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[Galaxy Tab Accessories] sandiegopaneraiguy:
Yesterday I happened to be in the local mall with my 1 week old Sprint SGT and the guys at Ghost Armor flagged me down to sell me their product.

After listening to the sales talk, I decided to go with the Carbon Fiber back cover normal clear front.

20 minutes later I return and see the guy finishing the install by using an exacto knife around the camera on the back of the Tab. He hands it to me and it looks like my 5 year old son cut this out with a set of children scissors. The straight edges are not straight, the corners are a series of three straight cuts and he cut the circles out for the camera AFTER it was on using an exacto knife.

I tell him Im not happy and he says he will do it again.

Come back 20 minutes later and its just as bad as the first time. He says that they do not have the pre-cut SGT kit in carbon fiber and that he will order one and call me in two weeks when he has it. I tell him this is unacceptable and I want a refund.

He refuses to give me a refund stating that custom work is not refundable. I am not sure how this is legal given they have you pay before even seeing the product. After about ten minutes of heated discussion I ask for their names so I can contact their corporate customer service and all three employees refuse to tell me their names.

I tell the most loud of the three that I would like him to call security thinking a rent-a-cop could at least compel them to give me their names. He goes completely off the handle, starts SCREAMING " SECURITY, SECURITY". About 2 minutes later the security guard shows up and panics because the Ghost Armor employee is swearing, waving his arms and circling the kiosk like a rabid rhino.

He calls the local police department...

They must have been in the mall because they arrived quicker than the security guard and explain to me that they cannot compel the employees to provide their names, and that they will make a record of the incident.

I was also stopped by another mall customer who said she had recorded the entire thing on her camera phone and that she would email me the video so I could use it against the employees if I chose to take them to small claims court.

Today I received the video and its incredible... Alot of what the employee was doing/saying I did not catch when it was actually happening.

Needless to say, I came home an peeled the carbon fiber sticker off and sure enough there are two sets of CUTS around each of the circles for the camera.

I am not sure if corporate will provide any assistance, but at this point I am displeased enough to take this as far as I can.
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] ranchosteve:
Oh man that suxs, I ordered a cheapo skin from ebay for $5. Still haven't recived it. It would be funny to see that video.
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] itsjusttim:
I'm pretty sure they are required to give you there first name and employment identification number.

I feel for you bro, hopefully they compensate and all goes well.

PS, I also would like to see the video..
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] conchchowder:
This happened to me with my Samsung Omnia II prior to going to Europe for the summer. I stopped by their booth and they said they had the kit. I went to get some Euros from the currency exchange so I'd have some cash in Paris and came back to see my unit drying in a box. He removed it and I examined the fit. Sorry, nothing was right...I told him I wasn't happy and he said he couldn't refund as well...I took my phone, messaged Ghost Armor, they called him, and I got my money back for the product AND the labor (which is HIS money).
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] kable:
I had Ghost Armor installed ( full body ) for me 2 days ago for my Sensation and I love it. Have personally never felt a better screen protector.

No finger prints, no sluggishness when swiping the screen like the Zagg Shield and very thin. I cannot tell it is on the front screen.

Maybe it was just a bad install but they do a free redo within the first 7 days and after that its 5.00 for the front and 10.00 for back for life of phone.

Oakridge Mall Kiosk in San Jose if anyone cares.
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] sandiegopaneraiguy:
My issue is not with the quality of the clear plastic, or even the quality of the carbon fiber material used. My issue is with the employees using scissors and exacto knives to carve up the material AND my phone/TAB.

Im sure if they had used a factory/pre/computer cut piece of material the end result would have been better.

If you wish to have some 18-22 year old with an exacto knife carving up your device, be my guest. But I would prefer to keep these people away from my property.
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] bikrame:
I had Ghost Armor on my hd2 and i really loved it. I guess for you its because of that employee not of Ghost Armor.

They put some unskilled employee on job with cheap labor price so that happened.

I am sure if u search online you will get customer service number to complain about them and company will find out who were they.
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] natious:
Can we see the video lol
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] eongab:
+1

lol.....
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] kable:
They have a pattern specifc to the Galaxy Tab, My vendor did atleast.

http://www.ghost-armor.com/Samsung/Galaxy_Tab_GSM.html

http://www.ghost-armor.com/Samsung/Galaxy_Tab_CDMA.html

If you saw the guy cutting it up why didn't you say something, besides you normally pay afterwards so why pay and not just tell him it looked like crap?

Thats like getting a bad haircut and leaving after paying even though you know you got jacked up.
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] sandiegopaneraiguy:
Well, you are partially correct... They do have the pattern specific to the SGT. BUT they do not have the carbon fiber available. It is expected to be available in 2 weeks. Right now they only have the matte finish and standard clear finish.

Secondly, this particular kiosk requires payment IN ADVANCE.

Today I was contacted by Ghost Armor after sending in an email on Friday through their Web site. Ghost Armor listened to the story and forwarded my information to the company that actually owns the kiosk (they are franchises, and not owned or operated by Ghost Armor directly). The district manager called me at about 1pm and said he was on his was to the mall to speak to the employees. We discussed the details and I was told that I would receive a full refund, plus he would personally install the carbon fiber cover as soon as it is available.

I spoke to him again at 6pm and he had terminated both employees after speaking to them and to others who had seen what happened. It also seems that he has a slight "inventory problem" and that the employee was pocketing the money when people paid with cash.

The video will not be shown as I made an agreement with them to update this thread (it seems someone informed them of my post) with the updated information.

As I said before, I had no issue with the product. It seems to be a quality material that will offer the stated protection when installed properly. He also informed me that it was their company policy that the employees NEVER hand cut ANYTHING. If the kit is not in stock, they are to take the customers name and call them when it has arrived.

All things said, it just sounds like they had a couple minimum wage employees who were stealing from them and treating their customers poorly. As of this evening, they have made the necessary changes.
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] natious:
-1

Put it on youtube, after you get your free ghost armour
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] brisdaddy1207:
First thing I would never let.my phone/tab with anyone, if im not with my my stuff there not getting it. I have to much money invested in my tablet and phones to leave it with some random person.
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] letterboxdreams:
I work for a larger retail company and our names and our employee ids are on the top of the receipt.

I don't know if it is something they HAVE to give, but if does sound fishy to me. Sorry you had a bad experience, man.

Sent from my MIUIX.
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] pvtjoker42:
I've never trusted mall kiosk employees to do ANYTHING right. It may have cost me extra but i taught myself how to install all my screen/back covers and protectors (yeah, ruined the first set on an old phone so i wound up buying the protector set twice) but ever since then it's easy.. and then there's no one else to blame if something gets hosed.
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] Celandine:
I'm with many people here on not trusting others with my expensive toys. I was going to suggest you contact the Better Business Bureau and file a complaint with the company, but very happy for you that everything seems to be settled. Except for the scratches left on your GT by the ijit people, of course.
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] -l-Z3K3-l-:
Glad you got this resolved.

F those employees. At least they got their just deserts eh!
[Galaxy Tab Accessories] Riki1kenobi:
Maybe you should change the thread title to reflect how well Ghost Armour have handled this as it is a bit mis-leading now given you have had your issue resolved ;)
[HTC Sensation] Teslarage:
I am considering using launcher pro with my sensation but I was wondering if it is still going to keep sense in memory therefore using up ressources. Any input on this?

Android noob coming from iPhone bear with me ;)
[HTC Sensation] lambomanx1:
Basically yes, as the Sense launcher is hooked in with the Sense framework, which the phone of course requires.

Overall, don't worry about it, it shouldn't affect your usage at all, it won't be taking up CPU cycles, which is what you should be worried about :)
[HTC Sensation] tsekh501:
Just go and use launcher pro and forget about the Sense launcher in the background. Yes it takes up memory but not using CPU resources so it doesn't matter. This is not old Windows mobile phone, Android will kill the Sense launcher if it runs out of memory (that's why you noticed that Sense had to restart after running some apps on older phone with Sense UI and less memory).

People should stop worrying about having only "100MB" free memory. Free memory means memory that are not used. Merely having 1GB free memory won't make your phone runs any faster than having only 100MB memory. When Android needs more memory, it will automatically kill some background apps to free up memory it needs.
[HTC Sensation] simply_rell:
Launcher pro is pretty good
[HTC Sensation] supercobaltss:
ive used launcher pro since i got android that was with my MyTouch 3G i would never use anything else!
[Off-topic] Paul22000:
What in the heck are the time limits on Spotify Free??

In the Comparison Chart ( https://www.spotify.com/us/get-spotify/overview/ ), "Spotify Unlimited" is listed as "no time limits", yet nowhere on the website does it list what the limits are for Spotify Free. What the??

Searching around Google, I've seen some sites say 10 hour time limit, some say 20 hour time limit, but where do you see the limit and how much you've listened to??
[Off-topic] keztricks:
Short answer, ten hours

Long answer, Originally there was no limit (good old days), this was shortened to 20 hours (for spotify open, was still unlimited for original spotify free members) It was again shortened to 10 hours (for everyone open & free) for the US release as US labels didn't believe the free version would make enough money.

As for timings in the top right corner of the spotify window there is a bar showing how much time you have used and how much is left.
[Off-topic] Jays2Kings:
Really I used a UK Proxy to get a free US account instead of waiting for an invite. UK still seems to use the 20 hour free plan, so I have it too even though I'm in the US.
[Off-topic] brilldoctor:
my old spotify account (dating back to before the invite system for spotify free was introduced) is showing 10 hours. anyone know any good uk alternatives (not grooveshark)
[HTC Wildfire S] dojik:
Hello.

My Wildfire S has a vary nasty bug - screen is freezing after unlocking. Well, I can wait few seconds if i just want to start gmail app etc. But when the call is finished and i have to press the Red Button, screen is freezed and that's very annoying.

What should I do to get rid of that?
[HTC Wildfire S] ancownicka:
i have same problem :mad: some help?
[HTC Wildfire S] avi.pterodactyl:
Same problem here...need help<<<<<<

i some time press home button to make it work>>>>>
[HTC Wildfire S] dojik:
got a video

I got a video example for those who can potentially help but don't undertand me)

youtube. com /watch?v=IBOCQYZJK9k

And a question - does hard reset do the same as if I flash totally new official firmware? I meen, does HR leaves something after it or only flashing new firmaware can give my phone a totally clean (like just out-of-the-box) memory?
[HTC Wildfire S] dojik:
hm, when I did hard reset, no app left, but still seeing that bug...

I'm using it with official ROM too, but i want to know - does flashing new ROM means the same as hard resetting, or HR is a little bit "softer"?

If someone has experience in flashing phones and spotting this bug, can you try to re-flash?
[HTC Wildfire S] dojik:
I've got bad news. I flashed the phone by myself and that bug still is on. That means only one - we should go to the service centre and they'll have to deal with it:(
[HTC Wildfire S] jikantaru:
never experienced that bug. I have 1.35.707.3 CL48651 release keys.
[HTC Wildfire S] Mark-IE:
Very strange, mine will hang for a second on the odd occasion but it's never that bad. Only bug I've noticed is sometimes when I power it off the 4 buttons at the very bottom stay lit, again that only happens every now and again.
[HTC Wildfire S] dojik:
Does that mean it's HTC sense's problem? Some people on 4pda(russian smartphone forum) say that their phones have been repaired in service centre by replacing touchscreen. I can't understand - is this hardware or software problem?
[HTC Wildfire S] nestorkg:
I have the same problem. Upon unlocking, right side of screen is not working for a couple of seconds.

Tried to hard reset, and it didn't help. Also tried diferent launcher, and problem remained.

Maybe bug in htc firmware. Has anyone tried flashing it with cyanogenmod of something like that?
[HTC Wildfire S] Tectas:
If you mean factory reset with hard reset, only /data and /cache are wiped.

Flashing a new ROM does wipe /system and replace the content with the new one, nothing happens with /data or /cache here, except within the ROM zip is a cleanup script.

Within /data is all userdata stored, settings, apps and so on (standart behavior, with links2sd its different), within cache is like the name says cached data of the system that shortens the system boot time and stuff like this. In most common you have to clear this before using a different ROM cause it could cause faults, but if the whole base of the rom is different you also have to wipe /data cause this can within this case also cause problems.

Sry, for the off-topic.

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Different launchers are only apps, they can't solve this problem when it's related to the lockscreen app, maybe switching to another lockscreen version can solve the problem.
[HTC Wildfire S] mstfkaratas:
same here, after unlocking left side of screen doesnt work until waiting a few seconds or touching other side
[HTC Wildfire S] nestorkg:
Diferent lock application didn't solve problem either. I tried that. I am using ripple lock now.
[HTC Wildfire S] Tectas:
Could be that it's kernel related. Maybe it's just a big lag, because the CPU governor needs some time to switch the CPU speed after idle.

Swyped from my HTC Desire S
[HTC Wildfire S] nestorkg:
It is weird that only right side of screen isn't working properly.

Hope it's not a hardware issue.

Cyanogenmod for wildfire s isn't out yet, so i can't try flashing.
[HTC Wildfire S] nestorkg:
Anyone with some definitive solution?
[HTC Wildfire S] greavey:
try without sd card. then reformat the card in a pc the again in phone. worked for me before i used the cm7 rom
[HTC Wildfire S] Ko_Ka:
Tried this, used the CM7 rom, did what you said above, reverted to stock and im still in the same boat, this HAS to be software related, anyone got any idea's???

:(
[HTC Wildfire S] Ko_Ka:
This is really doing my head in, its the only thing really ruining my enjoyment of the phone now that I have S-off!

I wiped cache, dalvik cache, sd card everything through clockwork before using the RUU flasher, it has to be software, is there a newer version of the RUU flasher since the 1.30.401.0?
[HTC Wildfire S] Tera Tike:
Just a suggestion but temporary remove all your widgets to see if that is what might be causing it.

I found some widgets try to refresh once the phone is woke up even before the screen is unlocked. So I uninstalled any that I did not use.

Also you might try these setting in your build.prop file:

view.touch_slop = 12

view.minimum_fling_velocity = 30

gsm.proximity.enable=false

debug.sf.hw=1

windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=80
[HTC Wildfire S] Ko_Ka:
Thanks a lot for your reply Tera Tike, unfortunately the widget does not seem to be the issue with it, I have tried your solution and removed the weather widget and the like from the screen, it did not work....

Apologies but I am a bit of a n00b to the Android modding scene, I have put custom roms on several different brands of handset and never really had a problem with any of them phones, but this Wildfire S has been a hassle from the start, and if I could just fix this glaring issue I could move on with things!

This code above - I assume it is entered in the Android SDK? Or am I completely wrong?

I remember having to do a bit of that on the LG-GT540 to get it to flash!

I do not reckon its hardware though, and since playing around with it im sure HTC will tell me its out of warranty due to me putting ROMs and the like on it...

It is the exact same issue as on of the original posters of this thread here had :

[YOUTUBE]IBOCQYZJK9k[/YOUTUBE]
[HTC Wildfire S] Tera Tike:
It's Ok, we are all learning here. I noticed that you have "Friend Stream" widget as well, did you remove it to? I had this issue when I got my WFS, after removing all (except calendar) widgets, including weather, friend stream and clock. I wiped the cache and dalvik cache. When I said I removed them, I deleted them from the phone...DO MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE DOING THIS!!!!!!!!!!!

As for the code it is the build.prop file under the "system" folder. Use

Root Explorer

(I prefer) or

ES Explorer

(free) from the market to add and change those lines.

Good Luck and Enjoy!
[HTC Wildfire S] Ko_Ka:
Thanks a lot Tera Tike,

I will give it a go, nothing to lose now.... :)

I did do a backup initially with Clockwork before I started playing around with it, so I tried reverting to my old backup in Clockwork and it does not "see the backup"

I will report back my findings for others with this issue,

Regards,

Ko_Ka
[HTC Wildfire S] Tera Tike:
Welcome hope it helps someone. As for backup I am old so when I remove apk's I really just move them to a folder I created on the extSD. Just a thought, but do wipe your caches after.
[HTC Wildfire S] Ko_Ka:
Downloaded ES Explorer and it wont let me delete those widgets, even tried moving the apk's to the SD CARD in the hope it may be that, I have superuser so I dunno why it wont let me delete them, anyway, gonna try move all them to SD, then do my wiping, re-install the official ROM and see how I get on, fingers crossed.....

:)

Oops, had not given it rooted permission, doh, trying your method now.... :)

And it still wont let me delete those system apps, even though im rooted, is it worth buying the other file explorer app do you reckon?
[HTC Wildfire S] Tera Tike:
After installing ES Explorer when you opened it did you get a prompt to allow Super User? If not then it will not have Super User rights to move/delete or modify the System folder.

Also do not move ALL the apk's in the "app" folder, just the ones that say widget, there are many needed system files in there.

Here is list of what I removed that did not effect the phone functions, remember this list is for a TMobile USA ROM.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17709728&postcount=3
[HTC Wildfire S] Ko_Ka:
Got it!

I hadnt mounted it as Write in ES.... :p

Deleting everything that I possibly can at the moment, then I will try going back to stock after deleting my caches in Clockwork....

Wow, now I can actually remove the dreaded Facebook app, useless to me as im not on Facebook anymore.... :)

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Right, it did not really work but interestingly, it is not doing it as much as it was since I put Clockwork Recovery and installed the root.zip back onto it from Clockwork.... which would lead me to believe that maybe the Root file has done something to the Kernel of the phone? And maybe it is corrupted or something?

A bit of googling around suggests that its hardware, and that the digitiser may be broken in the phone, to be honest though, this bug only came around since I got S-Off done and put my first custom rom on it, never once had an issue with the stock rom beforehand!

So now - im kinda lost, yes I feel better that it is working slightly better than it was BUT if it IS hardware, I would consider flashing back to stock and take my chances sending it to HTC to see would they fix as it is 5 months old and still in its warranty period...

Did you actually have the issue yourself Tera Tike? Or did you maybe just see it here or on youtube?
[HTC Wildfire S] Tera Tike:
Yes I did. My phone had lag on unlock and using the phone, ie answering and hanging up. This was the main reason I ordered the XTC clip and rooted my phone.

One other thought do you have animations on, in display. I disabled anything that I did not need or seemed to eat resources. For me it seemed the HTC weather apk's used a lot as well as the HTC clock. So I removed them and found other replacements.

I am still on STOCK ROM though, due to the current custom ROMs are not for our yet.

Check your running list in applications....force stop one at a time and try to replicate the issue.

Did you format your miniSD with the SD Formatter tool?

https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_3/
[HTC Wildfire S] Ko_Ka:
Looks like I got it sorted (for now!) and to be honest I am not really any wiser as to how I got it.....

Basically, when I originally flashed to stock using the RUU flasher, I did a NANDROID backup straight after through clockwork recovery and everytime I went to load it I got a "file not found" message and didn't know why, so off I went flashing practically all the roms I wanted to see and when I went back to stock using the RUU flasher, just to see if I could... thats when this nasty bug appeared (obviously from messing around with several other custom roms from here)

So long story short - all I did was do another backup to the sd card in clockwork, deleted all the files in the backup and replaced them with the one I did about 2 weeks ago, before I started dicking around with custom roms on the phone, but alas, my problem seems solved and it has not done it at all since....

To think, all it was was a copy & paste really that saved the day after all my panicking and trying to flash every ROM under the sun and the answer was right under my nose, I just needed a fresh head to think outside the box... :p

Thank you so much for your help aswell Tera Tike, it was your rational thinking that initially put me on the right road to put 2 + 2 together.... :)

I will try flashing the RUU over it again tomorrow for sake of seeing will the problem manifest again, and of course if I ever have I ever need to send it to HTC for a hardware repair.... :o

Hopefully the above is some use to some of you guys in the same position that I was....

And hopefully you have a Backup floating around somewhere before you go messing with custom ROMs like I did.... :D
[HTC Wildfire S] Tera Tike:
I'm glad you got all sorted out. :)
[HTC Wildfire S] lukasehe:
Hello all. When I switch off a fastboot in the menu, then freeze problem after unlock looking as solved:-)