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[Galaxy S II General] rwc3b:
To Beards, any explanation for Clove's delay?
[Galaxy S II General] asad510:
Beards friend of clove for 20 years.. biased?? Lol
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
So how do you know handtec have greater supplies than clove?

That is simply impossible to know unless you have an inside knowledge of both companies which clearly you do not.

No idea.... I am totally in the dark just as you all.

Only just got out of theatre to find all of this.

With all you harp on about handtec, you have the audacity to say I am biased...... I can not believe you said that!
[Galaxy S II General] rwc3b:
I just wanted this phone by Friday/Saturday next week at the latest. This latest news is just a kick to the bollocks
[Galaxy S II General] hardbreed:
My 2c worth...

I've used clove on no less than 6 previous occasions and Handtec once. It wasnt untill the last order that clove let me down (DHD) granted there was a huge demand but the date was forever getting pushed back, so Im hoping its not going to happen again with the S2.

I also find there shipping price to Ireland expensive, £18 for a 2 day royalmail/anpost service, Handtec offer a cheap quicker courier option. I've mentioned it to clove before but they still use the expensive flat rate price.

Hopefully we all have our phones by freiday next week, if clove puts the date back again for whatever reason though I think it would force me to cancel and just wait untill the price drops and sufficient stock levels or untill it becomes available on Irish networks later this month.
[Galaxy S II General] asad510:
gum...who?? how can they get stock on a national holiday jokers

Handtec Clove & Expansys - just play safe and use these guys. Just winding beards :)
[Galaxy S II General] vimto25:
Gum Mobile

Orders are being picked, packed and labelled ready for collection/dispatch on Saturday so you may start see a notification come through.
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
What i didnt liked about Gum mobile is that once they saw people are preordering now as they said Saturday dispatch, price increased from 499 to 519 :)

Expansys started without VAT 418, now at 439 pounds..

Clove: 440 week ago, still the same.

What i gather from this is that Clove rates are bit more but very few changes.. better business approach. whenever called all customer service guys said the same thing not like Expansys where one is saying something else and another is saying totally different.
[Galaxy S II General] ignign0kt:
Do people ordering from the USA have to pay the VAT?
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
no vat for u, custom if applicable, give a call to DHL and ask them for custom requirements
[Galaxy S II General] emorej:
i think no, maybe custom tax in when it reach your country..only european countries will be charge with VAT.
[Galaxy S II General] ignign0kt:
Ah crap I didn't think about customs tax

Wonder how much that is. Not able to call DHL right now if that's who's handling handteks orders
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
google it mate, "electronics custom duty in US"

it could be 5% more or less of invoice value
[Galaxy S II General] rwc3b:
Does this apply to everyone in US ordering from overseas?
[Galaxy S II General] ignign0kt:
Hm, well according to Chapter 85 Heading 8517 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, if I'm reading it correctly it says cell phones have no rates of duty (Free)

But that doesn't seem right haha
[Galaxy S II General] netnerd:
from handtec website:

"As Monday is bank holiday Handtec will ship ALL orders on Tuesday 3rd of May. As we have a large amount of backorders Handtec staff will be working through bank holiday Monday to prepare all orders. You may receive tracking on Monday but shipping will still be carried out on Tuesday 3rd May"

i preordered at clove, they better ship my S2 on May 3rd! otherwise this is my last time they will be getting my money! it' make no sense, you pay more at clove, but still get the goods later?
[Galaxy S II General] rwc3b:
Amen. But they won't. It'll be Wednesday the 4th. You can bad mouth them on their blog if you want, which is what I did...sorta

I tried to pre-order from Handtec this morning and it looks like after conversion and such, it was actually 5 bucks more than my Clove order. I suppose because I pre-order Clove 10 days ago so the currency rate was locked in for that time?
[Galaxy S II General] netnerd:
they said all orders will be shipped by friday may 6th! so it' possible that your phone ships on may 6 !
[Galaxy S II General] Swisha7:
can anyone confirm the custom duty tax, if any, to import the phone to the US?
[Galaxy S II General] emorej:
HANDTEC Update on their website...:):)

Stock Updates:

Stock expected 3rd May - Shipping 3rd May

Order now and still have goods shipped on 3rd May!

As Monday is bank holiday Handtec will ship ALL orders on Tuesday 3rd of May. As we have a large amount of backorders Handtec staff will be working through bank holiday Monday to prepare all orders. You may receive tracking on Monday but shipping will still be carried out on Tuesday 3rd May.

:D:D:D
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
Interesting...... Wholesalers are 'supposedly' not shipping out to sellers until PM on the Tuesday.

I suppose it depends on what time they actually receive stock which will determine whether or not they ship Tuesday.

With Clove informing their customers it will be Wed 4th they are playing it safe, getting all the orders in the shop and ready for delivery for the following next two days.
[Galaxy S II General] emorej:
Yeah..I think Clove decision to start shipping on may 4 is good, really playing safe, but i think if they received their stock earlier they will also ship it as early as tuesday. some people misunderstood clove when they said all their orders will be shipped by may 6, from what they mailed their costumers they will start shipping orders on may4 and by may 6 all their backorders will completely shipped.
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
Correct..... It's all a guessing game at the moment with both Samsung & the Wholesalers holding the reins.

As you say, if they are lucky to receive orders early then there's nothing to stop them getting on with the dispatches.

I know Clove always try to be up front and push out the worst case scenario... so as to avoid any bad feelings or mistrust.

It can work against you but I would rather deal with someone who is upfront and honest than one who changes the goalposts as and when they feel like it.
[Galaxy S II General] HumanoidTalking:
Beards,

You are right about Clove, Liked their service and honest dealing. lot of people are ordering 1st time on line and they decide with the wind. Clove is the 1st to write about "No NFC".. Handtech followed. Gum Mobile.. sometimes say yes/ sometimes No.. Expansys double minded as well.. Clove is the only retailer who replied to all my emails.

These forums are there to share experience and knowledge, people hear and read what they want to hear and read.. :) As per my conversations with all above retailers they all got like 100-400 preorders and its their capacity now, which will enable them to send quick.. Then once they are sent, different CUSTOMS will take a day or so, followed by Delivery. So I am expecting mine around 9th May.
[Galaxy S II General] netnerd:
It doesn't matter if handtec change their goalposts as they feel like it. If people preordered from hardtec and all their phones ship may 3. And clove ship my phone on may 6, this will be last time they getting my money!

I don't know how honest is clove, on email they agreed to match handtec price but I still charged full clove regular price!
[Galaxy S II General] Beards:
Altering goalposts can mean a number of things:-

Dates, Prices, Information, Promises, etc. etc.

As far as dates go we have seen Handtec alter the dates over and over again. Until you actually have the phone from handtec you do not know for definite when it will be shipped.

As to Clove not price-matching. If you have an email from them stating they would price-match and they did not, did you then forwarded the email back to Clove asking them why they had not price-matched?
[Galaxy S II General] netnerd:
doesnt this APPLY to clove also?

on clove website it said "First stock arriving 1st May - First units to be dispatched 3rd May"

AFTER you placed your preorder then they send you email "all preorder will be dispatched by May 6"

how many times do you need to do this?

when i preorder, i already put a note/comment about agreed to price match with handtec.

after they sent me email to confirm if i still want the S2 without NFC, i reminded

them again in email that they agreed to price match with handtec. they just ignore me again and charge me the full regular clove price.
[Galaxy S II General] rwc3b:
I really don't see a difference in the service between Clove and Handtec. Handtec has always replied to my emails, as with Clove.

They're both busy next week yet Clove wants to cut communications with their customers and Handtec encourages us to ask questions.

I just don't understand Beard's defense of how Clove is better than Handtec
[Galaxy S II General] netnerd:
if i recall correctly, i "think" asad510 said Beard have been friend with Clove for over 20 years. maybe this is why. :o
[Galaxy S II General] asad510:
clove has also changed their dispatch dates ...why wouldnt they know the number they are getting in and orders they have to ship. Handtec have stated ALL orders also working on holidays to keep customers happy. Handtec rocks ..its that simple
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
who is better? clove or handtec?

handtec is slightly cheaper, but I heard they always ask for things like ID , driving card and etc..

is it true? o.o

should I use clove? o.o

EDIT: can I use sageway outside of the UK? or I need to use google checkout? which option is the best? cant use paypal.. long story..
[Galaxy S II General] vimto25:
i used Gum Mobile and they shipped mine today, rather good company :D
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
Nope.. Gum mobile cant ship to Israel so its a no go for me..
[Galaxy S II General] asad510:
if you choose handtec either pay by Paypal or Googlecheckout or if you pay by sagepay pay by visa or mastercard and use your online pin - this will eliminate or reduce the amount of ID you need to send

Yes the ship internationally by 3 methods above
[Galaxy S II General] netnerd:
if you a first time customer, clove ask for additional info too. i just email them a copy of my credit credit statement showing my address and it works.

maybe it works on handtec too?
[Galaxy S II General] rwc3b:
Clove also asked for verification of address despite my card having same billing and shipping address
[Galaxy S II General] OHDUSER:
sagepay, WHATS the online pin? how do I get it? never heard of it... O_o

and I have been dealing with online deals for some time now...

is it the 3 numbers on the back? or what is it?

does SageWay will accept a credit card (visa/mastercard) outside of the UK? an internetional card ofcourse..
[Wildfire General] vext01:
Does anyone else's wildfire crash when you rotate the handset during navigation?

I reported this to google and they seemed to have offloaded the blame. However I think my report is valid. I have seen it on every rom i have ever tried; htc and stock.

If you can reproduce this, please comment on this bug report:

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=16101

State which rom you are running, and which android version, just to give them the idea.

1) start navigation

2) choose destination

3) rotate handset 90 degrees

4) wait.... BOOM!

Cheers
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ilanad:
Got the G2x Wednesday, set up and I would say 95% good out of the box, let the battery drain, factory reset, factory reset, factory reset (kinda like Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice :) ), kept my hands off while if fully charged, went all the way thru setup....

Little to no backlight bleed, fast speedy, did have the strangeness of it filpping between Wifi and 4G.. couple of reboots and freezes.. one strange battery drain...nothing systemic, just random..

Friday afternoon I said to heck with it, rooted (1-Click) and froze the T-Mobile AppPack, WiFi Calling and ONE of the two My Accounts (froze the 1.0 that was in it, left the 5.04 it updated from the market with), used AdFree to stop the annoying ads...

AND SMOOTH AS SILK, Since hen solid, no reboots, no freezes, no battery pulls... been using it heavy ever since Friday and loving it...

.. but this morning I notice I have a stuck white pixel on the bottom edge of the screen... NOT visible on black, only on a solid screen color. Tried the pixel fixers (let one run for 3 hours), no joy.

Now, I'm torn, return a smoothly running, no rebooting, speed deamon with one stuck pixel for the unknown.. or keep it and deal with the stuck (it's not really that obnoxious, it's on the very edge of the bottom of the screen)...

(this was a phone order, so have to wait for them to ship me one)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] *Omnipresent*:
If it was me, i would keep it.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rich2thad:
don't risk it... too many horrible bleeding backlight issues.. mine is pretty bad but I have no reboots no lag n no freezes so I'm sticking with it

sent from my G2X with no regrets
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rashad1:
My g2x has terrible backlight bleeding, 1/3 is brown, and it's totally useless stuck in a boot loop, so it really could be worse. Every T-Mobile in New York was closed today, so I've gone over a day without a phone, and I JUST got this thing
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rich2thad:
I'm sure u have factory reset right?

vol and power?

sent from my G2X with no regrets
[T-Mobile LG G2x] redfarsi:
Do a factory reset, if that doesnt work then just return it.

I rooted my phone too, and cleared off the Tmobile spam- no more reboots either, regardless if im using it for hours or not. Battery seems to last all day and I didn't do any factory resets.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rashad1:
Doesn't do anything for some reason

That's my only option, I was gonna exchange it anyway because of the severe screen bleeding
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mobilehavoc:
Not to hijack but how did you get adfree to work? It seems to work and says everything is fine but ads still show up. What am I doing wrong?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ilanad:
- Rooted

- Ran it

- Power off/on (how to you reboot this puppy anyway?)

No more ads

Don't know what else to say :confused:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rich2thad:
you have to hold it for about ten seconds fyi

sent from my G2X with no regrets
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Berat:
I would return it, create a backup of what you have currently before you exchange it so you can keep the same settings. Wait until a couple of days before the exchange period is up go to the store and say I want to exchange it I have this dead pixel ask the rep to open a new phone so you can test it for defects like lcd bleed/dead pixel. The reason for waiting until a couple of days before the exchange most stores will replenish there stocks and maybe(i would hope) you will have one that is less defective.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] mobilehavoc:
Yeah I'm confused too. I ran it and rebooted but the ads are still there.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ilanad:
Ordered it over the phone, so can't go in to the store and look for a good one, it's whatever they send me.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] GUESTX00149:
Peace,

I'd say keep it. Look at it as aa custom LCD job. Ha! All seriousness, you will get use to it, but as soon as you the first battery issue you will be kicking yourself.
[XPERIA X10 Themes and Apps] sumeshd:
Hey guys..here's torch for miui gingerbread..tested with trip's 0.0.8, 009 and aura..

put into system/app folder..

set the permission,intall and voila..

OR just install as a normal apk

press and hold middle button in locked screen for help :D

hit thanks if I helped..plz..

View attachment 577292
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
Just wondering if any geniuses in here are able to get the Music Widget APK and upload it here? I deleted some bloatware with RootExplorer and think I may have deleted it by an accident.

Thanks guys,

Niall ;-)
[Xperia Play Android Development] FrAsErTaG:
Just pull it out of the system.img with unyaffs
[Xperia Play Android Development] m3dteam:
or you can get it from here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1036249
[Xperia Play Android Development] svenk919:
Mine went away when I replaced SE home with launcherpro somehow, it was quite odd.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
yeah, I figured out that it can't actually be used with ADW, anyone have any reason why and do you know of a way to enable it, cause it's a fairly good widget!
[Xperia Play Android Development] FrAsErTaG:
its the same situation as with trying to use sense (htc) widgets on Launcher pro/ADW they wont work because they need the framework that is tied to the manufactures launcher.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Nhialor:
ah i see, so no way at all of it working, no? Anybody know of a nice widget for music controls that works with the stock SE Xperia Play Music App?
[Xperia Play Android Development] DeadlyDazza:
Just use Poweramp.

Good choice of widgets and a lock screen widget.

Also the best music app (with equaliser) on the market.
[Defy General] Compass Linux:
Hello there.

New user, first post. I've searched if there was anything related but found nothing. If I missed something, moderators can merge or whatever.

Well, it seems you can see the Defy's current charging indicator with the phone turned off, *without* pressing the volume buttons.

Here's how:

1. Make sure the screen is clean (no crust, oil etc);

2. If you're using a screen cover, it might be best to remove it;

3. Charge your Defy with it switched off;

4. In a place with preferably sunlight, look at the screen from the side, at a 45 degree angle and adjust. If you look carefully, you can see the battery indicator!

The catch: Even when charging with the Defy switched off, the screen is partially on, albeit very dim indeed.

Maybe someone could take a screenshot?

Have fun.

Compass Linux.
[Defy General] stewi21:
isnt the charging status just shown on the screen anyway?
[Defy General] Compass Linux:
When the Defy is off and charging, no. Press the volume buttons for the charging status to appear in all its glory.

Whether a feature or a defect, perhaps this is configurable somehow.

Examples:

1. Adjust (with the phone on) the screen dimness for when the phone is off and charging, so one could see from a distance how much is done;

2. Screen indicates when charging is complete (flashing for instance).

There *might* be a slight decrease in the charging time if the screen is completely turned off, but I don't think it would be noticeable.

Compass Linux.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JamesRF:
Simple question, I'm sure it's possible with some sort of hack or tweak in a setting. I have searched in both google and on this forum, and have seen ways it can be done with droid phones and such. Even if it can be changed to an hour or similar time would be great so it can be changed as need be.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JamesRF:
Surely someone knows of a way...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mossys:
30 minutes = 1 gig of ram memory (estimate)

That 30 minute "VIDEO" gets put towards the ram memory.

Then later when video recording is finished, it processes and gets stored as its file.

The video is not saved until hitting the record button again, or just hitting the 30 minute mark.

There is no way of changing this, unless they lower the video camera quality.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mafisometal:
Personally i use my video recorder quite frequently. Nothing more than 20 min. I hook it up to my car dock and do lap times with it. It's very responsive and has great fps, also it does cancel a lot of useless noise.

I would suggest try to go on the market and look for video recording apps. Or even google some homebrew apps.
[Click General] inthe:
well have ran many many different roms over time and have to say that i have come upon my favourite now. although as with every single rom i always have the same thing that ticks me off and its with anything android apparently every android phone does it... but still i ask is there any way of stopping the constant questioning if it fails to send (says : message not sent select to review the message and try again) for example a low signal area like my home it is continual and really makes me feel like throwing the phone sometimes...

it always happens when there is a low signal... is there anyway of stopping the messages and just telling it to try again without user interaction. like any other phone that doesn't have android? lol

haha you would have thought the person in the development of android firmware would have thought that if someone has already hit send they want it to be sent haha not questioned if it fails... send the damn thing phone :P

i would upload a picture but im not allowed yet as apparently i have to be proven intelligent enough on the forum despite having customised every phone i have ever had for the last mmm 8years :P anyways any tricks to just make it resend automatically please :)
[Click General] inthe:
come on sum1 reply... this issue seriously annoys me...
[General Questions and Answers] Neptunian:
Hi all you wizards,

I had this now brick rooted and jiggling around it with uninstalling some preinstalled apps, but when I attempted to replace some fonts which was my main goal, it turned out that it was not really rooted!!! probably the rooting method and app was malicious. Then none of the apps could fully root it. Z4root followed by Superoneclick and Universalandroot have been tried, no chance but slow and unstable device. finally I decided to master reset. After this, a strange virus like fake warning sticks to the screen saying the battery cover is open and asking to restart! when I really open the cover another warning comes up that battery cover removed. phone is working in background. It responds to USB connection, even detects an update of ROM I copied to solve the problem but no chance.

Has anybody any idea to get it back to life by using PC as there is no direct interactions with the phone coz of the virus?

basically I prefer to get rid of the virus through SDK and ADB if possible although I am a mushroom and Dono how.

Is it possible to wipe off some infected data or I have to wash out all the ROM and install a new one?

I have another phone handy exactly the same thing, should I copy all data from other one to this one or the update version of original ROM would work?

it is Garmin Asus A50 nuvifone with built in full GPS and navigator; 256 ROM, 256 RAM, 600 MHtz CPU, ARMv6, android 2.1 update 1

Thanks so much in advance for any participation even your experiences without useful result