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[EVO 4G Accessories] sharxbyte:
I did not by any stretch plan on turning this thread into a "LETS FLAME BEST BUY" thread... If we want that, then have a Mod rename it and throw it into an off-topic thread. I did notice however that the rude BB employee only has one post and found that amusing...
[EVO 4G Accessories] initial:
which is worse? best buy or radioshack?
[EVO 4G Accessories] evozx3:
The title should be changed to "be careful which thread you open up." Garbage.

Just make sure you look at the amperage rating. If it's low (less than 750ma) you will probably not get a decent charge out of it, regardless of the light coming on. I always try to get 2 amp chargers.

BTW not all Best Buy employees are tools, but the bad ones sometimes make me feel ashamed for working here.
[EVO 4G Accessories] backdown:
Everyone needs to stop hating on Best Buy.

I worked at Radioshack for like..3 months, and it was the worst experience for me. Customers *****ing because i told them not to buy something, and it doesn't work how they want it to. They make their money off of accessories to phones, you can think of it like the movies. Theaters don't make any money off of the tickets, they make money off concessions..which is why they're jacked up. This is why i do all my shopping online. I just bought a ipod shuffle cord off ebay for 3$ shipped, or i can go to walmart and pay 20$ for the same exact thing. You have more mouths to feed when running a store in real life than you do online.
[EVO 4G Accessories] rugedraw:
Exactly why I posted here giving my two cents on Best Buy and his rude attitude, but it got deleted by the mods because you can't be an asshole to an asshole.
[EVO 4G Accessories] alaman68:
i have used blackberry chargers since day 1. always worked well for me,
[EVO 4G Accessories] sog1971:
Most Best Buy employees I have worked with have been wonderful. It is not the employees fault or any customer service issue that has driven me away. It is the shear markups and unreasonable costs that has put me off.

Simple example $24.95 for a simple audio cable to hook my wifes iPod up to the AuxIN in the car. :(

Same brand cable at Walmart was $14, was $9 at TjMax and $5 online.

I prefer any of the 3 options above to Best Buy.
[EVO 4G Accessories] JUST2SUAVE:
Both
[EVO 4G Accessories] Digitalfoe:
When will the flame wars stop??
[EVO 4G Accessories] MCL1981:
What flame war? Expressing one's dislike for a retailers jacked up prices or their rude idiotic employee is not flaming.
[EVO 4G Accessories] raiseup151z:
Haha Best buy is ridiculous and they think god made there stuff so we should pay that price.

Example: Laptop power cord Best buy = $79.99 - 89.99

Laptop power cord online (ebay, newegg, amazon) = $25.00 (shipping included)
[EVO 4G Accessories] MCL1981:
Also, I fully understand that retail will always cost more than buying online. You have the overhead costs of a physical store, employees, advertising, etc so the product has to cost more in order actually make a profit and cover the costs of operation.

However, clearly if a product costs $5 online and $55 in Best Buy, there is some serious gouging going on. It will never change though because people continue to shop there and pay that price.
[EVO 4G Accessories] waltah!:
Sounds odd, but you can also try an AT&T store. While the chargers are generally $30 you have a one year warranty in store. Even if you're not their customer if you have the receipt you have the warranty.

For those who are on a budget I'd recommend Amazon, but some of those are iffy on the quality side.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Accessories] teto.71:
how I can install on my milestone cyanogen7 (A853) Italian official who Froyo? I state with Rom manager pro I get an error saying: Error're trying to use privileged commands. and I will close. RDS lite I get pass the word, then when I reboot in recovery. e. I ask you to upload the file to sd card then part after a few seconds to check the file says el aborts

Help me
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Accessories] rymoholiko:
Could you be more precise with the recovery what does it say? Do you have openrecovery installed?
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Accessories] wisefzr:
what a problem
[Motorola Droid and Milestone Accessories] bmberman:
Think this needs to be in the General forums not under accessories...
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Theshawty:
On a phone like this one, what's the main differences between a FroYo and Gingerbread ROM?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] gabbio:
these are the main upgrades of gingerbread:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history#2.3_.28Gingerbread.29

for X10 mini the main advantages are the better performance, battery life, the improved cut&paste and the thousands times I can say to a friend "my phone is better than your!!" :D
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Evillest:
you let me clear this problem，thanks。
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] phoneyericsson:
Only thing is as of yet, I have not found a custom 2.3 or apps camera that makes good use of the phone's camera - 5pmx. I'm at a time where I'm going to many cool places with cool people and I need the full camera...not a crap VGA...I keep restoring the software in emergencies...
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Abudinka:
i would advise you to get a real camera - this mobil cams are crap in 99% of cases - even with 8+ MPx

but i didnt recognized a real speed difference between CM6 and miniCM7. i think the main advantages are the ones coming with 2.3.4 as stated at wiki compared to 2.2.1.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JewishMatt:
I'm getting the Sprint variant of the Nexus S soon (yay!) and was wondering if there will be any differences in the root processes. I know they have a root method already up on Android Central, but I am on a Mac, and was wondering if I would be able to root the Nexus S 4G in the same way you can root a GSM Nexus S.

Additionally, I read that the 2.3.4 update for even the GSM Nexus S includes files for WiMAX and CDMA, so does this mean that 2.3.4 ROMs will work with the Nexus S 4G? Thanks!

(Sorry for not checking the Question box, I forgot to.)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hugo87:
I can't tell you from personal experience because I don't have NS4g yet but I've read rooting method is the same as the gsm versions. Can't point you to a link but they said the one in the stockies in the dev section worked.

From my understanding yes all 2.3.4 roms should work but the radios are different. I read that the 2.3.4 kernels have the cdma wimax files that just need to be configured so that they work with the NS4g. Netarchy posted that he needed to reactivate these files to work on his latest kernel that he was gonna be releasing soon. Hope this helps a bit
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dbagjones:
The day I bought my TB, I picked up a Zagg screen protector (had used this brand on my last phone which didn't have a case) and the silicone case that VZW sells. Things were good until I bought the car dock. You have to take the case off to use the phone in the car dock, which wouldn't have been an issue except that the tight-fitting case ended up making the edges of the screen protector peel up. The bottom of the screen protector ended up looking like crap, so I just took it off. I prefer to protect the phone from drops and can deal with no screen protection, but it isn't ideal.

That brings me to my questions... I've read some good things about the Steinheil screen protectors, would these work with the tight-fitting silicone case without peeling up at the edges? I'm constantly taking the phone in/out of the case to use in the car dock in my truck and would like to avoid wasting money on more screen protectors. Is there another case I should consider? Any thoughts are appreciated.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dbagjones:
Anyone?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eraursls1984:
I don't use a case but I won't use any screen protectors other than steinheil since I first used them they are hands down the best.
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] SimonL98:
hey i play modern combat sandstorm on my x8 all the time but i now i want the second game called modern combat 2 black pegasus.

i wonder if someone has remade this game to work on x8 and if not im begging you pros to make it work

bye :)
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] wilbso:
i dont have modern combat black pegases but i want it too.

right now i have modern combat sandstorm and N.O.V.A
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] sharpshilo:
I think it's possible to play it but lets leave it to russian guys to port it :)
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] kingsize623:
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[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] IROC_69:
Its already there i saw it file size was 1 gb and i have 2gb card did'nt downloaded it :D
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Julianmgn:
For some reason I can boot into clockworkmod recovery no matter which way I try I tried reflashing it and still no luck, and I was wondering if I was supposed to have the update zip on my SD card cuz its not there no more and I looked in the clockworkmod folder of my SD card to see if I can just move it but its not there either...any ideas what I should do?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jdkoren:
Are you flashing clockworkmod recovery through ROM Manager or through fastboot (or have you tried both)? What happens if you manually boot into the bootloader and select RECOVERY? What do you see?
[General Questions and Answers] jeanclaudevandamme:
is it the one that's 7.58mb that says drivers? Also does it work on Windows 7 64 bit to root a samsung galaxy s2?
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] Hamzai82:
Hey guys, Want to know if we can get out battery icon (or wateva its called) to look like this on the x8. I mean its glowing and on the x8 it dosent. I just thought it wud be nice if i cud get that.

think its from the xperia mini pro/pro and also sure the x10 has it. :)
[Captivate General] Fojae:
I am on the at&t 200mb data plan. Before the official froyo upgrade I ran the official 2.1 ROM, and while the phone totally sucked in almost every way, I was able to get by using only about 100mb per month spending most time on wifi but never worrying about using the web when on 3g. After the 2.2 official froyo update my phone began working like it should (except for gps of course) and I was very happy until I noticed that I was plowing through my data quota at many times the rate under 2.1. I am fairly certain that the change is due to changes in the "Use wireless networks" option. When this is turned off, very little data is used.

As we all know, the gps on the phone is useless, so turning off "Use wireless networks" is really inconvenient (weather widget doesn't work, can't quickly find stores, restaurants etc...), and forgetting to turn it back off means I use huge amounts of data.

I have tried the app in the market called "Location cache map" but it doesn't seem to stop LBS from using 3g data.

Does anyone have a solution for this? Do any of the custom roms address this issue?

Thanks
[Captivate General] Dani897:
turning that off always makes my gps better. really it only complicates the process of getting a lock. my network location when @ home puts me about 1 mile nnw of my actual location. that feature is completely useless and makes my actual gps go haywire. turn it off. also turn off sensor assist.

once you get the information it needs downloaded to the phone the gps should work at an acceptable level. if i were you id turn off wireless networks and run the samsung gps restore app once. this seems to get rid of errors that clearing gps data doesnt. then you can delete the app if you wish. then in lbs test mode turn on agps msbased mode and change the supl server to supl.google.com and turn secure socket off. get a lock in that mode then switch back to stand alone.. then change the supl mode to control plane. it may also be benificail to use da_g's google fix or control plane fix. i dont have great tracking with adams fix's because agps on my phone is useless, i suspect it to be an interferance issue with the cell antenna. but i have best tracking with standalone mode even if locks take a couple more seconds.

if it fails to get a lock in the ms based mode or when running the gps restore app then you may have a legitamate hardware issue. in that case the best option is to get a keychain bluetooth gps reciever which will give better performance than the captivate is capable of.

network location and sensor assist are both problems for me and i dont recommend either.
[Captivate General] Fojae:
The GPS just doesn't work on most of these phones. No amount of tweaking helps. I have been looking for a fix since I got the phone last August, nothing works. Its broken, end of story.
[Captivate General] Dani897:
if you read my post you would have seen an alternate solution. you can get a keychain bluetooth gps. the network location service is complete garbage. dont ask for advice and go off on people trying to help. and dont discredit my advice unless you have tried that exact proceedure, one small detail can make all the difference.

your whole post sounds like you just like to whine. "ohh my gps dont work so i use network location, im too cheap to get a decent data plan so network location isnt good either. i can turn it off and have too look outside for the weather or set it based on my zip code but id rather complain...waaaa" go troll someplace else
[Captivate General] zelendel:
My GPS works as well as can be expected on a phone sense running Phoenix series roms with Adams GPS fix, it is posted in the forums, should give it a go. As for loaction services with cell data not much you can do about it. These phones are data hungry like all good smartphones are.
[Captivate General] mrhaley30705:
Continuum v4 has awesome gps. Tweak lbstestmode a little and I had a 10mtr lock in less than ten second. And it maintained a 5 meter lock at 60mph. Yeah, I guess that REALLY sucks. and "use wifi" was not selected.

@dani +1
[Captivate General] Fojae:
It is a serious question. You are not answering it.

I don't want to buy or carry or charge a Bluetooth receiver. I don't want to pay 10 dollars per month extra. These things make me a troll?
[Captivate General] Dani897:
i may have had a short fuse earlier, that said i offered suggestions. the captivate is not that bad with gps all around but there are bad units. if you are satisfied that the gps will never work you can try a replacement. i can tell you mine and many others work as good as most other phones.

if you use network location it will use data (and wreak havok on your gps performance i might add). you can avoid using it or deal with it. you can use tasker (a pay app) to turn it on or off on a number of parameters like time of day or at app launch. it can be confussing at first but if you figure tasker out you can do a number of things with the phone automatically. also if you cant control that particular service(i never tried) you can turn off wireless data all together using tasker if you are on a custom rom.

if there is a free option available in the market to keep network location related data usage down i dont know about it. maybe someone does but they arent talking.

and maybe you are not a troll. trolls are way more actively annoying. but you are asking for solutions and no solution seems to satisfy you. that's annoying if i take the time to write a reply.
[Captivate General] zelendel:
well I hate to say it but those are your only options. The basic data plan was not mentioned for those that use data alot. It was for those that bearly use it. It is either shut it off, get a bigger plan, or use a stand alone GPS.
[Defy General] WIIstpM:
So here is what happened...

I am on the 2.2.2 Nordic sbf and Installed CM7 5.1 on it...

I used it for now 1 week.

But when the phone was booting, the green LED appeared while the Red M was displayed (due to the 2nd-init)

But I accidentally removed the battery at this moment and now my phone don't want to boot anymore........

I tried to reboot again but it was in a boot loop....

Then I wiped data by stock recovery and when I reboot,

It stays on the Red M logo and nothing......

I tried everything!

Go to system recovery and wipe data

Went to Custom Recovery and Restore

Re-installed the fixed Nordic sbf...

STILL NO LUCK :"(((((((((((((((((((

Please help me guys.....

please....

I'm gonna cry if it's bricked...

EDIT: Flashed 3.4.3-11 it boots but stuck in a boot loop... :'(
[Defy General] AkkiandDefy:
Did you reinstalled it with RSD Lite?
[Defy General] WIIstpM:
Yes I reinstalled Nordic sbf with RSD Lite but didn't work....

Now I tried with the 3.4.3-11 One and it Boot with the Blur animation but it's STILL in a boot loop :'(( :\ ....
[Defy General] AkkiandDefy:
Sorry for off-topic but at this point I would cry, too
[Defy General] WIIstpM:
what do you mean............

Is it bricked then?................
[Defy General] AkkiandDefy:
I would say, yes

but it could be that somebody has a way to make it functional again.

PS.: I would post this to the Defy Development topic, because the activity there is muuuch higher.
[Defy General] WIIstpM:
Gosh it Booted FINALLY!!

I went to system recovery and wiped data again... Phew... I was about to commit suicide... lol

I wonder If I can still go to Nordic again and install CM7....
[Defy General] AkkiandDefy:
Did you wipe date/factory reset in stock recovery?

Edit: ok, glad to got it back :D

What did you do to make it work?

Just a question when you flashed as example the 3.43.11 Rom , did the M-Logo appear??
[Defy General] WIIstpM:
What do you mean by flash?? a SBF or a ROM??

What happened when you tried to flash another??

Phew... I'm so relieved now... I'm now definitely more careful with my phone!!
[Defy General] AgentSmith:
When it boots and gets stuck in a bootloop the phone is not, and I repeat, NOT bricked. Apparently there was clearly a software problem but as long as the device turns on, the display works and you manage to get to the bootloader then there is very little need to worry. So you know for the next time: suppress your panic, breathe and just keep trying. ;)

Even when the screen doesn't turn on it isn't necessarily a bricked phone. This happened to me a few months ago because I was so stupid to flash an older sbf. It turned out that the device actually still functioned up to the bootloader. RSD lite detected the phone and I managed to revive it completely by flashing the original sbf. The Defy really is almost unbrickable mostly thanks to the locked bootloader, a blessing in disguise. :p
[Defy General] AkkiandDefy:
The same I asked, if he saw the M-Logo because then it's normal that it needs more time (5-10 minutes)
[Defy General] WIIstpM:
Yes everything appeared as normal (white M-logo though)..

When I flashed 3.4.3-11 I got a boot loop then I went to system recovery and wipe Data and it works again..

Do you know if I still can flash other sbf or rom??

I want to go back to CM7... I also have a CWM backup but I'm afraid to restore this...
[Defy General] AkkiandDefy:
Then it maybe wasn't a bootloop, because if you flash a new sbf, its normal that it can take 10 minutes to boot
[Defy General] WIIstpM:
lol I panicked because I tried almost everything!

weird bootloop (after M-logo, black screen)

bootloader -> didn't work

custom recovery -> didn't work

stock recovery -> didn't work

CWM Backup -> didn't work

Different sbf -> bootloop

Finally Stock recovery again -> worked!
[Defy General] your_login:
hi, i have a similar problem to yours (i made my own thread about it and still no ideas) but RSD Lite doesn't discover my phone, it just doesn't appear there. How can i try to make it appear in RSD LitE? My prhone also doesnt load the system, just hangs in Motorola logo moment. I can go to recovery and boot menu etc...

please help me, i feel like crying as well.... :((
[Defy General] WIIstpM:
no it was, after some minutes the animations froze and it started all other again. the first few secs of booting are laggy as it used to, and it repeated..
[Defy General] AkkiandDefy:
Install the drivers
[Defy General] WIIstpM:
@AkkiandDefy

@spryte

@AgentSmith

THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!!

You were quick, helpful, and helped me to stay calm :D

Really I thank you!

:")

But could you please help @your_login too??

He got more severe problems than me apparently...
[Defy General] AkkiandDefy:
He just need to install the Moto-Drivers, and RSD-Lite will recognize it
[Defy General] your_login:
I have the drivers already installed, i managed to flash the nordic sbf a few days ago without any problem :( maybe its my computers fault that it fails to see the phone now..? i reainstalled them anyway and still no luck. However, i forgot to mention it earleier - when i connect a turned off phone via usb to my computer the phone itself turns on, hangs at motorola logo and on my computer i can hear 'device plugged' sound and MotoHelper windows appears on my computer, so it is being recognised to some extent. However, in RSD Lite there is still no device in the list and i can't try with flashing another sbf :(((((
[Nexus S General] ryandoubleu:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LQV5S24S

This is a backup dump without my data.img and cach.img. FYI, it is a self extracting winrar file. Have fun everyone!!
[Nexus S General] castro08:
thanks

I posted it in the epic fourm
[Nexus S General] shabbypenguin:
ew winrar? >.>

just looked its a nandroid.. that will cover most people if they flash a custom rom/kernel that doesnt work but not gunna save the radio
[Nexus S General] castro08:
So have you got the nexus already?

If so how is it? Recomend switching
[Nexus S General] castro08:
After downloading now I can see why you said

Eww
[Nexus S General] shabbypenguin:
lol my ew statement was towards winrar, 7zip is so much better ;P

but yes i have a ns4g and its great got a custom kernel on it running smooth and fine
[Nexus S General] castro08:
So for user that a little above a noob, is it worth the upgrade?
[Nexus S General] shabbypenguin:
well i mean it all depends.. the epic is getting gingerbread soon enough, with some help the cm7 team will get a bit more fixed to almost be worth using everyday.. if yall get cm7 working fully then when the nexty version hits yall will prolly get that one too and have a way to keep up in updates :D it boils down to the hardware aspect at that point..
[Nexus S General] ryandoubleu:
there

Here's the radio http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7131O3U9
[Nexus S General] M@XLOL:
do you have it rooted yet? if you don't mind posting what customer kernel you are using I would greatly appreciate it. I am eagerly awaiting my shipment.
[Nexus S General] shabbypenguin:
netarchy's 2.3.4 signed cfs kernel :D its right in the dev section

here is a dd of all the mtd partitions

Download

its down for now.. going to do a clean dump later

and the modem is
[Nexus S General] loofkid:
I'm trying to restore from your backup, but I get the MD5 mismatch error. Anybody else getting this?
[Nexus S General] joebags:
it's because of how it was packed. netarchy was walking me through some of it. he fixed the file for me not sure how though. and no i dont have it anymore to upload the fixed one. thats the reason why it doesn't work though. something about ignoring garbage data option or something. i can't remember i was really tired.
[Nexus S General] derekwilkinson:
Can you re-up this? I need the WiMAXSettings.apk
[Nexus S General] DominoDoug:
Is it possible to find the stock recovery in this? I just want a backup in case any warranty issues arise.

or...

If someone could point me in the correct direction I'd appreciate it.

Thanks in advance.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] KingGozza:
Hi, I'm looking for a clean Windows Mobile 6.1 ROM for my HTC Magician of course with all the drivers ^ ^

I hope someone can help me.