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[EVO 4G General] gonzoangel:
+1 to this

and then coming to xda to rage post and cry about it is totally a logical approach.
[EVO 4G General] Xtazy305:
You have 30 days to return it, or get it exchange at radio shack, at the same moment of activation you should told here I dont want it anymore swap back to my old phone and call sprint to fix this.. I worked for radioshack last year
[EVO 4G General] vbetts:
Well it's a low end Samsung device. Only thing it's actually good for ever was paperweight. :D

But this is why you do research before you buy something. You can't blame anyone for that.

The average customer also doesn't care about rooting their device, we're the minority here. It's not gimped because you can't root it either, it still works how it's intended to work. And I know you can with the Evo 3d, but you maybe able to uninstall some of the sprint apps.

You have no argument with it being that it was a system update that blocks a security hole. The update does not break the device, and the update is required for some type of support from Sprint or HTC.

No, updating the device is part of activating it if there's any updates available for it. Next time, pay attention to them while they activate your device wherever you go.

So you expect them to just assume that you don't want any updates because you were talking about another phone? That's another problem right there, rooting isn't a crime but it's still something carriers look down on and can still block your device for support if it's rooted.(Unless you get the right rep that doesn't care)

I'm not gonna quote the screenshot lawlz.

But the website does not reflect on the final product, or the product in the store. This is not just a Radioshack thing, this goes for just about any website and store.

Plus, there are evos that come with 2.3.3 shipped, and some that come with 2.2 shipped. You just have to get lucky with them.
[EVO 4G General] kuroyoma:
Hello, Radioshack employee here. We are not only trained to update phones on activation, the phone starts all the update process by itself for us. All we do is turn it on, it connects to sprint get the users info, jumps to prl updates, then looks for firmware updates. We do nothing. As a fellow rooter I will say that it sucks.

Also, radioshacks carry enough evos for a weeks or less worth of sales. When we sell out we order more. Every evo I have activated in the last 3 weeks has been 2.3.3. the only update you got was the small one that fixed all the little broken bs like netflix etc.
[EVO 4G General] AndyC87:
It all depends on which RS you went to...RS as a corporation tells their retail stores not to do OTA's on phones, so what she did was wrong. next time stay by your phone!! DERP.
[EVO 4G General] AA27:
That is correct. My EVO's came like that.
[EVO 4G General] Rem3Dy:
You have nobody to blame but yourself. For the average joe she would have been providing good service. Stop whining.
[EVO 4G General] {ParanoiA}:
+1

rahc 01
[EVO 4G General] DirtyShroomz:
+2

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[EVO 4G General] lswartzevo:
I purchased mine during the $29 dollar deal and asked the sales guy not to update it, as he was going through the Firmware/network updates. He didn't do the OTA update, and I lucked out with a 2.2 white evo.
[EVO 4G General] github:
This thread is funny. OP, why not return the phone? Simple, no?
[EVO 4G General] MTsol:
I would only go to a corporate store anyway cause last year I bought an optimus from radio shack full priced cause I had to replace my broken hero. The guy assured me that it was a new device so I agreed with the purchase. Well I ended up returning it cause my friend who works at sprint fixed my hero for free.

Well months later I get hired at sprint and I decided to look up my account and see my previous devices. To my surprise that "new" optimus was a refurb! >:[

It is NOT okay to sell a refurb phone full priced then lie and say that it is new.
[EVO 4G General] LexLuger82:
Ha ha
[EVO 4G General] teknikalcrysis:
Okay i got something to say here... I'll start by saying I work for RadioShack Currently..

Now I will explain our Activation process...

After we complete the ESN registration in our Sprint Activation System and assign a number to the phone, we can the "ring the phone out" in our point of sale system that control our inventory counts, at the time the receipt prints we are allowed to removed the device from the box and power it on..

once power on the phone goes thru what we and the phone calls "HANDS FREE ACTIVATION"... during that process the phone does Data Provisioning, when that is complete it AUTOMATICALLY updates the PRL, then AUTOMATICALLY updates the PROFILE, then AUTOMATICALLY updates the FIRMWARE, and then AUTOMATICALLY checks for HTC Software Updates...

The Associate you dealt with in NO WAY initiated the update! Had you been standing there, you could have Opt'd to CANCEL those updates an your risk...

Now I will quote our Return Policy:

"Most Items purchased at Radio Shack may be returned for exchange, credit, or refund within 30days of purchase, in addition a DEFECTIVE item may be repaired or replaced within 90 days of purchase under Radio Shacks Warranty Policy, or the Manufacturers Warranty Period, whichever is longer.

Merchandise Returned must be in like-new condition (except for damage caused by a product DEFECT) with original packaging materials including UPC label, accessories, instructions, and original receipt. otherwise the product may not be eligible for return or the return may be subject to a refurbishing fee. "

So basically Im saying there will be no way for you to return the phone due to the fact that it is NOT DEFECTIVE...

On another note, Radio Shack sells thru phones, ESPECIALLY EVO4g's, quicker than ****... and I can guarantee that ALL of our 2.2 version phones that were in stock we sold thru within DAYS of Gingerbread being released, and the phones we were replenished came installed with 2.3, and that would go for any radio shack nationwide
[EVO 4G General] xalucardx:
Right now Evo's come with gingerbread inastalled, so everyone who buy n evo now are &$@$7# just like me lol , i bought 2 last week , well they were free on RS xD
[EVO 4G General] LexLuger82:
Radio Shack sucks
[EVO 4G General] nan239:
You now have root, i might a few just in case I brick one while flashing xD
[EVO 4G General] cev2387:
For 1, the lady lied to you. She could have changed it all the way up to 30 days from that day. Its called"buyers remorse". You have 30 days from the date of purchase to return the device and reverse the contract or get a diffrent make or model and there's not a thing they can do about it. 2, the phones are getting shipped with 2.3.3 now. My replacement I got last week has it. I had the same issue with my first 2 EVO's. Did the OTA and was locked out of root. Luckily, Revolution cracked the code and now I am a happy owner of a rooted 2.3.3 EVO.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] les02jen17:
I have customized my nc's 5 homescreens to look good on both landscape and portrait mode. Only problem is the pulse widget on my 'feeds' homescreen. It looks okay on portrait mode, but its just crap in landscape. When you adjust the size on landscape, portrait mode will look messed up. Any ideas guys?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacjar1:
I think Widget Locker enables one to adjust widget Icons??
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] roguly:
I have green mango w/ marketplace installed. if i wanted to revert back to nodo, can i just flash a nodo rom with customruu? i have hspl and radio 2.12 btw
[HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting an] JonnieLasVegas:
Yes, just flash like you did mango. USB flasher in magldr & flash away.
[LG Optimus Black] skylineman01:
I was disappointed that the call recording apps did not work well in black. Actually did any successful case for recording the call in optimus black here?

Let share the experince to us^^ Thank you.
[Defy General] outlawgolf:
Does anyone know how to work around or have a fix for it? Using Basebandswitcher V4 on WajkIUI 1.7.15, is not working anymore, got FC.

thx
[Defy General] joydeep1985:
which version of baseband switcher did you try ??? i am using baseband v4 its working fine only try wiping cache .... and dalvik cache and see if it works
[Defy General] outlawgolf:
ok thx, ot's working now. I hv to do the fresh install, if i ipgrade from previous version somehow i lost the basebandswitcher, and if i manually installed it, when i tried to launch i got FC on it.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
I'm noticing sometimes I have to lock and unlock the phone to get the touch screen to respond, although if I press a little firmer it usually registers.

I'm currently running cm7 and have not returned to stock to test. My next step is a full fastboot wipe and reflash cm7 to see if it goes away and if that doesn't fix it then I'll return to stock with S-ON and the whole 9 yards.

Just wondering if anyone else has noticed this?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mackster248:
Yes, but I only notice it while typing. Most often my delete key becomes nonfunctional, as well as other letters like O and several other vowels. VERY ANNOYING. It's happened to me on every ROM except Royal Ginger for some reason. So I'm baffled. Here comes yet ANOTHER call from T-Mobile for another warranty exchange.

I hate this phone.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeeJay3800:
This is starting to sound like the next big issue for the MT4G. First bad displays, then loud buttons, then backlight leakage, then off-centered cameras, then bad eMMC chips, and now unresponsive touchscreens. This is incredible. I've never heard of any single electronics device model with so many problems. HTC really screwed up with the MT4G. I wonder if it has something to do with T-Mobile being considered the "budget" national carrier when compared to the other big three.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mackster248:
Yeah, but I guess HTC does have a bad track record for their quality control. All the more reason I want a Samsung, seems like they don't have much trouble with hardware defects, just software.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thenotoriouspie:
I had the same problem until I made the keyboard not vibrate.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
My keyboard does not vibrate so that's not my issue, but nice catch.

On a hunch I switched to HTC IME mod and so far the problem hasn't resurfaced.

I'm thinking its the keyboard, maybe just have to clear data for android keyboard in apps settings?

If anyone wants a link to jonasl's HTC IME mod keyboard, let me know.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GazaIan:
Those are the EXACT same spots I'm having unresponsive spots. I have to lock and unlock the screen to get them back. I feel like just going for a Senation and be done.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Try the HTC IME mod keyboard.

http://www.gimpsta.com/themer/
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zackdroid:
I'm having this same exact problem. I thought it was only me. The backspace key just randomly stops working. And the same with the O key. And I thought I got one of the good phones :/.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BelowTheHeavens:
I've had problems with the pin unlock on cm7 sometimes the number 2 doesn't respond.

Sent from my HTC Glacier
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MegaManny:
I think this is software based. I prefer the Android Keyboard found in the market... on some roms it works PERFECT! On others, the whole top row of keys just craps out. I need to hit the character I want three or four times to get it to go. Yet on those same roms, stock keyboard, or ?Better keyboard 8 work flawlessly.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GazaIan:
I have haptic feedback off for all keyboard but I still have this problem.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Try it with the HTC IME mod I posted a page back.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GazaIan:
I'll give it a try.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Had the lag tonight with HTC IME mod too. Might be time to restore to stock temporarily.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nicgraner:
If this continues ill try sending back, it could be related to the bad screen though
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Did my full wipe, which was long overdue anyway. Let's see what happens.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ace42:
I thought I was the only one experiencing these issues, I see them in some apps to. But that might just be lag on my end though.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Still getting occasional lag today. Not happy...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
After a full fastboot wipe and reflash I'm still seeing touchscreen issues.

Will restore to stock via pd15img.zip and if it still happens I'll warranty it AGAIN.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iblaststatic2020:
I have been having the same issue with both of the mt4g's I bought last November, but it's happening on the home screen to sometime. Typically only the bottom half of the screen but about once a week the whole screen won't respond. I've wiped and everything but I think there is definately some sort of defect that I'm going to have to battle t-mobile with to get 2 new phones. Anyone else having the issues anywhere else besides using the keyboard?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michael2041:
Yes!! It is so annoying. My 0 key on the lock screen, space bar, and period dont work sometimes - that part of the screen.

would t-mo replace it for that?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GazaIan:
Question; what panel type do you all have? I have the bad screen but I didn't bother for a replacement, it's not that serious, but it's better to find out if it's a screen type related issue, or just another f*ck up in this phone.

Still, I'm one step closer to the Sensation.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iblaststatic2020:
mine is the craptastic washed out screen
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Good screen, good emmc chip. Are you all on stock rom or other?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michael2041:
I chatted in to T-Mobile about it.

All they did was ask me how often it occured and what color the water indicator was. New replacement arriving Monday.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iblaststatic2020:
ok I'm going to try and do this twice tomorrow
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Ok restored to stock, today will be the real tell.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Day 1, still completely stock and not rooted, problem has yet to resurface.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bere09:
Any news on whether you were able to replicate the issue on stock rom?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Problem never reappeared on stock rom. Back on cm7 with a full fastboot wipe and problem is back but MUCH less frequent.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jberg22:
I'm having the same exact problem with my keyboard. At first I thought it was a keyboard issue but it happens on every keyboard I've tried on multiple different roms. Its mostly the delete key, space bar, and A key that become unresponsive.

Last night I wiped dalvik and cache and flashed a new kernel and since then I haven't had the problem once. I don't know what to think of it anymore.. you tell me
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
What kernel did you flash? I've been meaning to try the kernel from Royal Ginger but it hasn't happened since I downloaded it, lol. I'll flash it next time it happens.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jberg22:
Demonspeed v5. Its weird though cause when I first used MIUI with that kernel I had the problem. Then I tried out the tiamat kernel (still had the problem) so then I went back to demonspeed v5 and my keyboard worked fine. It seems like its not the specific kernel that fixed it, but maybe just wiping cache and dalvik helped. Your guess is as good as mine.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
Very weird... Maybe if I stop crack-flashing and stay on one build for more than 48 hours it'll settle in, lol.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jberg22:
Haha you never know.. I was the same way, always flashing something new, but I've been with this build of MIUI since friday so maybe its just now starting to settle in.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SirChang:
I had this problem with my brand new MT4G before I ever rooted. In fact, it was the reason I rooted.

Delete key wouldn't, space key was sporadic, and O would get to where it wouldn't respond at all. And the lock screen wouldn't always respond. Figured it was the bloatware/Sense. So decided to root and go to a different ROM.

My rooting didn't go well (I had the bad eMMC chip and didn't know it), so I wasn't ever really able to tell whether the issue carried over on any other ROMs, but I can tell you for sure that it happened for me with pure stock.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VoiD_Dweller:
If you think it is a keyboard generated error, you could always try the swype beta that is out. Easy to sign up for / install. I had some itchy screen problems the other day and it all stopped when I put beta swype on. Link:

http://beta.swype.com/

I was running Royal gingerbread 3 and Virtuous Unity, both had the same problem. Good luck :)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
I also thought it might be the keyboard, so I tried the HTC IME mod and still encountered the problem.

Have swype beta but don't use it.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bere09:
I am using steve Lin's keyboard from android 2.3 from the market and I have yet to run into the problem again. Same as you I had even tried HTC ime mod keyboard and the problem still appeared. Also have realized just how great a keyboard it is. May just go ahead and pop for the paid version.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phateless:
I'm on cm7 so the stock gingerbread keyboard is included and that's what I use.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] novakry:
Hi,

I've had the SGS2 for a couple of days. I pretty much feel I understand all the different concepts having been on htc android before hand.

Anyway my problem is that although I get the familiar yellow "0:[COM5]" in odin on win7 home premium x64, the phone refuses to take the firmware update.

So anyway when I first got the phone, I was pretty clueless on what I was doing, I followed this guide http://samsunggalaxys2tips.com/how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-s2-guide/ which seemed to work well enough and I do have root on stock. However after that, my odin mode on the phone now displays "CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES (1 counts)" as well as yellow triangle. So am I right in saying I can not write any firmware until I've USB jig'd my phone? I thought the jig would only be handy in case of sending the phone back to Samsung under warranty.

Here is some info about the phone, kies is convinced the phone is fully up to date on the following.

PDA:KE5

PHONE:KE1

CSC:KE2(VOD)

Carrier Orange

Phone was orignally bought on a Vodafone UK contract but unlocked and working fine on Orange UK

No clue on the exact product name, as I flashed root before checking. If someone knows how I can found out, that would great.

My last attempt almost looked like it was flashing firmware, however it stopped abruptly here:

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

If anyone has any pearls of wisdom they would be willing to share on the matter, I would be very grateful.

****UPDATE****

I tried flashing I9100XWKDD_I9100XXKDH_I9100XEUKD1_HOME which did actually attempt to flash which was odd, however the result:

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Now I just have a phone and computer icon with an explanation mark between the two in the middle of the screen and nothing else, hope I've not bricked it :(

Tried again over night and that failed too :(

<ID:0/005> Removed!!

<ID:0/005> Added!!

<ID:0/005> Odin v.3 engine (ID:5)..

<ID:0/005> File analysis..

<ID:0/005> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/005> Initialzation..

<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/005> Sbl.bin

<ID:0/005> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/005>

<ID:0/005> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] novakry:
phone is still accessible in odin mode, but only shows the above mentioned orange icon otherwise. please help!

Was the sodding usb dock in the end, using a different cable and its working!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daddysays:
I have been a contributing member forever, I never post useless things. I remember when the first CM7 thread came along there were instructions right in it on how to revert back to 2.2 if you wanted to.

Now there are 30 cm7 threads and I cant find links to anywhere, and a search is useless.

Could someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dcontrol:
I just odin to stock, afaik thats still the best way to get back.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VibrantWind:
Odin back to stock if you want to revert back to 2.2. There aint no other way :D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daddysays:
I thought there was more to it for some reason, thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adyscorpius:
You created a thread for this?? :confused:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bearsfan85:
From the q&a posted in questions and answers in the OP

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1061894
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scoobyracing03:
Might try here first http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=747