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[Epic 4G General] enispenvy:
no - you did the right thing by ordering it off ebay. I worked for sprint and back in september they started repairing phones for 35 bucks.. but on the epic, they changed their policy to NOT repair screens on the epic. they made me pay 100 dollars for a replacement even though i've been carrying the 7 dollar a month insurance, though i had a crack on my LCD.

i purchased the replacement from asurian for 100, bought the 80 dollar replacement screen, frankensteined that on to my old phone, sold the new one for 275

screw you sprint :l

tl;dr: sprint changes policies to throat ram customers yet again
[Epic 4G General] jkrough0728:
Crack screens are not covered in store anymore with TEP or not per policy, some stores are more lenient. If you have TEP you have the option to file a claim through Asurion just like LD.

If you are going to try and do it yourself, I would suggest buying the TSP and screen together. The LED is so thin it is nearly impossible to take off w/o breaking it. I have yet to get one off w/o it breaking. The screens I have replaced, we always keep the 2 parts together as one.
[Epic 4G General] dito33:
Do you get to keep the broken phone or they take it for replacement in case of broken screen.
[Epic 4G General] jkrough0728:
What do you mean? When filing the Asurion claim? Or when we replace screen?
[Epic 4G General] zvonkorp:
cnn.cn's website advertised the epc replacement screen as an LCD - when i received it it was clearly LED and was the same exact screen as any other epic. There are many layers to an LCD screen that would be obvious upon first glance when compared to an amoled screen.
[Epic 4G General] flash_c4:
Two weeks ago I was leaving the office in a hurry and had an epic fail on my part. I put my laptop in the trunk and as I was closing it I managed to drop my keys in the trunk and my Epic landed screen down on the parking lot. From the sickening crunch that I heard I knew this was going to end badly. I picked up the phone and sure enough it had landed on a tiny piece of gravel that shattered the screen so now I was standing in with a broke phone and my keys locked in the trunk. I put a piece of packing tape on the screen to keep the pieces together until I could make it to the repair center. I dropped it off a couple of days later. They told me it would take a couple of hours to fix and I could pick it up later that day. When I picked it up I had a new screen and they even put on a new screen protector to “replace the one that I previously had”. I got a chuckle out of that since it was just a strip of packing tape. The big surprise was when I was told that I didn't owe anything. I didn't care what it was going to cost anyways because the phone is on a corporate business account so it wasn't going to cost me anything. I would hope that they extend the same kind of a courtesy to regular customers from time to time and not just large accounts
[Epic 4G General] LemonHead2089:
yeah definitely the best option IMO, especially if you have insurance. I've broke my screen on 3 different phones (twice on my Samsung Moment & once on my Epic, I know I'm clumsy). Sprint Store did all three replacements for free and even put me at the top of the waiting list once. Each time took less than 45 minutes.

Some stores suck though and tell you that you have to pay $100 to get it swapped. I've been told that all three times when I called to see if they had any replacement screens.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zerospeed8:
Dropped my dinc yesterday cracked the screen something bad. Replacement phone is on the was but in the meantime I keep getting pieces of screen in my fingers. Is there any logic/way to remove the glass screen? or am i just stuck not to sure how the touch screen operates. Any ideas???
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thearden84:
Try putting a screen protector on it. The glass is the digitizer that registers your touch input.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zerospeed8:
Awsome didn't think about that. Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vishwanathptl:
Help Needed friends. I love puzzle lock:). But my device cumes with tap lock(default android lock). Tried some mods available in xda. But none worked:(. May be my firmware is different. But all related images are available in my framework-res.apk. I have attaches the files. These are from stock firmware. And Deodexed. Plz friends help me with this and modify these files to enable puzzle lock. thanx in advance.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chirstopher:
so i'm taking my evo in for some repairs today and i have a quick question.

i flashed the s-on unrevoked tool, flashed the latest ruu, and even formated microsd for good measure. is there anything i missed?

iv read through the guides and this is what i think is all i need to do but i want to make sure, don't wanna risk it.

the repairs are because i'm overheating and they're gonna check for software issues so i'm trying to not leave any traces of root.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snowboarda42:
Nope, looks good to me! Just make sure you don't have any files/folders that have anything related to root (ie son.log, titanium backup, nandroid, etc.) on your SD card. Outside that you should be good to go!

If I might ask, what do you mean it's overheating?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chirstopher:
It gets in the mid to upper thirties than starts rebooting. It happens if I have the screen on for more than about 25 or so minutes.
[XPERIA X8 General] edxmon:
I really want to try the X8Overlock module, but I have no idea how to do it. Can you also uninstall the module if you dont like it, or do you have to use xRecovery? If some one can make a video or written tutorial I would really appreciate it.

Thank you in advance.
[XPERIA X8 General] payat7:
ya me too really need it...i also newbie here..
[XPERIA X8 General] manux8:
see the android development thread
[XPERIA X8 General] edxmon:
Please don't make useless comments. I've obviously been in the dev thread, thus why im asking for a tutorial.
[XPERIA X8 General] ClaudioNid:
not useless, you need to read some topic to understand how is working your phone...

For example you need to be rooted... are you?

If yes, I don't know where is the problem for the install (when you read installation instructions). If no...you need to root your x8! :)
[XPERIA X8 General] Graveir:
His comment is not useless. It's all the truth in the world. If you cannot comprehend the instructions posted by doixanh in his module threads, don't use these modules, otherwise you may damage your software. Once you acquire knowledge necessary to understand the instructions, you'll be able to install whatever you wish.

Read, read, read, and read once more.

But, just so you don't say we're not trying to be helpful, let me write some stages for you. I assume you have a stock, unmodified 2.1.1.A.0.6 ROM and 015 ending baseband.

1. Root: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=906195[TUTORIAL or http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=920746

2. xRecovery: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=878426 (you gonna need it if stock OC proves to be too high for your device and you'll get a bootloop)

3. Get yourself a file manager with root access (Root explorer, Super manager, ES file manager)

4. Instal OC with instruction from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1020313 this thread.

Use the x8oc.ko from 004 version, you'll be able to set the frequency with setCPU afterwards.

If you can't understand the above instruction - don't mess with your phone.
[XPERIA X8 General] payat7:
thank u very usefull
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neonblues:
Good day to all!

I have tons of music videos on my DHD and i just want to have a video playlist.

is there a way to create a video playlist or way to play videos continuously without having to scroll and play the next video?

thanks!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Foladko:
If you're actually watching the video playing the next one shouldn't be a problem.

If you just listen to the music, I guess the best thing to do is to get music version of the song only. :p
[Thunderbolt General] mg00000:
HTC Tbolt users, how have you seen the LTE speeds in the area, burbs mostly is where i am so i am asking since i am a new owner of a Thunderbolt.

I have not been experiencing such lightning speeds as i am expecting, but i cam from a rooted and overclocked Droid 1 so i may be seeing speed, but not used to a slow older phone since i modified my last one.

Any thoughts on whether the 4g is "doing work"?
[Thunderbolt General] g00s3y:
4G hasn't been working for the past 12+ hours...
[Thunderbolt General] dbisch:
You didn't notice the million other threads about the nation wide 4G outage?
[Thunderbolt General] mg00000:
Nope

Nope, but i had thought it was actually working, i saw the 4G bar icon for the first few hours i've been on it. The question was in general how has it been since owning the phone in Phila.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JTHM:
Dear All,

I do apologize for starting a new thread on this topic (I know others have been berated for doing similar) but I have searched and not found anything that addresses the issue that I am having.

My Gmail app keeps dropping its push email function. Manual refresh works but not push. I can get it working again by clearing the Gmail app data and re-setting up all the Gmail settings (signature, notification, etc.) and all works well. However it only lasts for between a few hours to a couple of days before it stops working again and I have to repeat the process to get it working again.

Sending email, and my wife's Nexus S works fine. I have also just noticed (but not investigated it) but the Calendar does not seem to be automatically syncing either even though auto syncing is enabled.

Has anyone else experienced this problem and found a cure?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mastiff78:
I also noticed similar Gmail sync issue yesterday. I tried all means but not successul till now. Hope someone comes up with a solution.

Oh, yesterday I got this error message couple of times " Google services framework force close or something like that". I rebooted the phone, and that error went away but not sure if that's the reason for my push email not working well.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superm1:
Did you ever come with a solution to this? I've found it to be quite annoying.

This claims to be a solution: http://www.nexusoneforum.net/forum/...-gmail-app-has-stopped-syncing.html#post94541

It's written as though it's for situations that it started happening pre-empted by adding additional accounts though. I've only got 1 account and it's tending to happen every 2 or 3 days.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JTHM:
I have not found a "solution" - just a work around. What I have found is that when I do a full Google account sync (Settings/Accounts & sync/[Google account]/Menu button/Sync) it forces a sync of my entire Google account but then kicks my push email into life again for a couple of days without needing to wipe my Gmail app data.

I've just got into the habit of doing this every morning when I get into the office. I took a vacation a few weeks ago and forgot to do it for a couple of days and lo-and-behold my emails stopped coming through, so nothing's changed.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superm1:
Well that's a better workaround than having to clear data all the time at least.

Thanks!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newera:
Has anyone found a solution to this one.

I am having the same issue on an HTC Sensation with GMAIL android app. Basically it works for about 2 days and I receive an email exactly as I receive it but then after some days it stops working.

What I normally have to do i switch off all Sync and then switch it on again and it restarts everything but this is not the ideal thing.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polys_a:
I had this problem before. The only way I found to fix it is to remove the google account from the phone and add it again. Also if you disable the Google account from the Account & Sync Settings and enable it again will fix the issue. I didn't have this problem again but not sure if was actualy fixed from the above steps.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] newera:
Hi

I did what was said in post and now I am getting replies but I am afraid that this will stop after some time....
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] superm1:
In the end for me I had to do a factory reset, the little workarounds weren't sticking.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] [-]_[-]:
Hi, I wanted to ask if running Android on board development SBC (Single-Board Computer) I can run programs (processes) as a superuser? I need to know, because I want to write a driver to manipulate and communicate with the usb connected external device, a non-root users can not open or save the data to the stream represented by the associated file from the USB port in / dev. Thank you in advance for your reply.
[Bada Software and Hacking General] Charun_za:
Hello

Just like to know if its possible to get speed camera for Route 66 on Samsung wave/s8500 for free, location is South Africa, Google isn't helping very much.

TIA
[Bada Software and Hacking General] martinklaus:
There gives a crack for Route 66 ?
[Galaxy S II General] arjun90:
Everyone, the time has come! Finally...

Samsung announced on their Samsung Tomorrow website that the Samsung Galaxy S2 will be available tomorrow April, 28th, 2011 at 10:30 AM in South Korea. What does this mean for excited buyers in India and the UK? The time is imminent. My dealer has already confirmed within the first or second week of May, this device will be shipped from South Korea and be on sale in India during this same time-frame. UK buyers will already have laid their hands on this beast before then, lucky folks indeed. - Cheers! :)

http://samsungtomorrow.com/1142
[Galaxy S II General] mansoorkasmi:
i have a friend in south korea...can he send it from der easily......den i will cancel my handtec order
[Galaxy S II General] arjun90:
Patience my friend...

This phone will arrive in India shortly, and will have a cheaper price tag + 1 year Indian National Warranty. I'd say cancel your previous orders all together and purchase the S2 in India. I'm not joking. :)
[Galaxy S II General] ronak_1078:
awesome new dude, thank you :D i am so happy i will soon be able to get my hands on one here in India :D :D :D
[Galaxy S II General] MrDpak:
Yay ! I shall pray to the shipping gods and offer my blackberry in sacrifice...
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Arjun, hold your horses. Samsung has announced this device OFFICIALLY in their home country holding a media event. The likelihood of us getting release dates will be low, but never the less. Here is to optimism and wishful thinking... :)

May is the month, but WHEN? Lets see...
[Galaxy S II General] mansoorkasmi:
i have send a request to handtec to cancel my order....hope see it soon in india
[Galaxy S II General] arjun90:
Yep...

Yes buddy, the purpose of this article is for everyone to be optimistic for an official release in the "very" near future. - Cheers! :D

@mansoorkasmi, Smart Move.
[Galaxy S II General] arjun90:
When: April 28th, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Where: South Korea, Be There or Be Square!

When: April 28th, 2011 at 10:30 AM, Where: South Korea, Be There or Be Square!

Article: http://samsunggalaxys2review.org/wh...30-am-where-south-korea-be-there-or-be-square

Just posted my latest article, :)
[Galaxy S II General] mansoorkasmi:
thanks arjun
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
While I am not sure about the date of the release, I agree with Arjun. @mansoorkasmi, its better that you obtain it from India.
[Galaxy S II General] mansoorkasmi:
dats the reason i cancelled the pre order hope they refund money in 5 - 6 days now
[Galaxy S II General] sajadkhan806:
thanks a lot arjun for such an amazing info. cnt wait to grab it in india. i think it will be available for 32,000 rupees coz se arc is for 26,500 in kashmir india. wat do u say
[Galaxy S II General] arjun90:
~

^^^sajadkhan806,

I'd say the pricing will be anywhere between 30,800 (The MRP of the original Samsung Galaxy S) and 31,500 rupees, provided that you choose the right dealer or other source of purchase. :)
[Galaxy S II General] Pulverizer:
If you purchase Korean's Galaxy S2 (SHW-M250S/SHW-M250k),

please refer follow my reply.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13234818&postcount=4

It's perfrect korea localising version, not a world wide version. So may be, many problems occured.
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Thanks @Pulverizer for the details.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmora01:
I just started bc the data service in my area is very slow and I don't have 4g, so I want to know if you are doing it, for how long before you get a letter?

And if I use this hack is Verizon going to slow me down?
[Galaxy S II General] mickliq:
Can someone who already has an SGS II, test and comment on whether headphones with a mic *and* music controls (eg play/pause/ff/rw) work?

I have a pair of Moda's that don't work with my Atrix...it's the main annoyance I have with it...
[Galaxy S II General] awesome-member:
yes it has mic but no music conrol.
[Galaxy S II General] mickliq:
I'm not asking about the standard headphones that ship with the SGS II. I'm asking someone with an SGS II to test aftermarket headphones that have the controls.
[Galaxy S II General] ijat91:
I think it same as original galaxy s, the media button for aftermarket earphone will not work with this phone, samsung 3.5mm jack really special...
[Galaxy S II General] arjun90:
Question...

Hey, for those already with SG2, can I use my iPod headphones w/ mic with this handset?

Please let me know, thank you., :)
[Galaxy S II General] fallenguru:
If possible also specify the exact make and model. There's at least two different pin-out for headsets (iPhone style and Nokia style) and at most one of those will work properly with any given Android phone.
[Galaxy S II General] adamdipro:
I am wondering this as well. I'm hoping its the Iphone style so I can use my Etymotic HF-2's, or any other decent head set with this phone. I am thinking there is a good chance it is the Iphone style, seeing as that what the Nexus S had, but it would be nice for someone to confirm and not just speculate.
[Galaxy S II General] dhruvmalik:
Thats shyttt... No audio controls with the Headphone? I gotta pull the phone out every time to switch the track?
[Galaxy S II General] armanisafarai:
WTF? this costs as much as an iphone and the headphones doesnt have music controls? that sucks bigtime!
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
oh stop whining! Samsung is just giving you an extra reason to admire that beautiful screen.
[Galaxy S II General] ph00ny:
yup it sucks

don't buy this phone and get yourself an iphone
[Galaxy S II General] wendellc:
Don't matter to me as I don't use cheap phones. Custom shelled iem. Please don't tell me you folks use Dre BEATS, what a ripoff. I see alot of iPhone users using them and I just laugh. Got ripped off by apple and then by Dre. People are like sheep being led to the slaughter house.

Music controls, just what I don't need, another component in the way of my Galaxy pushing that Vodoo.
[Galaxy S II General] Virtue94:
Lol I laugh more at the people who get Bose headphones. What a joke. :p
[Galaxy S II General] soraxd:
no, samsung uses 3 layer audio, while apple only uses 2, the headphones wont even sound right, youll need to ducttape the apple call button down permanently to have good sounding audio
[Galaxy S II General] adamdipro:
when you say "samsung uses..." is that in reference to this device in particular, or Samsung in general? Have you tested the SGSII headphone jack yourself? Thanks for the info btw.
[Galaxy S II General] steve228uk:
Oh you guys are silly!

I haven't tried headphones with music controls yet (gonna have to fish around for my old HTC's) but try double clicked and triple clicking the button on the one's Sammy give you. For me it skips tracks (at least in Spotify) and has done on all versions of Gingerbread I've tried.

I'm using the Griffin iTalk so I can answer calls and skip tracks with a decent set of 'phones.
[Galaxy S II General] cCeT:
htc desire's headphone works perfectly.
[Galaxy S II General] RogerPodacter:
i use the bose MIE2 mobile phone headset with inline mic and single button, costs 140 bucks and the quality is superb on these things. its designed for generic mobile phones, and works just fine on the nexus one and most other phones that support the standard.

are we saying teh galaxys s2 will not support this? it just uses a single button, double tap to FF, triple tap to RW, etc. and then single tap to answer a call, pause music, etc. best headset ever to get for your phone. i'd imagine this would have to work with samsung, how could they leave this out when all other phones support this?
[Galaxy S II General] Mujja:
Tested with Ultimate Ears 5vi which are iPhone compatible.

With default music player only play/pause (single press) and next track (double press) works, this was tge same as the Nexus S.

PowerAmp has a setting to enable triple press which skips to previous track. This app is worth the cost as it has settings to customise the player anyway you could want. Best feature is auto resume on A2DP connect, when getting in the car no need to remove phone from pocket or bag or touch cars music controls, plays from where it left off :-)
[Galaxy S II General] ice_coffee:
How very odd, I got my old headphones that I used with my SGS 1 and on my SGS2 I now need to hold down the call answer button to get good audio !
[Galaxy S II General] RogerPodacter:
awesome, that is all i care about. the fact that it DOES actually pick up the single button input. do you know if a single button press also answers an incoming call? it should based on what seems to be working so far...
[Galaxy S II General] mickliq:
Oooooh this is looking promising. I might be able to use my V-MODA's again!!!
[Galaxy S II General] arul:
can someone pls confirm if the V-Moda with mic's work well on the SGS II. I had the SGS I and the V-Moda's would sound god-aweful!!
[Galaxy S II General] erazer007:
I've tried my BEats Solo HD with Music controls nad it doesnt work. I mean it would have been ok if I could have at least used the headphones with the sae cable even if the buttons dont work like on my N8 etc. But in this you need the cable without the controls for the headphones to be detected even.
[Galaxy S II General] igoforthebest:
Coming from iPhone to SGSII, It really is very inconvenient not to have earphone's volume control, Skip, Rewind support on this phone. Clearly, this phone is not made for listening to music. The music management on iPhone/iPod is much better.

I had tried pretty much every app in the market to test this and it was a no-go!

I gave up and finally bought an iPod Nano for my music listening pleasures.
[Galaxy S II General] RogerPodacter:
Play/pause/FF/RW all work on the SGS2 and android phones. its just volume that doesnt exist on headsets.

there is a mobile standard single button headset that most manufacturers follow. apple uses a different standard, their own. so an apple headset is not gonna work on a SGS2 with controls.

however if you buy something that the whole world supports, say a bose MIE2, those controls work just fine on android phones. of course just no volume buttons because the standard does not support that. only play/pause/ff/rw etc.
[Galaxy S II General] MasK:
That's exactly what I thought. but..

I bought the following for my SGS1 and they worked perfectly:

http://www.p4c.philips.com/cgi-bin/dcbint/cpindex.pl?ctn=SHH1112/00&scy=nl&slg=en

So obviously something the whole world supports (specifically Nokia). But as I plugged them into my SGSII, it sounded muffled and I have to press the call button to get good sound (just like what some of you mentioned).

So.. SGS1 and SGSII does have differences, but seriously, what does SGSII support if it doesn't support the Philips extensions nor iPhone earphones??

Non-control earphones work perfect though.. following 3.5mm standards..