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[Epic 4G General] XtaC318:
Insurance is the biggest fraud ever invented in our world.
[Epic 4G General] mtwow789:
haha thanks for advices!

If "accident" happen soon, I will definitely use the insurance. But the process looks more daunting.

They also told me that no deductible / accidental damage coverage for the phone. But I did some more research and found that there is a small print, where they have to send my phone for repair. So it takes them at least 3weeks to decide if it is repairable or not. I think their deadline is 30 days, which after that I can be angry at them and they have to give me a new phone.

I found many experiences with BBM insurance is bad. Almost all of them had to do wait 3 weeks.

Although I have retired HTC Vogue, I don't know I would happy without Epic for a month...

haha
[Epic 4G General] Kodeen:
So let's say I'm tired of my car, I want a new one. So I torch the current car to the ground, and you're saying this is not fraud because this is what insurance is for?
[Epic 4G General] KennyG123:
They changed that. Sprint phones are now part of Rapid Exchange. They just order you a new phone. They were all set to order a new one for me for the PRL issue but the day I headed over there was the same day Sprint fixed the error in their network.
[Epic 4G General] algorhythm:
Talking about forcefully destroying a phone to exploit an insurance process IS insurance fraud. Saying you are going to "stick it to them" because they "stick it to you" is just as ridiculous... because, guess what. You willingly pay for a luxury item and you accept the charges they want to charge you.

Just like Kodeen said, insurance is NOT a future phone upgrade service, just like how car/home insurance is NOT a future car/home upgrade service. Just remember that if you start exploiting the system, you are part of the problem of rising insurance costs AND revisions of insurance policies. I just await the 1000 threads complaining about how horrible Sprint/Best Buy is because of insurance process changes.

But if you have no decency, I guess what do you care??
[Epic 4G General] edonnelly:
Yes. If he lies to make the insurance claim, then it's fraud.

If he goes into Best Buy, says he bricked his phone on purpose, and they're ok with that and give him a new one, then it's not fraud. Maybe they would be fine with it, and that would allow him to sleep at night knowing that he got a new phone honestly. If he says he was "clumsy" when he wasn't, or makes up any other untrue but somehow justified-in-his-own-mind claim, then he's lying and committing fraud.

Personally, I agree that $10/month is too much for insurance. That's why I chose not to get it. It's not like anyone makes you go to Best Buy to get their insurance.
[Epic 4G General] dharkness:
playing by the rules is harder , u u d d l r l r b a b a select start makes life easier with the new hotness phone. Business don't go by morals but mear profit.
[Epic 4G General] AproSamurai:
I don't mean to be of any bother, but it somewhat regards to this topic. I didn't initially add TEP to my Epic on purchase. But being that enrollment is open would there be any incurring charges? It's been on my mind but I thought I'd go for a trusted opinion rather than a gut feeling haha. Thanks for any answers. :)

Edit: Found my own answer as it seems. Didn't phrase the question right all the other times in Google.-___-' Apologies.
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
Intentional abuse claimed as accidental is definitely insurance fraud. Insurance covers accidental damage. Not "ok I feel like changing/replacing my phone so I'm gonna brick it on purpose and take advantage of the insurance I have so I can not have to pay retail for a replacement for something I intended to destroy"

It's insurance fraud what he intends to do. Opinions on either side are still just opinions. It's just the plain truth whether you agree with it or not. Read your insurance terms.
[Epic 4G General] -SpeedofSound-:
This thread is Epic!!

I have to say that, insurance fraud or not, you cannot upgrade your phone using insurance...that would be ridiculous! Even more ridiculous is being mad at your phone because it does not have the latest Android OS...LMAO
[Epic 4G General] Silent25r:
I'm shocked this thread is still open. This is insurance fraud. It doesn't any near as much as house or even a car so it isn't taking too seriously. But still, it is insurance fraud.

I have had a few companies sell me their third party insurance and tell me to break the device at the end of it's life so I can get a new one. Oh the times I wish I carried around a tape recorder so I can share what their best buy support person thought was a good idea with their corporate department.

However, I'm a lot less careful with devices that I have insurance on. Just brought a epic 4g touch. I don't normally take my phone fishing with me. Guess what? I have insurance so it's going with me. It will be with my when I'm playing with the kids and the dog. I will take it out in places I wouldn't normally bring a phone like this out in. And not be afraid of carrying it with me on the days when it looks like it's about to rain. Allow kids to play games on my device without me forcing them to sit down and stay still while holding it.

All the above I wouldn't and haven't done when I didn't have insurance. Because for me insurance is for a peace of mind of knowing that no matter what the most I'm going to have to pay is 100 dollar debatable on my device. This isn't fraud. It is what insurance was meant for.

And yes, I have ruined a phone while fishing. Never underestimate the splash of a large catfish being pulled into a boat. It left me soaked and I was so happy to catch I forgot my brand new phone was in my pocket... 100 dollars and 24 hours later I was good to go again.
[Epic 4G General] hayzooos:
In a few ways, you actually can. If the phone you had is no longer available, they have to give you one with 'similar features' and 'of similar value'. Meaning, if the phone you had was a top tier Android phone, the next one you would get would have to be in the same tier with the same functionality.

I doubt you would get say an Epic Touch for your current Epic, but in a few months...I bet that's exactly what they get replaced with.
[Epic 4G General] mtwow789:
I understand your concern and I share with you. Now before I begin, I have not used insurance for any phone replacement since I got my cellphone as a teenager. I just treasure all my phones, unlike someone who gets drunk and throws the phone just because they are drunk and got a replacement (one of my roommate during my college year). I probably spent around $800 on phone insurance by now.

I believe that people can "abuse" the insurance one way or another.

People buy insurance to have peace of mind for any risk they face. The risks they intentionally take because they have the insurance. Risks that would be avoided if the insurance wasn't available.

Another case is people testing out Beta roms or some unsafe software operations. This will likely cause brick, and every devs who put the custom roms on this site have disclamer saying "this can brick your phone".

So if I brick my phone while ODINING and get a replacement, am I committing fraud?

Anyways, I am not here to argue.

I am just looking for any advice regarding exchange experience with Best Buy insurance.

My intent is not to encourage any fraud of any kind.
[Epic 4G General] BeerChameleon:
They gave me a refurbished one..

My brother got one sent to him when he cracked his screen with another battery and charger brand new :(

I don't know maybe it was the store i took my brick into awhile back..
[Epic 4G General] gtuansdiamm:
If u really wanna brick your phone go flash and odin stuff for different phones

Try galaxy tabs stuff and the gs2 stuff
[Epic 4G General] Zeinzu:
Sprint's idea of a similar value phone for the Epic is a Blackberry Tour or a Transform. Trust me I know. When told I was having issues through my TEP these were the alternate devices offered to me by Sprint. I was even told the Evo would not be considered an equal replacement. Then again I was also told by the rep who "owns the same device as me" that my phone doesn't have a front facing camera, can simultaniously surf internet while on a call using 3g (not 4g or wifi, she said 3g) and that it is not a 4g capable device. She argued these points till I eventually hung up.
[Epic 4G General] the_scotsman:
Go talk about fraud somewhere else. We won't allow in xda :mad: :rolleyes:
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Irishdoom:
I'm asking this because I added an external SD a couple weeks ago, and can't seem to figure how to make the best use of it. I can't move apps to it through Apps2SD, and when I try to move my Amazon MP3 folder to it, that doesn't seem to change where the app saves new songs I download to my phone.

So what's it good for? Larger video file storage? Am I missing something?
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Joseg1320:
I put music on my SD Card. What I need to know is what's the best use for the External memory that comes with the phone. Nothing is ever stored there.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rymenigmatic:
There is thread in development about changing internal mounts that might be helpful
[Samsung Infuse 4G] ixenn:
I hope its gingerbread!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] serpent2005:
Not GB, just finished the OTA update -- it's update to Froyo only :(
[Samsung Infuse 4G] CheesyNutz:
lets hope all the updates mean gingerbread of close

also with samsung phones do the ota's break root ?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Entropy512:
If it wipes /system, it can break root. However, as long as download mode doesn't get broken by a bootloader update, Odin/Heimdall can always inject root via an initramfs hack - this can be done even without kernel sources.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] donnynoob:
What version of the2.2 or 2.3？
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Entropy512:
UCKH1 is 2.2.1
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nsm:
Hello, some thoughts on the following please:

I have an android phone and the galaxy tab.

I would like to sync the built in calendar between the two devices.

First point to note: I am not using the cloud, even though this would solve my problem.

At the moment I am syncing my htc phone via htc sync to ms outlook.

Then via kies down to the galaxy.

Yes, not ideal.

So, I had the following thought:

I tried mybackup pro and backed up calendar on phone.

Transferred the file to the galaxy (I can automate this part.on schedule)

Again using mybackup pro on the galaxy, I would then restore.

Problem...when restoring it said that it will restore to gmail....which is not what I wanted.

Again forget about gmail calendar, can anyone advise another way of achieving this?
[Motorola Droid Bionic] exdox77:
Does anyone know if the Bionic has a shock sensor? I have dropped the Bionic twice and it has shut off and unable to turn back on. I have to remove the battery each time.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] chipo58:
I've dropped my bionic once and didn't have anything happen. I'm not in a hurry to replicate the scenario. my understanding is that shock won't hurt the memory since it is all flash memory. I could be wrong though
[Motorola Droid Bionic] ninjagonepostal:
As there are no moving parts except for the 3 outer keys on the DROID Bionic, it does not need a shock sensor. Your phone probably shut off due to the contacts between battery and phone not touching for just long enough, when it bounced off the ground, that it lost power.
[Motorola Triumph] platypuss94:
Ok so for the past feew weeks i have been working on finding a suitable miui rom that would work on the triumph because personally it is my favorite rom ever.

what i have here is the ideos x6 miui port that i have booted on my triumph. please note this is not for daily use WHATSOEVER!!!!

the only things that work on this rom are the UI and (sometimes Wifi).

if you flash this rom please except a lot of force closes and no cell service. as soon as it boots you will need to go to the drop down menu and turn it on airplane mode or the system will force close the phone over and over. from there you can go into wifi and turn that on. this works on occasion but not all the time.

the only reason i am posting this is so someone smarter than me can work out the button and radio issues (i am currently a senior in high school)

what works

wifi

ui

bluetooth

music player

what doesnt work

buttons are reversed

radio

camera

torch

some google apps

MIUI ROM

flash through CWM. wipe data/cache. i woul flash a stock deoxed rom first just to be safe.

http://www.mediafire.com/?fwyo9qyjexbsmbg

as i said before this is so people can help me get this up and running.

I TAKE NO CREDIT FOR ANY OF THIS WORK!!!!
[Motorola Triumph] iloveandroid16:
Maybe tinker can help-
[Motorola Triumph] garymachete:
Thanks for getting this started. If Issac or Ticker have ever used miui they know its an incredible rom. We had such wonderful miui support when I had the evo, i look forward to someday having a daily build. To me miui is definitely the most polished and useful rom. Its simply beautiful.
[Motorola Triumph] StaticMaal:
Did You Use This?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1264639
[Motorola Triumph] platypuss94:
mostly but i did make a few changes myself to try and get stuff working
[Motorola Triumph] StaticMaal:
So if i install the newest one i wont be able to use the features that you have working?
[Motorola Triumph] iloveandroid16:
I just flashed it, its amazing!!!! All we need is 3g

I hope tinker can help us with that
[Motorola Triumph] iloveandroid16:
Sorry about the quality
[Motorola Triumph] iloveandroid16:
Hello anyone there? I swear the triumph development is soo lame... Where are the people who loves this phone, all I see is people complaing about their 3g or batter y, get over it and lets try to improve it, im in high school as well so I am inexperienced but I would love to see this phone get MIUI instead of this thread being just another dead thread in the past.
[Motorola Triumph] platypuss94:
sorry i was out of town camping. if you flash this rom you will have a standard wifi miui triumph. 3g will not work. i am working on it though. so far i have fixed the camera so if you would like me to post that version i will. otherwise i am learning from a miui dev on how to get radio up and running.
[Motorola Triumph] iloveandroid16:
You have nothing to be sorry for, I was talking in general, but no thank you I dont need the camera, about the 3g... I think tinker over at www.androidforum.com can help with that becsuse somehow he got it to work on CM7.
[Motorola Triumph] garymachete:
You keep saying tinker... there is no tinker. His name is Tickerguy. Show some respect!
[Motorola Triumph] iloveandroid16:
Lol my bad, its not that serious bro calm down . & who are you !!??
[Motorola Triumph] garymachete:
I'm calm. Calmer than you are.
[Motorola Triumph] platypuss94:
STOP. no arguing please!!!
[Motorola Triumph] platypuss94:
ok i have sent a message to tickerguy for some help
[Motorola Triumph] iloveandroid16:
Thanks
[Motorola Triumph] StaticMaal:
I cant flash it i keep getting assert failed getprop("ro.product.device") and ("ro.produtct.product")

---------- Post added at 12:59 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:55 AM ----------

How? What did you have before?
[Motorola Triumph] iloveandroid16:
I came from CM7 make sure you do a wipe.
[Motorola Triumph] StaticMaal:
I did then i flashed a deoxed rom then wiped that and tired to install it and it wouldn't do it.
[Motorola Triumph] iloveandroid16:
Try it without the deoxed rom, I haven't done it and it works for me. I flash it every night when I come home from school because its not a daily rom
[Motorola Triumph] StaticMaal:
I still cant do it

I tried like 5 times and it still wouldn't work i even have to newest recovery CWM-based v5.0.2.3 by isaac. I keep getting that error. assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device")=="fb0" II getprop("ro.build.product")==fb0"
[Motorola Triumph] iloveandroid16:
Mmm that's weird. I am far from a developer so I'm as lost as you are.
[Motorola Triumph] garymachete:
Yea I can't get it to install, and I'm using cwm 4.0.15 or something and on coming from full data and cache and dalvik wipe.
[Motorola Triumph] isaacj87:
Well, I've managed to get 3G/data and RIL working properly. There's still some things I need to do before I put up a build. Here's some screenies of 3G in action: http://androidforums.com/3258216-post17.html

EDIT: The keymapping will be fixed also, I just need to rebuild the kernel with VMSPLIT_3G.
[Motorola Triumph] iloveandroid16:
The best news ive heard since CM7

EDIT: Happy birthday.
[Motorola Triumph] tj_style:
Great job :)
[Motorola Triumph] isaacj87:
Trying to get VMSPLIT3G to work with Triumph kernel, but we lose half of our RAM.

Here's the output for logcat and dmesg:

logcat: http://pastebin.com/r6Np5KVR

dmesg: http://pastebin.com/sRk3Xi9g
[Motorola Triumph] tj_style:
yes, the problem :

this is my changes for CM7:

https://github.com/tjstyle/FIH-Kernel-MSM7x30/commit/3917e3f93a2fb62fe06a1519b1696abaa595d5fe

in this line [0x1E00000] is too high:

https://github.com/ikarosdev/kernel_wx435/blob/master/arch/arm/mach-msm/board-msm7x30.c#L158

As the normal value is 0x1700000, It's good enough to run on FIH-FB0 CM7 (VM_Split 3G), but we need more for MIUI, so 0x1300000 is good enough.

Use normal value [0x500000]:

https://github.com/ikarosdev/kernel_wx435/blob/master/arch/arm/mach-msm/board-msm7x30.c#L161

Move down to [0x1800000] on this line:

https://github.com/ikarosdev/kernel_wx435/blob/master/arch/arm/mach-msm/board-msm7x30.c#L165

I Think better to merging FIH-FD1 kernel source with CAF source, because you will lost more ram with FIH default kernel.
[Motorola Triumph] isaacj87:
Which branch did you use from CAF?
[Motorola Triumph] tj_style:
I'm using :

branch: froyo_pumpkin

tag: M7630AABBQMLZA2030

Because FIH is using same tag, you can see on amss.mbn:

aslo you can merge some source from 2.6.35.7 so it will run more smooth with memory for userspace above 350Mb:

Until now, we just miss Native wifi tether and fm radio :(
[Motorola Triumph] isaacj87:
Okay. This helped. ROM will boot and work properly now, but RAM is still only showing 256 MB :(

So, if I clone CAF kernel and merge FIH changes (and make changes you listed above), I will get 512 MB RAM again?
[Motorola Triumph] tj_style:
Merge, Not just copy paste, it will work fine :)
[Motorola Triumph] isaacj87:
Okay, took the stock kernel source Motorola gave us. Merge it back into CAF sources using Meld. I added the changes you listed above and rebuilt. It boots, but I'm still sitting at 256 MB.

I tried cloning and building the sources you have on Github (FIH-kernel-msm7x30), but the keymapping is still off. The conditionals aren't working for this particular hardware (PR5).
[Motorola Triumph] isaacj87:
Nevermind, I got it working.
[Motorola Triumph] tj_style:
you've got working keymap?

Sent from my FIH-FB0
[Motorola Triumph] kofman13:
you guys are beasts! cant wait!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] johnnyham89:
I have finally found the best mix of ROM and kernel but with one problem, wifi doesn't work. Whenever I try to go to turn it on it just says error and can't connect. The kernel that I am using is HierOS 1.7.5 kernel mainly because of the smartass governor v2 since overclocking no longer gets my cpu speed stuck at 384. The ROM I am trying to use it on is Cmylxgo's stock desire HD ROM.

Kernel:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1233125

ROM:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=915159

Any help or workaround would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] casemandan:
You can try to turn the phone off as soon as you get the error when turning wifi on

And go into Recovery>Advanced >FIX PERMISSIONS

If kernel is compatible it should fix it for you

If not I suggest to find another Froyo Rom like Coredroid 1.6 or 1.7

All works there and it's also Themed so its an eyecandy it works with Hieros Kernel
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] slbenz:
You need to find another kernel to use. The one you listed is for Gingerbread based ROMs and not Froyo based like Cmylxgos. Is there a problem with using the current Rafpinga 1.9 kernel associated with Cmylxgo's ROM? When I was on his ROM, I never had a issue with WiFi connectivity. I am now using Tytung's Nexus HD2 v3.0 ROM which is a Gingerbread ROM. No WiFi issues as well.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cstrife999:
Alright this one is strange. Sometimes my notifications won't make sound. I find the only way to get them to sound is to reboot my phone. My only question is why is it that this happens in the first place? I use the droid notification for texts from the phone's normal menu and for gtalk I use one from my sd card. I am really at a loss here...
[Motorola Droid Bionic] mrlinch:
I'm also having issues with notifications, but more with the vibrate. None of my notifications I mark as "vibrate" actually vibrate, despite having it marked to "always" vibrate in the sound menu.

As for your problem, cstrife, do you have any apps that change volume or is your volume in the "sound" menu different? I know that Lightflow seemed to mess with my sounds a bit. I also use "notification manager" to turn off sounds at night, and sometimes in the morning the scheduler doesn't restore volume settings properly.

Gawd I'm just waiting for a good custom ROM.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] cstrife999:
Nope no apps other than the volume settings I use.
[Motorola Droid Bionic] Rip Syntaxx:
I notice the exact same thing regarding the vibrate function... I can feel incoming calls, but not any notifications (i.e. texts, GoogleTalk IMs, etc.). Not a SUPER huge deal, but would rather it work--than not.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] The Archangel:
I was reading around an found this.it's built by syndicate apps, look towards the bottom of the article an there's a link to download it.

http://www.slashgear.com/ice-cream-sandwich-launcher-app-hands-on-video-19180882/

From my fist to your face, enjoy.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Cl8rs:
Ehh...its....okay....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] The Archangel:
I personally like it, something different.

From my fist to your face, enjoy.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Pheno.menon:
Any idea how to circumvent this? The button for switching languages is right next to the comma button. The designer who thought of this needs to be punched in the face... repeatedly. :mad:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beejmeister:
Hold down that button and uncheck Spanish. It basically disables the button making it even LESS usefully placed... DOH!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dalmus:
The development team also should be punched in face for making it a NON update-able app!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] coach628:
Which device do we choose when flashing a RECOVERY... the my touch 4g slide is not on the list??
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Undeadk9:
THE MT4GS is NOT supported by Rom Manager. Do NOT choose ANY of the devices.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] _atlien_:
We need the s-off, root and recovery threads to be stickied. Why is that taking so long to happen?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] coach628:
So should we remove Rom Manager from the phone until it makes the list?

Btw...thanks for the info.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yellowjacket1981:
You can still use rom manager to boot into recovery after you have it installed
[EVO 4G General] gab2012:
I kinda hate the UI on the thing, browsing for music is complicated to say the least.

What are other music player options available for android? I would prefer something free but if its a paid app I'm willing to pay for it.

Also some of my music has incorrect album info, any way to edit this on the phone manually?

Thanks guys :)
[EVO 4G General] theheathen:
I use PlayerPro from the market. It's a paid app but well worth it. Very easy to navigate and you can edit the song tags in the app.
[EVO 4G General] gab2012:
Can I edit stuff for example, I Have two songs from The Killers, one says the artist is TheKillers (without the space)?. This causes 2 different artists to pop up

Going to start reading some reviews.