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[HTC Inspire 4G] Ultra Droid:
Instead of trying to return the phone, why doesn't the OP find someone locally who he can pay to fix it? I had a similar screw up last fall, when I was trying to root my Droid X. I found a "for real" cell phone repair man and he fixed it for me. Cost me $40.00, and the guy gave me a finger wagging lecture on the dangers of rooting your phone. Since I had by that time figured out what I had done wrong, I took the repaired phone home and rooted it correctly, and it's still running fine today.

There *has* to be a shop or a person in the same city as the OP who can fix that phone for a fee, and that's the better solution. Yeah, it costs money, but it's also a case of "You broke it, YOU fix it".

-Mike
[HTC Inspire 4G] tweaked:
Who knows what the the OP is going to do? Yer suggestion is a good one if he doesn't live in BFE Oklahoma...I do not suggest he commit fraud. But I love when ppl fry stuff with battery chargers.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Ultra Droid:
LOL! I need to clarify something - I wasn't trying to direct any criticism towards you or any of the other posters, I just hit "quote", and yours was the last post. The thing that gets me personally upset is the people who post on this and other forums, saying that their rooting or ram installation froze their phone, they think they bricked it, and now they want to give it back to AT&T or Verizon and claim it's defective.

Nowhere is there a *hint* of "can someone help me find a shop in Baltimore, Maryland who I can pay to fix my phone?" - not a thought of "Well, *I* screwed up, so I guess this is going to cost me some money to fix". They seem to feel that rooting their phone (which voids their warranty) falls under an "accepted use" exception and that the service provider is obligated to give them a new phone for free, in a kind of "do over".

When I bricked my Droid X last fall, I knew that I'd screwed-up big time, but it never entered my mind to take it back to Verizon and claim it was a defective phone. The thing was fine out the box, Verizon and Motorola didn't screw up, *I* did. But that's just me, and where I'm coming from.

-Mike
[HTC Inspire 4G] mattmiller:
Mike ur a good man. I feel ya. I was flashing my vibrant and while it was writing system,it died. It wouldn't do anything and was totally bricked. So I decided to work with it instead of blaming the companies. Finally I learned odin and managed to salvage the device.
[HTC Inspire 4G] gchatt10:
Haha def from BFE Oklahoma haha...

Sent from Inspire 4g with latest MIUI (customized) with either latest cyan or lordmod kernel
[HTC Inspire 4G] gchatt10:
Do you have a link or any odin reference info

Sent from Inspire 4g with latest MIUI (customized) with either latest cyan or lordmod kernel
[HTC Inspire 4G] Tx Redneck:
You're speaking of a concept that is all but lost these days, that being personal responsibility. It's big brother accountability was killed same 10+ years ago.

Folks don't like when the consequences of their choices bring an undesired result. I could go on and on bu I'll end the beginnings of a rant right here.

Tx
[HTC Inspire 4G] mattmiller:
Go to the vibrant forums,look in stickies.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Ultra Droid:
Well, that's my point - there was no indication that the OP made any effort what so ever to fix it himself, or to pay someone to do it, if he couldn't. It came across as "Damn! Well, back to AT&T for a replacement." Personal Responsibility...

-Mike
[HTC Inspire 4G] stickbo:
Some people in this thread give me hope. Personal responsibility is all but lost these days and its good to see people offer good suggestions. Mine would be follow the golden rule. Trust me when I say no one hates ATT more than I, but still. Not saying anything about the op, just sayin.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tribalartgod:
Lithium Ion batteries have pre-programmed circuitry in them that measures the range of current. If current outside of the pre-programmed range is introduced, it simply will not charge.

So...with that said, the only way to make this method work, is to use...say...a car battery charger. Something that will spike the current at least 5 to 6 times higher than that of the battery. Otherwise the circuitry in the battery will simply stop it, and allow it to "pass-through."

Now...while we are on the subject of fraud and "frying" electronics... Put it in a microwave for LITERALLY 2 seconds. Anymore than that, and you WILL be caught once the device is inspected. This is not enough to melt any circuitry on the phone at all, nor harm anything physically. The microwave essentially is like hitting the device with an EMP. ;-) (EMP = Electro Magnetic Pulse)
[HTC Inspire 4G] tweaked:
Yeah, a car battery charger. What other kind of battery charger would you attach to bare stripped wires? Lol
[HTC Inspire 4G] tribalartgod:
Anything, really. I toy with electronics on a daily basis. I have actually fashioned a PSP to work off of Cellphone batteries that are inserted into the UMD drive port. Anything is possible with electronics... That's why I wasn't sure what type of charger you were speaking of.
[HTC Inspire 4G] doktor buknasty:
Could you post pics of that psp?

Sent from my dessert flavored Inspire
[HTC Inspire 4G] wade7919:
For those people complaining about people returning a phone they messed up while rooting an or other things, I really don't see an issue with it. IF the companies would quit locking down something that I own we wouldn't have this issue, if it takes 2-3 million units being returned due to user error while rooting an or other things I say good. Maybe they will get the hint then. Its my product IT should work out of the box completely like a rooted phone without locked bootloaders or anything else to keep people from changing or adding something to their phone... the OS is open source which is meant for use to change if we want... I think everyone lost sight of that with Android after the first year and now people take it and deal with it.. plain and simple.

flame away for me condoning that
[HTC Inspire 4G] s14evil:
I agree this is not Apple...
[HTC Inspire 4G] lsbe:
I bricked my galaxy tab and told samsung it happened during an ota, got it back a week later.
[HTC Inspire 4G] tribalartgod:
Unfortunately, that PSP has since been sold. The original thread about this mod can be found here: http://www.acidmods.com/forum/index.php/topic,32190.0.html

And unfortunately, his links to his pics are broken right now. ...If I'm not mistaken, you should be able to find the kit for this still. Probably on eBay. The kit has everything you need, with instructions.

I used to mod PSP's and resell them on craigslist. haha. I've done LED's in the triggers, full custom paint jobs, etc. I'm actually thinking about doing it again. I made good money doing that stuff. :-)

Edit: I'm actually quite surprised of all the mods there were, and still are for the PSP, and NO ONE has done anything like this to their phone. :-( ..I have a G1 still that I might mod and add an LED flash to. :-)
[HTC Inspire 4G] boufa:
I am the OP and I agree. While I am not for running it over with a tank then returning it. I am/have tried to fix it and will continue to do so best I can. I would also like to point out that no one (except the incomplete reference to Olin(?)) actually made any positive suggestions.

Its a cost of doing business. I work in retail and it is not uncommon for someone to use a product an then demand a refund. How often do they screw up and then I have to pay.... I live near the canadian border and every now and then I will hit a canadian tower (despire being in the US) and then be charged for international roaming. I am about 40% successful at getting those charges fixed.

Also there are entire forums (here!) related to flashing to tether without charges. If you are going to throw moral stones, look at your own houses first.
[HTC Inspire 4G] brad_wp:
I tend to lean more on the "company should fix it," side of this argument. I have a large problem with paying good money for a product then being told that there is a specific way I am allowed to use the equipment I own. I understand that most of these devices are purchased subsidized, but we still all pay our service providers more than enough to re-coup the subsidy, and give them a healthy profit at the same time.

This is an extreme hypothetical I admit, but the way we're restricted from using something that we own would be like Ford telling their customers that if they replace their car stereo they void the warranty on their transmission. Now if you are over-clocking and burn your processor out that should be your problem, but trying to update software/firmware on your device and bricking it should be the company's problem. Especially when the company has a very simple way of fixing the issue.
[HTC Inspire 4G] EvoXOhio:
The problem with your arguement is that the OP knew the limitations and that it was locked down when he bought it. He chose to ignore that and took a gamble that he could get past the manufacturer's limitations.

If you don't like that the phone is locked down, then vote with your wallet. Don't buy a locked down product, try to hack it, brick it, and then complain when you break it through your own actions.

I'd also like to point out that even if the device were completely open like a nexus s, this still would have happened. Installing something like clockwork and partitioning sd cards has nothing to do with the device being locked down or not. These are third party utilities that give the device new featured beyond what the manufacturer shipped it with. If anything, a completely unlocked device would just make it easier for someone to install clockwork, and therefore easier to brick.

Ultimately if someone buys a product knowing the limitations, tries to hack it and bricks it, that person needs to man up and take responsibility for their actions. This whiny sense of entitlement is ridiculous.

P.s. The only exception to my argument that would make your original statement true, would be if you bought an unlocked device, and the manufacturer or carrier pushed an upgrade to it without your consent, and that upgrade locked down your device. Then of you tried to unlock it and it bricked, I would have less of an issue with you returning it to the manufacturer and lying to them.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
Just because he knew it was locked down doesn't change the fact that it was locked down in the first place.

Voting with one's wallet doesn't accomplish much, unless a whole bunch of people vote with their wallet simultaneously.

I want an Android phone that gives me the power to do with as I so choose, to not have carrier-mandated bloatware installed without my consent with no ability to opt-out aside from, well, voiding my warranty/rooting/etc.

Especially for those of us who spent our upgrade on a worthless phone, a Samsung Captivate, in the hopes it would get it's known issues fixed... just to simply function AS ADVERTISED.

Or, alternatively, a no-hassle swap to the inspire or other comparable phone. Instead, all but the most aggressive of customer personalities were forced to buy ANOTHER phone, at full price, 2 ****ing months later. Just to get the phone we thought we were getting.

See, it's these types of fiascos that really leave me a little less than sympathic to YOUR argument.

Respectfully.

Inspired Ace 1.0.1¦ XDA Premium
[HTC Inspire 4G] wade7919:
Well Android = Open...

carrier & phone man. = not open...

so which should i be more willing to pay money to... a company that made an open source OS

or a carrier an or phone man. that locked down the open source and made it to where WE CAN NOT load any apps/games etc.. or stuck on out dated OS because they moved on to making the same phone with a faster cpu so they just put the other by the way side...

so pretty much you say be like the Isheep and just take it without lube... nice call

this is why so many companies get away with things like this cause of people complaining well he know this or that before hand..

i'd say flood them back with bricked phones both carrier and phone man. might get the hint then..
[HTC Inspire 4G] di11igaf:
Odin was referenced in here a few times, before anyone bricks.their phone, let me point out Odin is a Samsung program made for Samsung devices. I would not try to use it with the inspire. Probably wont work anyway cause we don't have 'download mode', we have bootliader.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
Heh. That was nagging at me in the back of my mind. I thought I was having some kind of warped flashback when I saw "odin."

I believe "RUU" is to HTC what "Odin" is to Samsung, though I haven't used either one for either phone, so I'm not sure if the analogy is exact.

Inspired Ace 1.0.1¦ XDA Premium
[HTC Inspire 4G] moe3754:
Since I am in full agreement with just taking it back to AT&T, there is one thing that may work if you can get to recovery mode some how, I know that you said it would not turn on but I remember on one thread a person had the same problem that the phone was unresponsive and they helped him get to recovery and flash the stock RUU to the phone that revived it. The thread was not in the inspire threads but in a radio flashing thread somewhere on this forum. I think it was for the Desire HD, again I am sorry I cannot remember where I read it but I know it is here somewhere. I will look around to see if I can find it for you if I can, otherwise just take it back, I would, I even took out the insurance just incase something did happen while flashing!!!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] stickbo:
Food for thought.

Lets say you buy a car and decide its fast, but not fast enough. So you go out and buy a bunch of new internals to boost performance. You strip the motor down to the bare block and proceed to build your new motor. You get it all together and its bricked. Do you then take it to the dealer and say, please give me a new car cause this pos is broken? I used to be an ase master tech at a dealer and can tell you they would laugh, but be willing to fix the issue for the right price. :)

Hey I am no angel and have done more immoral things than most. I am no better than anyone here, probably a bigger piece of crap than most, But to try and convince yourself or anyone else that its justified to commit fraud is just silly. The reason manufactures have to lock phones down is because of this very issue, and other factors as well. Please dont take my comments as a judgement on anyone or anything said here. Just musing. :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] Scott_S:
See, it's a circular problem. Manufacturers lock down because of fraud, users do "risky" things to break free of manufacturer restraints.

Most all of the posts from new users asking about the mechanics of the rooting process are interested in doing so for the same reasons, over and over:

[*] "I want to get rid of the bloatware"

[*] "I want to use Amazon App Market" (sideload)

Granted, there are a lot of us who do push the limits a lot further than that, but still...

Manufacturers would eliminate a lot of people wanting to engage in "risky" practices with their phones just by eliminating the two limits I mentioned above.

(please note, the word "risky" is in quotes ;) )

Inspired Ace 1.0.1¦ XDA Premium
[HTC Inspire 4G] maestroburbuja:
Gee, that's a good analogy. I hadn't thought of that. But I think flashing a ROM is in everyone's reach, while stripping a car engine is a more specialized kind of knowledge IMHO.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cholubaz:
I have had my Atrix since Feb and I just got a 16gb Class 10 Micro SD card for it.

Can I get some help on a easy way to move over all my pictures and videos and then make that the default location for new ones to go.

Cheers,

Chris
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjjensen23:
Copy entire contents of old sd card to a pc

Copy it back to new sd card

?????

Profit
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cholubaz:
So if I do that and then go back and open "gallery" will all the photos and videos still be there? I'm thinking not because you haven't told the phone the new location. so yeah I guess I could drag and drop them anywhere but I will need to know how to find them after the fact.

Chris
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrCooper2012:
I dont know for certain if it will show up in the Gallery, but I imagine it would. Either way, if you just go to Files you can select SD Card, then navigate your folders just like you would on the internal one.

-Doogs™
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tao_Man:
it will find them, it did for me, and when I first used the camera after putting in the new sd card it asked if i wantd to move the camera save location there. it was painless really.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjjensen23:
correct everything will be the same
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] evo4gfan:
I just created it in a few mins in adobe photoshop. just created a plain image 800 x 480 and set the background to RGB #000000. for performance purposes. :D
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Frans Parnel:
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but the only time this will increase your performance, and I'm assuming your referring to your battery lasting longer, is with an amoled display. Evo does not have that so it will not benifit. Amoled backlights will actually use less battery due to the pixels actually being "turned off" when displaying black, since they don't have a single "always on" backlight.

Otherwise, thanks! I downloaded it, you never find these anywhere and I'm always too lazy to make one. Looks good for minimalist homescreens with all white text Widgets.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] rushco:
Here is a quicker way that doesn't take minutes and even the lazy can do it :)

Open Paint

Click Resize and type 800 x 480

Default is already black or pick another color

Click the paint can

Click the white space which is now black

CTRL + S to save it

That takes about 10 seconds.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Frans Parnel:
Eh, still to much time involved. Downloading op's was easier!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] evo4gfan:
Yeah i was disappointed to see nothing on google for just a plain black background. It just looks cleaner imo. And about the power savings im not too sure if it would be beneficial but I see where your going.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] evo4gfan:
Nvmd I think i am wrong. Evo uses a TFT LCD screen. Only a black background on an AMOLED, OLED or CRT would be beneficial.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] animal7296:
Couldnt you just cover up the camera lens completely and take a pic then use that as a background?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] AnAm85:
Thats what I did and I've seen no real increase in battery life. I just know I haven't used a live wallpaper in 2 months. Only to show them off, lol.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] KnightCrusader:
Not sure if anyone else was following this thread here in the Asus Transformer subforum, but apparently some people got units shipped to them with the development Froyo build on them. Looks like one of them made a system dump of it, full of 2.2 versions of their apps and other goodies.

Post with System Dump

So far, looking just through the app apks, I found their Launcher, Music, and Gallery apps and they work pretty good on my GTablet running Vegan-Tab Ginger... the music one is better than the stock 2.2 music app IMO.

I am not as technically inclined as some people on this forum, so I didn't dig into anything else. Maybe we might find some other useful things in this dump that I haven't noticed yet.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] KnightCrusader:
I just unzipped the dump onto my flash drive, inserted it to my tablet, went to the /usbdisk/system/app directory (or the system/app subdirectory if you put the dump into a different folder), and installed the apks there that looked interesting.

So far, I installed Launcher2.apk, MyMusic.apk, and MyGallery.apk (I think those are the names, forgive me, I am at work and don't have the tablet with me). The MyWater Live Wallpaper apk is there too (under a different name, but you'll see the file icon is water and ice cubes), but I haven't installed it since I have the version from Honeycomb working on mine. The 2.2 version of MyWater might work better for us than the 3.0, I haven't tried it yet.

Since the dump came out pretty late last night, I didn't have much time to play with it, but I am going to mess around with the apps some more tonight and see if there is anything else of value.

If anyone else finds anything good, please post your findings!
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] KnightCrusader:
Oh yeah, the boot animation is in there too, but it looks like the ASUS logo, so I didn't mess with it on my Viewsonic tablet. lol
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] KnightCrusader:
I wanted to do some screenshots last night, but I didn't get a chance to since it was late. Tonight, I'll hook up the tablet to the computer and get some shots to post on here. :)

As for the MyWater live wallpaper, take a look at this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1053251
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ks2332:
I have a day old ns4g and whenever I try and download any apk's from the browser I get unsuccessful.and yes unknown sources is checked.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ks2332:
I'm all stock not rooted btw thanks again.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ks2332:
Any help would be nice...ive done a couple hard resets and nothing I knowi shouldn't have to be rooted on this everything worked fine on my evo, evo shift and epic and even on my old nexus one so I'm lost:/

Sent from my Nexus S 4G
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Haizum74:
Over WiFi or Data?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bringonblink:
try opera mobile browser
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ks2332:
Both wifi and data ive also used opera and dolphin hd

Sent from my Nexus S 4G
[Xoom General] monstercojones:
Hi Guys,

Just wanted to post up a screenshot of my Wifi only Xoom with Android 3.1 update. Haven't even tried playing with it yet, I just wanted to posted this up for everyone to see right away.

By the way, this is a stock build with the OTA update.
[Xoom General] tritran18518:
i really appreciate if you make another video review :D
[Xoom General] monstercojones:
I've never made a video review... although I am quite photogenic, I can see how people would request that :cool:

Haha, if you mean more pictures - just let me know what screens you'd like to see with the 3.1 update and I'll be happy to post them up.
[Xoom General] poisike:
How did you make a screenshot on a stock Xoom?
[Xoom General] monstercojones:
you just download the android sdk...
[Xoom General] monstercojones:
I PMed board member Keitht and got this amazing response on how to take screenshots... hope it helps.

Huge props to Keitht for the great tutorial.

You have to have the Android SDK loaded on your computer:

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

You will also need Java Development Kit installed (make sure you download the proper version for your OS. Use Windows for 32-bit and Windows x64 for 64-bit):

https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP...-CDS_Developer

You run the ddms.bat file from the Android SDK tools folder in a CMD window (to see if there are any errors). While you can just double click the file, if it doesn't bring up the application window, there may be an error that will not be displayed unless you launch it from a CMD window. If you didn't change the default installation path when installing the Android SDK, you will find the ddms.bat in C:\Program Files\Android\Android-SDK\tools.

The Xoom will need to be in debug mode under Settings > Applications > Development. When you launch ddms.bat successfully, a window will launch and you select your device from the list and choose Device > Screen Capture. You do not have to be rooted.

If you still have problems especially getting the computer to recognize the Xoom in
[Xoom General] tritran18518:
Just got my wifi xoom updated 10 mins ago. Does 3.1 update come with new Video Rental app from google? i check my xoom, but can't find it. :(
[Xoom General] monstercojones:
I haven't seen it either.
[Xoom General] Elvis_Freshly:
It's integrated in the market. If u don't see it then clear market cache and load again.

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