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[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dgstan:
I just had to RMA stuff from both Seagate and Sony. They were just as incompetent. They will lie right to your face, just to get you off the phone. All companies do this just so the return process is as painful as possible. They hope that next time you won't bother.

I doubt they care too much about your experience. If you have to return something, they figure you probably will never buy anything from them again, so why should they lift a finger to help you? It sucks, but it's how these companies do business.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnboyjr:
just called again she said she has not been emailed back by them at the repair center. but she hopes the will have it fingered out by the end of the day. i really don't know what i can do at this point they more or less just stole it. i did insure(for $100) it with the post office i don't know if i should call them or not
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmstallard:
So Viewsonic says they have no record of receiving it. So what?! If the USPS has a record of it being delivered, isn't that pretty conclusive? Assuming this goes on much longer, I'd contact the postal fraud department. I hear they take this stuff pretty seriously. It's possible it was delivered incorrectly, but that should still constitute an investigation.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnboyjr:
Ok they called me last night and said they will replace my table with at brand new one and i should have it Monday so at least they are making it right.

The women from us merchant was always great to work with. its just the repair center that had the problems
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aasoror:
Might want to change the title then:

"Do send you gtable in to get fixed!!! they will send you a brand new one"

:)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnboyjr:
more like call them every hour on the hour for 3 days they might send you a new one
[Off-topic] ssmr2t:
:)

Hello, my name is Alex... and I'm addicted to my android.

Feel free to share stories of how your android has negatively impacted your life.

My wife thinks I don't pay enough attention to her :-\

I could only imagine about working for a company like android or Google....I'd probably never come home :D
[Off-topic] karns:
Hi Alex!

My name is Kathy and I'm addicted to Android too. Couldn't get enough with my d2g so I just got a Gtab to play with too. I think I have a husband, two kids and a dog......lol.
[Off-topic] ssmr2t:
Hello, Kathy... nice to meet you. I have a Gtab, and an Atrix as well. I can't get enough of this good stuff :D

The first step is admitting your addiction. I have no shame in it at all.

Funny thing is, the Gtab is used by her and the kid all day for angry birds, yet she has no complaints over that :) I just go to work and play on my phone when I can.

Lol
[Off-topic] ssmr2t:
LOL, no one is an addict like me :D
[Off-topic] Skellyyy:
I'm an iPhone jailbreaking addict. :(
[Off-topic] Babydollll:
My name is Babydoll and not only am I addicted to my Nexus One and Nexus S, but I've converted my husband Sparky as well. I gave him a, Nexus One and I have created an Angry Birds playing monster. ;)

Sparky WAS in the doghouse. Now, He's allowed on the deck at least.

My Nexus S is annoying me. :mad:
[EVO 4G Accessories] jasongthang:
I just received my 16gb class 10 microSD today. I got it from Buy.com

http://www.buy.com/prod/oem-16gb-16...class-10-card-reader/q/loc/101/220244316.html

It was $32 after tax.

It comes with an adapter and a reader, which basically looks like a little usb flash drive that you put your memory card into and then plug into the usb port.

So far, no problems with it. It is actually like 14.9gb, but I guess thats just how it goes. It's been holding and managing files well, but I don't really know how to accurately test it. I've been downloading a lot of songs and pictures, taking pictures and video, moving files around, deleting things, and its handling everything, no errors.
[EVO 4G Accessories] jasongthang:
Just one more update...

The card is still working well. No problems what-so-ever. If you're looking for a good LEGIT 16gb card, this one is a good deal.

I've just noticed that nobody really follows up on a review for batteries or sdcards, they only talk a lot.
[EVO 4G Accessories] saulhaul:
Most people are looking for speed tests to validate a card being the class that it claims. Since there are so many ones that tend to exaggerate their speeds.

Perhaps run a speed test on the card and post the results. You can find some freeware ones doing a Google search. I personally have used Crystal Disk Mark and it worked fine.

http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html
[EVO 4G Accessories] stkiswr:
You could try SD tools app. I bought a class 4 16g sandisk.

I modified the read ahead to 2048 but didn't do a test before :( dunno if it helped
[EVO 4G Accessories] jasongthang:
ok hows this? I didnt change any sd card/storage settings.
[EVO 4G Accessories] stkiswr:
That's niiice
[EVO 4G Accessories] housry23:
Looks nice...I might have to buy one because I think my POS Wintech 16gb cl10 card is starting to fail on me.
[EVO 4G Accessories] urrgevo:
My 8 gig class two that I've had through two completely different phones and countless downloads and erasing files as well as a few reformats has similar speeds after using SD speed boost...I've hit higher but scaled it back as I was afraid of hurting it.
[EVO 4G Accessories] stkiswr:
Post a pic, lets see what urs comes in at.
[EVO 4G Accessories] satur9:
That's quite a price. I prefer Kingston but you can only get a 16gb Class 4 for that price.
[EVO 4G Accessories] saulhaul:
Awesome. I tested my slow 8GB card and it doesn't even come close to that. Just bought one of these. Thanks for the speed test. Hopefully mine is as fast.
[EVO 4G Accessories] housry23:
I just bought this today and hopefully it will be here by the end of the week. I will post some screenies of my speed test when it comes in as well. If mine has this same speed this is a great deal for anyone looking for a 16gb card. Anyone else who bought this should post some screenshots of their speedtest results on this card. The more we have verify the speeds the more likely we will know whether this is good or just a gimmick or just luck of the draw on speed.
[EVO 4G Accessories] DowntownRDB:
Bought one of these for my 2nd EVO today. Will post speeds when SD card received and tested. I have a 32GB Class 10 in my 1st EVO and it screams but don't need quite that much storage capacity in 2nd EVO. Hope it turns out to be a good buy with great speed.
[EVO 4G Accessories] chdrummerdude:
so i just did a test on my class 2 card i bought from frys, i get a 10 mb/s write but only a 5 mb/s read. this probably explains all the time i have to wait for my pictures to load in my gallery.
[General Questions and Answers] Drzfr3shboialex:
Does flash player allow 720p on updated youtube app I know there is high quality but I just want to know
[General Questions and Answers] Dirk:
I would think HQ is 480. Anything higher would be a waste considering WVGA is 800x480.
[General Questions and Answers] freeandroid:
you must install adobe flash player v 10 or higher.
[General Questions and Answers] MacaronyMax:
Like Dirk said, Anything above the phone's resolution would kind of be a waste, especially when not using WiFi :)
[General Questions and Answers] Larsko:
i think on a phone there is not much of a difference
[EVO 4G General] relik1989:
Ok so I am getting 2 HTC EVO's from a buddy of mine, Im going to be putting them on metropcs for my girlfirend and myself. Im going to do the flash by following the guides I found below;

1. Go to metro store and have them do a port for $30 (unless somone know a cheaper way to get my ESN added to metro's database)

1.5 Update Phone to 2.2 Froyo (if its not already, im not sure what android version is on these yet)

2. Root Phone and Unlock nand by using the method in this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsoVzMadiQE

3. Get all the goodies working, by following this page.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=796257

Now this is where my questions comes in. First, Does anyone see a problem with my choice of guides? If followed properly should everything above work just fine? Second, I want to flash the custom rom

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=795182

What are all the different downloads for? Are they differet builds or are they things that need to be installed on the phone after the flash? is there maybe a link to a guide on the rom itself?

And if I do flash a different rom, will all of the above settings still stick? SO is it literally 1. Install rom from SD 2. Boot rom and wait 3. Have fun? I wont need to "redo" anything after flashing?

Hope someone will lend me a hand here. Im not new to flashing phones, but I am new to flashing smart phones, For the most part the seems pretty straight forward.

Also I have the $40 MetroPCS Talk,Text,Web Plan, I do not live in a evdo market so I do not have 3G access, I will be using 1x and thats fine with me. However, do I need to upgrade my plan to beable to make this work? If yes then which plan would work best? if I dont "need" to upgrade, would there be any benifeit in doing so?

Ok I think thats it for my questions...Now I just cant wait to get the phones, he'll hopefully ship them on saturday.
[EVO 4G General] CheesyNutz:
try many roms and see what works best
[EVO 4G General] relik1989:
I found a List of different roms, but do I need to use roms specific for MetroPCS or can I safely use any rom and everything should work?

Also is it safe to flash multiple roms? is it fixable if you get a bad flash?
[EVO 4G General] Thattallbastard:
That's an interesting question. I'm pretty new to flashing myself, but have been doing a lot of reading here and now have flashed 3 different ROMs. As far as the MetroPCS thing, someone else will have to answer that one. I only think of the EVO on Sprint. Can't think of a reason why any of the ROMs wouldn't work, other than Sprint specific apps, but don't know for sure.

As far as flashing multiple ROMs, from what I gather you can flash as many as you want. Of course you can only have one running at a time, but as long as you do your wipes between flashes, you should be good to go. If I'm wrong about this, somebody please let me know.
[EVO 4G General] tb87:
Your correct, but I thought the roms are specific to the carrier, look at the evo rom for cricket.
[EVO 4G General] relik1989:
Ok so ill start looking around for MetroPCS specific roms. Does anyone know a good place to start looking?

as far as using sprint, I though about it, I also thought about porting to boost because with boost i could still get 3g, where with metro ill only get 1x. However Neither Sprint nor Boost have service within about 5mi of my apartment. Not only that but MetroPCS has actually been good to me for the past 2years.
[EVO 4G General] relik1989:
Ok I found the Rom im looking for, but maybe im just slow, but IDK how to install it...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=795182

I want it with CM7, how do I accomplish this?
[EVO 4G General] latingonzo86:
I recommend ACS or any EvoKings roms. Sick as hell and functional
[EVO 4G General] seandelise:
+1 I've flashed a lot of roms and EvoKings in awsome.
[Galaxy S II General] arjun90:
Hey everyone,

I'm from New York and have no problems purchasing the SG2 from home, but the question I have, is this a legit website and deal? Does it even come with any warranty? Please let me know. Thanks :cool:

http://electroprise.com/samsung-i9100-galaxy-ii-quadband-3g-hsdpa-gps-unlocked-p-2792.html
[Galaxy S II General] shabs52:
Huh... well that's interesting. Too bad it doesn't have paypal checkout, then I'd have gone for it and not have to worry about it being legit or not. Anyone that can verify this??
[Galaxy S II General] Funkym0nkey:
I wouldnt trust a company that opts out of resellerratings.

They seems to have poor ratings as it is and they no longer participate for the same. I wont risk it.
[Galaxy S II General] rwc3b:
Give them a call or check out their location. That's the only way to really tell.
[Galaxy S II General] shabs52:
but $499 instead of pounds plus next day delivery is so very tempting.. lol
[Galaxy S II General] arjun90:
I know in Manhattan, there are a lot of shady electronics stores, but I read many folks favoring Electroprise and and many where folks warned to stay away from the owners of this store, lol. I don't know what's best. I can't call them right now since I'm out of town, but if there is anyone in the vicinity that can confirm, that would be great.
[Galaxy S II General] rwc3b:
as I said in another thread, I called and they said they were out of stock. Told me to check back Monday.

Sounds very sketchy
[Galaxy S II General] vapotrini:
Of course it's tempting, that's the idea.

Think about it for a second. $500.00 for a phone of this caliber that's not even available in the states.

You'll never see the phone from them, not in a million years.
[Galaxy S II General] demo23019:
Its being disused here in USA: Where to Pre-Order?

starting at my post #127

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1026695&page=13
[Galaxy S II General] arjun90:
I know how you feel, and in India it's just about the same as the UK. Something is fishy here, isn't it? $499 dollars is darn cheap. Can we be sure the store-manager did not mistaken 499 pounds as dollars when he priced the darn device in the first place?

BTW, the specifications (with old information) are directly pasted from GSMArena!
[Galaxy S II General] krabman:
There still seems to be some question as to whether the phone will have all the 3G bands on all of the devices. Expansys said theirs is dual band. Havn't seen any confirmation on this anywhere yet and its something you might want to check before you drop coin.
[Galaxy S II General] shabs52:
oh well if its not in stock then no point cause clove and other guyswill have it early next week anyway. although if this was reliable it'd be $200 cheaper.
[Galaxy S II General] shabs52:
i see they priced Optimus 2x and Xperia arc more? Hmm fishy..
[Galaxy S II General] rwc3b:
You could also get it right away assuming it comes in on Monday. Oh, and if they're legit.

Anyone mind stopping by tomorrow and checking the place out? I'm out by Long Island so no can do for me
[Galaxy S II General] shabs52:
i live in canada... 8 hours away from nyc so definitely no go for me
[Galaxy S II General] demo23019:
Try reading link I posted ivposted already and has been in discusion for a few days now already

people already called and somone lives nearby and is going to pay them a visit once the get them in stock and will give a heads up if its legit
[Galaxy S II General] designgears:
http://www.resellerratings.com/store/ExoticPhone_GSM_International_Inc
[Galaxy S II General] shabs52:
yeah ill pay the extra $200 and just wait for clove to ship it out
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spastic909:
Can someone post the apk? Or if it is posted link me? Mobile app has no search
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spastic909:
Really???
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cjward23:
I think that this link is has what you are looking for http://www.slashgear.com/android-3-0-honeycomb-music-player-leaked-ready-for-download-29121891/
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amazinglarry311:
Mobile app > More > Search.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spastic909:
Awesome..thanks a bunch !!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Master&Slave™:
Now i made like 6 themes already and now every theme i try to make, the settings and any app that tries to modify settings or browse the folders just force closes on any image i change, even a freakin statusbar images!!!

HELP
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] shreddintyres:
try rebuilding from a fresh settings apk and framework files.. I had the same issue a while back and the only thing i could come up with was the files some how got corrupted as a result of me unzipping and rezipping the file a bunch. Except i didnt get FC's i just got bootloops.

Cheers
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Master&Slave™:
You know what it was.

Everytime I colored the activity bar, thats when it would happen....Weird I swear!!!!
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] fishhooks4:
Same here when using ninja morph get force close on almost all apps after changing activity bar color.Anyone got any ideas
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] rel500:
That's a .9 file. U shouldn't use nm for that. the image was prolly getting corrupted that's what was giving u issues.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] fishhooks4:
Thanks guess gotta go at it the long way.Sure would be alot easier if nm worked on it though.Again thanks for the info
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Buehlar:
I'm just trying to help out here and will not be held responsible if you mess up this simple process and brick your device. :o

Your device must be rooted. Info on rooting your device is elsewhere.

These steps describe how to upgrade your radio via hboot

Also known as how to flash your radio via hboot

The same process for how to downgrade your radio via hboot

1. Copy your radio of choice to the root of your SD card and make sure it's named PG05IMG.zip exactly. (that's a numeric zero NOT the alphabetic letter O)

2. Turn off phone. Hold the "volume down" and "power" release both once the hboot screen appears.

3. Your phone will now scan your SD card for the PG05IMG.zip file and ask you for confirmation to update.

4. Press the "volume up" button to confirm and wait for flash to complete.

5. After completion press the "power" button to reboot the device.

6. Once rebooted, (very important) delete/remove the PG05IMG.zip from the root of your SD card.

Done.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbisch:
I know this is a stupid question but what is the advantage of flashing a new radio? Also, how do I tell what version I'm currently running?

I just got my Thunderbolt last Thurs. I was using a Droid X before that so I'm not used to all this kernel and radio flashing business. :p
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Buehlar:
Consider it like device driver upgrades for computer hardware on a PC. Sometimes it will improve performance and fix bugs etc. Opinions will vary about the advantages/disadvantages from version to version.

You can tell by going to settings>about phone>software info. Look for the baseband version.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] dbisch:
I've noticed that some ROMs suggest you flash a new radio. Do I HAVE to or is it just recommended?
[Thunderbolt Android Development] Buehlar:
I believe its needed to take full advantage of some of the enhancements of the new ROM that "requires" you to flash the new radio.

Having said that, I'm currently running BAMF Remix 1.5 with the stock radio without issues so my experience tell me NO you don't "technically" have to.

Some peeps are reporting random reboots but I'm not sure if the radio is the cause as I haven't experienced the reboots.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] loonatik78:
Some ROMs will either bootloop or may show no service if the radio is out of date. The Perfect Storm v1.4 that I'm running requires a new radio or you run a good chance of bootloops. Gingeritus also requires an new radio or else it will show no service. Radios are a subject I wish I understood better. It's not a scary sort of thing to have to flash one. Just a different process. It's always wise to check the md5sum on it before you flash it. Bad radio flashes on other phones have been known to brick them. Might as well avoid all possible problems shd take the 2 minutes to check the md5. It will save you a lot of acid indigestion.
[Thunderbolt Android Development] SUB-dawg:
I have never really seen an actual guide to do this but it is pretty easy Thanks!
[Thunderbolt Android Development] luigi1111:
For the Thunderbolt, there are a total of 4 radios that I know of: the stock one, the ota one, the downgrade one from the root process, and the new leaked Gingerbread one.

The first three are Froyo radios, and will likely work with any Froyo ROM (obviously don't recommend using the downgrade one). The last one is Gingerbread only, and will not work with Froyo ROMs and vice versa. (Cyanogenmod is a special case, and only works with Froyo radios)

A good rule of thumb is to follow the instructions in the ROM threads ;) (who'd have thunk it??).
[Thunderbolt Android Development] jackoutside:
Awesome - thanks for the easy to follow post!

Do you happen to know which radio was on the stock build just prior to the July 8th update? I updated based upon the thread referenced below and now I know longer have a 4G signal.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1160374
[Streak 5 General] chuch:
Hi i bought a dell streak from someone on CL and didnt notice that this phone is a engineering sample and i've had nothing but problems with it crashed and hangs on the Dell logo till i pull the battery for atleast 3 hours or sometimes i can plug it into a computer with the USB cable and it will boot into 2.2 i've flashed a number of roms but still experience the same issue.

So what's the deal with the engineering sample ? did i buy a POS anyway to save this so it works. Its really random when it breaks i used it last week for 3days no problems but now im stuck again on the dell logo which really sucks since i was at work and can't use this phone at all till it decides to start working again.

What can i do ? I'm assuming i can't return it to dell. Any help would be appriciated.
[Streak 5 General] nthknd:
Go to dells web site it will tell you if the warnaty still good.
[Streak 5 General] chuch:
I tried but it can't find the service tag on there site.
[Streak 5 General] BrokenPixel:
engineering samples don't carry warranty so no point on calling.

If you are the adventurous type open it up and change the internal SD and see how it goes from there. Can't think of anything else that could be failing.
[Streak 5 General] chuch:
So is there a certain firmware that i can flash to possibly get it working again if it isnt a hardware problem?
[Streak 5 General] valest:
Most possibly caused by a dead internal sd card,open it up and replace it is recommended.
[Streak 5 General] chuch:
looks like it is the internal SD card that's the problem when i go into the engineer menu it FAILS with a error of cmd/data test: fail so is there any workarounds ? im assuming not if i have to replace the SD slot how do i go about doing that ? any instructions anywhere ?
[Streak 5 General] alperin1:
I saw someone cut out the plastic next to the battery so they would not have to take the phone apart. If I find it I will post it for you. Think it was over at modaco.com
[Streak 5 General] chuch:
Quick update I just took apart the phone and swapped out the internal card with another 2gb micro i had lying around and was able to factory reset and now the phone is working once again. Lets see if it last's heh anyways thanks for the info

I used http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Dell-Streak-Teardown/3512/1

shows you how to take the phone apart actually it was fairly easy compared to other phones i've taken apart.
[Streak 5 General] BrokenPixel:
glad it worked!!
[Streak 5 General] valest:
Good to hear!And thanks for that valuable information.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] Killbynature:
This app I think is T-Mobile version of htc trace it's keyboard it works on our phones.

Removed since in the market.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] kirkcody:
Thankyou...any luck on booting it on our device....did you try the booting the radio like you mentioned?
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] Killbynature:
Looking at the files the radio doesn't look similar we need a straight Mytouch 4g rom
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] kirkcody:
ok thanks.....can we use any other apps before an actual release of a rom :D
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] el-jodio:
Thanks for this.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] Killbynature:
Almost all apps can be used certain widgets can to not 3d ones all the apps themes. Works with our phones I'm not currently on espresso I'm on pure sense. So I can only test so much. Till i switch roms.
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] kirkcody:
ok thanks nice kb
[myTouch 4G Themes and Apps] Drzfr3shboialex:
Its awesome using.it right now to.great keyboards combined :). Also does the slide 4g have espresso