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[Thunderbolt General] ramcharger1979:
I paid $250.00 used no contract.
[Thunderbolt General] Rominucka:
Indirects get F'd in the butt with stupid goddamn deals like that. Indirects buy the phones at wholesale. The Thunderbolt is so expensive that the profit is crap. To upgrade someone to a thunderbolt only brings in 80 something dollars. If we discount the phone anymore than $80 we lose money.

We don't have to honor Amazon or Wireflyer deals. But when VZW pulls a deal like buy one get one free for the Droid 3 and Droid X2 we get ****ed cause we have to honor it.

A couple did that yesterday...his and hers Droid X2s. What would have been a $250 profit ended up being $50.

It's not that big of a deal for a direct store to match an Amazon deal. VZW makes tons of money from the contracts. Why do you think they give away the top of the line devices to their reps?

Indirects make money from a combination of phones and contracts. With some phones it's no big deal to give them for free but with a smartphone it's a whole nother story.

Sent from my Samsung Droid Charge: Stock EE4
[Thunderbolt General] hayes247:
I dont think you guys are reading the fine print for wirefly and amazon...it says that if your services are suspended disconnected or you change your plan within 181 days that you will have a chargeback of $250. So lets say you disconnect your ETF would be $350 ( minus $10 for every mon of active service) plus the chargeback. I dont know about you but thats not something I want to worry about.
[Thunderbolt General] nrfitchett4:
I tried to go to a local verizon 3rd party dealer. They didn't have any iphones, said they didn't sell... I said, it's only the number 1 selling phone of all time but ok sure. Asked them about a Thunderbolt, they said 250. I said I can get it online for 100 bucks. They said they could give me a free case...

I bought a thunderbolt and 2 dinc2's from amazon for 200, free 2 day shipping.

Sure I read the fine print. Not like I'm jumping off the unlimited data bandwagon anyways.
[Thunderbolt General] Rominucka:
Apple are a bunch of assholes. The Iphone only brings in $40 of profit because Apple has their own data plan. It's no different in price and size for the customer but not for the retailer. Also their phones are a fortune to buy and we aren't allowed to sell them for a penny more than listed. We have iphones in our stores but unless the customer has their heart set on them we always steer them into an android.

Also we're not in the business of selling phones as much as we are in the business of customer service. For those that go online to buy things, they always "know better" and don't need our help.

My favorite part is when the online shopper needs to have their contacts transferred, needs their bluetooth synced to their car or has some issue with the phone; comes in the store and blows their stack when we say it's a $15 charge for any of that. Aaaaahahahaha!

In the long run it pays to give a little back to your local business.

Sent from my Samsung Droid Charge: Stock EE4
[Thunderbolt General] nrfitchett4:
You are in the business of "customer service" yet you will steer a customer to an android device and away from an apple device because of a higher profit margin and not necessarily what's best for the customer?

And any corporate verizon store will try and help transfer those contacts for free.
[Thunderbolt General] McLabia:
Honestly? Unless you pass on paying your bill, youll never have an issue. Theyre not crazy about it. Theyre actually pretty reasonable from my experience. Not to mention MDPA insurance PWNS Assurion ALL DAY LONG. Wirefly ftw. I got my phone release day for 182 shipped with the first month of insurance paid.
[Thunderbolt General] McLabia:
Id laugh at you while walking the hell out of your store. You obviously dont know what customer service means.
[Thunderbolt General] nrfitchett4:
unfortunately, all the 3rd party resellers I've been into for any carrier are this way. They are just trying to make money and they don't make money if they don't sell phones...
[Thunderbolt General] McLabia:
Yeah, I went to a VZW authorized dealer looking for a Bolt for a friend, and they told me that they werent allowed to show me it unless I was gunna buy it, and that they werent going to take a penny less than 375 WITH a two year contract. I laughed and walked out telling the other customers they should walk out now before theyre ripped off.
[Thunderbolt General] nrfitchett4:
The one I went into that didn't sell iphone didn't have any working demo units. They brought me out a Thunderbolt that wouldn't connect to the network. I told them I couldn't test out the 4g. They said that it had a bad esn so it couldn't connect. Pretty sad.
[Thunderbolt General] daytonahemi08:
Wow that strange I make more money on iPhones than android phones especially if I sell apple care.
[Defy General] lordlos:
i flashed this orange blur sbf becasue i thought it looked kinda nice and the search contact dialer was the most appealing... but try and try search and search i have yet to find a 3g fix. Switching basebands wont work... nothin, i was just wonder if there was a sbf i can flash back to that'll get me some 3g( i didnt make a back up before anything) and then if possible cm7 and still keep my 3g. if possible also have the search dialer
[General Questions and Answers] alexloco:
Hi i was doing a factory reset thru cwm and when i went to reboot i got stuck on the samsung galaxy s 19000 screen

i can go into download mode but my phone wont connect to computer,it says usb device not recognized and i tried changing the cable, and installed all drivers but nothing any body can help me please??

oh and i am on miui rom android 2.3.4 and i would like to flash back to stock to install darkys rom....
[General Questions and Answers] only1battman:
Your best bet is to try to reboot a few times. Then if all else fails you may have to sbf your phone.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMegastar:
Hi all,

Many of you have upgraded your firmware thru leaked versions posted elsewhere on this forum. My question is to all those who have used the leaked versions. What are the points of difference between the performance of these three versions : KF3, KG1 & KG2. If I understand correctly, only KG1 has Android 2.3.4 out of these three versions. So if you can share your experience about whether there is a change in Battery life, smoothness of operation, other visual changes etc.

We, in India, are still on KF3 officially and still waiting for the KG2 upgrade via Kies. But I'm using KF3 currently and Battery life has improved considerably over KE8 in the current version. Is it worth upgrading to KG2 via the leaked firmware or should I wait for the official update from Kies?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yyhd:
I'm on the leaked KG2 2.3.4 with a custom ROM.

I must say, battery life is amazing. I can go through a day of heavy use leaving home at 7am and getting home at 7pm with 40% or higher battery life remaining.

Mind you, this is heavy use from watching netflix (movies), browsing the web, texting, phone calls, and playing games all while the 3G is running in the background with gps location, email syncing ans google sync.

So far, I'm loving KG2 2.3.4.

I was running KG1 2.3.4 for about a week before flashing KG2.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
KG2 modem does have a stronger WiFi signal .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] veyka:
I havent had any real battery problems since I swapped to a custom rom and nuked all the bloatware.

2.3.4 has its advantages like video in gtalk and the androidOS bug is all but gone (for me anyhow)

As far as wifi, I never had any problems with it, maybe it didnt show that many bars, but it didnt seem to have any problems even on 1 wifi bar ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMegastar:
Looks like KG2 is an improvement over the previous firmware. I am tempted to switch to KG2 immediately going by your encouraging feedback. Will wait for a few more days for the official Kies release to come.....if it doesn't, then I'm also gonna flash the KG2 :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMegastar:
CF

CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KG2-v4.1-CWM4.zip This is the latest root kernel posted by CF. Does this have android 2.3.4 or 2.3.3?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeWildDroid:
It is 2.3.4.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheMegastar:
Thank you, Octavius69, for confirming.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aydc:
KG3 has the best battery life ever. Today I watched movies, played games, I had screen on time of 3.5 hours, and battery was at 55%. That means if I kept on, I'd get around 7 hours of screen time. A big improvement over KG2, even though the Android OS bug is still there.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] parker7:
Is anyone else having a problem with their wifi being connected and not working?

Ever since i flashed KG2 with the one Darkyy released ( Thanks by the Darkyy) everything has work perfectly and battery life is great. The only thing is the wifi and it seems to happen after it's been connected for awhile and when i wake the phone to browse say the market, it doesn't have a signal even tho 2 bars are showing, so i reconnect and it works again. It only happens now and then and i think there could be an issue with the mobile network as a couple have calls have gone to voicemail even tho i'm sure i had a signal.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeWildDroid:
No problem m8 ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeWildDroid:
Did you flashed stock kernel? It's a known prob that stock kernel could break wifi.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -jop-:
Just got my GS2 and having HORRIBLE battery life. It's locked with 2.3.3 KG2, so I'm wondering if it's a defect or if it's the build, in which case I'll get 2.3.4.

Other than the battery issues, I love the phone, but I already miss my Nexus One just a little... :)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cnote74:
Mod please delete
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TeeJay3800:
If you want a mod's attention, just PM one. They'll never let you open threads like this. Just drop Conan a line about your concern.
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[Motorola Droid Android Development] Im_Gumby:
Great so far except...

Trying to use lockscreen gestures and the slider won't go away.
[Motorola Droid Android Development] gatewayad:
Links DEAD
[Verizon Droid Charge] kejar31:
This is for the people who think the new EP1F and EP1H radio does't work well

The EE4 radio's will work on any GingerBread ROM

EE4 Radio

Donate:

Donate if you like what I do by buying me a round of beers!
[Verizon Droid Charge] theReDkoolAiD:
I want...
[Verizon Droid Charge] kennydied23:
And......there goes my incentive to go back to froyo. Thanks so much kejar!!
[Verizon Droid Charge] praveen1789:
Cool. Downloading now....
[Verizon Droid Charge] addictedhacks:
Kejar u r a genius...
[Verizon Droid Charge] praveen1789:
Hmm... The call quality is good. However When doing the speed tests, I noticed the upload speed much greater than the Download speeds......
[Verizon Droid Charge] hokulus:
EE4 radio on EP1H

Unfortunately the speed test app doesn't work properly on GB roms so those results are most likely inaccurate. Try going to www.speakeasy.net and clicking on the speed test from the phone's browser.

After several runs through opera on speakeasy.net I'm consistently getting 15-17 down but still only ~1 up. Though it's much later at night so internet congestion is less than it was when I was testing earlier today, the EE4 radios do indeed appear to be somewhat faster. I haven't made any phone calls since I just flashed this a few minutes ago, the only thing I've tested is 4G data speed.

Interestingly, I seem to be getting better speeds by several mbps through opera than the stock GC 1.8 browser. Can someone else confirm this isn't just my connection flaking?
[Verizon Droid Charge] cmdrfrog:
Does anyone else want this because of a crackling hiss and pop during phone calls on EP1X?
[Verizon Droid Charge] praveen1789:
Yeah, I will give that a try.....

One other thing I noticed is, My phone is getting a bit heated. Current temperature is at 41 'C. I will keep monitoring the temperature tonight and see if its a temporary issue as I've been doing lot of speedtests now.... :p
[Verizon Droid Charge] theReDkoolAiD:
I was getting 7mbps down with the ep1f radios, but now getting 13 down wither ee4. Tested with speakeasy.
[Verizon Droid Charge] ten4copy:
Yup. This is the reason why I want it, and so far it's working like a charm. Thanks Kejar.
[Verizon Droid Charge] apascual89:
Does the file need to be renamed before flashing?
[Verizon Droid Charge] theReDkoolAiD:
No just unzipped
[Verizon Droid Charge] Schoat333:
I'd like to see some comparison between the GB radios, and this one. Everyone that flashed this, post up some before and after numbers if you could.

Thanks,
[Verizon Droid Charge] apascual89:
Thanks it worked. We'll see how it works
[Verizon Droid Charge] theReDkoolAiD:
OK...so when I did the speed test on speakeasy through the phone browser I got 13 mbps (EE4 radio), and did it one more time to test and still got 13. I just did a test again but with wifi tether 3.1 b1 (w/infrastructure) on my computer and got 21 mbps (tested 5 times). I dont know whats going on.....
[Verizon Droid Charge] Creinimoto:
Thanks for all of the hard work kejar, I love gummycharged. How can we go back to the EE4 from the EP1F? Is it something we unzip and flash through odin, or can it be done through recovery?

Thanks!
[Verizon Droid Charge] praveen1789:
unzip and flash through odin.
[Verizon Droid Charge] gregh530:
radio battery life

I'm running GB Eclipse 1.2 with baseband/radio EP1F , and I'm wondering if this'll improve battery life? Anyone notice improved battery life for this setup?
[Verizon Droid Charge] jbass350z:
Seems to have helped mine somewhat. At work I am in a basement and before I was at -105 dBm. After flashing this I am at -90dBm. 4G Will not make it down here though :mad:
[Verizon Droid Charge] suzook:
Not sure if its my area(NY)...but this radio is much better than the leaked GB one. I get much quicker transitions between 4g/3g/1x...and less of them too. Thanks for this.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Tueyjr:
This is specifically why I went back to EE4. I was on Gummy charged 1.9 froyo and started having loss of signal issues. I thought it was from rooting, so I jumped on gummycharged gbe and the EP radios. Then I started experiencing a random popping or cracking during phone calls. I thought this thread was what I needed so I jumped back to EE4 and I still have the popping.

I would love to fix this problem. Does anyone have any ideas???
[Verizon Droid Charge] speedy1979:
So I'm not crazy. I noticed the same thing on my charge cdma 1x/3g continues to work up to -105 dBm but LTE will drop at anything below -95dBm. Lte works at kitchen window but not inside my apartment while cdma 3g does.:( Which is interesting because I was under the impression that 1900mhz cdma isn't transmitted through solids as well as 700mhz lte.:confused:
[Verizon Droid Charge] wardo5757:
do you flash this with odin? do you use the PDA switch?
[Verizon Droid Charge] BillLee3:
Is the reverse possible? I.e. loading one of the gingerbread radios on EE4? I like speed of EE4 interface, but would like some improvements I noticed in GB wifi roaming and bluetooth signal drops. If I can load it, anybody with a really handy link to such a radio in format flashable via CWR would would make my day.
[Verizon Droid Charge] Varelse:
I dont care about speed, i only care about signal strength. Im hoping this will resolve my connectivity issues, I never really had many drops when using froyo gummy, but when switching i noticed i would drop signal when i looked away from my phone. thanks kejar!
[Verizon Droid Charge] Tueyjr:
Well this radio isn't solving my problem either. Today alone my signal disappeared while on calls five times. It's bad enough to drop the random call every few weeks but five in a day is f'ng stupid.

I'm now beyond frustrated. I guess I'll switch to humble or eclipse and see if it's a rom thing for me. I've love gummy but I HAVE to have a working phone.

Doesn't look like this is a common problem.
[Verizon Droid Charge] carbonwhiskey:
it seems like battery life is worse on this radio than the one included in Humble 2.1 (GB).
[Verizon Droid Charge] Tueyjr:
Well I just couldn't give up on gummy that easily. Flashed the rom again and did not change the theme...not sure how this would affect it, but I'm grasping at straws. I had one signal loss since yesterday and logged a solid for hours of talk time.

Does any one else have any idea how the different antennas could change connectivity?
[Verizon Droid Charge] Tornlogic:
anyone try this radio on a Froyo ROM? If so, how well does it work?
[Verizon Droid Charge] rand4ll:
It would work fine...in fact its the official release radio at this time...the title of the thread is a bit misleading in that out works be for certain roms only
[Verizon Droid Charge] phillthedrill:
It doesn't work all that great. I was getting weird strange modem, popping noises on the EE4 radios, updates to these EP radios, and within 2.5 days, the same problem. Furthermore, the download speed on the EE4 modem was around 21Mbps, while the EP modem was around 15Mbps.
[Verizon Droid Charge] malogabob:
You must Odin radios
[Atrix 4G General] erasen1:
if you are still on 1.8.3 stock, you can get a copy of 4.5.91.sbf file by using Motorola Software Update, handy if you need to flash a clean version of 4.5.91 on 4.5.40 or 4.5.91(OTA upgraded).

by default, the sbf file is saved to:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Motorola\Software Update\firmwares\1FF-olympus-user-2.3.4-4.5.91-110625-release-keys-signed-ATT-US-GAS_NA_OLPSGBATTSPE_P011.sbf.gz

copy it to somewhere else before Motorola Software Update finishes flashing or it will get deleted automatically.
[Atrix 4G General] NYG-SBXLII:
Have you flashed it yet? I sent Kennithpenn a pm about this and he asked me not to release it. He also told me it is not safe to flash via rsd!!
[Atrix 4G General] erasen1:
flashing ...
[Atrix 4G General] NYG-SBXLII:
Are you using Motorola Software Update tool or RSD 5.3.1 to flash it? Also was you bl already unlocked before or after you did it?
[Atrix 4G General] erasen1:
at first, I used Motorola Software Update tool to flash, it flashed successfully - as expected

then I tried to flash it using RSD Lite v5.0, also flashed successfully, it actually did not erase user & data partition, retaining all apps & settings.
[Atrix 4G General] erasen1:
the phone was BL unlocked before, I flashed from 4.5.40 back to 1.8.3 sbf, then " fastboot oem lock" ( not sure if it locks the phone back), then Motorola Software Update tool & RSD.
[Atrix 4G General] NYG-SBXLII:
Ok, well 4.5.40 was never released so thats probably why you where able to downgrade to 1.83. Im not sure if it is a good idea to flash this after 4.5.91 though. probably not a good idea to release unless someone has the ball's to flash it from 4.5.91 bl unlock.

edit: well you flashed it via rsd after you used Motorola Software Update. So it might be all good..

edit: **** it, i've got insurance, im going to give a go... I was bl unlocked and flashed leaked ota

edit: confirmed, 1FF-olympus-user-2.3.4-4.5.91-110625-release-keys-signed-ATT-US-GAS_NA_OLPSGBATTSPE_P011.sbf is safe via rsd 5.3.1 after ota bl unlocked 4.5.91!

edit: this seems to be a service sbf as it does not wipe data!
[Atrix 4G General] CaelanT:
What do you mean he told you not to release it. The upgrade file is freely available from Motorola now. You can download direct to your PC from the software updater.
[Atrix 4G General] bamastang:
Would this work for me if after pulling the OTA I am stuck at the Motorola M with Dual Core? Could I flash this SBF and get my phone back up and running? I tried using the Motorola Software Update software but not sure what mode to connect my phone for it to recognize it.. Connected via Fastboot the software says:

"Motorola Software Update is unable to identify you device at this time. Please Try again"

Thank you in advance
[Atrix 4G General] b30sam:
NYG, Thanks for experimenting.. :)

Question: So if I do the OTA update, then I MOD the hell out of it. I can use this SBF file and RSD to go back to stock and my phone will be like nothing ever changed...???
[Atrix 4G General] franciscojavierleon:
you shouldn't install this directly, but it is very handy to have (in order to extract images)

my method is to download it through the program but disconnect the phone as soon as it starts to download. when it finishes, you should have the file there, copy/move it whatever and exit the program.
[Atrix 4G General] NYG-SBXLII:
Yes, but just like the ota, after you flash this, you can never flash firmware lower than 4.5.91 again or you will get a hard brick. Also depending on what ROM you are on before you flash this you may have to manually wipe data because this sbf does not.
[Atrix 4G General] NYG-SBXLII:
This file can now be downloaded from the dev section. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1181932
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightwulfss:
Hey everyone,

I hope I am not beating a dead horse, but I couldnt find anything. I have a cracked Captivate screen and I am not able to unlock it to put it into USB mode. Is there any way through recovery or some other trick? I just installed Mosaic V yesterday, I have no idea if that helps, but at least you know what ROM i have. I just want to recover the pictures. I can see the top left portion of the screen, but the unlock motion does not work. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!