yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Fascinate General] jamiekuhn:
The study said that the radiation is non-ionizing like that of a micro-wave. The media grabbed at this and said "the cell phone is going to cook your brain." The levels are not enough to "cook" anything. The point of saying that it is non-ionizing is to say that the likelyhood of causing cancer is very low since the types of radiations that cause cancer (like x-rays) are all ionizing. There is no clear evidence that there is a health risk. The media will still try to scare everyone into watching the news by saying "There is no clear evidence that cell phones are completely safe." Twist it which ever way makes your nipplettes perky.
[Fascinate General] Domush:
Now, how is your statement any better than the media? You give unverified reassurance and the media gives unverified fear.

How many years passed before people even realized the effects of lead based paint? How about asbestos insulation? Hell, the first ever x-ray machines were used in

shoe stores

to judge your foot size! You think people thought they would get cancer from those back then?! I'm sure there were people lining up on both sides of the fence back then, too. All refusing to admit those three most difficult words of the self-assured "I.. don't.. know."

Stop doling out false conclusions when nobody knows the answer, hence preliminary findings. The answer is "We don't yet know enough to have an answer one way or the other." False calming has likely killed many more people than panic.

"Oh, these nuclear weapons tests.. no harm at all. Here, go clean up that green ooze with this here broom and dustpan."

or more recently..

"Formaldehyde is everywhere, we can't just go banning it because it's toxic"

As with anything potentially dangerous.. expose yourself as little as needed and no more.
[Fascinate General] beray5:
What are the evidences of the dangerous potential?
[Fascinate General] rand4ll:
Concentration of radio waves...plain and simple...are they enough to do any real damage is the question you should be asking...its a known fact concentrated radio waves are hazardous
[Fascinate General] beray5:
I'm exposed to concentration of radio waves in dosage of ten thousand times more and over other people everyday since 1981.

Typically I stand within 15 feet of a 5 KW transmitter more than 10 times a day. I'm within 3 inches of a 300W transmitter very often.

Am I more ignorant than you at radio waves?
[Fascinate General] rand4ll:
I don't know you personally, don't know your level of education nor your skills in the field...i do know for a fact that that electromagnetic radiation can be harmful at specific frequencies and that this range of frequencies grows with their strength...it is commonly accepted that large doses of radio waves can cause leukemia and other cancers...my degrees are not in electromagnetism, but I do have a small sum of knowledge in particle and wave physics...

However, as I stated before the premise that cellphones are enough to cause any damage is unfounded, the same as the premise that it isn't. Therefore it is only prudent to wait for proof of one side or the other...until then, if you do choose, there are methods to reduce your exposure to cellphone strength waves and if you choose to do so there is most certainly no harm in such. The same cannot be said for the inverse.
[Fascinate General] beray5:
Water is dangerous when you had enough of it to drown in, but it is a poor example of the danger to human life from one drop of water.

Did the phone radio waves would ever had enough Kev or the power required to do anything remotely dangerous?

With a purposely built 300W antenna concentrating on saturating the brain with radio signals, should I not be having brain cancer by now?

BTW, the intended use of the 300W antenna is to acquire information like the sample below.
[Fascinate General] 420fan:
Are these the same genius's that said the swine flu was going to be a pandemic???

The media's job is to scare the public into giving away our personal freedoms!

Nuff Said!

Ask Joseph Goebbels about the media's job.
[Fascinate General] elarson006:
So the point of the media is to feed off the general ignorance of the collective public. People take what the media says for face value and don't use their brains. And the media knows this... it's a sad circle. And don't get me started on the idiot fox news and people such as say, Bill O'rielly (did you see him get called out by a Boulder high school student a few years back?? epic).

Anyway it's sad that there is very little quality unbiased reporting of news, especially in the sciences. One can't expect everyone to read the original science journals as they are often quite complicated and overly detailed for the average person (I don't care about all the little details for things far outside my field, nor would I understand all of it). This is where science writers come in and "translate." However few of them exist. If you read newspaper articles about some research study, then compare it to the actual paper written about the study, 9/10 times you'll find inconsistencies and biases introduced by the "translator."

Back on topic, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21343580

Theres a recent study about cell phone effects on brain activity. The introduction/conclusions read fairly easily and do a nice review of other studies that have come out.

TL;DR: "This finding is of unknown clinical significance" and the studies linking cancer and cell phone use are inconsistent.
[Fascinate General] Domush:
"CONCLUSIONS: In healthy participants and compared with no exposure, 50-minute cell phone exposure was associated with increased brain glucose metabolism in the region closest to the antenna. This finding is of unknown clinical significance."

So, obviously cell phones do affect our brains, so that part is no longer in debate. Which brings us back to what it does to our brains over the long term, which is the purpose of the recent study and cautionary advice. We know so little about the brain, the exposure could be the equivalent of getting pinched or getting poisoned. One the body recovers from almost immediately without side effects, the other can slowly kill you.

I don't understand the logic behind the position of "It's safe, get over it" some have put forth. Is there some reason you wouldn't want to find out the affects?
[Fascinate General] elarson006:
My gut feeling:

I have been using a cell phone for about 10 years now and have had nothing wrong (at least now large growths in my brain (MRI to verify)).. I figure I'm more likely to die in a mountaineering accident before my phone gives me cancer.
[Fascinate General] beray5:
There are radio waves penetrating and going through your brain for a lot longer than 10 years, the world is saturated with propagating 50/60 Hz power line originated radio waves everywhere on the planet.

These 50/60 Hz radio waves had more oomph in them than your phone could put out. Imagine 1% leak from a 3 Mega Watt power plant.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anamorphica:
Greetings!

I flashed darkys mod 10.1 and it seems that everything is working properly. I had battery drain issues, but I calibrated battery and it seems to work well now. Some apps does have crash issues now. But most unusual thing is, after I flashed it my android version seems to be upgraded to 2.3.3 or so my phone info tells me.. how is that possible? But if it really upgraded from froyo to gingerbread app crashing is normal I quess.

Real problem is, while I start/restart my phone, screen flickers and has odd color mess and then phone starts and after my phone starts and I launch some apps it does the same thing... Is it really a problem or just some miniatyre bug?

I didn't clean my phone as I flashed it, but that shouldn't be anykind of problem.

Hopefully you'll understand what I try to say and thanks for help. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vivasanti:
Sound like you didnt follow the instructions?

Darkys is based on gingerbread 2.3.3 if it was your first time flashing darkys it is recommended to flash the Ficeto JVH rom first, if you didnt do this, its probably why you are having problems.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anamorphica:
But I have flashed darky before. I had 9.5 first. How can I get these problems off? Do I just have to flash JVH and then 10.1?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anamorphica:
Oh. Now I got it. Yes I need to flash JVH... But I got new problem... I can't get to recovery. When I try to boot from recovery, it just boots, freezes with odd color mess and does nothing. When I press power button it powers up phone and won't go to recovery. And no I don't have CVM but it haven't been problem before..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anamorphica:
By CVM I meant clockworkmod app :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anamorphica:
I downloaded CWM still it doesn't launch recovery... And yes I know darkymod and cwm recoveries are the same
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tdavid95:
Whenever i use the browser on my phone it always loads then i lose signal all of a sudden and then i gain it back. i always have 2-3 bars at my house but it always happens whenever im using data. Is there any fix for this? Its getting really anoying.& Also when i flash any ec05 rom i always have bad audio whenever i record a video. Is there any fix for this also? Please help me before i go to sprint. Right now im running stock ec05 unrooted and everything works fine except the signal issue.:(
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shoulon:
Not much can do for the signal.

however this is my personal way of garantee'd perfect custom ROM

Steps.

1- ODIN this -- > EB13 w/root and CWM 3.0.0.6

2- after the ODIN is complete dont boot up into CWM yet, your gunna add a few files into SD card

3- add CWM 3.0.2.5.zip the flashable into SD Card

4- add your ROM of choice. Into SD card

5- After adding those files into SD card boot into CWM (it'll most likely try to auto convert to EXT4... its fine)

6- FLASH the CWM 3.0.2.5

7- DOUBLE Flash your ROM of choice. dont exit CWM and dont boot up after your first flash of your ROM. Flash, Flash, then boot.

I've tested this and this works 100%

Optional step to SKIP EXT4 Convertion. Before booting into CWM(step 5) remove SD card then go into CWM. then after u can browse the menu's put bak SD card, then mount the SD card. and finally flash stuff. (sounds like alot but its quicker then converting)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tdavid95:
will it work with any rom i want to flash? I want to flash syndicate 1.1.1
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shoulon:
yes it will, that's why I said ROM of choice.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darksideauto:
my signal does the same thing. but its only been the last two weeks. kinda getting irritating since my battery last half as long. i use roam control but i still only get 1x data.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shoulon:
even after calibrate?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darksideauto:
What would calibration have to do with it? Good signal= lasts all day vs. Bad signal=maybe two or three hours tops whether i use it or not.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rjhall:
Well, Syndicate comes with Voodoo tools. Lets you increase the recording sampling - so if you really are at the limit of how good the Epic can be, that could help.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shoulon:
He mentioned battery being half as lasting
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AudioMaster13:
My contract recently expired and I am looking to upgrade. My question is, is the 2gb Data plan enough to support the Infuse, Atrix, or Inspire? I have read the other thread on this question, however all the responses were about getting unlimited data. I would get it but, being in school, i cant justify/afford the cost of buying an iPhone 2g. I have been looking for a fellow friend or developer in my area to lend me theirs but I am looking to get the new phone in a week or two.

So, in general, is the 2gb plan enough?

My day during the year, 8-3, classes, no major usage, mabey 30 mins internet.

4-10 moderate usage, mabey up to 1 hour usage. Internet, mabey an app or two, and possible Pandora a day or two a month. Tethering mabey 20 mins max 3 days a week or less. weekends, moderate usage, internet sparingly all day, mabey 1:00 max. Summer is similar to weekends.

What is the general opinion? Or personal experience.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iOSlulz:
2gb plan will be more than enough. Also, just jump on wifi when possible and u will be set.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seabass11:
I agree, I have the 2G plan and never go over my usage. I surf the internet and listen to pandora and iheart radio several hours a day. Once in a while, if it looks like I am getting close to going over 2G, I just try to maximize any nearby wifi connections.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boltcrank25:
Watch out with the 2gb plans.

I have a grandfathered unlimited plan and I use it a lot.

In Austin I average around 6-7 m/bit download rates and I find I average around 1 gb a day with around 35gb a month.

I run Pandora, Google music beta, and Netflix all the time and also I transfer movies and tv shows from uTorrent remote.

I think you need to be cautious about signing a 2 year plan with only 2gb a month as with the new uses for android coming out the average data consumed will continue to rise. When signing those contracts you need to be aware about what you are going to do not just now but in one year and two years from now.

If you can, I recommend trying to find a way to get on an unlimited plan.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robrj:
I've heard that 2GB of data roughly translates to about 2 hours of audio streaming per day. AT&T willl send text messages when you reach 1/2 your usage. If you go over, they just tack another $10 for an extra GB.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jason.hamilton:
35gb is ridiculous. I have unlimited but on day 23 of 31 ive only used 960 mb. I use the gps pretty often and stream pandora for about 1.5 hours a day. push email on 3 accounts and facebook about once an hour. update apps and what not whenever they pop up. id say im an average user. 2gb seems reasonable.

Though if you are currently with att and your contact is about to expire, you can renew your contract and get a discounted phone and it will keep your grandfathered plan. But if you are with another provider and are signing up for ATT, no such luck.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rpolansky:
I have used under 2GBs/month since I have bot the Atrix. (currently 600 mg usage with 6 days left in my month) I stream either Slacker or Pandora all the time in the vehicle. The rub is streaming video. If you are going to do that all the time over the H+ you will go over.

I do use lots of data on the lapdock. But I don't have tethering and I am using wifi. I use the lapdock to surf the web, watch you tube, dowload, etc. In my current month I have used (per Netcounter) 6GB of data on wifi.

I did the iPhone unlimited data deal only because I was looking down the road to Netflix on Gingerbread (hoping).

Bottom line is if you can avoid video or have access to wifi when you stream then you can stay under...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iOSlulz:
A tad high...att has a usage estimator on their website. Also, they will send u a text at 60% 80% and even 90% I believe.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bongd:
That's an absolutely ridiculous amount of data. Many residential internet customers at home don't even use that much data.

2gb would be more than enough for most. In Canada most find that 500mb/month is sufficient, but I'd recommend trying to get at least 1gb to make sure you don't run into data overages.

If you have access to Wifi and Hotspots you'll be set.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hololight:
All depends on your own usage patterns. Last month I was at 1.1gig of 2 on day 30. Since I signed up with att I have usually always been under 1 gig. Really my low usage is because of knowledge of limit. Before when I was on tmobile I would be up near 4 or 5 gigs.

Also being stuck on 2g a lot of the time near where I live helps.

Sent from my Apple IIe
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robrj:
Some have Netflix working now though the colors are strange:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1098494
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DDRMSTRPRO:
How the HELL did you manage 35g a month w/o ATT throttling the hell out of you?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WiredPirate:
+1

10char
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exume:
being on campus you should have wifi virtually everywhere, I'd imagine 2gigs would be plenty, I routinely go over 2gigs but don't have reliable wifi at home so that's my problem
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boltcrank25:
I don't know. I keep waiting for them to send me a letter or throttle my connection but neither happens.

I routinely download/stream TV shows from my home computer while I am away and each show averages around 250mb. Also I found that Google Music Beta uses a tonne of data when streaming my music collection. If I listen to 10 songs it is around 45-55mb. Also Google Music caches the whole song when I start playing it so if I jump around tracks in one hour I will use 200-250mb.

Also since H+ in Austin is faster than most free wifi hotspots I don't use wifi at all.

My network at home uses an average of 600-900 Gb a month.

(Steam, Hulu, Netflix, FTP, Video Conferencing, Remote Desktop, it all adds up fast plus I do not have cable tv)

Uploading my music collection to Google took 120gb alone.

I guess what my first reply was trying to say (but poorly) is if possible try to get an unlimited plan. Trust me the extra $5 a month in price difference on AT&T (vs. 2gb plan) is worth the peace of mind of not having to monitor your data usage.

However if you feel that you can manage 2gb or even 200mb and are willing to be diligent with data traffic monitors the cheaper plans could be for you. Especially if you spend most of your day in a Wifi area.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimmer411:
I have used 4gb so far this month with another week to go. This is no tethering, netflix or pandora for the month. Last month I used almost 8gb tethering and streaming music.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scoob8000:
I have wifi at work and home with the 200mb plan.

Actually looking back at my billing, I've never exceeded that with any of my past android phones..
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
I have unlimited also, but I thought AT&T had capped unlimited at 5GB and it's no longer truly unlimited.

Off to check on that.

Beamed in from WinBorg 4G via XDA Premium app
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcarpenter85:
I feel restricted with my 2gb cap. I am always afraid to play a video or stream music for fear of going over my cap. It effects the way I use my phone and for that reason I hate bandwidth caps.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slimslim:
Without wifi, my average is 3-3.5 gb. For some reason my old winmo phone averaged 700-900 megs a month. Of course, the speed is faster, don't use opera mini no more, plenty of apps, etc...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drock212:
I rarely use wifi never stream music use netflix or any high data consuming app. I have my gps set to constantly track me through various apps all my feeds: FB, twitter, rss are set to update at the fastest increments and I have both my gmail and live mail set to push so they update immediately. I surf the web not that often and I use adownloader to download torrents from time to time (movies,albums, etc) and I average around 3.9 to 4 gigs a month. I honestly think 2gb is a limit too easy to reach and its a way for att to get more money out of you since they auto charge 10 bucks when you go over your cap.

But thats just my 2 cents :)

Sent from my Atrix
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iOSlulz:
This thread is so off course as of this point imo....op isn't planning on using his phone anything like a few of u do.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] big_redfox:
2GB is more than enough if you do not tether

If you do not tether, 2GB is more than enough.

I bought my Atrix 2 month ago. I just got the bill which had full month usage of Atrix. My data usage is about 270MB. This including downloading a bunch of apps, google map and streetview usage, email, weather etc.

However, if you plan to tether, do watch out for data usage. I once looked at data usage on VPN connection to my work via tethering. I think it was about 200MB per hour. Plus PC based browsing uses much more data than mobile based. I think Yahoo's desktop version of the home page is 4MB.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elnene20:
Hey guys, I need a little help please. Backed up using bootstraper got stuck on logo screen. Used hemingdall to get back up and running.. But how do I restore my original back up? I have a verizon tab.. Thanx
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elnene20:
So doing a little more reading I found out that stock is rfs not ext4. So my backup is ext4. Am I close here? Any one can chime in at anytime. So what do I need to do to get my tab to read ext4 in order for me to flash my original backup?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] natious:
You can use the lagfix to convert your tab to ext4, the restore your backup

swyped from a galaxy far far away...
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elnene20:
Thank you. I will do a little reading on that and hopefully be able to flash my original backup on this bad boy.. :)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k0sh:
since i updated to gingerbread , restoring my back ups always freaking me out , after i restore , reboot , hell no damn way , tab telling me : hell no i wont boot until you refresh me by odin :)) and don't come back to back up me ... !! tab talking

what i mean is , i also stuck when i wanna restore after gingerbread update , so u better go look for ur firmware and flash it better , or if you got luck , then you are lucky :)
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] natious:
I have no idea what most of that means, but...

i haven't had a problem restoring my GB backups, i make backups using cwm, and they restore just fine, not sure what you're doing wrong.
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k0sh:
i remember last time i did restore to RC1 but the damn tab wont boot :)) ... and also i had this issue before i cant really remember but it happened . i ain't lucky with backups :rolleyes:
[Thunderbolt General] deathpulse:
Hello everyone! I am trying to purchase a new Tbolt for my GF. She is still on contract for her Droid X - where is the best place to go for a cheap but good TBolt? I fear eBay, although maybe I shouldn't? Other suggestions:?
[Thunderbolt General] mexiken:
eBay, Craigslist, on here, other forums, etc.

Just be sure to check the IMEI and make sure its not a bad one. And obviously you'll need a new SIM card.
[Thunderbolt General] joshnichols189:
Try swappa
[Thunderbolt General] g00s3y:
Why do you fear eBay? There is nothing to be scared of, it's not the shady sketchy eBay of 10 years ago. There is protection for your purchase from eBay & PayPal, no need to fear. Look on eBay, try to find an auction for a TB that ends late in the night. Most times, the later at night/earlier in the morning it ends, the cheaper the product usually goes for.
[Thunderbolt General] DroidHam:
I got mine on ebay and the guy lived right by me, turns out he was a verizon store manager and had all the accessories, new sim card etc. Got the tbolt, windshield mount, 2 cases, extended battery and more for like $400, picked it up next morning!
[Thunderbolt General] jiggaman508:
I've sold two phones on swappa now, and I would recommend it. It's super easy, and they check the MEID when the seller posts the phone so you know it's clean.
[Thunderbolt General] darkrom:
Ebay is fine for the buyer always. It's when your selling that its a hassle. Non paying buyers and huge waiting periods before you get a credit. Lots of wasted time selling on ebay. Buying is painless thanks to PayPal.