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[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Theshawty:
I can only barely hear whomever I talk to, why is that? It all started when I installed a custom ROM on my X10 Mini. A reboot or turn off didn't help it. I fail to see why a software can cause hardware not to function as it should.

I have tried cleaning my phone in SEUS, but it didn't help it; my problem persists. I have no screen cover whatsoever and the little hole for the earpiece is not clogged with dust and what-not. What should I do? Is there anyway I can make it work again WITHOUT replacing it? I haven't got a dime to repair it for and I bought it in February '11.

I tried flashing stock firmware, but it didn't help it. I contacted the developer of the ROM I'm using and he says he's never heard of that problem before. I'm the first one to have it.

Surely, a software cannot make a hardware not working? If it's broken, then how on earth has that happened? I have never dropped it.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] slade87:
such things happen quite often its most certainly not software related.

put it on your heater in your rom, let it lay for a while when the heater is warm, try to make a call if it works then you most likely have a cold solder point in the microphone. you could try to open it up if you know how to solder and just reheat pins around the microphone if not i wouldnt suggest doing it ;)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Theshawty:
How could this have happened? Do you think I may have exposed it to too much cold?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] slade87:
It comes like this from the factory, you cant do anything about it. If its a cold soldering all it takes is one drop or the phone getting warm and cooling off. The point will start to diisconnect sooner or later.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Theshawty:
So in order to fix it, I need to replace the earpiece? These god damned smartphones makes me wanna go back to dummyphones. I remember this old K700i of mine. I could drop it and even on purpose throw it in walls or the floor without anything breaking it. But smartphones break as time passes. Where's the good old quality gone?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] slade87:
You dont need to replace. Btw this can happen tooo all electronic devices. Of course depending on the qualtiy of the soldering.

However dissassembling it and reheat the solder point usually does the trick. If you know how to do it or maybe somebody you know can do it for you. Theres a big chance you only need to solder the pin around the speaker.

I wish you luck
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] quendil:
Hi there mate! Did you find a solution to your problem? I have the exact same problem and i'm thinking about taking the damn thing to the Sony ericsson technical support.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] IiroKoo:
I just rooted my Nexus S. Everything else seems to work, but when I try to turn Wi-Fi on, it says "Error". Any help on this?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] IiroKoo:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=884093

This solved the problem.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Nyxter:
Hey,

Sorry but im new here, tried searching so got alot of details but struggling in the UK.

Ideally im looking for the SGP screen protector - however can't find these anywhere on any UK store, Struggling even on e-bay without waiting for ages. Anybody know where to get them? Or an alternative available in the UK?

And secondly, while wanting a leather flip case - I was looking at Zenus colorpoint black. "mobilefun" has red and brown but not black. Are there any other similar high quality down flipping black leather cases?

thanks :)
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Mitty1990:
Try export prive mate they import stuff to you and usually have most Samsung accessories.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] ronak47:
There is a seller on eBay selling them in the UK but be warned that the seller is being cheeky and only selling them individually for the same price as the retail 2 pack.
[Galaxy S II Accessories] ronak47:
The sellers name is : aeisou
[Galaxy S II Accessories] Nyxter:
Hey thanks, just went and googled them. Seems to have everthing I want :) thanks

Is it the fingerprint which is the best, or another.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Accessories] ronak47:
I got the ultra oleophobic which is good but I heard the ultra optics are better.

Let me know which one you get and how it is.
[Thunderbolt General] mattsonhistb:
I'm going to college next year, and I'll be stuck paying my own phone bill for the first time, and I'm wondering if it's even an option to have no mobile service. A plan with no calling or texting, just data.

If I could only pay $30 per month for my phone bill, that would be huge, considering minutes and texting. I could buy minutes from Skype or Google voice and make calls with those applications, and text through AIM or another free texting app.
[Thunderbolt General] PJnc284:
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/splash/messagingplans.jsp

That's probably what you're looking for but not sure if it's available for 4G devices and it says documentation required for smartphones.
[Thunderbolt General] necosino:
I bought an off-contract Incredible and have it as a house phone using Google Voice and GrooVe IP. Works perfectly, too. :)

No plan required, just a wifi connection.
[Thunderbolt General] mattsonhistb:
That could work, but is it required to either get texting or minutes? I really just want to be $30 for the unlimited data, and text through a texting app or AIM. I could easily make calls through skype or google voice.

The off-contract phone could work too, especially with a phone like the tbolt, but isn't a bit inconvenient to not be able to call or text while you're out? Also, does anyone know what a typical internet speed is for a college dorm?
[Thunderbolt General] booda3000:
U can also get the 50 minute loyalty plan for $20 + $30 data.

Verizon doesn't offer data only on phones. If u bought a galaxy tablet, then u could have data only.

I'd just use wifi if I was on campus, I'm sure its faster than 3g.
[Thunderbolt General] eraursls1984:
Check out the link in post 2, unlimited data and messages and no voice minutes
[Thunderbolt General] yurdle:
The link in post 2 says that documentation is required though... think that means you need proof that you are deaf or hard of hearing... so unless you have this they probably won't even give you that..
[Thunderbolt General] PlaidStallion:
How do you do this as when you try to use google voice it wants the number associated with the phone right?
[Thunderbolt General] Pender1:
don't have a clue about the plan, I've never heard of such being offered though. Speeds will depend on what college you're at. Most major universities have at least a T1 line in my experience. YMMV
[Thunderbolt General] vdChild:
your best bet is to just visit your local verizon store and see if you get a tech who is nice enough to activate the service listed in post #2
[Thunderbolt General] booda3000:
I had the unlimited text/data activated over the phone with the corporate #. 800-922-0204. They didn't ask questions.

i like the $50 loyalty plan better. Its cheaper, u get 50 emergency minutes a month and u can text unlimited with google voice.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mgamerz:
I'm looking at buying NOVA 2 for Android... Just came out. (use the web market to find). They are having a discount on their website and many android blogs say it works with TEGRA 2 devices.

YEt it says incompatible with Atrix... And their website doesn't allow me to pick ATT as a carrier (their website it stupid! (GameLoft)).

Has anyone bought it and got a device hack to remove the check?

I'm not saying you should illegally get it, cause I am willing to buy it, but my interest kinda wanes when it's not available to use on my platform that is supposed to support it :l
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EclipseX:
Qhd version doenst exista yet
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mgamerz:
Nova 2 HD doesn't support qHD... ironic.

Sent from my Motorola Atrix 4G on the network with the most backhaul, whatever that is. This post might have errors as I hate touchscreen keyboards.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mistawolfe:
It does support qHD, as I played it on a DROID 3 the other day.

Got it downloaded but can't get past a certain progress bar for the first level. Looking for a hack myself...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EclipseX:
Hack already exists elsewhere

I can play nova 2 hd, but try hit fire and see blood. You cant cover all the screen, and have some glitchs
[General Questions and Answers] rendez2k:
I see lots of barcodes on app info pages for android - what barcode scanner should I be using? Is there a built-in one?
[General Questions and Answers] vipaman:
There is one simple barcode scanner which I use. It is called barcode scanner......very simply and fast!!!
[General Questions and Answers] mprou:
me too using barcode scanner. it does the job. I also use QRdroid which is also good and you can also generate your own QRcodes
[General Questions and Answers] JaviSRK:
Another vote for barcode scanner - love it.
[General Questions and Answers] malljalla:
barcode scanner is the best
[General Questions and Answers] rendez2k:
Thanks guys - barcode scanner it is then!
[General Questions and Answers] axle119:
try out ZXing Barcode Scanner app.Might work out
[General Questions and Answers] godsky:
Mobiscan is so good
[General Questions and Answers] cozmosland:
yep another vote on barcode scanner!
[General Questions and Answers] sageDieu:
I vote Google goggles. it is fast and useful for a lot of other things as well.

Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500
[General Questions and Answers] CamoGeko:
QRCode is a nice app.

Transmitted from a Galaxy far far away via XDA lightspeed telepathy.
[General Questions and Answers] leoilios:
barcode scanner from the market it pretty good
[General Questions and Answers] it2007me:
i agree with you :)

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[General Questions and Answers] Poucet_OO7:
Bar code scanner is the best <3
[General Questions and Answers] kaminari84:
me too i prefer QRCode instead of Barcode scanner
[General Questions and Answers] andoreyed:
Wow!

Wow...you sure got a nice collection of phones,bro.
[General Questions and Answers] garbour:
I just use barcode scanner. Works pretty good for Google shopping. I really only use it when I'm in a store like HD and want to check reviews of products.

Sent from my A500 using CM10 JB unofficial
[General Questions and Answers] jugg1es:
I find Google goggles works quite well

"To err is human... to really foul up requires the root password."
[General Questions and Answers] micduffy:
I use Crowdbuy.info

I use Crowdbuy.info https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=info.crowdbuy.mobile&hl=en

It searches Amazon, EBay and Google Shopping. Can save and share the results too.

Doesnt work with all items but I find it useful to check items before I buy them in store
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tdavid95:
What will happen to my epic if i tick those two options in odin? Just curious.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blu9987:
Bootloader update is kinda self explanitory...for flashing primary bootloader. I'd imagine if you tick that and flash a tar that doesn't include the bootloader, you'd have a shiney brick.

And for the efs clear you would probably need to add the APN again to get 3G data access...
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DexterMorganNL:
Hello,

Since short time ago, maybe like 10 a 15 mins my DHD was in safe mode, I don't know why at all and have always treaten my DHD with love.

So after I saw the safe mode I decided to reboot and after since I did that then phone doesnt seem to want to powerup, the syptom is like following, when I press the power button I will hear the phone vibrate twice and then the green led will burn and the phone doesnt seem to do anything.

So I have removed the battery and tried to boot in recovery mode with holding down the down volume button and and press the power button, this had no effect at all.

I hope someone could help me, I hope this is just temporary and that I do not need bring him in for warranty, I have rooted the phone and run RCKingdom 3D on it.

EDIT

I put full battery inside, now the red led blinks, before I get first the same 2x vibrate.

EDIT

Okay I just got in recovery mode, but when I reboot it via recovery mode i'm back with the same.

EDIT

After pressing volume down and power button, I saw the RCMix3D boot screen, and now i'm back into the normall mode. Someone still explation for all this? It rained today and there got some rain on my DHD, but not much, but you can't really avoid that.

EDIT

I changed the battery because I need charge my spare batterys and again problem with the vribate, but this time after few time trying with volume down and power button I get into my phone again.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raze599:
It might have been water damage. It probably just needed some time to dry before working again. Other than that I have no logical explanation.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DexterMorganNL:
Yes thats what I though to, but something funny was that rain drops on screen seemed to enter letters, but well I think you might be right that it was water damage and just needed to dry, I think there nothing you can do to prevent your phone get wet when it rains, but I will not use it much during rain.

Lets hope this will not happen again, I love this phone to much for it.

EDIT

Its defintinly no water damage, I'm in ClockworkMod Recovery now and my volume down button doesnt seem work corretly, when I wanna go down it doesnt react, but go up it works.

I think I gotta contact HTC and if I send it for warranty then I gotta restore it so that bootloader is back to S-on because I understand you don't get warranty when you have a unlocked bootloader.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DexterMorganNL:
Volume down hangs

Hello,

So I have figured out what's wrong with my phone, the down volume button just hangs and its quite serious.

As i'm able to get in quite hard I should get back to orginal firmware and get S-off from my phone and get it for warranty.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=857537

So if I use that tool then I should be back to the stock firmware?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lamebmx:
well i didnt really follow the link. but if it involves a usb cable and a ruu .exe it will get it back to stock. still sounds like water damage though. check inside the doors and make sure none of the sticker have changed colors. including the one on the battery.

can also try putting a paper towel on a flat clean hard surface. phone screen down on the towel. and giving a couple good whacks in the general area of the volume button. maybe pop the battery door off first so it dont get damaged. as long as you dont physically damage it, your not out anything but time tryin this. if it dont work you was gonna go through the warranty process anyways.

dont blame me if you go overboard and break something.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DexterMorganNL:
I reverted back to stock and putted S-on back. I called HTC already and they will take it into warranty tomorrow they will come and get it.

I got battery out and I see on white sticker with a little black sticker on it with saying void, also sticker on battery is still white, so no signs off water damage at all, and it looks the volume button just hangs.

Its still under warranty and its almost impossible that it get water damage from some rain drops, even when you call the screen will get some sweat on it so it couldnt be water damage.

I have heard damage issues like these with phones more often.

EDIT 24-06-2011 18:22

Its a mystery but phone works suddenly good again, the volume down button works good again, react when I press it and phone boots without problems, I'm happy for it because in case it was water damage then it costed me € 40 and as far as I heard the phone fixers in my country will say its water damage even if it isnt so i'm really realeved.

I'm going hope it stays like this, but so far it looks good :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] hungmung:
Just wondering is there any way to get the new miui lockscreens on an aosp rom?

Sent through the power of Cthulhu!
[General Questions and Answers] Arkano22:
Good Afternoon,

I know this is not the right place but as i'm a new guy I must put it in a place like this.... so the thing is that I have flashed like 3 or 4 times to roms like kyrillos or indroid to make an overclock.. but for some reason i dont understand I'm not able to overclock... can someone tell me the reason behind it

thx before hand

Arkano

P.D: to Overclock i have used frills and setcpu
[General Questions and Answers] Arkano22:
Hi again,

Its solved i just missed the fugu kernel lols

thx
[HTC Inspire 4G] gallogj:
This claims to give 10 hours of backup power! There's even an HTC phone in the description. I'm in for one. You can never have too much backup battery time! The deal seems to expire today!
[HTC Inspire 4G] diablo009:
Ordered 2 sets from priceplunge.com for $14.76 total. Will update review when it comes in.
[HTC Inspire 4G] biglittlegato:
I've had one of these since last August. My big issue is that it sometimes will launch the car panel over and over. The cable seems too loose. I have stopped using it. I'm interested to see if anyone else has this issue. Might look into getting a new tip for it, they're free.

Got the XP1000. Get about 5 to 6 hours before I'm back to the inspire battery.

Sent from my Inspire 4G using the power of the dark side.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] turnedmyworld:
Is there a way to get the market from VeganGinger to my Vegan 5.1?

I tried VeganGinger last night but didnt like a few things so I switched back to 5.1. One thing I did like though was the market. I was able to find ALL the Tegra 2 apps with no problem. Is there a way to get this on my Vegan 5.1?

I know I can flash VeganGin back, download the Tegra apps, then Titanium Backup those app and restor them on 5.1. But that would be a huge pain. I would just love to have a full market. Ive done the market fix seveal times but I still cant get the Tegra apps. Any help would be greatly appriciated.

Thanks.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
You could go to here: https://market.android.com/

get them and then sideload them.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 150d:
Hi,

I have a stock Wildfire which I'm perfectly happy with. However, over time I purchased a few apps from the market and would like to take a backup.

What can I do? My ideal would be a simple application with which to switch on/off root permissions before starting the backup process - read-only access to the system and data partition would be perfectly sufficient.

Is this possible? I read about Temp Root in the forums, but couldn't find a clear statement which way (if any) would work on the Wildfire. Also, is read-only root with access to all partitions even possible without flashing or do I need a custom ROM for this?

As I understand, another way would be to flash a new recovery image and use Nandroid backup. However, I'd rather avoid flashing anything.

I'd be glad if someone could give me a few pointers.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Get Visionary+. This app can do a temp root easily.

It's meant for Desire Z, but it still works. If you want permroot then use AlphaRevX instead, the method this app uses does not apply to Wildfire.

For backing up I would recommend Titanium Backup.

Why would you want to temproot anyway? You can use AlphaRevX to get S-OFF and flash custom ROMs.

If you want to do warranty return, just use a RUU tool. It clears everything back to factory state.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f0xy:
Just wondering why you want to backup the paid apps? Can't you just reinstall them when needed as your license is on your Google account right?
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
YES, no need to backup the paid apps purchased from market.

Even after hard reset, if u use the same google market account to install those apps, ur licence should be back. Licence should be stored in your account AFAIK....
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ErwinP:
A ruu doesn't reset the s-off state! The only way you can flash a new hboot is when it has a version higher the the 6.x hboot that alpharevx puts on your phone. It just like htc's hboot: you cannot downgrade it.

If you want s-on again, you need a tool from AlphaRev that does it for you. But I don't know if that is released yet.
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 150d:
It is? Super, somehow it never occured to me that the purchase could be tied to the account instead of to the phone. Thanks for the hint!

That solves my immediate problem, I guess I can forgo a backup then.

What would happen if I entered the same googlemail-account into a new phone: Would the old one be deactivated then? One might want to use the same mail account on two or more phones. Would he then also get access to all of the applications on all phones, or would it simply not work at all?

I never entered a "google market account" ID, I guess my googlemail-account (which I created on setting up the phone for the first time) was used for that automatically. Or has such an account been automatically created for me without any further prompting?

Regards,

150d
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 150d:
Thanks, I'll remember that.

That's just it: the phone is working great, I'm really not missing anything. I wouldn't even know what to use root for. ;-)

On the other hand, I have a little experience with cooked ROMs from my previous phone, a WM-based Kaiser. Granted the two might not be directly comparable, but back then I had a lot of issues with stability, working-but-not-perfect bootloader, GPS sensitivity, radio ROMs...

I'd rather not take any chances now, at least not until I have a good reason to do so.

Regards,

150d
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ErwinP:
And it always should be this way :-) this wilfire forum is getting stalked by people who want root and new ROMs, but i'll bet that most of them will be satisfied with the stock one.

The only reason why you should root is to install usefull apps that requier root (like titanium backup) and to install new ROMs. Those roms provide updates that htc disable for us: gingerbread should be more powerfull and JIT, something that can make your phone two to three times faster, is disabled because sense can't handle it. But you are right: custom roms will never be bugg free. But on the other hand, the stock rom isn't bugg free as well :-)

Altough I'm on the stock rom ATM, I will change if I have the time. "Basic" things like gps and stuff will work on most roms (unless reported otherwise), so you do not have to be afraid of that. The most problematic things can always be solved, but most of the time it requiers a lot of time untill you have figured out what exactly you should do to solve your problem. So do not try to change rom if you do not have the time for it.

To finalize this off topic statement: it is usefull to gain root: you can do much more with it than just "flash roms". But it absorbs a lot of time, and you shouldn't start with it if you do not have any. But when you commit yourself to it, you will gain a lot.

Erwin
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Don't know about that thing. They shouldn't be discussed too anyway. But I strongly think that google knows the device identity of the market attached account.

Yes, google account / gmail account / maket account all are the same.

edit : And better not to speak about cooked roms untill u check them. There are many people pretty much satisfied with those.