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[Thunderbolt General] eraursls1984:
You mean like the unlocked bootloader that the thunderbolt ships with? The thunderbolt ships with a locked bootloader its just not encrypted as well as Motorola phones (I think its because HTC wants dev support but have to have a locked bootloader so they make it easy for the devs to unlock it) as long as its rootable it will most likely replace my t bolt, unlocked bootloader would just be icing on the cake.
[Thunderbolt General] eraursls1984:
A locked bootloader doesn't mean you can't flash roms, you just can't flash radios or kernels
[Thunderbolt General] xCHPx:
I would.
[Thunderbolt General] Farva0412:
TBolt was "locked" very loosely and was not encrypted. Moto producks are actually LOCKED and encrypted.

If its not encrypted and is also loosely locked, it could replace my bolt.
[Thunderbolt General] allchannels99:
They sell for $300 all day on Craigslist and eBay
[Thunderbolt General] eraursls1984:
The devs were able to replace it from my understanding, not unlock it, I could be wrong but I've seen it talked about many times on here and other forums.
[Thunderbolt General] monkizzle:
Is there some solid news of when bionic is suppose to come out?
[Thunderbolt General] mthe0ry:
I was going to wait for the bionic but I wanted unlimited 4G, so I had to spring and get the TB. Aside from the battery, I have no complaints, I still believe the TB is the best 4G phone available (and therefore if you want 4G, the best phone). Obviously being an owner of one makes me biased in that assessment :D

I may be tempted to upgrade when the bionic comes out, but doesn't Moto have a history of effectively locking bootloaders on their phones? If thats the case that is a pretty big deal to me.
[Thunderbolt General] FlagAZ:
I'm up for upgrade!!! I'm using the Incredible and love it. Wife has the T-bolt, it's a great phone but needs rooted.
[G2 and Desire Z General] cjward23:
As a few of you know I broke my phone a couple of weeks back. And I'm at the point now where I have decided that I need a thread to ***** and moan about my insurance company.

They received my phone on the 21st of June and took my excess and told me the turn around time was 10 days. So day 10 I call up to find out what is going on.

Because the insurers haven't got heard from the repair centre they will automatically send me a replacement. Call today and they don't have a replacement available so will spend the next 5 days looking for one. If they can't find one they will look at a different handset.

This has me worried, I do not under any circumstances want a phone without a hardware keyboard, obviously it needs to be android and must be rootable and have good dev support. I would be interested if anyone can recommend a handset apart from the G2/DZ that fulfills these requirements.

Also using there timeframe the worst case scenario is that the total time I could be without my phone is a month. Which I consider unacceptable given that I pay £10p/m for what is supposed to be one of the best products available in the UK. And I say that because I have to sell this product as a part of my job.

It's a joke.

Feel free to sympathise with me or ***** and moan about your experiences with insurance company's.
[G2 and Desire Z General] xsteven77x:
I dont really have no recommendations for ya (sorry), but i hear ya i would be upset too.
[G2 and Desire Z General] dumraden:
Check this list

Other than that... You could get an Iphone and buy a Slider Keyboard case :P
[G2 and Desire Z General] hgmarcia:
File a complaint...
[G2 and Desire Z General] cjward23:
LOL! iPhone, your funny :) But seriously its a good list of phones, but Sony is out of the question, I like some Motorola handsets but do any of them have unlocked bootloaders? And a lot of them handsets are not available in the UK

Have every intention of it, I'm in the process of drafting a letter of complaint
[G2 and Desire Z General] burtcom:
Feel your pain...

When my previous phone (HTC Kaiser) went bad and had to be sent in for warranty repair, I was resigned to going back to my stupid dumb-phone for three weeks and I almost went crazy.

If something were to happen to my Desire Z, I'd be seriously tempted to buy a new one with over-night shipping (no decent phone stores around here), then send the other in for service. I'd just keep the old repaired one for a spare, or sell it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mputtr:
soory to hear that cj.

Hopefully your insurance company gets their crap together and gets you a replacement asap. Have you ever thought of calling them with a direct threat thatyou will file a complaint to whatever governing department about their incompetency?I can't see how hard it can be to get a replacement for you. FFS they could've easily bought you a new one and send it toyou rather than wasting time trying to find a refurbished unit.
[G2 and Desire Z General] monomer888:
I heard someone once say that insurance is like making a bet that something bad might happen, but seems like you didn't even get a payout when something did happen! £10pm? Sounds like a ripoff.

In your letter of complaint, you can drop in that if they continue not to honour their contract with you, you will take this up with the Financial Ombudsman Service. More info about them here: http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/fight-back-fos

The Financial Ombudsman Service website itself also has advice on how to handle complaining before you refer to them:

http://www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk/faq/answers/complaints_a1.html#1

Good luck!
[G2 and Desire Z General] cjward23:
Cheers for the links. I have decided to give them until Tuesday before I start going down the the root of making a complaint. If they are unable to offer me suitable replacement handset on Tuesday, I then intend to make a complaint.

I do have another card up my sleeve and its not one that I wanted to play but I may consider it. I work for the UK's second largest mobile phone retailer* and as such the insurance product I have is also the one that I have to sell on a day to day basis. We have it drummed in to our heads that this is one of the best products in country in terms of value for money and the level of cover that it offers.So how am I supposed to sell this supposedly fantastic product when my experience with it has be about the terrible. I am an honest person and do tell things as they are and in all good faith I could not recommended this insurance product given my poor experience with it.

So I'm wondering if I don't get the desired outcome on Tuesday should I tell them this and would it actually help? My guess is no but it is another thing for me to consider

*I wont mention the name but its the company where I work, but we are perceived as wide boys and con men and we have really bad TV advertising. Anyone in the UK should know who I mean
[G2 and Desire Z General] cjward23:
I have just finished writing my letter of complaint. For some reason though I had been locked out of my online account so was unable retrieve my policy id and my claim number. So I called them up and got a surprise. A new handset is on its way to me, i should have it by the end of the week :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] monomer888:
Result! :)

Glad they finally moved on this.
[G2 and Desire Z General] cjward23:
Received my replacement handset today. Got it rooted and virtuous unity running. Wife calls me, volume is on loud but no sound comes out the speaker. Try some music and nothing.

Also the information label under the battery was almost falling off, the void sticker was missing and all of the visible screws looked like they had been unscrewed with an axe.

I now have to wait for a courier to collect the broken phone and wait for them to ship me another replacement. :(
[G2 and Desire Z General] monomer888:
Oh no. Giving you a damaged refurb is totally unprofessional. Words fail me. :eek:

Hope you get better luck with the next one, but keep that letter handy...
[G2 and Desire Z General] mputtr:
personally, i think this company needs a kick in the you know where.

I say give them 1 last chance for the 2nd replacement phone. if it's as craptastic as the first one, then send in the letter.

or you can play "super pissed off customer" and demand a brand new one for their incompetence
[G2 and Desire Z General] evilcuber:
you can try the tmobile my touch 4g slide.
[G2 and Desire Z General] cjward23:
Not available in the UK.

I'm really pissed off. I wish I had checked that it was all working before I rooted. There is an hour I will never get back.

But I'm definitely writing to them now. The chances of me getting a phone this week are minimal. And a month without a phone is unacceptable.

And I'm really really bored with without it

Sent from a phone that is not a HTC Desire Z
[G2 and Desire Z General] cjward23:
Broken phone has now been collected. And letter of complaint has been sent.

Thanks everyone for the support and advice.

Sent from a phone that is not a HTC Desire Z
[G2 and Desire Z General] ste1164:
I have had a horrible problem with HTC. My new desire z broke after 2 days of me having it. I sent it off to get repaired. When it came back it was scratched and dented so I complained. They agreed to replace the parts to say sorry. But it has been 5 weeks since I sent the phone to them and I still do not have it. This is because they have changed repair centers they said. It isn't good enough so after a lot of moaning they are sending me and incredible s which is good as I am not bothered about a hardware QWERTY. Still not good enough from HTC.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mputtr:
how did you even break the phone in 2 days? It sounds like you abused it somehow.
[G2 and Desire Z General] jcsd1212:
That sucks
[G2 and Desire Z General] cjward23:
Another replacement has been shipped out to me today. And they were really nice when I spoke to them and after passsing security questions I was put straight through to a supervisor who aplogized to me for all of the problems I've had.
[G2 and Desire Z General] mputtr:
that replacement should be a brand spanking new DZ encrusted in swarovski crystals and blood diamonds imo
[G2 and Desire Z General] cjward23:
I can hope. I probably should of pushed for some kind of compensation, but to be honest the only thing I want is a fully working desire z.

I have to say though this sensation I'm borrowing from work is really really nice.
[G2 and Desire Z General] cjward23:
Update for those that care.

I was told on Friday that a replacement handset has been ordered for me and would be sent out via special delivery. Meaning that I should of received my phone on Monday. Didn't turn up on Monday so I thought it would definitely be delivered on Tuesday.

Guess what? No phone! So I called them very pissed off. And was told that my phone was only dispatched on Monday so I would recieve it today.

I have just got a call from my insurance company to explain that despite me being told that a new handset is on its way to me, it is in fact not.

So they have given me £285 for a new phone and £30 for goodwill as well as 2 months free insurance.

It turns out that if shop around you can get a brand new HTC Desire Z for this price.

So by tomorrow I should have a nice shiny new phone. And I can't fuc*king wait. :)

Sent from a phone that is not a HTC Desire Z
[G2 and Desire Z General] mputtr:
Booyah. Gratz man. Atleast they had the balls to finally give you a brand new handset that you deserve for the inconvenience and frustration they have inflicted upon you
[G2 and Desire Z General] cjward23:
Cheers. I can't wait to start flashing roms, so much has been released or updated since I originally broke it.

Sent from a phone that is not a HTC Desire Z
[G2 and Desire Z General] monomer888:
Oh wow. I hope the money has already arrived! If they can't deliver a phone that they promised, who would have confidence with them about money?!

It's so nice of them to offer the £30 and 2 months free of added 'protection'. I hope they said sorry too.

That aside, I'm glad you got it sorted out. :) Let's hope this is an isolated incident and they don't treat all their customers with equal disdain! ;)
[G2 and Desire Z General] cjward23:
Haven't got the money yet, but i have ordered the phone. Here's hoping they don't mess that part up.

And you should read some of the poor reviews this company have http://www.reviewcentre.com/reviews157271.html

The 2 months free is irrelevant because as soon as I have the imei I'm insuring some where else

Sent from a phone that is not a HTC Desire Z
[G2 and Desire Z General] monomer888:
Well, I might keep that diary going and keep on logging all the contacts/responses you've had until everything's confirmed. Just in case you do need to go to the Ombudsman with this, it's best to go armed.

I've just read the reviews and that company really is a joke. Maybe someone should go to Watchdog or something with this... Although in your situation, it might not be ideal for you to if you're 'encouraged' to sell people these policies... :P

Anyway, best of luck!
[G2 and Desire Z General] cjward23:
So today i recieved my new DZ. But it has the bad emmc chip. But so far so good. I'm fully rooted and running virtuous v2.0

Just need to see how it goes
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] afemesya:
hello to all of you,

SG5 my phone installed, but the network continuously edge Froyo xwjp3 5500

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[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Enrico Palazzo:
Similar Issue

I have a similar problem so I thought to post here.

I have a I5500L.

It came with this firmware out of the box I5500LUYJP9 (2.2) it was locked to Movistar (Venezuela).

I unlocked it with SRS to use it with my carrier (Digitel Venezuela).

No matter what I try, I cannot make it work with 3G, only EDGE.

I've tried many things, changing bands, forcing WCDMA, and a lot of tricks found on this and other forums, but nothing works.

It's not that it doesn't work with 3G and goes to EDGE, but that te phone is only working on basic GSM, and cannot connect to the network if I change any setting.

Funny thing is my wife has an I5500 (without the L), it was bought unlocked, it came with some European Firmware, and hers works perfectly with 3G.

She has the same carrier as me.

Another thing to note is, my phone detects a network called "Digitel", her phone detects a network called "DIGITEL-GSM".

¿What could be the problem?

¿Could I flash some European firmware to my phone to make this work?

¿Will this affect the SIM unlock?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Jordanooo:
try this... http://www.madteam.co/forum/development/basebands/

change your baseband version, may help
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Enrico Palazzo:
Thanks.

What are the implications or possible sideffects of changing the baseband?

I mean if a baseband won't work, there should be another one that does right?

I'll be doing some reading, but a head's up wouldn't hurt.
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Jordanooo:
there no danger in changing basebands, the only thing is, some will, and some wont work. you should just try the baseband from wherever you are 1st, but if that doesnt work, try another. doesnt matter if you are from UK and you use an american baseband, if it works, its completely fine :)
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] Jordanooo:
has it worked?
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] afemesya:
not improve the problem. rom its baseband re-install and upload it
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] besembel:
In my case not work, i test all baseband in this link. Phone purchased in amazon and flashed with AROJP8 (Argentina-ROM)

Original ROM GT-I5500YKAVDC (Czech) - Android 2.1

Digitel-Venezuela.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digitel_GSM
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] besembel:
If you want to optimize your connection look here:

foros.androidvenezuela.com/viewtopic.php?id=50

EDGE will keep , but faster
[Samsung Galaxy 5 I5500] afemesya:
I sold the phone resolved the problem.

topic locked ;)
[HTC EVO 3D] bmtdan:
Who all has used this function? i tried messing around with it and most functions arent working and the ones that are, are super buggy and delayed.

How is your experience?
[HTC EVO 3D] Genjinaro:
It works when it wants to, to be fair, it's still in BETA. I wonder if they have a feedback forum for the site?
[HTC EVO 3D] arozer:
What is it?
[HTC EVO 3D] italy7:
i also have not successfully been able to use these services and just emailed them about this.

@arozer - its a site where you can locate phone, lock phone, and even wipe...all have not worked once for me tho...i've taken suggestions of removing htcsense from phone then add acount again as well as deleting account online then making new one...nothing has worked
[HTC EVO 3D] Thmstec:
I recently sent an email to HTC and got a response basically saying the service wasn't functioning. Something about the service being overwhelmed. I turned off the sync to htcsense in the accounts and sync settings because it was going constantly, and I think it was killing my battery.

I'll add the email when I'm at my computer.

Email response, which only had a semblance to answering my questions... I supposed this is a canned response they have for HTCSense stuff.
[HD2 General] Moe747:
Ok so last night I flashed my HD2 with MIUI last night and everything worked out great. So I went to sleep, the battery was around 35% so I let it sit in the charger in my computer. Next morning I wake up no response from the phone. Nothing, net even the orange charging light at the top. Everything is connected properly what do you think is the issue? Should I let it sit for a bit more? I also think there is an issue with the USB cable it's those one dollar cables off e-bay and it's starting to show the internal wires at the end.
[HD2 General] Mister B:
probably battery is dead flat & will need charging externally from your device.

You can use a cut usb lead with + & - leads on correct battery pins for 10 minutes or so then insert battery & boot device & connect to charge.

Problem is MIUI will not charge when device is off or with a totally flat battery.
[HD2 General] Moe747:
Ok, this time I'm about to buy a GOOD quality micro usb cable. With the old one I'll try what you said I don't want to ruin the battery or anything so is there anything I should take in account before and tips?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] russd456:
so i just read about android 3.2 coming out soon and it will officially support 7 inch tablets as well as Qualcomms new dual core processors. So as of now honeycomb only supports nivdea and qualcomm. So my question is do you think they will support samsung s processor by the time ice cream sandwich is launched?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Google stated this year .

All firmware upgrades will roll out to all phones for 18 months from date of launch providing hardware capable .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] russd456:
cool..... hope they follow through on that..... worst case will just flash cyanmod 8.0 haha
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Sammy just released 2.3.4 as of now .

jje
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] melodevin:
Hi all,

I just bought a g tablet yesterday and I followed the instructions on flashing the illuminate rom from stock 1.2 4349.

This are the steps I have done:

1. download illuminate 2.1 and unzip the files in root folder.

2. turn off tablet.

3. press volume + and power to get to stock recovery.

4. it updates automatically.

5 it gets to the screen where i get to select "reboot.... wipe out user data/factory reset.

6. I picked "wiped out user data/factory reset" from previous step.

7. I selected "reboot.."

8. Then it gets to the "illuminate" screen and it gets stuck and would not get to the next animation.

9. Then I turned it off.

10. I pressed volume + and power to get to CWM recovery.

11. I wiped out data again.

12. I rebooted and got stuck on the "illuminate" screen again.

is this what is called a "boot loop"? Any advice would be helpful to me.

Thank you very much.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatoneguy247:
I had a similar issue. I ended up nvflashing to stock 4349 and installing a different rom. Try nvflashing and wiping dalvik cache.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Calvinx1:
Try nvflashing to stock 4349, get in recovery, repartition to 2024, 0

then install android illuminate, recovery again and clear dalvik and user data and cache.

reboot, and here we go.
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoffwee:
I have a custom dock but when I select it just loads on top of the existing dock and it just creates an ugly overlapped dock.

Seems like there should be a really easy fix to this.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] efan450:
I use launch pro but don't use a custom dock but I do know any changes require you too reboot launcher pro...have you to rebooting lp? Just want to cover the bases.

If that didn't work I would try going to manage applications...click on lp and hit clear data...don't know if it will help but its worth a shot
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geoffwee:
For those asking the same question, I found the answer and it's pretty simple.

Download go launcher ex and use custom dock background. if you have a blank dock as your image then use images, if you are using a dock with apps on it already long hold and change the custom image to a blank image to avoid overlapping.

blank.png is attached.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omar.abbas:
i have seen a featured article in which some one just pulls out the framework-res.apk from the phone, replaces the images and pushes the framework-res.apk back to system/framework to change a certain part of the theme..

i actually tried doing the same with the notification bar backround. i had to look for that file which is actually taking the backround of the notification bar.. which i m pretty sure is located in res/drawable-hdpi/status_bar_background.png

i have attached that png so that you can see for yourself that it is that image which shows up in the backround of the notification bar.. but! when i replace the png with my custom one and push it back to its directory, but! it still doesnt make any difference.. anyone knows how to do it? does it have anything to do with the attributes of the file? anyone??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viletung:
I want to know the same, but, I'm pretty sure you have the wrong APK, because when I open de SystemUI.apk, I find a file called: status_bar_background.png, but I'm not pretty sure if we can just edit it and push the file back to the phone...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omar.abbas:
i m not sure if its wrong or not, its just not working.. the thread where i took this idea from, also had the same file i am talking about plus i also have the same file name in framework-res.apk as you have in you systemUi.apk .. there was a word about twframework-res.apk too. i tried that too but it didnt have that kinda of file..

other than that, what do you think about the image that i've attached? isnt it the backround we have on gs2's notification bar?

and about pushing it back after adding the image file with winrar, ppl have it working on other phones.. but i had no luck with gs2..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viletung:
Hmm weird I looked at the same file you attached, and looked at the file name and I'm running lite ning pro, and in systemui.apk, I have a file with the same filename as your attahment, and it looks like the file we need. I will try tomorrow to change it.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omar.abbas:
i hope you are right X)

please update me with whatever you get..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viletung:
ill update asap,;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viletung:
I got it!! I modified the status_bar_background.png in the SystemUI.apk!

Then added the modified png to the SystemUI.apk using Winrar,

then I pushed the file back to the phone and then I turned off the phone and after a minute I started it again ;)

I have also attached the original modified file.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omar.abbas:
THanks and you're the man! XD
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viletung:
No problem, I'm glad I could help ;)