRu, that's cheating I was working with the information given. Lol

Op... I still suggest you get the 3 button fix working in case you can't boot up in the future if something else goes wrong. cause you got lucky this time.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] motorsportgod:
Hi everyone, I have rooted my x10 using superoneclick, I deleted the bloat wares i did not want, I flashed multitouch using flashtool, i then restored to factory and re-did all that after my wife deleted txt and dialler while playing with my new faster phone. I have the media i want, the home style and what else that i like but i want to flash a custom rom and be able to still use all my apps ect without downloading everyone of them again! I have installed xrecovery and made a backup of my current phone also. SO - I have downloaded the .rar file of the rom i would like to my computer desktop and not unzipped it and now i want to just tripple check where i save that file to on the phone. do i just save it to general sd card? do i make a new folder in sd card and put it in that? Then after i have saved it to wherever{???} do i enter xrecovery, scroll down then select install custom rom and select it from wherever? THEN {sorry i know this drags on} before i reeboot do i restore my backup to apply my apps ect or do i do that after reeboot?

ANY advice is appreciated. I know these questions sound basic to most of you but im the only person i know that even messes with this stuff none of my mates or work mates are even remotely interested so xda is my support network!

Lastly, to go back from custom rom to "normal" I assume i just run With se support and then run my backup from backup and restore app file?

model X10i

Baseband 2.0.46

Kernel 2.6.29

Build 2.0.A.0.504

Thanks everyone!!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentJBM:
What rom are you looking at? First, the file needs to be in zip format for XRecovery, not rar. RAR files usually are for the flash tool. Confused?

Put zip file anywhere you like on sdcard. Actually, you can download the zip file directly from your phone browser or the xda app. It will save to download folder by default. Then enter XRecovery and wipe cache, then go into advanced options and wipe battery stats and dalvik cache. After that install custom zip from sdcard.

Do NOT use xRecovery restore to restore apps and data. Use titanium backup from the market to backup and restore apps when going between android versions.

Also, why use outdated 2.0.A.0.504 firmware? Use global generic 2.1.A.0.435 firmware, it has dualtouch implementation and lots of other tweaks. Also, custom ROMs are particular about which baseband to use, so double check that. This will also get you ready for the official 2.3.3 Gingerbread update directly from PC Companion or SEUS when available.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CMoney87:
if you have a set group of apps you would always want the fastest and best way to reinstall between versions is with an app called 'MyBackup Root' it works better with data between versions. I would also recommend Titanium Backup for just backing up and restoring all apps but MyBackup will restore them all faster for initial setup.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiscidtox:
You don't do full wipe/factory restore in xrec? You're supposed to
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentJBM:
Never have..... and I never had any of the multitude of problems others seem to have. I go between stock 2.1, FreeX10 and WB's CM6 rom quite frequently.

Doesn't flashing a new ROM result in wiping the previous one? You don't have to factory reset before using SEUS or PC Companion...it does it within the process.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiscidtox:
I never have problems and I always do, every instruction set I've ever read said to. If that were the case, it also wipes the dalvik and the cache partition too, so you might as well not do any of it.

Since my time with the htc hero, I've always been told to do the three (factory wipe, cache and dalvik cache).
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentJBM:
I always thought it was cache, dalvik cache, and battery stats. I guess it might not matter as much as we think. I know that I have never had any problems restoring apps or data either, which everyone else seems to have trouble. Maybe factory wipe is causing the difficulties.

I never read anyone telling others with problems to do a factory wipe. I have only read wipe battery stats and dalvik cache.

I don't know enough to say either way, but in my experience it doesn't appear to be needed. Confused.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiscidtox:
hahaha no it definitely isn't causing any issues....

Go read any of the threads for noobs, they all say to do a factory wipe.

From every thread I've ever read, and every dev thread, the ALWAYS recommend to do a factory wipe

Here is just one example, though with search function you will literally find hundreds.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=939812
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] agentJBM:
I didn't say that devs don't put it in their guide. I said that I always thought it was cache, dalvik cache, and battery stats.

I beg to differ about issues restoring apps and data. The devs say not to restore data (which would suck btw). I do it all the time between 2.1 and 2.2. I never had any problems with the market, angry birds etc. that others have.

Again, not saying that I know better than anyone. Just saying it is not necessary for me. I can understand the theory behind wiping everything in preparation, but I am proof that it is not required.

I also see some guides that don't say to wipe battery stats, like WB's. However, if you have battery drain that is the first thing you are told to do. Also, there are calibration apps out there that say wiping battery stats and dalvik cache are the two things needed with a new rom.