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[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] souperman7340:
I have literally used every OS out there and it really comes down to personal preference! The real question is not which is better, the question is what do YOU want to be able to do WITH the phone? As previously stated, they both have good and bad qualities. At the end of the day all the bells, whistles, and modifications don't change the fact that if YOU aren't comfortable operating the phone then it's not the right fit for YOU!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a.monteiro:
I was about to post something similar, souperman. The OP's friend will probably be happier with the iPhone, i'm happier with android because i like to visit forums, tweak, and mess around witb the device, but most people only want a phone that works, even a lot of android users never heard of custom roms or xda! These comparisons are juvenile, competition is beneficial for everyone.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] namnh2901:
Android will be no.1 os on smartfone
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keijames:
LOL. this is android forum...
[G Tablet General] spootym:
What is the cause in the differences in boot times between Froyo and Gingerbread roms?

Vegan 5.1.1 seems to boot really fast when compared to Vegan-Ginger and CM7.0.3. Those are the only roms Ive tried on my gtab so Im not really sure if it is a Froyo vs Gingerbread issue at all. Since Vegan-Ginger is based on CM7 could it just be the way CM is coded?

Thanks
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
There's something about those pesky ginger roms. Takes like 4 minutes to boot.
[G Tablet General] tcrews:
I'm not sure what is going on...and it seems to vary from tablet to tablet.

My brother loaded CM7 on his Gtablet and it boots in about 1 minute max. I loaded it on mine and it takes 5 to 7 minutes to boot.

I had installed VEGAn5.1.1 on a friends tablet and then changed it over to CM7 the other day and his boots in less than a minute. He commented on how much faster it boots now then when it was on VEGAn.

So I'm not sure what is the cause and/or why some boot times are quick and some are slow.

All the tablets mentioned above where running VEGAn5.1.1 before CM7.
[G Tablet General] Mantara:
In the loggcat it shows references to every app installed when booting. Some sort of check process. Fresh install and it boots in 1min of bootanimation. 100 apps extra and it boots in like 5min. May be there permanently or it may just be a part of cm7 until a stable 2.3+ release.

I'm hoping it goes away. Got kind of used to the quick boots of calk+Clem and tnt lite.
[Verizon Droid Charge] jraskal:
Anyone experiencing a slow gps lock when using the navigation app?
[Verizon Droid Charge] Khanusma:
apparently the answer is yes

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1120015
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d12unk13astard:
What are some of the roms in the mytouch 4g thread that support appstoext4, currently using a zip file that supports apps2sd (thanks to that dev) but i do prefer using the ext partition. I also prefer aosp to sense, but if there are some sense roms that support apps2ext i will def check them out. Thanks for looking @ my thread and any information is welcome :)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
Why would you need the ext partition in MT4G? ~1GB of internal RAM isn't good enough?

And if you're talking about reformatting /data with EXT4, why is it of any concern?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d12unk13astard:
No, 1gb of ram is not enough for everyone especially me. I have tons of apps/games i install to my phone and the only way i can do this atm is with apps2sd which is decent, but having them installed to an ext4 partition makes them run faster then if they were on sdcard. It's ok i understand why you would think 1gb of ram is enough.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
If you're installing the downloaded part of the game on the internal memory (it's not RAM, my mistake - it's probably best to refer to as just internal memory), I can understand why.

In any case, the solution might be to use A2SD by DarkTremor on any ROM that you like, which you're probably doing already. I don't think many ROMs bother to support A2SD initially, since the demand for it is very small.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] d12unk13astard:
Ya, using dark tremors flashable zip for the moment until i can either find a rom that supports apps2ext(4) or someone educates me on which rom does support it lol Either way problem is very temporary anyways since my upgradeis in August...tho i may just wait till the Hercules or Nexus 3 come out since my last phone was a g1. This MT4G i got from craigslist with a sweet deal and blows away the g1 haha
[HTC Inspire 4G] Printerscape:
So uh... I woke up today looking for my phone, I couldn't find it anywhere... figured I lost it, oh well.

When I went to the freezer for some sweets (about 10 minutes ago), I saw my phone in there. I don't know how the hell it got in there. The phone is off. I don't remember if I turned it off, if it ran out of battery before (or while in) the freezer, or if it's broken.

So the question is:

*Will my phone be functional once it "defrosts"?

*When should I plug the charger back in?
[HTC Inspire 4G] FusionTechFTS:
Let it defrost and dry first. Battery out and you should be ok. We you drinking? There was one time at a NYE party I put all my junk on top[ of the fridge and it fell in the freezer some how, but I was drinking.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bdpyo:
Lmao, how in the hell did you manage to do that?

You had to be heavily drinking, or so I hope!

Anyway thanks for the laugh and I hope it thaws out!! Lol

Note; Dictated but not read.
[HTC Inspire 4G] henrybravo:
I fear you've already removed the phone from the freezer, so it might be too late but here is my advice. Don't take your phone out of the freezer until you have a big bag of rice ready. Remove phone from freezer, remove the battery cover and sim cover, take out the battery, sim and sdcard, then put the phone into the bag of rice (with the battery and sim covers removed, and make sure phone is completely engulfed in rice on all sides). Once the thawing process begins, the phone will start to sweat. The rice will absorb the moisture that it comes in contact with. Leave the phone in the bag for a couple of hours until it reaches room temperature. Then remove the phone from the bag and spray compressed air into every hole, nook and cranny of the phone. Then let the phone sit for several more hours or maybe a full 24 hours. Then insert battery, push the power button and, if you're religious, pray. :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] ponziexplorer:
I once managed to salvage a phone that I dropped in water by blow drying using a hair dryer. Remove all the doors/windows from the phone and use warm setting on the hair dryer. Try to work the air into headphone jack, speaker, mic holes and other crevices.

Good luck!
[HTC Inspire 4G] BAleR:
I know somewhere, maybe walmart, or a cell repair store you can buy these bags that are made spacificly for water damage, your supposed to immediatly take apart the phone and put it in the bag for like 11hrs, better than having rice all up inside your phone, it works the same, but i dont think its a good idea for these types of phones, still good idea though

I saw it on the news, this lady took her razor and dropped it in a pool, put it in the bag, and the next day it worked like a charm
[HTC Inspire 4G] jc2470:
Phone should be fine and it only makes condensation with the sudden change of temperature, not defrosting it isnt wet.
[HTC Inspire 4G] g3ismeee:
I've recovered

several phones, laptops, electronic devices over my years from water damage by either using a hair dryer of if it's winter stick it in front of my abode's heating source. I've always heard about rice and silicate n all that stuff but heating sources as quick as possible always worked for me. I would think if just frozen you wouldn't want condensation on the inside of the thing during the thawing process...hair dryer.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Nophix:
Honestly, its no different than leaving them in the car in our cold Wisconsin winters.

What you did is freeze the battery. Once a battery gets so cold, it quits being able to generate power. Pull the phone out, set it on the table, and let it warm up slowly. Don't be tempted to add heat, it will warm up the battery too fast and cause damage.

My wife forgets her phone in the car from time to time, and this is all we've had to do.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Printerscape:
I actually put it in the fridge, afraid of any potential condensation in quick defrosting, in this summer heat >.>. Was planning on taking it out of the fridge tomorrow morning and let it sit room temperature (like thawing a frozen meat =P).

I don't understand why there would be any water damage. From room temperature to freezing temperature at a rate of your average freezer would create condensation...?
[HTC Inspire 4G] brd912:
I too have left my phone in the freezer one time,I just took it out and let it sit on my dresser for about 2 hours. The room temp was about 70 degrees. After 2 hours I stuck the battery on my little portable charger to see if it would charge so I would take a risk on it harming the phone or something. And it charged rite up. Stuck the battery in the phone and left it off while it charged for about an hour ab a half,then powered it up and it worked fine.
[HTC Inspire 4G] fire65fighter:
I have heard of the bag-o-rice trick. One time my brother dropped his Droid pro in the toilet (clean water thankfully) and he took it out and put it in rice and it dried within a few hrs and was good to go.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Johnn_ares:
For drying out electronics remove the Battery quickly as possible! Then wrap it tite in a diaper for 24 to 48 hours, place it in a warm dry enviroment. The gel in the diaper is the same as the little packets the ship with electronics to keep them dry (the ones that say "don't eat"). It's ten times more absorbant as rice. I've saved a lot of friend phones an mp3 players this way. (you would be amazed on how many people drop their phones into toilets, dam the hooded sweatshirt!) The key in saving your device is pulling the battery as quickly as you can!
[HTC Inspire 4G] trell959:
You had one hell of a night...
[HTC Inspire 4G] Printerscape:
It's working fine now, after coming out of the fridge. The battery temp (according to GPS Status) is 6C lul.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Anthonok:
Did you also wake up and having a drug dealing monkey in your house? Maybe find an asian finger?

Sent via the power of a unicorn's horn.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Silverbaine:
Thanks to you and all who replied... I knew exactly what to do... with my wifes cell that mysteriously after about a month ended up in the... freezer.....

I took it out took out battery put it in rice, used blow-dryer to dry it a bit.... after about 20 - 30 mins.... (maybe a bit overkill but.... better safe then sorry?) turned on phone.. VIOLA THANK GOD! WORKS!
[HTC Inspire 4G] ForgottenSolstace:
This just happened to me. All was well for my Note 3, despite it being in the freezer for several hours. In my case, I wasn't drunk, but I had placed my phone in the freezer, as odexing was overheating the device, since installing a new ROM. What I did was put the phone face down on a table to let the condensation flow downwards, and waited about 10 minutes. Actually, the phone was even working when I took it out of the freezer (immediately!). I could feel the frost on the screen, and the blurriness from the condensation already formed.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Monsosi:
Its probably to late... but DO NOT USE A HAIR DRYER on hot. It WILL harm the battery and can damage the other internals of the phone.
[HTC Inspire 4G] bikermanau:
my daughter put her phone in the freazer and forgot about it.now it will not charge at all.is the battery asleep or is it cactus
[HTC Inspire 4G] Wildfur angelplumes:
Find a warm place in your house that isn't too humid and leave it for a few hours, this allows water to evaporate and the LCD to not snap as it unfreezes, also consider using a cheap 5v charger or a charger off a Chromecast as they have low current ratings and so won't be too much too quickly
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rzabladz:
Anyone know what Hboot version the EVO 3D is coming shipped with?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fa hd:
Hi all,

I have a problem, i rooted mij phone today ( first downgrade) and then i do s-off and eng-off. Now i have the follwing problem:

when i click the facebook, superuser ap i cant open it, i get a force close message. and i cant open it.

I'm sorry for my English,

Hope someone can help me.

Thank you.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3x1at1on:
Try to update Superuser app from the Market first (although i think it won't solve the problem)

The other thing you can try is to uninstall the facebook app and reinstall it.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fa hd:
Sorry for the late answer,

I did a data/factorie wipe and problem solved.

Thank you.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calway:
good to hear..
[General Questions and Answers] Lemonlight:
Well, ever since ATT started detecting IMEI's when you call someone to automatically add data plans to your account, I can't use my captivate without the data plan being added. Now, I know some phones ATT does not have in their database, so they won't add a data plan because it is an unknown IMEI.

Does anyone have a list of what phones ATT doesn't have in their IMEI database? I'd really like to keep an Android (even something like the HD2 that you can put Android on) phone without having to pay for the data access! I have wi-fi everywhere already!

Thanks,

Ryan
[General Questions and Answers] Ethan Allison:
Did you buy the phone at a discount, or did you get it full price / off eBay or something?

If you paid for it yourself you should be able to talk to someone at ATT to flag your plan for no data or something.
[General Questions and Answers] Lemonlight:
I bought it from ATT, then called and said I broke the phone and they switched the phone on the account to my old flip-phone. I did have data disabled, but they still automatically re-added the data plan once they detected my captivate's IMEI when I made calls. I've complained, and the most they can do is take it off, but the system automatically re-adds it, so I'm ****ed. I was looking to get an HD2, but I read the T-mo ones are detected as blackberries, and the other carrier's HD2 are expensive.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark manning:
Hey all simple question to see if this has happened to anyone else. A couple of days ago I got the dreaded you are now throttled text. However, my data speed hasn't changed one lil bit. I haven't implemented any throttle mods or anything like that. Has anybody else ever experienced this?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TJBunch1228:
Yeah, quite a few people experience that. The throttle seems to be hit or miss. If you read the defunct throttle fix thread, you'll see a lot of folks don't get throttled at all even though they get the text. I get throttled at exactly 5gb now, text or not. I'm jealous of you.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark manning:
Ya I saw that but they all seemed to think it was from that stupid mod
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvotony:
I'm at 13gigs and I'm running 10mbps down and 2mbps up
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BelowTheHeavens:
I've never gone above 5mbps and I live in Los Angeles.

Sent from my HTC Glacier
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvotony:
That's the beauty of living in chicago
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark manning:
Or Denver I get the same speeds if not a lil faster
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tvotony:
I think some major cities have different ways of throttling because when I'm throttled I'm at 5 or 6 down and 1 up and sometimes it doesn't happen
[General Questions and Answers] soulantrax:
well just asking because I dont know which tablet should I buy. right now Im thinking in the ASUS transformer but im not sure about it because of the lightbleed issues and other stuff

so just give some responses about it and tell me which tab is best !
[General Questions and Answers] diversificationied:
Top contender at the moment is the Galaxy Tab.
[General Questions and Answers] TheBassman369:
I was going to get a Galaxy Tab 10.1 because it seems to be the best Android tablet at the moment. At the last minute I changed my mind and got an iPad. I know that sounds like blasphemy, but it really is awesome.

*prepares to be flamed*

So if you're going to buy Android, I would go with the Galaxy. I tried a Xoom and it felt a little laggy.
[General Questions and Answers] soulantrax:
Im out of budget to buy the galaxy tab Im actually not a U.S citizen and the galaxy tab is really expensive here . so my selection is between : motorola xoom , Asus transformer , aser iconia , and thats it
[General Questions and Answers] ToaderBoat:
honestly, if it's between those tabs i would get the Acer Iconia...it has the same specs as the Xoom PLUS a usb port for a fraction of the cost...and as i read another response, the Xoom does feel a little bit laggy at first (top reason i rooted and overclocked it to 1.3ghz a core...no more lag) but after an overclock runs great!! but if you're looking for something quick out of the box with no mods, go with the Iconia...fraction of the cost of a Xoom with the same specs and a little more
[General Questions and Answers] skylinestan:
Well for me i will prefer asus eepad transformer coz u have both laptop & tablet in one function some more u have double the battery 8 hours on tablet & another 8 hours when u dock back to keyboard for total 16 hours juice!!!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clancya:
I am running CM7 with the stock kernel. When I install Chad's Incredikernel (2.6.37.6), my ringtone disappears and I just get vibrate. I looked at every single setting in CM settings, Android sound etc..... Nothing ever fixed it. I reverted back to the stock kernel and the ringtone comes back.

What may be the problem.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheWhiteBandito:
Never heard of that, but did you wipe Dalvik Cache and normal Cache before flashing? I've ran that kernel on CM7 and MIUI without any ringtone problems, and I always wipe those 2 caches before flashing.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clancya:
That may be the problem. I wiped dalvik.vm.heapsize, but not the other. I will try again. Thanks for the reply.
[G2 and Desire Z General] phaxis:
OK so my 3g was working fine before i permanent root my G2 and flashed a custom rom.

When i was using the custom rom i could only connect to wifi for internet.

I just reverted everything back to stock and the problem remains.

the problem is the "H" sign will appear with flashing arrows but webpages,market,youtube doesn't load anything. I get the error of no data connectivity.

i tried switching to EDGE but the same thing happens.

i know the APN is correctly set. AND its not a service issue because i tested same sim card on different phones and it downloads normally.

i Have no idea how to fix this

please help me, thanks
[G2 and Desire Z General] nonione:
changing your current radio could fix the problem
[G2 and Desire Z General] phaxis:
Ive tried 4 different radios and its the same. I think i know whats the problem but can anybody confirm it?

I came from an tmobile HD2 which was wm6.5 so my internet is "smartphone unlimited data"

whereas i believe i need a specific "android data plan".

Is there a workaround for this ?
[G2 and Desire Z General] mmduluth:
Nope. I came from an HD2 to a G2 and had to get an Android data plan. The good news was that I called T-Mobile and complained about the extra $5 and acted all upset and what not and they gave me the Android data plan for $25 like my Smartphone data plan was.
[G2 and Desire Z General] phaxis:
Darn ok so i guess calling them would be the only solution to fix it.

Did they say you had to pay extra to get 4g speed or is it included with that 25dollar plan?
[G2 and Desire Z General] mmduluth:
They say that they can't guarantee 4g speeds and they just don't know but I can tell you. You definitely get the 4g speeds. Look at my sig. That's on the data plan I'm using now.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FLACattack:
Hey everyone, I'm currently in the Air Force and I'm getting stationed in Germany. And due to that I'm going to be freezing my Verizon account till I get back.

Now I really love this phone, and I'd like to keep using it; however, will I be out of luck without an actual service plan? I'm not talking about running it without a data plan. I mean actually no service whatsoever other than the Wifi.

Can it be done?

Can I has Wifi smartphone in Germany?

Thanks much beforehand for any help!
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imnuts:
Umm, why couldn't you? Put the phone in airplane mode, turn wifi on/off as you please. Last I checked, the didn't ban Wifi in Europe or Germany (yet, the EU does stupid stuff sometimes)
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FLACattack:
Is it really that easy? Also, what might that limit as far as functionality of the phone other than just calls and texts?

Also, would I need to worry about accidentally turning off the Airplane mode and getting charged again, or does the phone just stop receiving service period?

Thanks much for the help and I'll feel kinds silly if it really was this easy ha.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] beenz:
If you froze your VZW account, you should stop receiving service entirely, and not have to worry about getting calls, 3G, etc. But I could be wrong about that, so if someone could confirm...

Also, does Germany even have CDMA towers? I thought the rest of the world was on GSM.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitsuj17:
other countries use cdma (china and india have major carriers that do) and several others as well (peru, etc) if you go to verizon's international travel coverage you can actually see (or used to anyway) what country had what type of coverage and where on a map

however gsm is the major technology used worldwide...i dont have figures handy, but id guess its like 85/15 or something split wise

with emerging lte adoption though at some point in the future id imagine things becoming more unified...or even further split as many carriers may stick with hdspa+ rather than spend the money on lte infrastructure...who knows :o
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pitokellie:
i have an epic 4g that has no sevice at all and my kids use it as an ipod with

wifi work great text also as long as u have wifi.

ps i got the phone from a buddy that could not pay a bill for two phone so he suspended the line.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imnuts:
If you deactivate your service, the phone will attempt to connect, but won't be able to. I doubt many overseas carriers would allow data usage for roaming anyway even if airplane mode did get turned off, I'd think they probably only allow calls/texts.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jt1134:
Airplane mode (to save battery from frivolous radio connection attempts) + wifi. You're good.

No cdma in Germany, so no network to connect to to begin with. Verizon wont even let you use a phone in Europe without a special international roaming thing on your account anyways, so they certainly wont allow it to connect if you're suspended ;)
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] syborg:
I was in Germany about 3 weeks ago and I kept my phone in airplane mode and turned WIFI on and off when I wanted internet access. The problem was that I was not able to find any free WIFI - hotel, Starbuck's, etc. all charged a fee. Getting on the internet was not worth the going rate of 5 euros an hour. Your experience may be different; however, except in housing it's unlikely that you will find WIFI on base.