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[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phatone17:
Hey all,

I have had a G2 with tmobile from practically day one (and a G1 before that). I use cyanogen roms and enjoy the crap out of my G2. Long live android and all you devs that put in absurd amounts of work and let us lay-people reap the fruits of your labor!

However, tmobile's service is driving me up the walls. I live in a metropolitan area (Seattle) yet I still drop calls like no one's business. The 4g coverage/speeds is great sometimes, and crap at other times. I've been flashing different radios, but that doesn't seem to change anything. A friend telling me that they got tmobile to waive the termination fee because of poor coverage and the TB price on wifefly recently both got my attention.

I scanned through a series of posts and searched a bit, but wasn't able to find exactly what I'm looking for, so here are my questions for any of you peeps rocking TB's who would be so kind as to answer:

1. I dig the built-in wifi hotspot on my tmobile G2. They don't get to charge me any BS extra fees. I can wifi hotspot my laptop wherever I have data coverage. Is this the same with a cm7 verizon TB or are you subject to their data gestapo charges?

2. I REALLY dig my raised-key physical keyboards (G1, G2, notice trend) but have gotten pretty good with Swype on my G2. It looks like Swype does not come stock on the TB but can it be added?

3. The camera on the G2 is RAD, if you have a tripod nearby to stabilize it on... :-/. I find it super difficult to get a non-blurry shot if the subject or myself is moving (and the earth is continually rotating, so this is a problem). How's the shutter speed/general performance of the TB camera? Does it take pretty clear photos even if the subject is moving or do they look like a blurred out spirit-realm being?

4. Similarly, I feel that the camcorder for the G2 has poor FPS for its class, as 'HD' video gets all blurred with only minimal movement. I've tweaked it a bit but it never can quite cut the cheese as a legitimate memory-capturer (O_o). It irks me to no end that my gf's iphone 4 gets way better video quality than my G2. I want to end this nonsense. How's the camcorder on the TB? A little action shooting gonna look OK or no?

5. The rooting/flashing of the TB looks fairly straightforward. Looks like there's tons of dev support and some kickin roms. Late nights in adb shell on my laptop here I come!!! Correct me if I'm wrong.

6. Battery life sounds like an issue when you're running stock, but significantly improves with the right roms/settings (duh). I also use a charger at work, so I'm always able to give my phone some juice. No reason to freak out here, correct?

That's it, that's all. If you feel like only answering one, please do. I'm just wanting to make sure I make a good decision before I try to deal with tmobile & waiving my termination fee (FML). Even if I only get some of this info, it will help.

Thanks a ton ya'll.

Sent from my htc clay cm7 g2 w/ the xda app
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mar5hal:
To answer your question about rooting, I am a noob when it comes to understanding this stuff. I was able to successfully root my tbolt, twice I might add just by following instructions. The dev support is incredible and the roms are superb. I know the battery life thing is an issue to some people but the newest kernels out there definity make up for it. Also Verizon is getting rid of their unlimited data on the 7th so better make a quick decision.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phatone17:
Thanks.

Ya, I'm planning on making a move in the next few days if I get comfortable enough with the thunderbolt and get t-mobile to take a hike.

Sent from my htc clay cm7 g2 w/ the xda app
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshnichols189:
I run CM7 wifi tether all the time without worrying about data charges..I believe the stock app is free for a while as well.

Swype isn't included stock on the TB, but it can indeed be added if you sign up for their now open beta.

More than half the time if the subject is moving I am able to get a clear photo of them..just went on a safari ride down at Disney and was able to get a ton of very good pictures.

I've never had a problem with aaction shots on my TB either all my videos look crisp.

There is a lot of Dev support for such a new phone.. cyanogenmod is currently in alpha stage because of problems with 4g surviving a reboot but that's to be expected, just like the Evo. We have froyo sense roms and gb sense roms as well as sense 3.0 roms to go with our two AOSP builds that suffer from the 4g issue but if you don't reboot your phone a lot it's a non issue and data isn't that hard to toggle :p

If you are near a charger all the time at work you should have no problems with battery life when rooted/rom'd. There was a deal on HTC express where they were selling two 1700 mAh batteries and a wall charger that charges batteries as well as your phone.. there's debate as to whether or not they have the capacity that is claimed but they definitely last longer than the stock battery so I just keep one in my wallet.

Hope that covers everything.. if you have any more questions feel free to ask :)
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cam30era:
Regarding wifi tether : Verizon will charge $20/month starting July 7th. Unless you root, then it's free.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mistoffelees:
+1 for awesome dev support on the TB. And with the recent GB kernels the battery issues are not much a of a problem.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr_Joshua:
Here is my experience:

I rooted the OG Droid with a one-click so I was pretty nervous using ADB. I followed all the instructions and it worked just fine.

For battery life - I found a good deal on Amazon with the 1600 Seido battery and a wall charger that charges up the extra battery. I will keep the extra battery around if I am going to be out for 12+ hours, but I use my phone a ton, with Navigation and browsing, etc.

For Swype - the new Sense 3.0 ROMs (I use BAMF's which I think is the only one right now) have a "Trace" option in the keyboard. I think it is similar to Swype, but I haven't personally used either. I did find myself missing the hard keys less and less in a matter of days after upgrading though.

Good luck!
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phatone17:
Thanks everyone. Really helpful info.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hksg:
I actually used the Trace keyboard function, and will say that it is quite well implemented (first tried it on the HTC Sensation, then installed the BAMF RC3 ROM) though not as accurate as Swype.
[Desire General] ruizit0:
Hi all.

After i S-OFF and flashed cm7 hboot i have a strange issue..

Everytime i pull the battery for some reason like taking off the sdcard.. When i boot phone the clock is always reseted.. Like 0:00 of 1/1/1980...

It happens with all roms i try.. Like insertcoin and cm7..

Even if i set the automatic get settings from network in clock options.. Is the same..

Any clue about this? Thanks
[Desire General] DonManInBlack:
Do you have to set the clock manually? I think it's normal that your clock gets resetted when you pull your battery.
[Desire General] Cactus42:
It is normal if you pull the battery while the phone is turned on, but as long as it's powered off properly it shouldn't reset. If you're using a Sense 1.9/2.1/3.0 ROM, make sure its off and not hibernating.
[Desire General] ruizit0:
Yap... Clock is manual.. But manual or automatic is the same problem... And yes i shutdown first lol not hibernating...

Never happen this.. Just after S-OFF

Weird
[Desire General] en_mih:
same problem :)
[Desire General] ruizit0:
After S-OFF to? Did you flashed cm7 hboot?

Weird... The wifi settings and other settings are ok..

Till now the only problem i discovered it was the clock
[Desire General] lemondixon:
Been searching the forums to see if anyone has same issue as me - sounds like you do, but mine seems to have more serious consequences:

[apologies for the length of this post, but thought it may help to supply all the detail]

Have had my Desire rooted with S-Off (Alpha-Rev 1.8) for some time, but the last couple of months I started to have some strange problems. After much analysis, seems that every time I take the battery out (doesn't matter whether pulled when running or properly shut down first) the phone resets the time and date to 00:00 and 6 Jan 1980 (1980 being the earliest available year the phone can be set too).

The phone will not then re-establish the correct time and date when set to automatic (whether from Wi-fi or network, however much you play around with it or disconnect/reconnect). If that was all I could cope, but to make matters worse this seems to also cause a permanent sync failure/error with my gmail account (contacts, mail and calendar all refuse to sync thereafter - sometimes getting a message saying sync unavailable and will be back soon). There is NOTHING that will fix this aside from a full factory data reset (and of course having to reset everything up and reinstall all my apps from Titanium back up) - Have tried deleting gmail data (as described on google's tech support page), reflashing a back up of my current ROM, but nothing else works

Even after reflashing to RUU stock (in preparation for returning under warranty, which also contained HBoot update and wipes S-Off) still the same problem exists, meaning I can NEVER take the battery out and just have to keep recharging it (even though I have a spare battery if I go away for weekends etc).

I'm guessing, like on a pc, there must normally be a built in battery on the motherboard to maintain the clock date/time settings when the battery is removed, but that this is faulty? Perhaps the phones inability to then re-establish the correct date/time from the network/wi-fi is the reason the gmail sync fails? On the other hand, after full data reset when setting the phone up again if does pick up the correct date, time and time zone but says "unable to detect time zone", so perhaps there's a different fault going on?

Having exhausted every option, am now returning to HTC under warranty (much to my anoyance)
[Desire General] andQlimax:
I was having the same problem when using insertcoin nightly everytime..

Now im on cm7 and the problem is gone..nothing changed..only the rom..strange anyway

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] daddymacbuff:
Anyone have any luck getting this to work.

I tried 2 gb roms and both get force close before starting the game.

I am currently on bamf rc2 3.0

Anyways wondered if anyone got it to work on the tbolt?
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] MomentFreak:
I had it working until I copied all my SD card data over to my computer then formatted the SD card and put only what I wanted back on. I have been flashing so many ROM's lately I didn't restore all my apps because it is a tedious process. But once you posted this it made me want to try mine and all I get is the Gameloft screen, not even the boot animation, then it says download error do you want to try again? I know I have all the saved files already downloaded from before but when I try and run the app i get nothing. I'm getting the same results with a few other gameloft games. I'm running BAMF RC2. I'm gonna try a few tricks and hopefully it works. I will post my results after I finish, might be awhile.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] kuwlness:
Working fine for me on GingerRemix 2.1 and Imoseyon's 3.3.4 lean kernel.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] daddymacbuff:
Thanks both of you guys. If there is no fix for 3.0 bamf may try ginger remix.
[G1 General] ticiano_arraes:
Hey, I just bought an used HTC G1 from ebay. When I'm trying to use it, the phone just turns off with no warnning and with 80%~ of charge with only 10 minutes of use.. If I wait a little bit, I'm able to turn it on again and see that it has 80% of charge, but keep turning off.

I'm very confused because it just charge for a few minutes and the green led comes on.

Well, the phone was first with android 1.6 and then I flash cyanogen 2.2 but its the same think, and all the apps that I use to see the battery status indicate "good"

is the battery old or there's anything i'm missing?

Thank you!

(sorry for any english mistakes :))
[G1 General] KRAZYADROIDMASTER:
My two G1's I had same problems, the replacement batteries fixed the random shutoff of the phone.

Sounds like your battery is messed up. Did you see if the battery is swollen or a odd shape?

You can get a replacement on Amazon. You can get a two for one sale if you look around.
[G1 General] HolyGhostBoy1:
Oh im having the same problem and i notice my battery does have a lil bulge on the top it so i guess i will try a new battery i hope it works
[G1 General] guille26:
I had problems with the battery too, if the battery is bumped, don't use it, it may explode and hurt you.

I cannot post links but I recommend the mugen battery.

I have it and it's working great.
[G1 General] xtremealok:
it's the battery..u'll see that u can use it while it's plugged to charge.....

and when not...bang boom-off!!!

had the same probs....switched to a 2850mAh battery;)

and also, dont use any random charger!!!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ayhamov:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1083187

Please advise guys on how to install Madmack's ROM? Detailed steps...

I did the following but it didn't work:

1) Connect the USB cable to my GSII

2) Put the phone in Download Mode (It says Downloading - Don't turn off target or something alike)

3) Run Odin

3) Check PDA and browse to madmack-1.5-JPKF1.tar.md5 file

4) Clicked Start

5) I got this log:

<ID:0/010> Added!!

<ID:0/010> Removed!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> madmack-1.5-JPKF1.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)

Thanks guys..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ayhamov:
In Point 2: Shall I wait the device to finish "Downloading" ??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
No its not downloading read the instructions on the downloading screen.

jje
[Droid X General] rayxxxle:
Does Titanium backup work without root?

Thanks
[Droid X General] joebob296:
No but it is very easy to root if on froyo; if on GB it has a few more steps involving an SBF but it is still a very simple process.
[Droid X General] chbennett:
And really, if you're on xda, you know you want to root.
[Droid X General] Nate2:
I would think Android should allow backups without the need to hack/ root the phone.
[Droid X General] chbennett:
They do, with apps like my backup and other stuff, but none of those work well because, you guessed it, root level access is needed to preserve system and some data...
[Droid X General] Nate2:
When I had my Windows Mobile 6 phone, I could do a nandroid-type backup (system + user data) using a program called Sprite. Each snapshot was around 50MB for me. And 1-click restore to that backed up state.

No need to hack/root the phone.

I guess the Android equivalent would be to root and use Titanium?

Sent from an unrooted DroidX using XDA app.
[Droid X General] joebob296:
You are correct. If you want to back up your entire phone you can root install Droid 2 bootstrap and rom manager and just click backup current rom then your entire phone will be backup up. Including setting, messages, all apps, everything.
[Droid X General] chbennett:
Always keep a good titanium backup, but if you are rooted, use cwm to create a backup image.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Step666:
If anyone here has SEUS Pro and an unlocked bootloader, can they check something for me?

I've been told that SEUS Pro is capable of updating the firmware on handsets that have had their bootloaders unlocked but that doing so re-locks the bootloader.

If someone is willing to check that, I'd very much appreciate it.

Apparently this feature may well be rolled out in the next update to the standard version of SEUS, thus fulfilling the promise that those of us with unlocked bootloaders will still be able to update our handsets via SEUS.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pngface:
I think in the dev section there's a thread on how to relock your bootloader
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Step666:
I know there is, it's got nothing to do with this thread.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtacy!:
Quick question. What exactly is SEUS Pro? I mean I haven't seen a pro version. And what does it offer over the regular SEUS?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Step666:
It's a version of SEUS that's not publicly available.

It has a few extra options that the standard version hasn't, is quicker apparently and requires some sort of log-in to use.

It's a stepping stone between SEUS that the public use and EMMA which engineers use.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theRIPer:
Nice, where can i get seus pro ? ^^
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtacy!:
Oh ok. Didn't know that but thought you might have confused it with EMMA. Thanks for the info :)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Step666:
It uses the same servers as EMMA apparently but it's for people that aren't engineers.

I believe you have to apply for a login, I'm sure I saw a page somewhere on SE's site allowing you to do so.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Step666:
*Bump*

In the hope someone might be able to actually help.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] im_iceman:
Try PM'ing unknown13x he may know the answer.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] depulle87:
will try to get seus pro if i succeed I will try it for you

edit : getting somewhere, just for info and download : http://www.sonyericsson.com/retailsupport/update_service/download.aspx?locale=gb-en

edit 2 : will continue tomorrow, I need my phone for now
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Step666:
If you can, that'd be great.

At the end of the day, it's not the end of the world but from what I was told, it sound like SEUS Pro is used to test out news features and can give us an inside line on up-coming updates to the standard version.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] depulle87:
''Your email address has been verified

An email will be sent after Sony Ericsson has validated your Update Service Pro account request.''

And now we wait, I'l keep you updated
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Step666:
Thanks again.

Out of interest, if it's not too nosy on my part, what do you do that you might be able to qualify to use SEUS Pro?

Because last time I looked, you basically had to justify getting a login.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] depulle87:
Post deleted
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Step666:
So he has these logins just because [removed]
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thomassafca:
I used to have a SEUS Pro login too, lost it :(

Got it from a friend who owns a phone shop :P
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Step666:
Ah, ok, I misunderstood.

Still, if you can get a login, I should be able to do so too - I work for a mobile phone retailer in the UK.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] depulle87:
Well I will have to wait to know it, did you tried it already ?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Step666:
No, I presumed that merely working for a mobile phone retailer wouldn't be reason enough.

But I could be wrong.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] depulle87:
You can try it also with the link in one of my previeus post just install and register, and this guy owns the two shops so iets hope that makes

any diference
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PollPixx:
Maybe ...edited....is a justified reason to get a pro version :D

from my Arc or Optimus 2x
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] depulle87:
Good point
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tarmitar:
SEUS Pro not working for unlocked phones too=(

I have Seus pro and tried it. Cant find the phone.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] depulle87:
I don't have any response about my in log so I could not try it yet
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reptile64:
and you will never have any...

I and a friend of mine tried it 2 months ago and still nothing..
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] depulle87:
Well that sucks
[HTC EVO 3D] Phen0m:
Looks very similar..
[HTC EVO 3D] chillenandy321:
What are the mah on the HD2?
[HTC EVO 3D] mrboost:
crap. im working on one now... 1230mah
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdisanza:
I recently updated to 2.3.3 using the OTA method. I was rooted prior to this with unrevoked3 but unrooted before I updated to 2.3.3. I wish to root again but now the bootloader will not activate using the normal Vol Dwn + Power.

Is there another way to open my bootloader or do I live the rest of my EVO's life unrooted?

Some guidance pls and thanks in advance,

R
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
OK, the OTA has been out for weeks, you've been a member here long enough to post a few hundred times an you didn't notice the multiple threads saying that there is no root for the the update yet??

Sorry if I have no pity for you....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdisanza:
@ HipKat,

Thanks for the responce buddy. I didn't ask for pity, but I do apologize that I haven't used this forum as I probably should have. I also apologize if I disrupted your day by you having to type your responce. I just wiped the blood off the corner of my mouth btw. Glad to see that in your own way, you've answered my question. Thanks, hope we clash again sometime Buddy.....

Regards and hope your day improves...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirkyd3rk:
Rooters should never take OTA's, that should now be programmed in your head......
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdisanza:
Oh, believe me, it is and thanks *as he wipes yet another drop of blood from the corner of his mouth*

Thanks again Mate....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plainjane:
However...

If you didn't flash the s-on zip, then you should remain s-off. The new update has an option called "fastboot" enabled by default. Either turn it off in settings or pull the battery, then boot into the bootloader. If you remain s-off you can just flash recovery and then flash a rom.

(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdisanza:
I'll give it a try and thanks for a possible fix to my Stupidity. Appreicated my friend. Live and Learn as they say.....

Regards,

R
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evo0410:
Like several others on this forum, I updated after being previously rooted. Will it be possible to root my phone in the near future? I really want to flash the phillyfinest kingdom rom
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dirkyd3rk:
It's like the Tootsie Roll pop, the world may never know........
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rdisanza:
WOW, it worked, I am now able to access my Bootloader and YES, the S is OFF.

Thanks plainjane for the help.....
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HipKat:
That is the one good thing. As long as you stayed S-Off, then you'd be good to go.

Sorry for the curt reply, but it's just been beaten to death on here for weeks now...
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plainjane:
No problem.

You can flash recovery through the bootloader in PC36IMG form. Download the zip, place it on the root of your SD card, then boot into the bootloader. It'll scan and find the file, accept the "update", then decline to reboot. You can then go into recovery to restore a nandroid backup or flash the rooted stock rom (or another if you prefer).

Amon Ra: http://db.tt/WP0beNa

ClockworkMod: http://db.tt/9sksyTK

Both are from my Dropbox and properly named, so don't rename the file.

(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)