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[Epic 4G General] BigOnes69:
I have gotten 2 free batteries this year by going into the sprint store and saying my battery performance is down. They just handed me a new battery. Purchased my Epic online Radio Shack for a 58 dollar special. Who needs insurance. As a premier customer I can upgrade every year. If my phone breaks I will go back to my touch pro 2 modified with android. It does everything the epic does but slower. I can wait till the end of the year find another special. With those prices why pay the extra monies.
[Epic 4G General] algorhythm:
Jealousy? Nope.

I just checked online and even the Bestbuy.com site says they will replace your battery if your battery dies.

http://www.geeksquad.com/protection...ction/mobile-phones-black-tie-protection.aspx

Wanting one != needing one.

EDIT: And here's the actual T&C post about batteries for mobile phones:

Portable Products

1. Smartphones, Personal Digital Assistants and

Subscription Based Mobile Phones:

• One (1) battery repair or replacement, when

the original rechargeable battery is defective as

determined by us, in our sole discretion. We may

require you to return your original defective battery

to us to receive a replacement battery.
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
Thank you for that wonderful information. A lot has changed at Black Tie. They now Rapid Exchange pretty much no questions asked. If you tell them there is problems with the phone they order you a new one. This also increases the buy back value at Best Buy. If you have them buy it back after 2 years it is $130 value. So if you get a free new replacement after a year the buy back is like $ 150 or more.
[Epic 4G General] algorhythm:
Let me try calling Geico and saying my car broke and I want a new one. If they question it, I'll just crash it into a wall. That'll get me a new car :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
What if Geico offered 2 free tires a year for your car (since you suck at metaphors) but only if you need them? Tell me you would say I'm not getting them this year, there's still some tread left.
[Epic 4G General] algorhythm:
what I am saying is the BT protection ISN'T offering you free batteries for no reason. It is a no-deductible insurance claim. The T&C even states they will replace it only if the battery is damaged. Just because your BB reps aren't checking doesn't mean it's the right thing to do.

Oh I misread. No, I wouldn't put in a claim for 2 "free" tires just because I could. Nothing in life is free...
[G Tablet Accessories] jwhnlr:
if you can find a netbook case that will fit your tablet (may not fit tightly) and the price is right (free-cheap) then go for it.

I am making use of a Caselogic case intended for 10.1" Netbooks (as i had it laying around after i sold my Netbook in order to get my gtab - great decision btw).

It fit my netbook a little loose and so it obviously fits my gtab even more loosly, but for no additional out of pocket expense it works.
[G Tablet Accessories] imdaman99:
Agreed, I had a few of the $0.99 cases that Meritline had on sale. Yeah it took a while to get them but they used to go on sale every week before tablets got hot. They are the sleeves that you see on ebay for $10 nowadays :o I also had a caselogic one lying around and I prefer to use that because it has a pocket and zipper instead of stuffing my gtab in a sleeve.
[G Tablet Accessories] aasoror:
I got this a while back (when it was $4 fulfilled by amazon)

And it fits perfectly.
[G Tablet Accessories] mercdoc:
I am using the case that someone listed in here from Sears. It was under 10bucks shipped to the house. It looks just like the one posted earlier but black.

I also use a leather case that I found on eBay that was under 16 bucks shipped too. It fits nicely into the one from Sears. The leather case seller id is chinese-smile, they have other cases for different tablets too. :D Took about 2 weeks to get but worth the wait.
[HTC Incredible S] smartstep:
Har Har, who's your daddy now, Mr. Incredible?

Amazon MP3 is gone with the wind...

Now i want to delete all forced apps, i don't need.

Is there any list, guide or something of "important" apps etc., i shouldn't remove, to avoid any crashes?
[HTC Incredible S] DJjay18:
I quite happily removed Teeter, Twitter, Friendstream and HTC Likes.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] i3igi3yrd:
I've got a line of dead pixels and I need to send my G Tab for RMA (Hopefully), but I want to send it with the install that came on it to reduce support issues. I've used the recovery methods of NVFlash, but it always boot loops on the TapNTap splash screen.

I used the method to replace the part9 with the CWM recovery and it worked! But now I'm at a loss. Is there another way to restore the original ROM? Or is it something that I'm possibly doing wrong?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mantara:
It bootloops because it needs to be factory reset before first boot. Nvflash doesn't touch internal memory and cash can be left behind. Using cwm, repartition and do all wipes, then nvflash back to stock.

Also make sure you have all the right files. Go here and follow the nvflash steps and links the right files.

http://viewsonic-gtablet-for-dummies.webs.com/
[EVO 4G General] Valkiryn:
So a while back I started using cyanogen 7 and liked it for the most part. But I started to miss HTC's sense. That was one of the main reasons I went with an evo and not an epic. So now I am looking for a Rom that has both Android 2.3 and the look and feel of the new HTC sense. Preferred something under a stable release. Is there a dev out there that has something like that released. I start work in like 15 mins and would like to be able to just roll home and reflash.
[EVO 4G General] dabbill:
There is at least 50 different sense roms in the dev section.....
[EVO 4G General] afazel:
The Evo official software version is at 2.3.3.

You could also try Myn's Warm 2.2 RLS 5. It's pretty smooth for a Sense ROM, and it's got all of the Sense goodies.
[EVO 4G General] Genjinaro:
MikG ROM is exactly what you're looking for, there is also Synergy ROM, that'll you'll have to sign up for a beta for.
[EVO 4G General] sand1303:
Totally agree with mikg roms. It is gingerbread with sense 2.1 and sense 3.0 features. Everything is working for me. Even netflix. I am using the latest v 2.1 Rom
[EVO 4G General] cg 112358:
MikG is great! i've been using it ever since the GB leak!

I've heard great things about Synergy as well, but, like someone else has mentioned, you need to be signed up for the beta to use it.

AllianceROM r7.3 isnt bad either...I'm giving it a test run right now actually. It's like MikG in the sense that they are hybrid Sense 2.1/3.0
[EVO 4G General] fgcchevy:
I agree with you on mikg. I am also running Alliance rom hybrib, and i have to say it really stable and I am getting great battery life on it as well. I would recommend either of these roms, as they are both ultra stable!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1120734

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1038967
[EVO 4G General] CDKJudoka:
I am going to reiterate what everyone before me has said, MikG. It is the sexiest ROM I have ever used and Sense has grown on me like Digger. I don't think I will ever need to change my ROM again.
[EVO 4G General] sand1303:
yup, i am totally fine if i never run another rom again. i used cm7 and some other roms, i even did the kingdom and virus and alliance. hands down the straight mikG beats them all when it comes to smoothness and sense, even though some of them are very similar. and the newest mikG got me my netflix back on track!
[EVO 4G General] Valkiryn:
I know there is a bunch of different ROM's But I guess I should have been more clear but trying to get a post off before I had to clock in while helping open the store was a bit hectic. I was looking for community feedback on some of the ROM's as in what would be best and what others think of said ROM's.

Thanks to everyone who gave me opinions and big thanks to the links. Going to look into both MikG as well as alliance. I like the screens from Alliance but I am not seeing screens for MikG maybe ther is a off XDA site with them.

Again thanks for the assistance everyone
[EVO 4G General] DustieBottums:
I recommend Synergy. Very stable and is superfast. It is a collaboration of all the excellent devs and have begun releasing mods/themes...
[EVO 4G General] zeau2004:
Use MikG all the way!! It's sense 2.1+3.0 and its Android 2.3.3
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CriolaBrazuka:
I have been trying to get my friends MYTOUCH 4G back to stock in order to replace it with WARRANTY. The POWER button is NOT working, so I am having a heck of a time with this. I also did the Gfree unroot method but it's rebooting into Fastboot and since the POWER button is broken, I am unable to select anything in order to get it to HBoot (as instructed with the Gfree unroot method) I need to reboot into HBoot in order for it to read the PG15IMG zip. Using ADB, what is the COMMAND prompt to get it to the HBOOT (not FASTBOOT), as "ADB reboot bootloader" is rebooting into FASTBOOT?

And if this is NOT possible, I would further ask how would one flash a rom using ADB commands?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VibrantOwnr:
to go to hboot, you have to click the bootloader button, but i am not sure how you would be able to do that since your power button is broken. my best suggestion is to try messing with the power button while highlighting bootloader.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CriolaBrazuka:
That's the issue, the POWER BUTTON DOES NOT WORK. But thanks for the suggestion.

Anyone else? I know there has got to be a ADB command to get into HBOOT. Or, if that is not possible, how can I get ADB to read the PG15IMG.zip to put it back to stock, PLEASE!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_R1:
I'm sorry, but you're asking for non-existent things.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CriolaBrazuka:
Non-existent things? You mean to tell me there is NO WAY to get into Hboot using adb commands? That doesn't sound correct to me.

If that is not possible, how can I flash the PG15IMG.zip using the ADB commands? There has got to be a way to flash a rom if the Power button doesn't work. You can do EVERYTHING with ADB, I can't imagine not being able to do this too.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dementor123:
I might be wrong but I think hboot would also detect pd15img.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CriolaBrazuka:
EXACTLY... But when I boot using the following ADB Command "adb reboot bootloader" it is not booting into HBoot, it boots into FASTboot which does NOT read the pd15img.zip

How can I flash this using ADB commands, so that the device may be returned as it was STOCK.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dementor123:
Try this-

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=823315
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
might actually work. You need to be in what most would consider fastboot. And that program looks to have "reboot into fastboot". but i'm not sure if it's actually going to, or just wording.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dementor123:
Otherwise just ask around on how to brick the phone, may be a simple adb command or a few battery pulls while doing something in recovery :)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
The phone appears to be pretty new. I think the [OP] is wanting to exchange the phone under warranty due to a malfunctioning button rather than pay 130$ for a warranty claim.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GazaIan:
This is how you do everything, without a power button.

Recovery

adb reboot recovery

bootloader

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot

hold down the back button and boot your phone. A reboot will work, just have perfect timing when you hit and hold the back button.

Power on phone

Clockwork recovery has a bug that automatically boots to recovery. The latest update still has the bug, but the screen stays off. do this

> adb devices

List of attatched devices
(serial number) recovery

adb shell reboot

There, all the magic you need.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CriolaBrazuka:
Yes, this is correct. I have warranty on it, and my replacement arrives today. I need to get it to stock so that I am not charged for a RESTOCKING Fee due to a voided warranty.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CriolaBrazuka:
I would rather not have to FORCE BRICK the device, as I am exchanging it under warranty. Thanks.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark manning:
After reading your posts I understand a lil bit better. Your kind of screwed but one option you can do is a bunch of pages back you will find a completely stock rom that is flashable throught recovery. It still has root and obviously wont give you s-on. However, atleast its stock so they don't notice it as easily if they turn the device on.

Also I returned 1 phone that was still rooted with a custom rom and didn't get charged. I also have heard of other members doing the same so don't worry to much
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CriolaBrazuka:
Thanks Mark, I have tried flashing the PG15IMG.zip through recovery, but it gets aborted.

Do i need to change it to update.zip for recovery to read it?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark manning:
No that's not the same give a sec ill find the thread for you
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
you cannot flash the PD15IMG.zip via recovery. It can only be done via hBoot.

IIRC there is a ROM that someone pulled of a stock [no one logged into] MyTouch4G so everything will look the same.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CriolaBrazuka:
Thank you. Where can i find this ROM for it to at least LOOK the same?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CriolaBrazuka:
Thank you. I will hold for the thread/ :)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark manning:
Flash this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=901477
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CriolaBrazuka:
Thanks for this. I don't know how I missed it. I am going to try it now. [Crosses fingers]
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark manning:
If that doesn't work use this as a nandroid to do the same thing

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=845756
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CriolaBrazuka:
Thanks Mark. I am currently trying to get HBoot to read the PG15IMG file from the TOOL someone suggested, if that doesn't work. I will flash that and call it a day. (Hope either option works, this is bugging me and I'm tired of it, lol)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CriolaBrazuka:
Something has got to give. Thank you. I will report back.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark manning:
Remember put this in the restore folder of clockworkmod and restore the image
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CriolaBrazuka:
Right, the Nandroid is a backup. Got it thanks.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark manning:
Read the whole op that's the answer to tour prob
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CriolaBrazuka:
I have done a quick read, and will try to flash the first link you sent. If that doesn't work, I will try the Nandroid backup/restore and yes, I will follow it to the T.

Again, you're awesome. Thanks for your patience. This NOOB appreciates the lessons in ANDROID recovery :)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mark manning:
How did it go?

Anyways I wish I could have been more of a help earlier but I was at work doing all of that from my phone.

Not sure if what I posted earlier helped or not, but when I got home I was able to find the link that I was thinking about originally.

This was originally posted irrelephant

http://www.multiupload.com/NF950YHH8A

All this is; is a stock rom with root permissions. This will be 100% flashable from recovery. Sorry it took so long to get the correct link, my bad:(
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CriolaBrazuka:
Mark you have been great. I really appreciate the help. I have managed to flash the last file you posted. Now I need to figure out how to get s-on. But if that doesn't work I'm OK with it being on the stock rom. Again, thank you.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The 4th Derivative:
My brother just came back from a trip and told me his power button isnt working... the battery is uncharged (charging now) and the phone is off. Is there a way to put this thing back into stock? We have an insurance plan and i assume we are still in the warranty time as well. Since i have insurance do i need to put it back in stock or just return it? I cant afford the restocking fee so whatever gets me in free is what i need
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CriolaBrazuka:
Go back a few posts, you will find your answer.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jcarson7:
MsJuniaRosa, which option worked? I've read back through and there are many options but which worked for you? My power button has failed me and I'm looking for a way out of root so I can return the phone. I tried the tool with no luck but I don't know that I did it right. Any help is appreciated.

I tried to get the PG05IMG.zip to install via the Fastboot program a couple pages back and it errored out. On the next reboot the phone recognized the PG05IMG.zip and installed it. I'm now at S-On with the stock ROM!! :D
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toledospod:
Ok, so I'm kinda new to the whole rooting, recovery, etc, but after successfully rooting my phone last week, I felt like trying to do something simple like putting on Community Rom or a different boot-up animation. I followed this thread for Community Rom:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1053567

Which then references other links to download the files necessary to flash the Community Rom to the Fascinate. Problem is, I cannot get 'Update.zip' from this link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1046855

The update.zip link goes to a 404 not found page, so I can't finish the rest of this.

What I have done so far is installed ODIN on my PC and flashed Clockworkmod, though its not the same one I see referenced on XDA....the filename is

"cwm-recovery-ALL-3-30-FIX". Would this make an difference at all? I got it on my phone and it works when I boot into recovery, but it gives the stock blue screen and not the CWM screen (which I understand should be red) and I guess this is because I don't have Update.zip or something, so I can't flash anything using CWM at the moment.

I did find an 'update.zip' file somewhere (I really don't remember where now), and I put this on the root of my sdcard, but when I go into record and select 'Apply sdcard/update.zip' it shows that it's trying to do something (a progress bar moves across the screen very quickly), but then I get a triangle with an exclamation mark inside and the Android underneath it and nothing else happens. I left it for at least 5 mins and still nothing happened. The only way I can get back to the phone normally is to pull the battery out, put it back in and reboot the phone from the stock recovery.

Can someone help me out? Do I have a crap 'Update.zip' file and if so where do I get a good one from?

My specs for my phone are:

Hardware ver. I500.04

Firmware ver. 2.2.1

Basband ver. S:i500.04 V.ED01

Kernal ver. 2.6.32.9

Build number: SCH-I500.ED01
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kevin Gossett:
Odin the CWM recovery, boot to recovery, flash CommROM. That's all you need to do
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toledospod:
Ok, I guess I'm kinda confused now. I already have CWM on my phone. Are you saying that I should use Odin to put the version of CWM on from here and I won't need update.zip?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rand4ll:
Update.zip is not needed, the cwm replaces the stock recovery in the phones flash memory
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efan450:
You already have cwm on your phone and the recovery 3-30 file is fine, download comm rom and it put on the root of your phones sd card (ie.not in a folder)...if you download it right from your phone it will be in a file that your downloads will be in..most likely tapatalk download, download, or downloads... the point is you want to be able to find it easily.boot into recovery and

Do a factory data reset, also wipe cache, and go to advanced and wipe dalvik cache . After doing those three things locate the comm rom file and install..reboot and enjoy!

If you did odin recovery and then did not flash anything the stock kernel will re write recovery and you will have to re-odin recovery again...so if I were you I would....odin recovery...put the batt back in, three finger boot into cwm flash your rom and or kernel and done
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toledospod:
Maybe that's what happened then, I used Odin to put CWM on, but didn't flash anything after that. I'll go ahead and try again and see what happens.

So, why does everyone say you need update.zip all the time after you Odin CWM on the phone?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efan450:
You use to have to use update.zip but that is not the case anymore...and since you didn't flash anything after recovery you will have to re-do it, so if u did not already download the com rom file you will have to boot up...download comm rom...(i recommend the one with the otb kernel because you can overclock and undervolt with the voltage control app), pull the batt, odin recovery...that 3-30 recovery file is what works for me, put the batt back in and boot directly into recovery at this point I would suggest going to backup and restore and doing a nandroid back up btw power button is accept and menu button is go back...this willsave your phone exactly like it is now just in case things get screwy you will have a point to go back to ( but do not try to restore that back up in the future with out first disabling the voo doo lag fix) after your nandroid is done ,wipe data/cache/dalvik, navigate to wherever your comm rom zip is...install reboot and done...this process will take a few minutes and it's important to be patient...if you are fully stock as if right now you will hear a robotic lady saying stuff as your phone boots up...this is all normal and what you want to hear..once it reboots you can start playing around and setting it up the way you like it

One more suggestion is to use titanium backup and back up all of your apps prior to flashing and after your flash just restore all the apps...not data..i also export all of my contacts to the sd card not g mail cause I've lost contacts before so I just export to sd..flash and import them..that's what works for me...good luck..happy flashing!
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] toledospod:
Thanks efan, that worked perfectly this time. I now have Comm Rom on my phone and like you said, didn't need update.zip at all.

Edited as I thought I was having problems after with Android Market, but its fine now.
[Verizon Droid Charge] chilewile007:
Hello everyone. I've been lurking here for a while and appreciate all the help and stuff.

I need to take my charge in for repairs/replacement, and I was wondering what all I need to do to bring it to unrooted stock. I have a rom for it, but I was wondering if I need a stock kernel and whatnot.

Any direction is appreciated! Sorry if there's a search that can fix this. I can't figure out how to search from this xda app.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Kronia:
I remember finding an Odin package that was a stock ED1 reset. If I find it, I'll post it.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Kronia:
Ok, found two threads that might help.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1108115

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1129634
[Verizon Droid Charge] chilewile007:
Thank you so much! Do I have to do anything with the kernel or does flashing a stock rom take care of that?
[Verizon Droid Charge] imnuts:
Flash the ED1 or ED2 full odin package. It will take you back to stock, and you don't need to worry about voodoo being enabled/disabled if you flash one of them as it will also wipe that out.
[Verizon Droid Charge] chilewile007:
Fantastic. Thank you so much. I know an answer from imnuts will have to solve it. Keep up the good work!