yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Sensation] msnger:
yes you can keep the plan, you're only doing a handset upgrade. However there aren't certain features that can't not be added to grandfathered plan which might force you to switch to another. Most likely if you ask that you only wish to do a handset upgrade and keep same plan and feature they will oblige. To get the best deal call royalty department and say you are thinking about leaving etc... in order to get the best deal.
[HTC Sensation] Khagghen:
I just bought my phone last Friday from Wally for the $148.88 + tax, which in MN came to $159.30 out the door, no upgrade fee too.

That recently posted wirefly deal seems to be the best so far.

The only hassle I had was that I went into TMO store to understand why I kept dropping from 4G to 2G right in downtown Minneapolis. They insisted that I had an old data plan that was "optimized" for WM phones prior to 4G introduction. Long story short, they got me to get rid of my grandfathered data plan to fully enjoy the data capabilities of the phone. Anybody else sold that kind of story? My previous phone was a TP2 which I bought back in 2009.
[HTC Sensation] bakedpatato:
Yeah, the wirefly deal is a steal...$130 eh?

Heh, remember that T-Mobile isn't well known for reception quality...I would first blame T-Mo's network over your data plan*. Find a friend with a G2/MT4G/SGS4G and see what's up?

*TP2 = epc.tmobile.com for the APN right?
[HTC Sensation] bakedpatato:
Heh royalty department ;) The loyalty department couldn't do anything for my web2go plan and offered the bog standard $20/2gb and the Sensation for (some price that was cheaper than the website but not by much), therefore YMMV.
[HTC Sensation] baraider:
I'm eligible for upgrade my line today (part of a family plan).

In store, I would pay 250 upfront for the phone - $50 MIR.

On Wirefly, it would be $129 and I can keep my existing data plan ($10 for 200MB data).

Does anyone know what is the catch for the Wirefly? Why is it so much cheaper?
[HTC Sensation] Paul22000:
You have to pay an extra $250 on TOP of Tmobile's ETF if you cancel your plan or miss a payment.
[Xoom General] MoreGone:
Hello,

So I bought my Xoom over the weekend when I never heard back from a Craigslister about a Xoom they have that is bootlooping.

Finally got back to me today and I am looking to fix it, and make a little profit.

Guy explained he knows it can get into Fastboot and mentioned RSD lite so I know he has done some research but ultimately he said he is not good at computers and cannot fix it.

My question is what do I need to consider? If I can access hboot ( from power off wait til see M and hit Vol - right?) I should be good to go is my understanding. Is there any way to run a diagnostic and see if there is hardware issues going on?

What would you do I guess lol

He said I could tinker with it first. I am familiar with ADB and rooting / custom roms on Android but have only had my Xoom for about 3 days.

Thanks
[Xoom General] ydaraishy:
If you can definitely get into fastboot, you can recover it; simple as that. Whether there are hardware issues is another matter.
[Xoom General] P00r:
The question is, how much are you willing to pay if you can't fix it, then if you can you will be happy, if not you should stay happy.

Bootloop can be software but they can easily be hardware too so better be safe than sorry
[Xoom General] Kippui:
take a laptop with you and do "fastboot devices' on the spot.

If the computer can see it then it can be wiped clean and fixed
[Xoom General] MoreGone:
It's $300 and it wouldn't kill me, obviously wouldn't be ideal but not the end of the world either.
[Xoom General] Zargon335:
That's what everyone told me when mine went into a boot loop. I was able to flash the new images in fastboot, but it never came out of the boot loop.
[Xoom General] MoreGone:
At what point would I be able to run that command? When powering up, at the M etc?
[Xoom General] ydaraishy:
Stock images?
[Xoom General] MoreGone:
That's certainly a concern
[Xoom General] Zargon335:
Yes.

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[Xoom General] e.mote:
@OP

If seller knows about Fastboot & RSD Lite, he's probably on this forum. Might even be in this thread. :eek:

HEY SELLER just let me figure this out and I'll buy it right off ya, OK? :p
[Xoom General] burden010:
If you CAN get out of it that certainly a very good price. Most cases I think I have seen have been recoverable. Maybe ask the seller how he got into this situation in the first place, might give you a better understanding of how to fix it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tripp-phpBB:
So, I had my phone sitting on my work truck and I watched as it slid and flipped over and smacked the concrete. I have a good case and have dropped it before with no repercussions but this time it just shattered the screen. No big deal, hopped on Amazon and ordered a new one for about $24.

Got here today and I eagerly took my phone apart. Followed a video and had no troubles until I got to the step of actually taking out the screen. My evo had quite a bit of adhesive and being that the screen was already shattered, I had a hell of a time getting it out. Well, I seen the LCD was all bent and messed up too but I still put the new screen in and sure enough, half my screen doesn't work.

So...if I order a LCD, take it back apart and put it in along with the new screen everything should work fine again, correct? Also, do I need to order those glue strips or is there something else I can use to hold it all in place. Sorry if this seems stupid but I'm just a little irritated that I ordered one piece when I really needed another as well and I'm just at the point where I feel like buying a new one off Craigslist will be easier. Thanks in advance
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirkyd3rk:
Sometimes buying a new one can be better/easier but if you're capable of replacing it yourself why not lol. Just make sure you order the right part for your particular evo......

Check this out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFmt6aLEWag&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Sent from my PC36100
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whatsuphomie:
first, it's hell to get the digitizer (the part you actually touch) attached back on to the rest of the screen. it would be better and easier to buy the whole lcd/digitizer front for the phone.

BUT MAKE SURE YOU BUY THE RIGHT LCD SCREEN: theres two different kinds, narrow strip, and long strip.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bizdady:
Anyone know if theres an easy way to tell which kind of strip you have without having to open up the phone?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clayginn:
I need the same answer but I guess the answer is no
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] subprime:
I don't know if there is a way but opening up the phone to find out is really easy. I'd you go to ifixit.com they have the instructions.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riggs32:
could you link to the Ifixit article?

Also, does anyone know where to get the best deal on an lcd/digitizer once I find out which one I need?
[EVO 4G General] mikel719:
Just seen this on androidpolice.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...e-20th-fixes-netflix-voicemail-notifications/
[EVO 4G General] dirkyd3rk:
Nice!!! I'm sure people are going to love that phantom voicemail notification fix for sure.

Sent from my PC36100
[EVO 4G General] mattykinsx:
Let's hope they slip in the fix for the bootloader issue.
[EVO 4G General] studentjunk:
No mention of the broken compass!!!!!
[EVO 4G General] dirkyd3rk:
Would also be nice for them to throw wireless N back in might I add.

Sent from my PC36100
[EVO 4G General] kingdazy:
hahahaha! everyone beat me to it. damn. lmfao.
[EVO 4G General] issafram:
http://www.androidpolice.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/evo2_thumb1.jpg
[EVO 4G General] issafram:
Hearing aid fix. Thank god for those devs at htc...

Seriously though....i dont want to see any more "how do I unroot my phone for this update?"

You guys think it will even include radio updates? Or not?
[EVO 4G General] issafram:
Sense 2.0? Lol jk, but you never know. Well we do know, but I'll stick to CM 7 regardless ;)
[EVO 4G General] aimbdd:
Lol, you know there is such a thing as editing posts... ;)

Doubtful of new radios. Probably just bug fixes because of how fast they are pushing the update.
[EVO 4G General] issafram:
Yea but I like seeing my post count go up. lol jk (for the OP its a nice bump to the thread). I dunno, I don't think it matters either way.
[EVO 4G General] mikel719:
What I want to know Is how long will it take the devs to work their magic with it?
[EVO 4G General] dirkyd3rk:
Considering it took devs, unrevoked etc about 2 or 3 months to fully root froyo I'd say a while lol.

Sent from my PC36100
[EVO 4G General] issafram:
I don't think so...depends on the update file that htc released. Just do a file comparison from the last ota. I don't think much has changed. Hopefully they do a smaller update than a full ota.
[EVO 4G General] dirkyd3rk:
True, but they havent rooted the first OTA yet lol, maybe HTC is surprising everyone with an unlocked bootloader with that update thats on the way......not
[EVO 4G General] lavarea4:
Unlocked bootloader.....mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
[EVO 4G General] Rieksfier:
Maybe they'll realize too that they forgot to push out approximately the other 75% of gb on the 6/3 ota....wishfull thinking maybe.
[EVO 4G General] issafram:
So...i must have a slight case of retardation. Unrevoked and all that stuff...i think I'm rooted. Then with the custom, rooted Sense ROMs, isn't that the same functionality? What am I missing here?
[EVO 4G General] htown999:
I am soo happy that this was fixed so quickly! :D
[EVO 4G General] rmarinella:
Would be nice to have voice to text working again too.
[EVO 4G General] k2buckley:
I don't remember how long it took him, but I know that zikronx had a manual root method long before unrevoked had their automated process ready for the masses. It would be cool to see something like that again.
[EVO 4G General] wheres_waldo:
i dont think it will everr happen the stupid devs refuse to do it since the evo 3d will be out next week, so why ever bother when the evo 4g has been dropped faster then charlie sheen...
[EVO 4G General] cordell12:
I agree, this new 2.3 update for the Evo 4G may never be rooted. New phones are dropping in a matter of days, cant wait! To spend time on something that has already ran it course is "senseless" :eek: Reality is someone will root it once the exploit is found in another device :)
[EVO 4G General] dahauss:
Isn't there already a 2.3 rooted? I see it all over the forums. Am I missing something?
[EVO 4G General] ckoadiyn:
the software is "rooted". the new bootloader hasnt been exploited to have s-off yet.
[EVO 4G General] issafram:
That makes sense. I've been rooted since getting Froyo, so it doesn't really later to me.
[EVO 4G General] cordell12:
I spoke with HTC via email, the first time they blamed the broken compass on me needing a "factory reset". I wrote back and told them I know its not the phone but the update. I asked for a real response not a run of the mill pre-written answer, my reply is posted below...

Dear Cordell,

I understand the confusion, Cordell, and I can definately clarify the status of the issue with the compass.

Based on the extensive list of users experiencing similar issues, I see that this is an issue that will need to be resolved through an update by Google. The reason I say this is due to the users of other phones not manufactured by HTC are also having this issue. While we are aware of this affecting a multitude of Android devices, the situation is definately under investigation, and we're working with Google to get it all sorted out. As to when a fix will be available, we do not have that information as ther has not been any announcement as to when it will be fixed.

That being the case, a factory reset will do very little (if anything at all) to fix it. We've actually been told not to factory reset phones for any of those three reasons, and I want to apologise that this was a proposed resolution to this issue.

I'm assuming that you've already tried recalibrating the compass by moving to an open area free of interference, and wave the phone around in a slow figure 8 motion. If so, that's all we can really do, at this point in time.

Thank you for taking the time to contact us, Cordell. I do apologize for any inconvenience.

Notice the spelling errors, lol.
[EVO 4G General] taguluchi:
Didn't HTC say that the EVO would get gingerbread and sense 2.0 I think I heard this on a you tube video at the intro for the evo3d ....I'm gonna get on and look but it would be cool if sense www updated but I highly doubt.it
[EVO 4G General] stkiswr:
That's a possible update and it should happen. No reason not to. I have sense 3.0 running great on my phone thanks to devs like virus and his crew but the file is so large it required a partition. Sense 2.1 was easily ran without lag for me via a speedy 2.1 port. I have around 40+ apps I use and still wasn't out of memory or issues. The gingerbread update was really worthless to me except the goodies that devs were able to use. Sense 1.0 gingerbread in the flagship device wasn't that great of an upgrade imo but a step in the right diction.
[EVO 4G General] therealpnut:
Damn I can't wait to get my damn netflix back!!!!!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] XCellPhoneSalesRep:
As i stated earlier in another thread, i have a 2nd possibly soon a 3rd INFUSE to be donated for ROM development (of MY choice - prolly yours too). I wanted to send one to a MIUI dev and later found out that Cyanogen comes first on the food chain, without Cyanogen there would be NO MIUI (Well there might be MIUI but it would prolly be SENSE: ewwww)

Anyway, i have contacted CyanogenMOD to find out: a) if they have interest in building CM for InFuSe. b) if so, where can i overnight the device for them to fondle with :p ...

Um, Let there be CyanogenMod for InFuSe ?!?!?

Anyone really interested or am i just wasting my time?

Cyanofuse?

Infusogen?

and then....

:D miui :D

*edit*

PS: is this in the right spot or a lil to the right or a lil to the left or how bout over in Development?:p
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tyshemi:
Ohhhhh please please please
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Haplodroid:
That would be awesome!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] razor950:
hey I am the kernel developer whose been working on the infuse 4g without one :P

I would greatly love a infuse 4g to work on CM7/MIUI Kernel and to improve my custom kernel as well...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tyshemi:
razor

yes hes doing a good job and sure he can get it done he made a smooth kernel without the infuse. now how many devs can do that??? hooooook himm uppppp:D
[Samsung Infuse 4G] hoofadoo:
This is the man you need to be looking at. He is the man!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Hare4:
Now this is what I am taking about! Wohooooooo!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] bradbusa:
my vote goes to razor. his kernel is the shiz
[Samsung Infuse 4G] slider2828:
Agreed I nominate razor too... I mean he is doing great work WITHOUT an Infuse... I was so compelled that I was like I gotta donate to this man!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] h8rift:
I, too, highly recommend rz950. Fantastic kernel dev.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] tyshemi:
Please donate

Please donate one to razor
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Hare4:
Please let us know if you will donate to him
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Dani897:
get your name into the dev donation thread. i have a small contribution coming for you soon as well, btw, great job on vodoo sound and bln !
[Samsung Infuse 4G] rjan22:
Yes razor950 has already develop a kernel even though he has no Infuse 4g, I really don't know how this Guy did it but i may sure its a born talent. Don't waste time looking for one, razor950 is the man, ship it to him pronto
[Samsung Infuse 4G] kornklown69:
Thank you sir!!! I hope they contact you
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Optimus-Prime:
Razor is the way to go :d
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Synnor:
I can't speak for razor.. But I can't stand samsung's POS ui that crashes multiple times daily but love my infuse 4g. Some cyanogen goodness would be amazing
[Samsung Infuse 4G] kornklown69:
I hope you are the one to bring cyanogenMOD
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Hare4:
So my man salesrep has not said a word back to us, think he it's bluffing about having 2 infuses?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] hoofadoo:
Do you talk to your mother with that mouth? I'm going to wash your mouth out with soap.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] thache:
I forgot to backup my LG Phoenix P505 from AT&T. I went screwing around with /system/ in r/w. Does anyone have the stock image?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] raenye:
There are reports of a 2.2.2 update rolling for the Phoenix, perhaps this could help when available.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] rudeboyintrouble:
hey thache, I pulled out my at&t wireless address book using titanium backup, but couldn't restore it, and now my contacts are screwed. I've got an AT&T LG Phoenix (P505)

I'll be keeping an eye out for this as well.

Let me know if you find a way to export the ATTWAB as an apk.

Thanks and good luck!
[Optimus One, P500, V General] electech:
Do you know if anyone is working on a ROM for Phoenix yet?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mar11974:
Have you tried this with your serial number:

http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/csmg/b2c/client/auth_model_check2.jsp?esn=

if it works, it will give you a direct link to download your kdz.

Maybe someone with the same model phone could do a system pull to help you out.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] CrackerTeg:
I'm wondering if there's a working ROM for the Phoenix as well. I'm a complete newb when it comes to Android and I don't know jack about creating my own ROM through LINUX/ Ubuntu. As much as I've been reading around, I don't see that anyone has cracked this puppy yet.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Coniglio:
I bought the phone about 2 hours ago (I had the last version too). However, just before I did that I came here to read a little bit about the gps (to see if it was working or not) and then I saw many threads about screen problems and others... so I started to get a bit worried about getting the phone but I did it anyway :D

Well... during a quick test of the phone I saw that in my contacts and in the task manager screens appears to be a problem (I think)... the left top icon (contacts) has a small color degradation in its border from dark blue to light blue. The Task manager has the same thing but on its right side icon. Its pretty small but I am not sure if its decoration or just a problem of the phone in those 2 "screens" cause I dont see any more color problems elsewhere.

Does anyone else knows what else should I check (most common problems)? To check them out and see if got them too so like that I could go to the store and get a replacement.

Thanks a lot guys!!!!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dany__:
Hi mate,

Don't worry..it's not a screen fault but a feature..:)

when you see the little colour degradation on "Contacts" and "task manager" means that you can slide left or right to see other features.

Just test it your self, open the contacts application and slide where you see the colour degradation.

Your screen is good, you don't need to go get a replacement.
[Galaxy S II General] GIR:
Hi,

I don't know wether there's a problem with the KE7 update or wether there's a problem at Samsung NL but the KE7 update for dutch devices has been canceled.

http://twitter.com/#!/SamsungMobileNL/status/80985573371813889

This is rather strange because the update is being actively rolled out all around the globe except for NL.
[Galaxy S II General] Intratech:
There is a good reason it's been pulled.
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
My guess is because the new 2.3.4. ROM is imminent. What's your guess or do you actually know?
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
I believe music player soft-bouncing the phone and the modem 4G hang-ups are some of the issues?
[Galaxy S II General] GIR:
Well that's strange because the KE7 update is still being distributed in other countries. If there are problems with it one would expect Samsung to pull the update entirely from all countries.
[Galaxy S II General] cmd512:
Ding ding ding... Barry wins the prize!
[Galaxy S II General] GuestX0059:
That would be awesome, I vote for Barry ^_^.

I was already wondering when the update was going to appear for my NL imported SGS2. Hopefully the waiting time wont be long
[Galaxy S II General] GIR:
I don't think it's because of an expected 2.3.4 update. This issue has been living for a few weeks now and only yesterday Samsung NL confirmed it was cancelled. Before that they insisted KE7 could be downloaded through Kies.

I don't think Samsung NL has any say over when firmware updates get released. Either that or there was a huge miscommunication. :D
[Galaxy S II General] godutch:
It could be a specific network problem, eg last month the vodaphone network made many htc phones reboot all the time or a while ago when an apple update made iphones with certain dutch sims crash
[Galaxy S II General] Eddiedk:
Well... if i could only get KE3 or something in between KE2 and KE7!!

Here in Denmark, we are somehow forgotten - we are still running on KE2 and some of the old updates of the camera... :(

Also - no NFC-version of SGS2 for our country, as the Nexus 2 has sold badly (because of the LCD-screen installed opposed to the AMOLED, but still full price), and because of NFC is non-existent here (we have our own national travellers-card, which is very close to NFC-technology).

But the GT-i9100 has sold in great numbers, and is almost sold out anywere. So it seems odd to be left in the cold, when it comes to new updates... :confused:
[Galaxy S II General] GIR:
We have KE2 too.

You can download the camera update from Samsung Apps.

No country has NFC. Google has announced they will introduce a new service which will require a special simcard to use. It would be unsensible to put NFC in the device when the standard isn't there yet and your NFC is goign to be useless down the road.
[Galaxy S II General] GuestX0059:
Also running KE2 on my NL imported SGS2.

I checked http://twitter.com/#!/SamsungMobileNL if they gave some more info but no reason is mentioned why they pulled it back.
[Galaxy S II General] kreoXDA:
I think this guy here in post #4 got the reason right.

Oh wait, that is me saying that ;)
[Galaxy S II General] SweCrown:
Seems like all nordic countries are forgotten. In Sweden we also are stuck with KE2. :/
[Galaxy S II General] kostasalfa:
Greece too..ke2
[Galaxy S II General] zkyevolved:
It's not in mine :( Spain! We're still on KE1... It's not Samsungs decision only. It's also the carrier.
[Galaxy S II General] kcaz:
I'm on the Spanish generic FOP sales code. They were nice enough to give us KE2. You could probably debrand to FOP, still keeping it region-specific but maybe getting slightly quicker updates.
[Galaxy S II General] GuestX0059:
You win, lol :)

Look at the bright side.

I still prefer something more stable above something with issues :), even when some things get upgraded I am sure Samsung knows what it is doing.

Since you have a carrier provided phone you are more or less more screwed than the people who have a carrier free unlocked phone.

Anyway nothing we can do but wait and inform each other :), it's good to know there are still people without the updates ^^
[Galaxy S II General] El Salvador:
Of course there are. Only the UK and India did get official KE7/KE8 updates through KIES. Maybe I forgot one or two countries, but most countries haven't released any official updates after KE2 yet. It seems that everyone feels that they're left out or something but that's clearly not what's happening here.