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[General Topics] n.Klug:
Sounds about right. I just hope this doesn't mean a price hike for non-Apple consumers. And I especially hope this doesn't somehow allow them to monopolize the touchscreen market.

Sent from my Inc using Nil's Business Gingersense. Now that's Incredible.
[General Topics] rizdog23:
I know this sounds awful for us android users but it could be the greatest thing. With phone makers not allowed to use capaacitive screens, this almost forces them to use Surface Wave (SAW) screens. They also allow multi touch but are completely different. If you look them up they seem even better than capactive screens. They were considered unpracticle for phones because they were not resisitant to dust/water/dirt (meaning this stuff would just linger on the screen). But some phone makers have succesfully made covers, per say, for these that completely wipes out this problem. One major advantage is that they are scratch resistant and completely finger print resisitant. Also, while capacative screens only let through about 85% of the light, these screens let through about 92% on the low end. Some high-end screens have even let through 98%. This allows for theses screens to have the absolute best display/resolution. Look here to see the great specs.

http://www.softtouch.co.in/saw.htm
[General Topics] MartyLK:
Kind of like how some Japanese companies are investing in alternatives to rare earth minerals which the Chinese are considering restricting. There's always a way around an obstacle. HTC, the best phone maker in the world, will no doubt have an alternative to capacitive displays. It might be a few pennies more expensive than current displays, but would certainly allow the industry to continue on.
[General Topics] doktornotor:
<insert your favorite lawyer joke here>

One day you will come to realize the scope of this idiocy and then you might even want to kick all the lawyer's asses, but it might be too late already. The rest of the world will be speaking Chinese. :rolleyes:

P.S.

Extreme BS. http://cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/
[General Topics] PharmCAT:
If you can't beat the competition, buy/patent it. :D
[General Topics] xaccers:
Microsoft Surface anyone?

They had the first prototype back in 2003.

I wonder how their patent differs...
[General Topics] Alex530:
Sometimes I wish I was a hitman. Id eliminate the idiots allowing these patents..

#FlameBait
[General Topics] doktornotor:
Almost all these new patents are absolutely not new. The problem being the FUBARed U.S. patent system. In a sane system, you do no grant patents without any review like USPTO and do not tell the competitors "go sue them in case you have objections". (Will rather non commment the SW patents nonsense.)

Not to mention, that the language has become completely incomprehensible in order to obscure the nature and scope of the "patent" as much as possible for future patent racketeering purposes.
[General Topics] scyld:
Just another example (probably, at least, though I'm not certain) of the patent and copyright systems running amok.

This better not put a major dent in the Android market. Hopefully at worst it'll force Android phones to become even more competitive.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] filosofi:
Hi, im sending my HD2 in for repair under warranty due to the touch not functioning anymore but im wondering if i have done all the preparations correctly?

I was running android nand, maglar and hspl, to remove these i just flashed a stock rom that replaced android and maglar and the tri-coloured screen no shows spl 1.66. Is this sufficient or have i missed something?

Sorry for asking this but i want to be sure before sending it in.

Regards
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jianC:
1) Please post in Q&A.. This is development section..

2) That should be sufficient to send into warranty.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] drakepayton:
Agreed

I've sent two HD2's in to htc using that exact method. No problems. And yes, Q&A ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aalupatti:
How does everyone mount microsd and internal memory on ur pc when connected with usb cable.

Here is what i do

Settings/wireless and network/usb utilities / connect storage to pc and then connect usb cable and then click connect storage again.

This seems very cubersome.

1. Any other easy ways

2. How does everyone mount microsd and internal memory on ur pc when connected with usb cable.

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] conantroutman:
Settings > Applications > Development > Tick "USB Debugging"

then every time you plug in the USB just pull down the notification menu and press USB storage...

Much easier :D
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madshad:
Looking for a very stable ROM with a girly theme.

My wifey has a rooted dink but I've not flashed a ROM yet.

Looking for something that I won't need to update every week that will boost battery life and give her something to show off. Something along the lines of the androidcutee ROM for the thunderbolt would be awesome, any ideas?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k_nivesout:
I haven't really played around with many themes, but CM7 is stable, has good battery life, and more themes than any other rom. If you can do without sense its kind of a no-brainer.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tcberg2010:
I was messing around w/ one of the froyo sense 2.1 Roms and one of the skins from HTC was purple.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pastalero:
I think MIUI takes the cake when it comes to having girly themes....plus she can easily change em

to really rub the point in to her friends with Iphones
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k_nivesout:
That's a good point, forgot about all the themes MIUI has.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madshad:
Good deal I'll check those out, thanks folks.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keithgrobertson:
Hey everyone,

Today my touchscreen/digitizer started acting up on my Atrix. I can't click items in the bottom left corner in a certain area (probably 50px across, 300px high) and it's very annoying (duh). I can't even type properly, as 5+ keys are affected by this.

So I filled out a RMA form on Moto's website...

Here comes the question.. sort of... Motorola says if they find physical damage they will not repair the device and they will return it to me and make me pay for return shipping...

Now, has anyone had any experience with this? (ie Motorola returned their phone and didn't repair it?) The reason I'm asking is because the original digitizer and LCD on this phone broke months ago, so I repaired it myself to save money. That involved me opening the phone and replacing the parts myself. Would motorola see this as "damage"?

On most products you see a "void if removed" sticker, but there are NONE on the Atrix.

Should I just re-do the RMA form and mark is as "physically damaged" and see if they repair it?

Any help this subject in general would be great. Thanks!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexxusty:
All RMA services say this exactly.

If there is no damage to the phone, they will NOT be able to deny you warranty. I have dealt with many companies and many different RMA's. As long as the item doesn't look damaged, they usually give you warranty service.

And with phones, there is a piece of paper with dye in it, when it gets wet it changes colour. If that has changed colour as well they will deny warranty.

Only happens when the phone gets wet though.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
Any marks on screws, torn stickers, etc. can be grounds for rejecting warranty coverage. If you burred the screws removing/replacing them, this is the easiest thing to detect. If they are being really anal, they will know you have replaced parts yourself, and your warranty will be void. Sorry, but I'm not going to sugercoat my answer given you are asking a very straight forward question. If any damage is visible/evident, and this does include self repairs, you do risk losing warranty coverage.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keithgrobertson:
Don't have to be sorry about not sugarcoating it. This was the answer I was looking for. Thank you for being clear about it.

There isn't any damage to the phone, but the screws do have marks on them, and little things like that. Actually, I think one of the screws is missing inside from the repair I did.

I'll probably be selling it "as is" on ebay/craigslist based on this information.

My warranty is based out of the USA (and I'm in Canada) so when Moto is done with it, it's being returned to a small business in the states who will hold it for me. However, if Motorola decides to charge me for return shipping based on the fact it's out of warranty, the business will probably not accept the charges. Then UPS will have my phone..

Thanks for the quick replies though!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CaelanT:
On the other hand, you may get lucky and they just send a refurb out soon as they receive your phone.

Beamed in from WinBorg 4G via XDA Premium app
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ScoobarSTI:
Well I was trying to put the MR2 radio on and flash over the BAMF 3.0 rom but accidently put the stock verizon IMG file back on. I lost root and as far as I know it's back to a stock phone. Well trying to root with the 1 click version because I dont have the time or patience for ADB right now but I can't get it to push any files. Keeps saying that there's an Error and throws the phone into bootloader.

if anyone could help me get rooted and BAMF back on it'd be GREATLY appreciated.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1Android:
To my understanding you should not have lost the root. you simply need to download the right MR2 radio, put it in your Root SD and get into recovery. If you can't do it through your rom manager then do it manually by holding the power button and volume up. Select the right radio, reflash bamf 3.0 and reboot. I'm still learning myself, but from some of the mistakes I have made in the past, this seems as if it should work for you.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ScoobarSTI:
Alright i got the files to push now, after yelling and screaming obscenities at my phone lol. But now when its just about to finish it says "update failed main version older"

I lost EVERYTHING, i have no root access, S-ON, no root access via ROM manager
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1Android:
again I'm not the most advanced techy, but I would suggest plugging in your phone via USB, downloading the right MR2 again and re-downloading the bamf 3.0 again as well. ( When I run into a problem I like to know that I'm starting with a fresh canvis). put both into Root of SD, get into Clockwork and update the MR2. Once you have that updated, reboot. then reflash the Rom, Reboot. run your Titanium backup (Just apps not system data). Reboot normal and I would think you would be good to go. I'm sure someone will pipe up if I'm wrong, but thats what comes to mind for me.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1Android:
I skimmed over and didn't see that you said you installed the stock verizon radio. I am not experienced enough to give advice from here and feel confident I was telling you the right thing to do. My guess is since you installed the

PG05IMG file, it now has the S-on and you will need to root again. Did you try the power button and volume up?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ScoobarSTI:
....

I got it to push files but then when update of the NEW rooted update ends it says update failed main version older
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ohgood:
i'm considering a RAM aquabox case and mounting system for my g2. has anyone here tried these boxes ? it will mainly be used on one of two motorcycles, but also bicycles.

musts:

waterproof to 5 or so feet, NOT WATER RESISTANT

touch friendly

ability to charge and/or access corded earbuds

not made of unobtainium (crazy expensive)

so, whatcha got ? please, only respond if you've actually USED the product you're commenting on.

thanks xda folk !
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ohgood:
bumpity

hopefully someone will have some experience...
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] Chuckmoney:
As far as I know, there's not one made especially for the G2/DZ.

I use this.

http://www.rei.com/product/808607/seattle-sports-dry-doc-waterproof-digi-case

It is most certainly waterproof to 5 feet, but as far as cord access, etc, this design doesn't permit cord access, but is touch friendly (sometimes its a little hard if your finger is wet, but it works)

After looking at the ram box, it will probably be your best bet, but I don't know anything about them.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] .A.J.:
I use this.

I don't know if this is waterproof to five feet (never tried) and it is definitely not cord friendly but it will certainly protect a phone from a serious South Florida rain storm. It is also touch friendly and works perfect with my Bluetooth headset. Did I mention how cost effective it is? Also, with a larger one the keyboard works great.

Let us know about the RAM box if you get one. It looks to be your best option.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] brfield:
You can't get a fully water proof solution that allows cables and plugs, but retains full functionality for this phone because of the keyboard.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] scottmog:
He never said anything about the keyboard functionality

http://www.thewaterproofstore.com/mp3case.html

http://www.opticsplanet.net/ipod-waterproof-cases.html

Search the company "Pelican" they make some great hard cases with 3.5mm jacks in them.

To the OP, there are these types of cases and there are also
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] galaxymover:
Ziplock bag?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ohgood:
i do that already. it's fairly inconvenient to stop, unzip pocket (motorcycle, remember? :) ), unzip ziplock, unlock phone, snap picture/gps/map/txt/whatever and then redo all the mess again.

i'm hoping one of the bags i found on ebay/amazon will be bar mountable, waterproof, and usable with gloves on. lol not too much to ask, right ?
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ohgood:
excellent ! thanks ! checking it out now :)
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] mputtr:
You're out of luck on the glove thing. You need gloves that can conduct electricity since the screen is capacitative. 2 options that i know of is to use thermal paste on the tip of. Your gloves or sew in conductive threads into your glove's fingertips.

P.s just in case you dont know what capacitative is, wiki it. It'll explain why non conductive objects will not affect the screen.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ohgood:
i've used gloved fingers, through ziplock bags, and had very good results. aside the bag getting in the way, it worked fine. i understand some materials will prevent any response from the phone, but we're really not discussing theories, materials, or who/what/why.

i'm going to ask (very nicely) for folks to please stay on topic of a usable case as defined in the original request. cleaner threads, clearer heads.

:)
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] mputtr:
lol sure. I guess your gloves do conduct electricity as it is, but on topic of waterproof cases, are you looking to use the keyboard or just the screen?

if so, then the ram box is more that enough for your use I think.

maybe http://store.androidandme.com/overboard-waterproof-case/4A104A7226.htm would work
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ohgood:
i have no use for the physical keyboard when it's in the i-really-want-this-waterproof-and-a-little-bit-protected state on the bike.

ya, i've seen those. problem is it's basicly just a bag (unless i missed a picture showing a mount point).

the ram / aqua box setups look like they might be a winner. problems i haven't found a solution for:

can't easily and quickly remove the case from its mount to snap a picture WITHOUT removing the phone from the case. i should have included this in the wishlist. also, the cases don't provide for punch through of headphone and charging chords.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] mputtr:
i think with your criteria you might have to have it custom made/fabricated.

I did quite abit of searching around on ebay, google, amazon, etc and I dont think I came across something that can fit your criteria. Sorry man. Hopefully you can find a suitable solution.
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] ohgood:
i'll let the thread soak a while. if nothing comes, i'll make one myself, and by 3rd generation it might be worth it for other folks to have one too. i hope :)
[G2 and Desire Z Accessories] lawalty:
I ride my bicycle to work everyday, 7.23miles one way. I wanted to find me a case for my G2, which after looking everywhere I ended up buying this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/iPHONE4-3G-3GS-BICYCLE-CYCLE-BIKE-CASE-MOUNT-WATERPROOF-/330553700814

Which works flawlessly, except for ONE MAJOR issue. I live in central Texas, and it gets over 100 degrees down here. Our phones are like big heat bricks which uses "PASSIVE" cooling to cool off. Any waterproof case might seem like a good idea in reality is bad for our phones. After a short 35min ride, my phone ended shutting off because it got too HOT!

I wanna invent one that has a small intake air vent somewhere with one of those really small CPU fans hooked to a small solar panels (you know the ones they self at Fry's thats a few inches long that can recharge your phone) that I can attach somewhere else on my bike. This little setup may not be waterproof but water-resistant.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mdonova33:
Doe anyone know of any Boston Bruin's Gold colored CM7 themes? Would anyone be willing to make one?

Thanks!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] XsMagical:
Post some screenshots of what you are looking for and ill try to make something for ya
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mdonova33:
Ok so the exact color of the gold/yellow is "ffc422"

shown here: http://www.colourlovers.com/color/FFC422/Amarelao

What I'm looking for is a theme that has that color in places like the battery, wifi, cell strength, vibrate, silent, sound icons (etc), and when a user presses a button, that color is what will be highlighted. And the keyboard would be awesome. So something like this (see screenshots).

So basically, most everything that is in a normal theme, just in the bruins color (ffc422).

If I'm asking for too much, I'm sorry. I have no idea if making a theme is time consuming, or if its just a matter of plugging in a different color.

Thanks!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] patsfan1130:
I know nothing about theming. I do know it is very time consuming. That being said....I am the biggest Bruins fan on the planet and would donate generously for a nice Bruins theme :)
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] spence341:
I almost made one for sky raider but ran out of time. I have not built anything for cm7 before. I have a nice wall paper thatni can upload when I get back to a pc.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mdonova33:
You mean second biggest fan ;) I would also donate.

Browser theming would also be awesome.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] spence341:
How about this.
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] patsfan1130:
That's nice!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] mdonova33:
Any luck with the theme?
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Skruffy Jew:
That probably would have been for me lol. **** the habs...LET'S GO BRUINS!!!
[Droid Incredible Themes and Apps] Skruffy Jew:
You mean 3rd....black n gold till I die!
[HTC EVO 3D] plmiller0905:
I was just wondering if everybody got the "update" notification? I got my 3D and have yet to receive any update message....not that I would take but I'm just saying.

I went into setting and checked for update and nothing comes up. I'm on software version 1.11.651.3....
[HTC EVO 3D] dagnasty:
No update offered here yet, but I did not have it check if any are available
[HTC EVO 3D] plmiller0905:
Thanks..I was just checking because some people said that they accepted an update. But I'm definitely not accepting it until the devs say it's all good
[HTC EVO 3D] kingakuma:
well either way you look at it they will probably push the update friday anyways, and without root to begin with we have no clue if that update gave access to the bootloader or not.

i updated and it seems i don't see any difference
[HTC EVO 3D] SayWhat10:
whats the update supposed to do?
[HTC EVO 3D] mario23:
An article I read said it was a fix for a FC in the calendar but it is a sizable file too so...
[HTC EVO 3D] oohaylima:
Hopefully it opens the bootloader.
[HTC EVO 3D] Flash473:
Install or Not

ok...so my ???? is should I update it or not?

Thanks
[HTC EVO 3D] knightwolf123:
The only update I accepted was something that came up when I tried to play green hornet. Was 4 things that downloaded and in downloads folder said one file and was around 23 mb .
[HTC EVO 3D] xPhantom:
I updated to 1.13.651.7, but now it won't find any of the other updates/fixes that it's supposed to be finding...
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stephenuk123:
i click power on button nothing happens, what do i do??

someone please help!!
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ErwinP:
Plug in the charger and retry.

:-) can you give some more information please? What did you do, what were you doing, what exacly do you see (absolutely nothing, not even the led blinking?),..
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bx19:
Lol...

This information is not at all sufficient really. Be more specific. When was the last time u had it working. Have u flashed anything just before it stopped working. Have u flashed radio. Etc., etc., etc., needed.

Or have u really got out of battery. If so, nice one.

And one thing , remove the battery once, reinsert it and press power button.
[HD2 General] xenton:
I seem to remember on most of my old phones going right back to some old basic Nokias, there was an option in the profile settings that said something like 'alert for'

which was usually set to 'all calls' but you could go in and select contacts groups, and then you would only be alerted for contacts within the selected groups. This was very useful, but I can't find any such feature anywhere on my HD2, is it possible, either direct with the HD2 or via something like CHT?
[HD2 General] johnerz:
I've no idea :) but its simple to have different ring/text/email tones that should sort your problem out
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jefman:
I have tried to use the UOT Kitchen on a couple of ROMs (Incredibly ReEngineered Z, Nils Gingersense, and SkyRaider) and none of them have made all of the changes in the mod I made. Am I missing a step or can only certain things be changed on certain ROMs? I seems that its always the same changes that don't take effect. TIA for any help.
[General Questions and Answers] batdump:
OK I know there have been a lot of threads on this topic, I just want to know what happened.

first the spec details:

I am using a Sony Ericsson Xperia Play running Android 2.3

An HP Pavillion running Windows 7 at home

a computer(don't remember exact brand right now) running XP at work

I bought a new USB cable (after my dog damaged my original one) from a 3rd party vendor selling Sony Ericcson OEM cables (I have only had this new cable about a week and a half).

I used the cable at home and it worked fine. I took it to work and wanted to sync some music and the cable worked just fine for the sync (Windows Media had me name my device). I ejected it and went on with my day.

A few hours later, I hooked the device back up at work and got the USB malfunction bubble and the unknown device notification. the cable no longer would let me use the device in conjunction with that computer.

I took it home to test it and got the same messages. So I decided to see if it acted this way with my girlfriends Motorola cable. Her cable syncs my phone just fine.

so my question is (sorry it took so long to get here) is it possible that the older computer corrupted my cable, or is it more likely that it just became damaged somehow (even though I didn't do anything with it between it working and not working)?

P.S. the cable works fine for charging. no problems there.

thank you for any and all help!

-Batdump