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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mswlogo:
That's exactly what I asked and he said no extra fees. I think it helps that all the "rebates" are instant. He even said sell it on craigslist if you want.

I wonder which will yield more profit, a 4G or 3D :)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rem3Dy:
If you use your upgrade to buy the phone whether you activate it or not you will lose your upgrade.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nok_fusion:
hello everyone,i try to use this method to sync my different calendar from gmail to my wp7 but no succeed,i follow very carefully the steps but it don't work

http://wonderreader.tumblr.com/post/7360213627/multiple-google-calendars-windows-phone
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pasan:
It works perfectly for me. You have to delete your gmail account from your phone and re-add it again for the other calendars to appear.
[Galaxy S II General] ll_l_x_l_ll:
hi. i am using 2 phones the nexus s and the gs2 .

and i noticed something on my gs2 and i need to ask you people about it.

the phone isnt like 3 weeks old. its brand new. however i noticed a temp screen burn in on the following places.

when i use the keyboard for txt msging. if i pull the keyboard down " by pressing back ", i can see the squares of the keyboard on the screen for like few seconds before they dissapear.

i also noticed the same thing in the status bar, battery meter. specially in the browser or an hd wallpaper app called " HD wallpaper "

when i downloaded that app. i turned the wireless and went through the app. now its trying to load . if i switch the screen to the side. the status bar will tilt as well. vertical horizintal depends on the way you move the screen. and i clearly can see the marks of the status bar for few seconds before it dissapear again on whatever verticial or horizintal/

what is the issue here ? i cant call it burn in because its not permenant.

i noticed the same thing with Miui on the nexus S. but only on the status bar. nothing on the keyboard.

any idea peeps

is it some sort of memory effect or bad refrish rate ?
[Galaxy S II General] BarryH_GEG:
Someone else had this. I think it was related to apps or widgets they installed. It's not normal. Do a search and see if you can find the other thread. Try searching on "ghosting."
[Galaxy S II General] ll_l_x_l_ll:
i was searching through ghosting. is this normal with everyone here ? or some people dont have it ?
[Galaxy S II General] TheWarKeeper:
i think you should be carefull with your phone, if you leave it to much on the same background it will burn in easelly, oled burn in as easelly as plasmas when it comes to leaving them on the same image over and over again, try see if you can change yours, i certainly have no such issues with none of the 2 i had nor with this one.

PS: depends on what you mean with ghosting, if you mean the pixel response time beying visible when moving an image fast then yes thats normal, even though oled have 0.01 ms response time this one is deffinitly higher as i can notice it easelly.
[Galaxy S II General] lilplayaj:
i have a screen burn in on my Nexus One, annoying at times when i do notice it. :(
[Galaxy S II General] r_a_c:
Yes, I have this. Had a thread, temporarly burn in. I can see it when I type a message.

Just when the keyboard is visible and I pull down the notification bar, I can see the contoures of the keyboard letter there... Probably happens with other things but aren't that noticable on other colours than grey I guess...
[Galaxy S II General] TheWarKeeper:
i can also see some weird banding or whatever on a pure gray image, not sure how normal this is but ive noticed it with all of my 3 phones.
[Galaxy S II General] Extreme184X:
ghost image disappears for me within 2 seconds (very hard to see unless if you look at the screen hard), definitely not a problem, and wont be killing myself for this or even consider it a hardware issue.
[Galaxy S II General] alieamin:
i also facing a same problem as u guys, now waiting for service centre to replace my lcd.
[Galaxy S II General] EarlZ:
This ghosting issue seems to happen with all phones, very visible when your using the keyboard and you drop down the notification tray, then it goes away after a couple of seconds.
[Galaxy S II General] RogerPodacter:
Two issues here. First off, search the forum for burn in, its already been posted.

Two issues, the temporary burn in is new to the galaxy s2 and seems to go away after a few seconds. But all Samsung amoled screens suffer permanent burn in of the status bar, click time, and anything else in a static place.

My nexus one has permanent burn in right now, both status bar and keyboard. Original galaxy s and others has this also.

The temporary burn in seems to be different and only on this new amoled plus display so far.
[Galaxy S II General] ll_l_x_l_ll:
they dont seem to hapen all the phones. only with amoled screens. i dont see anything like this on lcd screens or slcd or the ips screens like optimus 2x and iphone 4.

i did search the forum before i post. however. as far as i know . burn in screens are permenant. and the other threads talked about that. here i am talking about something that goes off after few seconds. something like either ghosting / or something about low memory / low resposne / low refresh rate of the screen. not a real butn in.
[Galaxy S II General] dpcdpc11:
I've recently bought a Galaxy S2 from someone and didn't see the burn in until a few days ago.

Now I can't reach the guy to get my money back... the phone seems in perfect shape except for the burn in (status bar and some digital clock widget).

I've been trying every day now to run this app called Screen Burn-in Tools for an hour or so but nothing happens.

You can find the app on the Google Play.

Should I continue using this tool or this burn-in is permanent and there's nothing I can do about it?

I can't believe such a high end phone has such a poor life display... how can this be possible!?!? They should've stayed with the regular LCD or something.

It's too bad because I'm a fan of the OLED idea and technology, but unfortunately samsung owns too many patents for this technology to spread to other manufacturers as well. This is what happens when the damn corporations get their greedy hands on something great that can benefit the mankind!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gz023247:
Hi,

I am hoping someone can advise me on how to resolve an issue I have.

Recently got the S2 and the phone was bought from someone getting an upgrade. The result being is I am on O2, but when the phone starts up it shows T-Mobile as the splash start up screen.

Can anyone please advise as to how I can either remove this completely so there is no carrier splash when starting up, or alternately can I replace with somethnig different?

Any advice and help greatly appreciated ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
See DEBRAND post in dev section .

Or see Boot-animation posts in Themes section .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gz023247:
Had a look mate, but though I am using O2 now, the phone was originally t mobile.. so will this method still be okay?

Sorry noobie here lol
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JupiterdroidXDA:
Yes mate, Debrand to a generic XEU rom. Newest one is the 2.3.4 leak or I recommended kf2;)

JD@XDA

Sent from my Samsung Galactic Crusader S II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gz023247:
All sorted now, debranded and rooted...wohhooo! :-)

Cheers.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] brd912:
Has anyone had any problems with it coming loose? Does it make it too bulky? I'm coming from a inspire,with a thick speck case,so as long as it isn't like 3 inches thick,ill be fine lol
[Atrix 4G Accessories] WiredPirate:
I carry my Atrix in a Commuter in my pocket all the time. My buddy has his Atrix in a Defender and he likes to use the belt clip. The Commuter is def more pocket friendly than the Defender. I wouldn't want to carry the defender in my pocket if that helps.. As far as it coming loose, I doubt that would happen with either Otterbox case.

Defender - Hard plastic inside, rubber out

Commuter - Rubber inside, hard plastic out
[Atrix 4G Accessories] addonelam:
Have you noticed the rubber warping a bit? Mine is a little loose now, and I'm not sure if its because its too hot in the pocket... :confused:
[Atrix 4G Accessories] phro321:
Yep. warping on the bottom. Did anyone ever realized that the belt clip can be used as a stand?... I dropped my jaw to the floor. Just push the belt clip all the way till it clips.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] Werbs:
I have A commuter on my atrix and it's probably the best case I've ever had on any phone. It's flush with the phone at every point and hasn't warped, at least for me. I highly recommend it
[Atrix 4G Accessories] barry99705:
Yea, a few of us have posted on other threads that the Defender silicone will warp and not fit correctly. I've replaced mine already and within a few days it started doing the same thing. Waiting for Ballistic to get around to making these.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] xploited:
I am using this case with my Atrix and it's very protective, but for that reason it's bulky. If you know you are gonna doing some heavy duty use with your Atrix - I recommend this case. Haven't had the warping issues described by other posters.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] xredjokerx:
I'm selling a lightly used commuter... pm me if interested ;)
[Atrix 4G Accessories] madquack:
I have had all 3 otterbox cases/phone covers/shells whichever you'd like to call them.

Impact was junk, just a slip on case, spend the extra 5 bucks of whatever to get the Commuter.

Commuter is sweet, I use it as my every day cover when I'm not at work my only complaint is that the rubber around the top speaker and camera is stretched looser than a porn star's asshole but the case looks and performs well. A screen protector is a must since the commuter does not have a built in one like the defender.

Defender is pretty sweet, I do construction and i am constantly banging into things and I have to use my phone a lot. It's very durable and keep it protected I dropped it off the 4th story of the retirement building that's going up and I ran down and picked it up and works perfectly. Obviously it's far too big for fit in pockets, hahaha. Hence the reason it comes with the belt clip, it looks and performs its job superbly. My only gripe is the rubber sometimes gets loose around the edges but that's no big deal.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] xploited:
lol nice one! :D

+1 I don't do construction but I really like the defender as well. All the protection is really reassuring :)

I even learned to like the bulkiness it adds cuz with this case the phone looks brutal, :D
[Atrix 4G Accessories] shadowjack1:
since i unpacked my atrix i wear it in a commuter case, it fits just fine and it makes it a bit bulkier and stylish.

i recognized the rubber is stretching through the physics i learned in school - on very hot days the rubber doesnt fit THAT exactly, but nothing i cant handle with.

i will never buy anything else than otterbox for my phone ^^

i guess the commuter series is hot on the top of what u need of an protective case - i still got no problems with the delivered screen protector, no touch issues.

if you prefer wearing your device on your belt you may pick the defender series

hope this helps
[Atrix 4G Accessories] brd912:
So after all the advice i went with the commuter. But....where could I get a belt clip for it? (other than ebay)
[Atrix 4G Accessories] barry99705:
The commuter doesn't have one. Just use a generic "pda" case. NiteIze has some really good ones.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] brd912:
Well I already bought the commuter. I was just thinking there may be a way to put some kinna belt clip on it
[Atrix 4G Accessories] Phoneguy589:
I'll sell you my defender case cheap. It's like the commuter but has the holster. I got the Seidio Surface case cuz it fits in the laptop dock plus its less bulky.
[Atrix 4G Accessories] brd912:
How cheap?
[Atrix 4G Accessories] _Alex_:
Let's not spam the board by creating identical threads. If you want to sell your case, go to the marketplace...
[Thunderbolt General] bill102938:
OK... I've been a bit dissapointed with some internet speed test results so I thought we could look into it a bit deeper.

After installing CM7 RC 1.2 with the MR2.5 radio I noticed my speed test results using 4G suffered greatly. On sthe stock ROM I would regularly get 20+ Mbps results using the speedtest.net application. Now I get between .6 Mbps and 8Mbps. I get the same results with MR2 and MR2.5 radios.

It was suggested that the speedtest.net application didn't work well with CM7 and was innacurate. I checked out a few other internet speed test sites using the browser. Speakeasy regularly gets 20Mbps+ now as well as a few other sites. Speedtest.net still reports an average of 3Mbps to 6Mbps...

To really test things out I downloaded a 831MB file from Microsoft.com in 15 minutes (don't have the seconds). I've calculated the download rate to be 7.387Mbps: Formula for Mbps = File size in MB * 8 / time to download (in seconds)

Immediately following the download I:

Ran a speed test using the speedtest.net app and it reported 6.46Mbps

Ran a speed test at the Speakeasy site and it reported 19.85Mbps.

This data isn't helpful alone since I did not run this with the MR1 radio and non-gingerbread ROM but maybe someone has some time to test this

Here is the file I donwloaded for continuity http://www.microsoft.com/download/en....aspx?id=24559

Hopefully some of you can take the time to download the file I've linked above and let me know what ROM/Radio and download time :)
[Thunderbolt General] Mustang302LX:
I am also on CM7 and can verify what you are saying. On the speedtest.net app I was averaging between 3-6Mbps down and on speakeasy.net/speedtest I was averaging 16-20Mbps down. Something is off there lol.
[Thunderbolt General] scriz:
Just use the website. Problem solved.
[Thunderbolt General] bill102938:
The only problem with this is that the large file download from Microsoft revealed just over 7Mbps...

This means the speedtest app is pretty accurate.

With that said; I'd like to see a few folks running MR1 download the file to see if the speed is nearly the same but with speedtest reporting 20Mbps.
[Thunderbolt General] nrfitchett4:
maybe the speakeasy speed test is the inaccurate one, opposite of what people are thinking...

I've seen speeds of 3-20+mbps on speedtest app and on the speakeasy website test...
[Thunderbolt General] bogatyr:
I would imagine many places throttle connections so one user doesn't soak up too much bandwidth. While places that do speedtests don't throttle as that's the whole point of the test.

I have a 10Mbit connection at work but many sites don't give me 10Mbit, however I can download from two sites and max it in the combined rates.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcoplo:
my arc start up over 2 min . My phone freeze when I listen music,and listen internet radio.

I got empty memory card
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lord Takyon:
How long have you had it?

What have you tried to rectify this issue?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xtacy!:
In short and simple terms,

Reflash, root, remove bloatware and experience a world of difference ;)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcoplo:
I got that problem since update 2.3.3 but when take off the memeory card it seems to work fine perfectly fine
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nirak:
Could be a corrupt sd card or corrupt content on it, try formatting and see if that helps. If it doesn't, try using a different (formatted) sd card.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcoplo:
problem continues

my phone still load up over 2 min i put 2 different memory card and still is not good. I reflash via seus twice but does not solve the problem. Phone freeze in phone call and turn it self off
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] death.eater:
I have a problem, my arc could not read any of my files (mp3 and images) my default music player became empty and also my gallery. But could be seen thru file manager (I'm using android assistant). Anyone have the same problem?
[Acer Iconia A500] Achristocat:
Looking for a less onerous way of migrating to new ROMS with my data and apps from preceeding ROMS.

I have been using the CWM to back up my fine tuned versions (I have two backups from 3.01, and one from 3.1)

I am about to rebuild after a full reset wipe - gonna try Virtuous Picasso kernel v5.

Looking for a way to make it easier, if it exists.

Thanks!!!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gyromanx55:
Friend has a new Desire Z (bell, unlocked). Using it on AT&T network.

When at a house, and we use WiFI (30Mbps DL, 25Mbps UL), the speeds are VERY inconsistent. With my iPhone 4 using speedtest.net, it shows up as 20/15 each time. (WiFi is a little slower than the modem).

With the Desire Z, we get 15/10 (which is fine/acceptable). Then 3 minutes later we do it, we get 5/2. Without even moving the phone or touching the modem connection (not downloading anything on the computer), the connection just gets slower. Then it might be fast or slow, basically it's a toss-up.

The first time we noticed the issue is because when we are outside, we get HSPA speeds of 2.5/1.0, then randomly decreases to 0.1/0.05. HUGE difference. And VERY inconsistent. He is using a microSIM from iPhone 4, with an adapter, so we figured maybe the SIM card is getting loose at certain points? However, the WiFi is also inconsistent in addition to the HSPA, so it's probably not that.

What should I do? Is this the situation where I have to flash a new radio or something? (Please suggest others if I am wrong).

Thanks!

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Also, his battery is kinda weak. The battery health is apparently clean/healthy. He came from an iPhone 4, where he would have 3G, WiFi, and GPS on at night but not actually using them. Wake up, and 3% battery loss, maybe 5. WITHOUT using them, just having them on.

Now, with the Desire Z, we have the WiFi + 3G on, but NOT the GPS. He is losing 20%-25% in 8 hours without even using the phone.

Information about battery shows a high Cell standby (25%) and Phone idle (25%) percentage. When going into Spare Parts > Partial Wake usage, we didn't find anything really fishy. BUT we had rebooted so perhaps some info may have been lossed. Should he just go to sleep tonight and report the Partial Wake Usage statistics again?

We have a feeling it may be some apps refreshing at night.. But he clears all the apps with Advanced Task Manager except for like Facebook (2 hour interval refresh), GMail, and Google Voice.

I highly doubt a 20% battery decrease overnight is normal.. My mom's Atrix only loses about 5% overnight, with the same parameters I gave before.

I thought it may be a bad battery, BUT the phone idle + cell standby are abnormally high.

Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayXL14:
Does anyone have an answer? I was wondering this
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbarayah:
I have been running CM 6 since November and just recently flashed CM 7. On both ROMs, Cell Standby and Phone Idle have been very high on my list of things that are 'draining' the battery.

For example, today Cell Standby shows as 37% and Phone Idle as 30% for me.

In fact, its very rare that these two things aren't at the top of the list of things that are using the battery for me.... I've seen cell standby as high as 47% before.

I can't speak for the drainage overnight. Definitely doesn't sound normal to me, but my phone is usually on the charger overnight (have enough trouble making it through the day with the stock battery).

Have you tried using Watchdog to monitor CPU usage of apps that run in the background? You could set the notification threshold very low and see what it spits out... Good luck!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayXL14:
gbarayah, thanks for the post, that was helpful.

If anyone can help with the inconsistent data speeds, that'd be very helpful.

And any additional info on the battery would be great too. I recently calibrated it, and will post any additional stats.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayXL14:
Damn it, I forgot to try Watchdog. However, I re-calibrated the battery, let it die, charged it up, let it die, charged it up. I followed the instructions to the letter and all that.

It was at 100% when I went to sleep. Woke up 8 hours later, 74%.

Settings > Battery shows nothing high 40% for cell standby and phone idle. Everything else (Facebook, etc.) REALLY low.

Then I went to Spare Parts > Battery Usage, Partial wake usage, everything incredibly low as well..

I will try Watchdog, but could it just be a bad battery? Or maybe should I try a different ROM?

Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbarayah:
Not sure if 26% drain over 8 hours is normal or not... Maybe someone else can shed some light on that. My phone is usually on the charger overnight.

The only other thing I can think of that would drain the battery is if you have a bad/weak cell signal in your area. I've experienced that with some job sites where my cell signal is very bad and my battery suffers excessive drain from trying to get a better signal or connect to 3G coming from Edge.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jandyman:
On my week old desire Z running virtuous unity sense3.0 rom and streamlined kernal i very rarely see phone idle and radio burning battery lik you say. Radio occasionaly gets high but only wen in bad coverage areas other than thats its ok.

Battery is still rubbish though due to fact even on 2nd lowest brightness setting screen seems to burn 80%-90% battery O.o

Just checked: phone idle:2%

Cell stanby:8%

Screen (lowest setting):70%

Not this isnt a great example as its taken over a short period of havy use but it still reflects the relative proportion of the battery draining elements in question.

Also a question, if you have a live wallpaper set where is its battery drain shown? Screen, or launcher?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scythe01:
Not sure what to say about the high variable speeds.

Sticking to just GSM(2G) rather than AUTO will in some cases increase the signal and battery life at the expense of slower connection speeds. As mentioned when the phone struggles to get signal the battery gets drained alot faster.

Lower the refresh intervals of all the apps to the maximum period of time or a reasonable amount like 12 hours for FB for Sense, HTC Sense and Weather and 4 hours or Never (to make it on-demand) for Facebook.

Setting the Wi-fi sleep policy to "Never when connected" may make it on-demand too - when an app needs to update Wi-fi gets turned on again

If they have "Use wireless networks" checked to allow the clock-weathers mini-widget to update then they should try removing said clock and re-adding it, but search for the city when doing so. It'll provide them with a general outlook for their entire city and not force it to download and update the information for wherever they are whilst out and about. E.g if you were in London and went from Westminster to Peckham, it may update as you pass through each borough.

Live wallpapers and masses of widgets that need to constantly update are nice and everything but they can also drain the battery.

Think of these suggestions as ways to cycle the battery as well as save it.

I can't think of anything else to add.