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[HTC EVO 3D] AyoJake:
he probably knows that he was just saying it might be better if they did it that way.
[HTC EVO 3D] daneurysm:
Well, in if that happens in 2 months from now you and the 3 remaining devs will have a blast I'm sure. This technology moves way too fast for delays like this. The first 30 days is a given, return period, time to root, etc...but this time we are up against heavy duty security for heavy duty securities sake.

While I do exaggerate a bit my point remains. We don't have time to wait as much as you think we do...developers want to develop, and when they put a commitment into a device, well, not being able to develop a god damned thing for that device is kinda a turn off. Few of our best ROM developers are also the low-level guys doing the heavy lifting and intense probing and testing required to attain root/s-off...there is an overlap, yes, but most of these guys just want to make a rom or work on a kernel, and that is to say nothing of the theme guys who operate as creative talent before technical talent...

This is an elaborate ecosystem of skills and talents here. If you happened to be one of us lucky ones in the EVO4G community from the beginning you should know that it was a bunch of coincidence and a pre-release root (and the happenstance of Sprint getting its first kickass superphone--now a regular event)...so don't expect that magic to sit around waiting for this phone to be opened up.

I'm not saying it can't happen, but that there were a lot of factors that went into it happening last time--just having a decent phone and a forum weren't what made it happen.
[HTC EVO 3D] danaff37:
Let me start by saying yes, I am dying to have root myself. I miss cm7, wireless tether, even stock themes, tb, and a whole list of things (my ORD is definitely flaring).

Now let me go on to my real point. All you "omg they have two weeks" people... Is the phone really that unusable as it is? My old hero, I couldn't live without root for overclocking. My shift originally ticked me off with crappy old sense, and then I didn't understand why they didn't make the new update sense 3.0. This phone, at least for now, is up to date, and blazing fast. Root is not a deal breaker on this phone for me like my past phones. And I hack everything... Wii, cr48, router... But I don't find it completely neutering on this phone like other devices
[HTC EVO 3D] daneurysm:
It's a very capable phone, I agree. But it has far more potential than it has capability...and I didn't buy this phone to only be as capable as the phone it was replacing (a heavily modded EVO4G) with the only difference that I can actually see is a resolution difference.

Sure, we knew it would come locked. I knew I'd have this decision to make. It's a very capable phone. But it is also capable of so much more...that's what I want out of it. My 4G was doing everything at least as fast and with at least as good battery life with far more flexibility...

...the only reason I am so impatient is for the reason I posted above. If it doesn't happen relatively quickly the spark will fade rapidly. I feel very comfortable in the 30-day window. But as the 30 day window closes I am not going to be the only one who sizes up this situation and has to make a decision...more important than me and you and all of the other users there are the developers. The ones who provide the value-adding goodies that we love so much...without them we just have a phone like a million other phones, excuse me, that takes 3D pictures and/or Video...the only differentiating feature really....sure, HTC didn't sell a device that was intended to do the things I want to do with it--but it could...until they made it so it couldn't specifically...artificially...

You might not get it...if that's the case, congrats, this is the phone for you. No regrets. Rock on. But for me and what I would imagine are the majority of others here that is a deal breaker.....
[HTC EVO 3D] DigitalPioneer:
@daneurysm: very, very well stated. I'm with you 100%
[HTC EVO 3D] sleekgreek:
my email exchanges...

I have purchased your mogul,evo,and now evo3d. I would like to say that I love the evo3d, its an amazing device. But, if the bootloader isnt unlocked or rooted by the time my 30 days is up, I will be returning it. I feel as though I own the device, and used my hard earned money to buy it, and like a computer I should have access to it. I understand the consumer doesn't matter at all in todays corporate run world, but this is my stance, as is many others. I bought it, I own it, it is no longer yours or sprints as I'm not leasing it, I own it, its mine. Thanks, maybe.

their reply.

I certainly understand that you're looking for the bootloader of the EVO 3D to be unlocked. This is indeed something that we're working on, true to our word. We don't have a date set yet for when the update to do so will be available, but as this is a high priority situation when there is news on the subject it will be posted to our social media outlets, like our Facebook and our Twitter just as the previous announcement was. I hope that it is soon.

To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and your ticket number

Sincerely,

Philip
[HTC EVO 3D] kratos313:
The stock HTC keyboard on the 3D has a swype feature built in found it in the settings last night

sent from my EVO3D modded by the Borg
[HTC EVO 3D] vboyz103:
interesting find...thanks...seems like you have to watch the tutorial then it'll give you and option to switch between swype and traditional keyboard. But can't use swype!
[HTC EVO 3D] joehunni:
All I know is on a phone with this much power, not lagging at all would be a neat feature. I seriously don't know how they've managed to make a laggy keyboard but I'm betting it has to do with the addition of the swype-like features.
[HTC EVO 3D] laie1472:
If you turn off pop up on key press it makes a noticeable difference in the stock keyboard. Also I disabled the sound and vibration it helps as well if your using the stock keyboard.

Locked & Loaded
[HTC EVO 3D] joehunni:
I'm not using it anymore but yeah, I keep all that disabled and there was still noticeable lag. SwiftKey, better keyboard, and smart keyboard all run perfect in comparison.
[HTC EVO 3D] laie1472:
Cool. Yea I use Bette keyboard and its decent over stock as we'll.

Locked & Loaded
[HTC EVO 3D] TheSeanR:
Friggin swype that came with the phone seems buggier than the "beta" I was using with my evo 4g... and has anyone been able to delete words out of the swype dictionary? It only brings up the word choice box when I highlight a word and hit the swype key
[General Questions and Answers] confuded:
Hi guys,

My question is like this: is is possible to remove or password protect (i.e. locking) WiFi capabilities on an android device (rooted or not)?

I know this can be achieved through renaming a driver file, though I am not sure which one and one would need a rooted phone after all.

The best option is of course locking WiFi with a a password...

Please do not ask why, as it is a pain to explain...

~confuded

P.S. The user ha no idea if his phone is rooted or not, or how to access the rooted filesystem, or how to rename system files (or which ones).
[HTC Sensation] scmasaru:
Can someone confirm if it's 850/1900 or 850/1900/2100? I want to be able to roam 3G in Asia.

Note: Bell Incredible S is 850/1900/2100.
[HTC Sensation] brusko1972:
NAM sensation has the same band as the incredible s you listed
[HTC Sensation] brusko1972:
I think Asia has the same umts bands as europe. get the international version or the asian version if you want 3g in asia.
[HTC Sensation] scmasaru:
Spec for Bell Sensation listed on HTC website is unhelpfull and FCC doc only showed the 850/1900 being tested. I would mainly use it on Bell and occasionally use it in Asia hence the 2100 requirement. If no 2100, I'll probably go for IS or Nexus One + Sensation. is there a link say it supports 2100?
[HTC Sensation] aNYthing24:
It should support 900/2100 UMTS bands. Most, if not all, GSM phones do.
[HTC Sensation] glhturbo:
I just bought the Bell HTC Sensation 4G and on the box it states that it supports 850/1900/2100Mhz. Consider it confirmed. ;)
[HTC Sensation] Solidus_n313:
how are the carrier apps on it? excessive?

(by that i mean are there a lot, also whats average free ram?)
[HTC Sensation] glhturbo:
Yeah, there is a bunch of crapware on it. A Bell TV & Radio streaming app, Bell PVR remote control, Bell Self Serve (manage your account), Tunes and Apps (Bell specific) a couple of Gameloft games, and a Navigation program that won't work unless you are on the Bell network (which I am not) and Zoompass.

The free RAM is 159 from a fresh reboot.

As for the other important details of the phone:

Made in China

AUO screen, 45 degree viewing angle, possible banding, screen is VERY responsive so far

Pyramid Ship PVT S-On RL

HBOOT-1.17.0011

eMMC-boot

Jun 2 2011, 22:31:39

Software build 1.34.666.1
[HTC Sensation] scmasaru:
Interesting..., Incredible S is made in Taiwan
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] idasfa38:
Just got a t-mobile hd2

i just flashed energy rom and didnt like it much and wanted something more simplistic.

then i found chuckyrom and luved the look. but when i clicked on the download link it says 'empty directory'.

Anyone know why? and if it has been taken down for some reason does anyone have an mirror link or can someone send me the latest version?

thanks
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kanoej:
hey,

i feel your pain. i love chuckyrom. i was very sad to hear that he was going to discontinue his rom (i think he changed phones). here's a link to his latest builds which i think back was back in dec 2010/jan 2011. everything works except twitter, bcuz twitter changed security and this rom has the old twitter stuff. here's link: http://hotfile.com/list/988668/1dd7451.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CannibalAngel:
Hello all. I wasn't sure where to put this or if anyone can help. If this is in the wrong section please move it or let me know.

My friends DInc was stolen today. I was wondering if there was any way to track it or hack into it to find out where it is.

We filed a police report and called Verizon to report it stolen. Is there anything else I can do?

The phone is rooted but I don't believe that there is anything on there to track it or anything like that. The phone is also on my phone plan but does not have insurance. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryngds:
Not sure if this would work or not but its worth a shot. You could go to market.android.com. Download an app that has gps tracking feature and find it that way.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CannibalAngel:
Thanks for the suggestion! I will try that as soon as I get home tonight. I don't think it will work but I will give it a shot. Will the phone need to be on to install the app? Or will there need to be any user intervention on the phone itself?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pons:
Try plan b by lookout.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watt9493:
I did this. That and prey worked

Youre looking at a crackflashing troll with ORD
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nattygirl:
Wow, just looked up this app. Looks pretty sweet. Thanks for recommending. I'll use in the future if my phone ever gets lost or stolen.
[General Questions and Answers] stephanz1:
I got a problem. I'm using GalnetMIUI v3.2 and today I wanted to install the multi language pack (link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1125164) So I copied the ZIP file to my phone and after that I clicked on ''Easy install from SDCard'' in the ClockworkMod menu. It was installing, and it was during 20/25 minutes! It always turned off my phone, and on. I see the Galaxy S screen and the MIUI Galnet screen, after that I see a quick screen of ClockworkMod that something is installing. How can I get in my phone now? And how to install it. Need help!!

Please help me, I need to use my phone tomorrow!

Thanks!

P.s. I tried it again. Tried to install it again, I am waiting 12 minutes now......

Edit: I can only get in Recovery Mode (ClockworkMod)
[Acer Iconia A500] shaun298:
New a500

rooted with gingerb

installed acer recovery with cwm

did a full backup with cwm

backed up everything else with Titanium backup to ex micro sd

just to make sure i copied int sd and ex sd card to hard drive.

Now for 3.1

Remove root with ginger

Then boot using cwm recovery

and recover stock..?

and when I recover to stock is cwm still there..?

Little fuzzy on the above

I don't want to try to figure this all out when the 3.1 is ready.

Any good links or comments. Thanks to everone in the know, im not.
[HTC EVO 3D] macramentonate:
I was on the phone off and on for several days with Sprint pleading my case on why they should let me upgrade to the Evo 3d for only $50. I kinda got my way. I've attached the conversation thread so that maybe some verbiage in it can help those that are in the same boat being tossed around by Sprint.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HWOW:
hello fellow android users.

I'm new to this forum and i would like to share my new toy :)

I recently got a Nexus S on my AT&T service to replace my Nexus One and i love it. this phone has not been rooted yet but it's a great phone.

check out my pics! :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vandam500:
Enjoy it...its a beast of a device :)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chewbz:
You got the white one! @.@
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obsanity:
Eh... its all white back. What's the point? The whole idea was all black. Is this a dumb way to try to imitate that other company phone?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 3572053:
Welcome and enjoy!!

Man, that white battery cover is sexy as hell. I so want it and can't seem to find it anywhere online.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iboj007:
I also got the white one for AT&T.

One thing you'll learn quickly is that with the official radio on the i9020a, the data speeds are capped in the ROM. You should probably read this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1116884

You will need to unlock the bootloader and root the device in order to apply the fix but after that you will love the speeds you can get on your NS.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheBassman369:
What radios are working well for you all? I haven't had a chance to read up on them yet.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apolloms:
I've got the white one on ATT as well...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dwd3885:
i have it and love it! Although, I am considering getting the Galaxy S2 unlocked
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iboj007:
From what i've read so far, the KB3 radio is the best for the AT&T version (i9020a)
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HWOW:
One month later.

Do you guys regret paying full price now that the nexus s is officially on at&t. I did for a minute but then I was reminded that it have the white one so I don't regret.
[Off-topic] Bubblyhobo:
Am i the only man on earth that believes phones reach their end of life to soon? I currently own a HTC Droid Incredible(the original launched in 2010), and i'm just a little pissed off that my phone probably isn't going to be receiving Sense2.0/3.0 or gingerbread, OFFICIALLY. Gingerbread is understandable, but come on, sense 2.0 released 4 months after the Inc. launched, and still no update. These sorta things happen to every phone, no matter what OS they run, or who manufactures them. I think it's BS that i should have to buy a new, 600$ phone every year in order to revive the newest version of the operating system it runs. Another great example, Palm. I also use to own one of their beautiful Web-OS devices(and i loved it BTW), But the updates i was promised on the development website were cancelled and never released, or at least, i switched to Android before they were after waiting 6 months.

My point is, companies almost seem to forget about their devices, even only after a couple of months of release. The device could be completely capable of running the software bug-free, but they decide to throw it to the side, and focus on the future, when most of us still hold the past in our hands.
[Off-topic] jianC:
I agree too.. Well companies have always been like that.. and their only goal is to attract consumers and make money..
[Off-topic] Juan Kerr:
They need a better way to do it. I don't know many normal users who've updated firmware / OS.

Came across an iPhone user before christmas who was really frustrated that no apps or games worked anymore. I think the OS was 2 1/2 years out of date. They were going to buy a new phone before I upgraded the OS for them and everything suddenly worked!

-=JK=-
[Off-topic] sakai4eva:
Why else do people flock to XDA?

The developers here are the stuff of our technological dreams. Moore's law dictates a cycle of 24 months for obsolescence, and with our advances in UX and algorithm, this fleeting time is cut even shorter by the abhorred shears of Atropos. XDA lends a lifeline to our devices, and surely I say to you, without CyanogenMod in my phone I'd feel very blue. So if you would ask me if Androids dream of Electric Sheep, I'd say that in this site their only nightmare is apathy.
[Off-topic] JulietteOnXDA:
I totally agree
[Off-topic] Linnean:
Indeed. It's quite depressing to think that the HTC Sensation is probably going to be knocked off it's flagship podium before I actually manage to procure a device that doesn't have copious amounts of dust under the screen or other such elementary problems.
[Off-topic] sakai4eva:
Hence I bought the phone I liked, at the price I can afford, with the functions I want.

Next upgrade is probably never, unless I get some $ windfall.
[Off-topic] Pluto:
I wanted to buy a Desire S since it has everything I needed until I found out there's no Sense 3.0, WTF it got released almost the same time Sensation did

I won't buy an expensive phone because it'll go down without an effort

TBH the best companies that offers updates are Samsung and Sony Ericsson, HTC is between medicore and horrible and Motorola is below the center of the earth.
[Off-topic] Bubblyhobo:
I do.agree with you, but like the first reply, not everyone updates their devices. We are the part.of the community that loves being in sync, with the latest and fastest, but the pace of Moore's law is so fast It's almost impossible. Btw, I have the Kingdom gingersense 3.0 ROM.running on my Inc, It's awesome,.sense 3.0 is.epic
[Off-topic] popdog123:
I'm thinking of apple users when i read this. Get an iphone, looks and feels great and next thing you know it there's a newer version of it and your old one won't even receive the software update.

You're right when you say that companies worry too much of the future and forget to think of their current devices.
[Off-topic] Bubblyhobo:
Haha, exactly my point. Though Motorola is really good with updating their droids, but thats because Verizon pays them to do it. The newest Droid x 2.3.3 update is super buggy, my friend has it and keeps complaint about the camera crashing, and random restart, and freezing
[Off-topic] kimmikolter:
Uh, you have that confused. Who took 7 months to update their phone from 1.6 to 2.1? Sony Ericsson. I'm sure we all know about the U.S. Galaxy S update fiasco. Motorola has got to be the best (in the U.S. with their high end phones) IMO. Droid X was released with 2.1, 2 months later it received 2.2. Last month it recieved 2.3. Same with the OG Droid. Launched with 2.0, recieved 2.1 I believe 3-4 months afterward and 2.2 last summer (early August). For HTC, the Mytouch 3G for example. Launched July, 29th 2009, with 1.5, got a 1.6 update several months later, then recieved 2.1 and in November recieved 2.2. Of course it ran horribly with 2.2 but HTC still updated it. Now none of the companies are perfect at updating, but HTC and Motorola have it best (IMO).
[Off-topic] idavid_:
It all depends where you live. In USA, Motorola is pretty good at updating their devices. In other parts of the world, they're horrible. Samsung is exactly the opposite - international SGS got 2.2 and was the first non-Nexus device with 2.3. In USA, some of their phones got 2.2 recently. So it's hard to say.
[Off-topic] Bubblyhobo:
Haha, totally agree man, the fascinated got 2.2 like a months ago, the galaxy tab is just starting to get upgrades, reason I avoided Samsung, even if the phones are beautiful, they lack with updates. I thought HTC with their track record would much a fast sense 2.0 update for my phone, but never did even after confirmation
[HTC EVO 3D] CyWhitfield:
First off, I want to apologize if this information is either or both regurgitated and irrelevant.

I was looking for information on eMMC, and there really isn't much, and I found an old article that describes how data reliance works with eMMC. At least a cursory look.

Full article here. Information about integration with embedded linux, here.

What struck me was the "Application-controlled" part. It would explain the technology that is undoing changes to /system when the system kills the temp root. I wonder if its possible for temp root to trigger the "commit" function of reliance once some small changes have been made...

Hope this is of some use.
[HTC EVO 3D] dragonfyre13:
Just an FYI, system is an EXT4 FS. This would require not only a custom kernel, but a lot of one offs in the way it's dealing with data. From what I've seen, this isn't what they are using.

But that's a very good find, I am looking into some of the information. Never heard of this before.
[HTC EVO 3D] eurominican:
Thanks for the info. I would love to find out more about how this memory technology works. More articles are welcome!
[HTC EVO 3D] Rakeesh_j:
Isn't that basically just wear leveling?
[HTC EVO 3D] edufur:
Is your name Ben? Or are you perhaps searching on this because of a post that Ben made on HTC? His claim was that even with an unlocked bootloader, that the eMMC could still be locked and prevent us from getting root. This seems far fetched to me.
[HTC EVO 3D] Nutzy:
In all reality, I'm thinking this is the eventuality. Sprint knows that with root access we can circumvent the WiFi tether that they want to charge you for. They would never be OK with that.
[HTC EVO 3D] Nutzy:
I appreciate your canter, very informative. A thanks will come your way.
[HTC EVO 3D] Nutzy:
Does pdanet allow wireless tether? I didn't think it did.
[HTC EVO 3D] CyWhitfield:
It doesn't act as a hotspot, no.
[HTC EVO 3D] CyWhitfield:
Much appreciated!
[HTC EVO 3D] edufur:
So, I would be interested in hearing more thoughts on this. Is the eMMC independent of the OS? In other words, would a custom ROM have to obey and work with the eMMC? Or could a custom ROM be made to either disable the eMMC or make it do what we want?
[HTC EVO 3D] Geniusdog254:
I think you're misunderstanding this. The eMMC is the memory inside the device that everything is stored on. It replaced the old NAND chips in older devices.

The OS is stored & runs off of eMMC memory, it's not independent. If you were to 'turn off' the eMMC the device would do nothing. A lot of the security features available on the chip itself probably aren't in use. HTC has been using their own form of write protection since early last year, even on the NAND based Evo 4G. I'd stake a bet they're using the same system here, and we just need to find a way to flash the ENG bootloader like we did last year to get around it.