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[Atrix 4G General] Dirtburgler:
Rubberized undercoating works great. I use to work in a warehouse and hated the girth of the otterbox rubber case. I sprayed the back with some rubber undercoat and it makes the phone feel just right. The second replacement back cover I purchased, I bought one of those anti skid mats for your car dash and cut that out and put it on the back. Worked great and added some weight to the phone and it stuck to any surface it touched, including the inside of my pocket. It was great for keeping your pockets lint free lol. Once again it hurt reception. The reception drain was only a problem when it was at 2 to 3 bars or lower. It would show service but acted like it had none. Ya the plastic on the back is lame and yes the corners on mine are wearing down showing a shiny undercoat. I rock the phone stock now. No screen protector, no case (unless im doing physical labor). Setting this phone on a metal desk aluminum or stainless seems to hamper the signal as well.

My girlfriend has the inspire and it has even a harder time with signal. Take off the back cover and it does a lot better.

Even the incipio feather case has some effect on signal.

Deviating too far from stock specs is going to hurt reception. The extended batteries that come with that bumped case cause the same issues too. Ive tried them all for the most part and some of my own.

The best solution ive found is the one mentioned above, The rubberized spray coating. It adds enough to make it feel a little more solid and had least effect on signal.

3 of the antennas are located throughout the back of the phone. Our wifi is already weak as is.

Its a great idea and takes some initiative, but there would be a huge market for aftermarket phone cases if they were functional. Like back in the nextel days when you could completely change the case and add a blinking antenna etc. Now days adding to the phone seems to kill reception for one if not a couple of the antennas in our phone.

Best of luck! I tried a few different things on a 3d printer. Like a stand that would fold up and fit in your wallet that you could unfold and it would hold the phone landscape or vertical. 3D printers are sweet and you can make some cool stuff. Id just hate to see you waste time and money. Course its all a learning experience too.
[Atrix 4G General] oracledagger:
Mesh back

I like your idea. I was thinking going beyond slits and make the entire back a mesh design for best airflow as well as having a kickstand. So when you play games or watch a movie it will hopefully be cooled.

Also, add in the "rubberized" paint to give a better grip and make it more durable. This may allow you to make the back case out of metal, with it's mesh style there would be no signal block/loss.

Just my opinion.
[Atrix 4G General] pukemon:
Honestly, metal, mesh or not will degrade the signal. How about a thicker plastic design with mesh, slits, slots or whatever and some kind of cloth filter, like the kind that go over regular speakers at home or in your vehicle, but on the inside.

Iphone > galaxy s 2.
[Atrix 4G General] gh123man:
UPDATE--

okay so ive had a lot of class and homework and so has my friend with the printer. thankfully we live next door. like literary. his room is 4 ft form mine.

more meh news - the printer is having some sort of short. the base plate is heating up incorrectly which is preventing us form calibrating it. it may be a few more days before we get a test print done.

the good news. IT WILL COME :)

weather this works or not. it will still be fun to do. we are quite confident this will work though :)

i have an official base plan for the shape of the battery door. i may post sketches or rough models. we shall see :)

oh and my friend joined xda. he will post here soon. i will post his name in the first post when i get around to it as i dont remember what it was at the moment.

thats the update

goodnight everyone.
[Atrix 4G General] Semseddin:
Cool, post some sketches and fire this thread again :)
[Atrix 4G General] gh123man:
we are making slow progress. our printer is having an issue. we need to get that worked out. then we are going to do a test print of the 3d object in the first post to see how accurate it is :) ill keep you guys posted!
[Atrix 4G General] pukemon:
I think the op should get blocks of steel and hand make these with plasma cutters and custom designs. I got $10 on it. J/k.

I voided my warranty.
[Atrix 4G General] gh123man:
3D printer has been fixed. we are doing a test print tomorrow. ill have some real life pictures soon!!!! :)
[Atrix 4G General] Victor B:
Good deal! I can't wait to see what you guys come up with.

I'd love to see a cover that is thicker in order to give the phone a more solid feel.
[Atrix 4G General] pukemon:
Pics?

I voided my warranty and your mum.
[Atrix 4G General] Victor B:
Any updates on this yet?
[Atrix 4G General] gh123man:
yes. our printer is 100% working. we tried to print a test model and we were having issues with subdivisions on the model. since then we have had lots of homework. in the next day or two we are going to attempt a few more test prints.
[Atrix 4G General] steevquinn:
are you kidding me? a metal mesh back would be the worst idea possible. it would be like a tiny faraday cage that covers the and antenna lol. u want as much tranmission as possible not the complete opposite
[Atrix 4G General] ks499:
Hey do you guys have any updates? Sorry to bug you, but I'm very interested! :)
[Atrix 4G General] gh123man:
Dont worry this page hasnt got many updates. We still plan on carrying through. We are having some upgrades dont to the printer. And i need to mke changed to my base model to get a good test print. Our first test print failed due to an error converting and sliceing the model
[Atrix 4G General] lovfors:
If possible, I would apply a coat of some "rough" material. By rough I mean like the Desire.

Also, don't forget the "hinges" ;)
[Atrix 4G General] Azurael:
I think you may have some issues consistently making well-fitting parts with the .3mm resolution of the MakerBot... I'd like to be proven wrong here, 'cause the affordable 3D print revolution is definitely coming soon. But it'll be good for a prototype :)

...On the subject of 3D printers, I saw a brilliant design - it was a commercial system which allowed for making super-high-resolution, incredibly strong parts (they made working things with moving parts like a wrench!) but from what I could see it was using commercial inkjet printheads and I reckon it'd actually be much simpler to build than something like a RepRap/MakerBot. It used a descending base inside a square loading area which was loaded with a powder base, into which ink (for colour) and setting resin was sprayed into the powder by the inkjet heads, then the base descends, is re-levelled and the process repeats until you have a complete object it looked pretty perfect from the moment they blew the loose powder away from the object.
[Atrix 4G General] Aaronneyer:
Looking forward to updates to this. There's a brand new lab at my school with a 3D printer and I'm pretty sure I have access to it, although I haven't checked yet. Would love to see how this new battery door looks.
[HTC Sensation] jetsetwilly:
As the thread title says really; bought some spare batteries off eBay and I've noticed the back of my Sensation is not hot anymore. Happy days. :)
[HTC Sensation] jamiee6610:
Could you give some details about said batteries?
[HTC Sensation] jetsetwilly:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180702759627#ht_2259wt_1139

Although I'd hold off on buying them though...still running them in to see what they're like for durability...
[HTC Sensation] xnifex:
since I got my Anker battery many moons ago the phone doesn't get anywhere near as hot as it did with the stock battery
[HTC Sensation] doctorlirio:
So, does this mean that batteries form third parties are better than HTC stock ones?

If that's true then someone at HTC should be fired and i should be placing an order on a replacement battery right now!! :D
[HTC Sensation] usual_suspect:
Its more likely it keeps cooler because it has a metal casing rather than plastic as in the HTC battery.
[HTC Sensation] hurleyint2000:
Anker 1900mah ftw...best battery ive seen...and best deal on amazon..29$ gets you 2 and a charger!
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Windsor1959:
I posted this in another forum but had no response there, so I'll try here.

I was running 1.2, rooted with MN 4.6.16. I decided to install the 1.3 B&N update. I used nemith's flashable 1.2 to go back to unrooted stock. Worked fine. I manually installed the 1.3 update. Again, all went well. Then, I tried flashing MN 4.6.16.

At first, all seemed well. I restored my apps with TB. Market and Gmail worked. Then I shut my Nook down and rebooted.

I saw the green Nook symbol on the left side of the status bar. Then I discovered that Gmail and Google Maps would not run. Market still opens. I can see and download apps. But after I download an app, I get the "package file is invalid" message. All my other apps work. I can sideload apps. I sideloaded Gmail 2.3.5 and it works.

To fix Market, do I need to go back to nemith's 1.2 and do it all over again, or is there an easier fix I can try?

Thanks for any suggestions.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bullfrog527:
I am having this problem as well? any thoughts?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] convolution:
I have a lot of random residual files from who knows where in my SD card, probably leftovers from unclean uninstalls. I just want to know what is the best way of determining which files are safe to delete, and what is the easiest way to delete like all the random junk on your SD card without having to go to rootexplorer and manually doing it yourself.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilcuber:
Well you can backup your main files from sd and then format your sd card
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martonikaj:
That's what I would do. take off your important files/photos/etc. and then format the SDcard.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bharakrama:
I third this option. My G2 came with a bunch of stuff on the SD card so when I rooted my phone I just copied everything on the SD card onto my computer and then formatted it and then let the phone create what it needed. If there was something the phone needed I just copied it from the backup onto the SD card.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] convolution:
Thanks, but how do I know what stuff to include back into the phone?

So, from my understanding:

Step 1: Drag everything from SD card to PC.

Step 2: Titanium backup?

Step 3: Reformat? (And how do I do that?)

Step 4: ? ? ?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bharakrama:
Titanium Backup only backs up whats on the phones internal memory, not the SD card. So you can do that if you wish but I don't see how using it has any bearing on cleaning your SD card. If you have a SD card to USB adapter then use that to copy all your stuff off the SD card onto the computer then just format the SD card with your computer. If you don't have the adapter, then plug your phone into your computer and copy everything over. Then reboot into recovery and then format the SD card from there or you can do it from within Android by going to Settings -> Storage -> Erase SD card.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blackknightavalon:
Well...what files do you want to keep?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] convolution:
I just want my current apps and contacts to be saved.

I guess my question is, if I wipe out everything on my SD, will my apps still function and will my contacts still be there?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilcuber:
Yes, as long as you back them up. Also you should backup your contacts to google. Its much easier
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] convolution:
Alright, thanks! Here goes nothing...

btw, how did you enjoy the 40 degree summer in Toronto?

I was in mississauga selling books door to door during that heatwave LOL
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] convolution:
Wait, doesn't CWM save ur backups onto your SD?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evilcuber:
yes but thats only for nandroid backups
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] convolution:
so in order for me to keep my nandroid backup I would need to copy that folder into my newly wiped sd, and as for titanium backup, i should be good to go, cuz they are internal?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martonikaj:
You should copy your nandroid backups to your computer before formatting, then copy them back afterwards if you will be needing to restore from them.

As far as Titanium Backup, they're by default backed up to the SDcard also, you should copy these over or sync it up to dropbox (via the app).
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] F4ISR:
Hey Guys

As the title says im searching for a ROM where the Ad Hoc Mode is stable.

At the moment im using DarkyROM JVH v10.1.

The Kernel is I9000XWJVH.

I often need the Ad Hoc Mode and with the Darkyy ROM its not stable and often it wont even work at all.

I send Darkyy a PM but got now answer so far.

Is there any ROM where the Ad Hoc is 100% stable?

Thx for your answers.
[LG Thrill 4G] customk84:
I have successfully rooted my LG Thrill now I can't figure out how to tether it to my computer for a internet connection..any suggestions??
[LG Thrill 4G] baudilus:
If you have a tethering plan: Go to Settings -> Wireless & network -> Tethering & portable hotspot.

If you do not have a tethering plan: You will need to load a ROM built on a non-AT&T ROM that doesn't authenticate with AT&T before enabling the feature.

As far as I know, there are no Thrill specific ROMs available, although I hear Cyanogenmod is working on one. Now that the phone is released, I'm sure there will be some ROMs available in the coming weeks.
[LG Thrill 4G] customk84:
Thrill

Thanks for the info I don't have a tethering plan...so I will have to wait for a ROM that works with the Thrill thanks for the help!
[LG Thrill 4G] stealth110:
tethering

I posted a guide on how to tether the thrill with stock rom in the development section hope it helps.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tom Ber:
Hello,

I have strange problem with widgets. I've tried to use Launcher Pro & Go Launcher EX. Both installed & worked fine. But when I added widget to any of them & then rebooted phone I can see "problem loading widget" instead of the widget. I have no problems with widgets on TouchWiz, just 3rd party launchers. Widgets are in main memory, of course. I wonder if this happened because of the CF-ROOT (e.g. for 100% cf-root is a reason of problems with Dolphin Browser add-ons)?

My ROM is XXKH3 with CF-ROOT 4.1.

Any ideas? Thanks.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] alexgarrett:
I got bored today and murdered a cheap no-name case I bought in the mall for my infuse. It had a smoky clear hard plastic back until I murdered it with my dremel, lol. Now my infuse is suited up with a sweet blue bumper! Happy times!

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[Samsung Infuse 4G] MikeyMike01:
That's a neat idea... I'd like to see a picture of it on.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] alexgarrett:
I'll take a picture of it later with my other phone so you can see it on the infuse
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Focustom:
Wow I like that idea. You should do the same but for extended batteries. I'd throw you a couple bucks for it. Lol I don't have a dremel where I live at school or I'd do it myself.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Tomdg07:
where did everybody go???

no further response from the haters and or pics from the OP???
[Samsung Infuse 4G] alexgarrett:
Sorry guys, I'll try to get a pic of it on the phone tonight if I get a chance. I'm on tour, so I haven't had time to get a pic yet, but I will... and to the "hater", sarcasm IS funny but please understand that I am not by any means using the "bumper" I made as a dd case. I was bored and had the cheapy case I bought at a mall kiosk in front of me as I was putting my real dd case on it and thought it looked a lot like a bumper for the iPhone 4 aside from the hard plastic back. My actual dd case is a white Casemate Pop case, and it's sexy as all hell, lol. Again, the bumper thing was for grins, I'm destructive when I'm bored
[Samsung Infuse 4G] alexgarrett:
Here are a couple of quick pics I snagged. It isn't perfect by any means, but it was fun to do View attachment 716870 View attachment 716871
[Samsung Infuse 4G] andrawer:
That's funny i took a Dremel to one of my Infuse cases also to make a bumper like my ole iphne4.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] sonomar:
Jokes Aside

Jokes aside, I have a question regarding this bumper, as I chopped one together for my extended battery Infuse.

Has anyone figured out a way to keep one of these from falling off? It's the only reliable protection for my extended battery, but it gets shoved off the phone every time I put it in my pocket.

Does anyone thing there may be a way to make it 'stick' to the phone?

Just a thought.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] alexgarrett:
it's all in your choice of case to butcher... Mine has no trouble whatsoever with staying on. Check the materials used in construction, mainly how rigid the sides are on the original case you're cutting. My case used two different materials for the "bumper" area and the back. The rubber of the sides was pretty rigid and the back was a hard plastic...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Focustom:
What I did for this is put the tpu case on with my extended battery and slowly cut a hole bigger and bigger. Baby fits perfect. Cut aren't 100% straight but no one will notice but me haha.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] willverduzco:
Thread cleaned up. Let's not troll here please.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] :
I have like 5 of those cases. might do it tonight. and as regarding to it falling off. on a TPU case it wont because the case kinda hugs the screen a bit on the front.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HTC_EVO:
Hi Guys,

My Peoples and Calendar Widget (from HTC) reset every so often. After I unlock my phone and scroll the screen to the widgets I see them updating for a few seconds.

Have anybody seen this before?, any fix for this ?

I am running Synergy RLS1 with ChopSuey v.9.2.7 Kernel.

Thanks
[HTC EVO 3D] pyovue:
Hi guys,

For some reason my End Call button text is not in the middle. I just noticed this about 2 days ago. I duno what happened. I am not rooted, to the latest update. Any suggestions, instead of trying a reset? Thanks.
[HTC EVO 3D] il Duce:
you could try a simple reboot. If that doesn't work, try deleting and reinstalling apps that have access to your dialer (one by one) and see if somehow that's the issue.
[HTC EVO 3D] pyovue:
Thanks, it was skype causing that problem.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dman2011:
Hi,

Since moving from KE1 to KG5 to KH3, I've noticed the camera has changed a bit.

One annoying thing, how do I turn off the shutter sounds? I cannot stand them.

In KE1 (O2 Branded KE1), there was a menu option to turn off the shutter sound.

I tried renaming the files, as it's rooted (c-f...) , but it just kept saying "rename failed".

Thanks,

Darren

PS: Have to say I preferred the menus UI on the camera in KE1.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheGhost1233:
Make sure you mount system as r/w before changing the name.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigdreco:
how come no Dev include SuperCharger in their ROm?? and is it worth installing it on RandomRom 2.2 phoenix???
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adamdelozier:
Not sure of the answer to the first question, but I am running Supercharger on RR Phoenix and it makes it a little snappier. Loads a little faster on reboot. Phoenix is already an amazing ROM, but SC makes it just a hair quicker. I am using option 6 right now...havent really had a need to try to get anymore out of it. Hope that helps!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pvtjoker42:
I believe ERA's EC05 has everything you need for the supercharger scripts baked into the rom, you just have to run which ever scripts you choose after booting up.
[Nook Color General] B_Sharp:
I have my DPI changed to 160 in the build.prop, but I still have to go in and clear data on my Market once in a while to get access to download an app. Is there anything obvious I could be missing? Also, my nook freezes several time a day right now, and no I haven't tried a different nightly but I'm curious if the overclock settings in Nook Color Tweaks are the culprit, is there anyway for me to find out exactly what is causing the freeze?
[Nook Color General] B_Sharp:
To update, I searched the forum more and found that beautiful widgets was the cause of my freezing issues. I still have no idea what's causing the market problem.
[Nook Color General] mis3:
Common problem with the market and 160 dpi. If you change to 240, (then clear market data), you should be fine after that.
[Nook Color General] sterling500:
What is the default that the nook should use? I tried 240 and all the icons are big, too big for my taste.
[Nook Color General] skwalas:
You don't have much choice. Google's new emphasis on checking device compatibility is the main culprit. You can do one of the following:

- keep cm7 default at 161 with new market and live with seriously restricted market access.

- set to 160 with new market and live with repeated market data clearing to keep it working

- set to 240 with new market and live with huge icons and lack of tablet-focused apps

- remove market updater and live with old market (and potential new problems later?)

Pick your poison.
[Nook Color General] carlosraf20:
how do you change the /system/build.prop to 160? I try in the terminal emulator and I get permission denied , is there something I need to do before this .
[Nook Color General] DizzyDen:
Mount system as r/w first... it defaults to r/o
[Nook Color General] xantheman:
check out lcd density lets you change dpi "on the fly" it does a reboot but it is a speedy one not a normal hard reboot what i do is set dpi to 240 wipe market install app i want change back to 160 161 169 w/e you want and reboot again takes less than 2 minutes to grab the app even with two reboots!

please thank me if this helps!
[Nook Color General] izzmeth:
Thank you.

New user here. I don't see a thank you button so quick thanks. This allowed me to download kindle which had previously given me a message "your device is not compatible with this application."
[General Questions and Answers] Reccasenli:
well i tried to post to the correct place but the site wouldn't let me cause i just signed up. (here is where i tried to post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=848737&page=19 ) that's the fix and rescue guide.

Well anyway i have a Vibrant galaxy s and i tried to flash it with the clockwork recovery long story short i "bricked" it so i got odin flashed it to 2.2 and now the phone boots up just fine but now i can't access the SD card my pc won't see the phone and i also have no signal with the phone so i can't access the android market to download ROM manager.

i have been reading the forums for about 4 hours now and i'm kinda at a loss.

if anyone has any incite on this any help would be appreciated.

flashed with PDA_T959UVKB5

usb drivers installed
[General Questions and Answers] mccabet:
I am not an expert on the vibrant by any means, But I have loaded multiple roms and reverted to stock on my captivate which is the same family.

First thing is to make sure you have the correct image for the vibrant to load via odin or heimdal.

My thought is the image is not correct. The image, when loaded via odin, can change the boot loaders. This can make the internal devices and usb not work. It is possible the USB drivers are now different based on the image you loaded. Try the generic drivers in the Android SDK.

If your sure the image is correct, I would try loading it again.