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[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
What makes you so sure? Don't knock the bag of rice trick. A ton of people on here have advocated its use, and swear by it. Its supposedly a natural desiccant. Rice is cheap, and it really can't hurt at this point, can it?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enp82003:
The "dirty water" might contain salt... if so the salt will short out the components ... I had a old WM 6 phone that dropped in to the ocean.

The keypad for it stopped working had to take it apart and clean off the salt from the ribbons and components, you can clean with a Q-tip and some rubbing alcohol (worked fine after that).

Whatever you do don't use a blow dryer it will melt the components in your phone.

Try letting it dry naturally. or the Rice Idea.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] burtcom:
The rice is not a trick -- it really works for getting the moisture out.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stian230:
luckye Smartphones are not so expensive these days.

If I dropped my phone in the toilet I would get a new phone for exsmpe a HTC Sensation 1.2GHz dual-core, qHD display, and Sense 3.0 or evo 3D
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rollex:
Thanks for the comments! @redpoint73, Some of the tips sounded really bizarre to me, like dropping the phone again to full bowl or glass of water or even alcohol, letting it fully drown to water and alcohol and leave it there for certain amount of time...? or put it in the freezer for hours? or in the oven for too long time? what??

Now when I think of it, the white rice sounds ok. But I still don't feel that easy to use the tip even if I could borrow the neighbour's.

I decided from the start I let it dry naturally. It seems very dry from outside, not much water came out from the start and it was "under water" (I don't think it fully drowned even yet) only 1-3 secs like I said, that's why I tried it on in the first place... my mistake.

I hope I have not bricked the phone. I will keep you posted.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redpoint73:
Let me ask you this: is it easier than buying a new phone???
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rollex:
Nice question, got me thinking. I meant there is just too much those answers around "just let it dry naturally" and because this is new situation for me I try to avoid damaging it more, which I've may have already done by trying to start it again, but anyways, doh...

Anyways, I found basmati/eastern white rice and put it to rice bag on the rice. I'm afraid it might get inside the phone. The phone will now be on the rice overnight.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rollex:
If there were piss or similar, it contains sulfuric acid and other mild acids. That might not have very good effect to htc desire z electronics...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enp82003:
What toilet did you drop your G2 in? *grabs gloves*

if you saw $100 in a toilet would you pull it out?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enp82003:
yeah trying to power it on prob wasn't the best idea... sorry for the generic trying to let it dry naturally if you don't have rice. I am just going by my own experiences with cell phones the last 10 years since back when Nokia Candy bar style phone were the norm. If you just let it naturally dry for a day with the battery out and then try turning it back there is a 70% chance it might turn back on.

"60% of the time it works every time ;)"
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LooieENG:
I would take the battery out, then leave the phone in a bowl of pure alcohol

After a couple of minutes swishing it around I would leave it in a bowl of rice to get ALL of the moisture out
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamhlj:
I see the workings of a new candid camera or punked or some sort of tv show with this idea... XD

But that sucks, man. Good luck. I hope the phone doesn't smell after this.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ptesmoke:
Soaking it in isopropyl alcohol 99% will clean all of the electronics and draw out the water and piss.

Then bury it in a bag of white rice for 24 hours, alcohol evaporates extremly fast, but after 24 she should be clean and dry.

I say this because I am an electronic tech by trade and have used this method successfully numerous times. The even better thing to do is to completly disemble the phone, clean with alcohol and dry but most people find it easier to just drop it in a bowl then a bag of rice.

Good luck dude
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rollex:
Okay, it has been in the rice now overnight and everything works except the touch screen. I put it back to rice and let it be there for a days or so, in the mean time I think I will call my local store and ask what to do. And tell my boss (I use this phone as work as well). I have to use my old Nokia while gettin the solution...

Thanks for the precious tips!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enp82003:
Sorry had to ask ever since i heard this idea... submerging it in a bowl with alcohol.... wouldn't that kill the screen? since the screen it's liquid crystals? Sorry ahead of time for not understanding...
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rollex:
I was thinking exactly the same, but was too afraid to ask it :D
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ptesmoke:
Screen should be sealed..
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turt1e:
Wow, my first post here gets to be about dropping my G1 in the toilet.

Except my G1 sat in the bottom of the toilet for a good 2 hours. Let me tell you, that was quite the shocking discovery when I went back in the bathroom to take a leak! Well after 2 hours of sitting in water I wrote it off and headed straight out and got my G2. I did immediately pull the battery out and rinsed it off under fresh water and wiped it down with disinfectant. When I got back from purchasing the G2 I put the G1 in a bowl of rice and it sat there for at least 3 days before I thought to try turning it on. And of course it works flawlessly now.

The key I thing is that I didn't even bother trying to see if it still worked by powering it on after a few hours. Made that mistake with prior phones, and that is probably what kills most phones that have been submerged. So resist the temptation to check and see if it still works and just let it sit in a covered bowl of rice for a few days.

My 8 year old now plays with the G1 which she calls the "toilet phone". :d
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rollex:
You have to know exactly what you're doing before trying it... for me it sounds too dangerous.

I have decided to let my phone be in rice bag until Thursday morning, if it does not work by then I will boot it to recovery mode and nandroid backup all my data and then take it to repair service... I hope it works and it does not cost much...

Thanks for hanging with me.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnbistricky:
Ok... Because I can't post in the development area, I am posting this here. I am in a sort of a predicament.

First, I am running MIUI 1.4.22 (Friday's update). NO PROBLEMS with the ROM.

Secondly, I am running a Tiamat Kernel. 2.3.3 GB. I am running the 1.9.x PRI and the latest radio, etc.

Now to my problem... I am having a little bit of lag on my lockscreen and I am having ridiculously low scores on quadrant and linpack. I was pulling 16-1800s on quadrant before GB. Is this the kernel, the PRI, the WIMAX, the RADIO, or something simple to fix?

Please help me, you all-knowledgeable individuals!!!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chefdave12118:
I don't put much stock in benchmarks but.... 1600-1800's??? I can't get over mid 1300's on a good day. Overclocked at that.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VisedMonk:
Benchmarks are, for the most part, worthless and so easy to manipulate. Does the rom feel snappy and responsive to you? If so, that's all that matters.

Try a Savaged-Zen BFS kernel or VM heap app to up the VM heap to 40 or 48.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnbistricky:
Fixed

It was a settings issue... for some reason when I flashed the update, it restored all my tweaks to factory.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milesjohnson:
Okay so I tried posting this in the general section and I didn't really get too much help. I tried calling Motorola support and the guy was talking to me like I was stupid. What happens is I get two email notifications in the notification bar. One with the y! Symbol and one with the @symbol. Every time I get an email both of these notifications pop up and this used to not happen before. It seems like it should be a very simple fix. Yet I haven't had any luck fixing it. Anyone else with this problem

I'm GreyBlured!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] holtenc:
I'm assuming you have some yahoo mail app? Hence the y!

You should be able to turn off notifications for either one of those. Just pick which app you want to be your main email client, open the one you don't want to use, hit the options menu button (the left-most soft button that has 4 squares on it), and disable notifications and you could probably tell it to never check for messages/sync.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milesjohnson:
Is there supposed to be a yahoo mail app? because i just see that blue email app. And under accounts and motoblur account, it shows the email with the @ icon, the username is blocked out and im only allowed to enter a password and when i do that, it says please enter a username. I can't delete that account
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] holtenc:
I dunno man. the only thing I can think of that would use a notification that looks like y! is some yahoo app. check all your apps in the app drawer and look for anything yahoo related.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milesjohnson:
Well thanks anyways :(
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milesjohnson:
No one else with this problem?

I'm GreyBlured!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mckibbon17:
Well u ether have two email programs running. u might have to disable one of them in the system use the program Root Explorer and see if u have two running and if u do change one of them to namehere.apl.bak
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rpolansky:
I had this same problem and couldn't get around it. I created the problem (I think) by using Titanium Backup to restore the email/messages. It was after I re-flashed the retail sbf to get root on .57. I reflashed the sbf a second time and didn't restore from Ti (only restored apps plus data). It turned out Motoblur kept that info anyway once I logged in after reflashing. (the email account was there).
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milesjohnson:
Aghhh figured. Just wanted to see if there was anything to do besides sbfing as I already have everything set up just how I wanted

I'm GreyBlured!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rpolansky:
It was a few weeks back when I did this so I am a little hazy but it appears that Moto must populate the email fields on the phone from their server level. If I recall correctly my 3 accounts (one exchange, one pop3 and one gmail) were all there after I reflashed and just logged into Motoblur after the second reflash. The Ti email/messaging restore must do something to corrupt the pop3 accounts. Like you, I couldn't figure out a way to get rid of the account and just re-enter the data.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milesjohnson:
Oh okay:( looks like ill have to do that then....first im gonna have to find the fastest way to get back to where I am now

I'm GreyBlured!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IrateCustomer:
This bugs the hell out of me as well. I get two different notifications when I get one email from one source. One is the @ red stamp looking icon, and the other is the standard gray envelope. I'm on GingerBlur, and I've been looking for a way to get rid of one or the other notifications and can't find where to remove one of them.

There has to be a way to do this other than a re-flash.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krad54:
Oh, wow didn't see this thread when I posted in another one. I suggest checking universal inbox or other all in one messaging apps to make sure there aren't multiple apps notifying you about email, since just on the phone are 3 email apps, one for Gmail, one for yahoo, and one for all of them.

Also if you do decide to sbf, get titanium backup and do a batch backup of your apps, and then redownload titanium backup and restore the backup after you sbf. It made things much easier when I sbfed.

Sent from my Greyblurred Atrix
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] sdana:
Anyone have an older version of the Facebook app? I keep getting force closes on the new one. Found an older apk that works fine but its themed and ugly...I just want the stock app.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] JetBomber117:
Here you go!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] sdana:
Thanks!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] ur31337:
Finally!

Thank you very much, this has been driving me batty on my Inc and my Xoom. Just tested this on my phone, WAY better.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] michael2572:
Thanks for posting that. Functional FB app again, omgz!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] masully1984:
1.5.4 is out, all good so far for me, no FC's yet

CM7 nightly
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] JetBomber117:
Thanks for the heads up.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] illalliance:
have you tried flow for facebook?

It does seem to flow easier then the buggy facebook app. i might be going through a short phase, but i seem to get to what i need faster using this app. just a thought instead of reverting back to a previous version of facebook.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Aesthetics45:
Bump! Good fine.
[General Questions and Answers] ehrmanj:
How do I Root an Apad running android 2.2? Can I use Z4 root.
[General Questions and Answers] ehrmanj:
Never mind.

Thanks to NO one but myself I finally found out, use SuperOneClick.
[Streak 5 General] Arun1314:
Can you view video recorded on Dell Streak on t.v. do I need a special connector.
[Streak 5 General] Arun1314:
Disregard........ looks like I need a Home Dock.
[Off-topic] smstutler:
I know the giveaway isn't much but I hope over time it will grow. I am currently contacting manufactures to see if I can get any love.

I just started a new website called androidusers.info. I am hoping to have it have stuff that users want to see. Check it out and leave comments on what you would like there. Also I am having a giveaway for a superuser sticker. I know it's not much but for now everything is coming out of pocket. If you would like to help out let me know. I am looking for app developers who wouldnt mind giving away something. Also a tweet about it would be nice. As for the donation link well it says it all there. Not looking for huge donations just maybe a couple cents which over time and people will add up to some nice stuff to give away.

Mods feel free to remove if this isn't up to site code.
[Off-topic] brilldoctor:
2 things i notices - 1 its slow to load (may just be my internet connection) and 2 it would be better if most of the post was viewable from the mainpage (like engadget)
[Off-topic] smstutler:
Thank you for the comments. I am still working out the kinks and looking at other themes for it.
[Off-topic] souljaboy:
also the fonts , esp the titles are huuuuuuuge
[Off-topic] smstutler:
Thanks. Will work on that.
[Off-topic] smstutler:
Decided to give something else away now. Go check it out.

Here.
[Off-topic] twitch351:
I left a comment :D Sick Android figure, I would love that haha But yeah it definitely does load on the slower side :eek:
[Off-topic] lordxentris:
you webpage loading time is too long. and you are missing "Meta Description". Try to summaries the posts on the homepage and make the visitors to click "Read More" to view the full post.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fechina:
What method of rooting can I use to root my EVO? I tried the quick method and it did not work.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trollallot:
Google unrevoked. Very easy. Hope this helps. Hope you don't get flamed to bad for posting in dev instead of q&a.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FlipnScotch415:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=838448
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fechina:
Thanks. Opps.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arts711:
Hi everyone,

When upgrading from CM7.0 stable to CM7.02, do I have to do a full wipe and install or can I just install on top of it and keep all my apps and what not?

Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cjward23:
You don't need to wipe at all. Just flash the rom over the top of the old one.

Some people wipe cache and dalvik cache between flashes others think its a waste of time.

The only thing I would suggest is to flash manually through CWM rather than ROM manager.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arts711:
Thanks a lot!
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] torq1337:
Hi guyz... can someone help me ?

My Custom boot animation wont WORK... :(

I made:

part0 = 320x480 - 20 png images

part1 = 320x480 - 24 png images

Both low quality (just in case)

the desc file is like this:

320 480 24p 1 0 part0p 0 0 part1

When I put it into system/media , overwrite the current bootanimation and set the permissions like the ORIGINAL... I just reboot the PHONE and nothing happens... just a black screen and normal BOOT to the OS...

WHAT DID I DO wrong ? :( PLEASE help, Im killing my self for a while :(
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] lavero.burgos:
the desc.txt of Swiftdroid version has:

320 320 24

p 1 0 android

p 0 0 part1

and the folders are named

android

part1

Rename the .png file exactly as in the one of the ROM you are trying to create the boot animation and the same amount of files, as somewhere should be a script for call to the animations and if its files are not names exactly then might not boot.

Hope it Helps!
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] despotovski01:
Maybe you compressed it wrong. Check out my video tutorial on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBDNIESLUQM . Also be sure to put the right permissions: rw-r-r.
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] torq1337:
THX for that :-* I found a solution :\

Just 1 more question... i got the MMxtreme Advanced Lite Edition, thats a ECLAIR 2.1 ROM... the bootanimation got the folders "android,part0 and part1".. does the bootanimation will work on other ROMs ?

HERE WE GO :D

MyGT540.com BootAnimation : http://mygt540.com/?p=642
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] lavero.burgos:
Im not sure but i know if you put it in /data/local it will be used, in the process you can follow into a bootloop and if you have backed up , there is not problem :p
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] fdespotovski:
Make sure the folders are called part0 and part1 (with no capitals).Also the zip method of packing is set to store.
[GT540 Optimus Android Development] deamonjones:
Can't remember where on xda I seen it but seen one called infected and it had blood cells floating around in,it was cool could I use with method abve or device specific? Cheers

MY ANDROIDSKY
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MILOUNATIC:
I have tried several different Rom Managers without a problem on my G Tablet. Have been using TNT lite. Recently I switched to Vegan Gingerbread edition, but when I went to backup my old Rom (TNT Lite) the backup hangs on backing up the cache. I tried wiping the cache and formatting the cache, but it always hangs indefinitely.

I installed Vegan Gingerbread anyway and it appears to work perfectly, yet I still cannot backup the rom with Clockworkmod (always hangs on the cache). If I try to look at the cache partition in filemanager, it shows empty, though I am not sure it is actually recognized. I can't seem to do anything with the cache at all.

I am, by no means an expert, but have had no problems with this before. Backup did work before the recent problem.

Since everything is working with my G Tablet now, I am not sure there is an actual problem with the cache, except that I can't backup the Rom without it hanging on the cache. This may limit my ability to load other Roms in the future.

Please help.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] instantstupor:
I have the exact same problem. I've had no issues backing up and restoring ROMs myself, but now I'm having issues with my tablet not being able to format or restore cache. I can install a ROM, but it takes a long time to actually load up - it can sit on the first splash screen for easily 5 minutes before it boots into the ROM, wher as before it took around 1 minute or less. Are you having this slow boot problem as well, or are your problems strictly with the cache? I'm going to continue to look into it (currently looking into using nvflash to do a restore and see if that irons things out), so I'll let you know if I come across any solutions. And please, let me know if you do as well.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sypher006:
hey guys i had the exact same problem before but nvflash fix what ever the problem was and the newly installed cwm work as it should. are you getting "ANDROID" screen right before it goes into cwm?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MILOUNATIC:
I am not getting the Android screen before ClockworkMod, but I generally boot with the power/vol + combo. I also have not changed Rom's recently, so I am not sure if this would be a problem or not. I do not have any boot problems that I am aware of, nor can I see and performance problems resulting from my inability to format the cache. The only problem is I can't wipe the cache, backup the rom, or format the cache as it stops on formatting cache partition and therefore can't continue the backup process. Other than incomplete backups I am not sure what problems this actually causes. Do you know.

I haven't used NVFlash yet, but I guess I will have to give it a try. Am I simply restoring the ROM to factory state and starting over or is there some other process I am looking for? Unfortunately, I did not get a proper backup of my original factory rom, so I will have to rely on downloads. Any tips on NVFlash would be greatly appreciated.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MILOUNATIC:
It's Fixed! Thanks for the tips.

Here is how I did it:

Ran NVFLASH - it was much easier that expected. It fully restored the original stock Rom, but I still had trouble with clockworkmod. Mostly it would not boot into recover mode. I then re-rooted the tablet using the Update.zip method, Then everything worked fine including backup and cache format.

I continued to restore my tablet and tried the backup each step of they way.

I installed Vegan Gingerbread - Worked flawlessly

I reinstalled MyBackupsPro and all my apps and Data - Also, worked flawlessly

I reinstalled Rom Manager - also worked flawlessly.

I used Rom Manager to upgrade ClockworkMod to 2.5.1.8 - then the backup/ format cache problem reappeared.

I then ran Rom Manager again and selected flash alternate ClockworkMod. It restored version 2.5.1.1. Then the backup and format cache worked again.

It appears that my Gtab does not work properly with Clockworkmod ver 2.5.1.8 and that was the entire problem.

Since Version 2.5.1.1 works great, I see no reason to upgrade this again and consider my problem fixed. I hope this info helps others
[Legend Android Development] FORCOMM:
USB Unbrick with unrooted rom (RUU_Legend_Froyo_S_HTC_ARA_3.30.415.6_Radio_47.51 .35.17_7.13.35.05_release_168871_signed.exe) is there solution ???

I Solved IT ....................
[Legend Android Development] Dr.Romca:
Not that it is a concern for me, but I don't see much of a point posting this unless you share how you did it ;)
[Legend Android Development] bonesy:
Yea if you have a problem and fix it please share! Maybe it will help peoples
[Legend Android Development] ICavalera:
:):):) He´s right!
[Legend Android Development] zerodi:
err how did you solve it,

im in the same boat or maybe a different boat lol