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[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JimJack01:
hi, when I tried to flash my motorola defy with sbf_flash I get error:verifying CG31 Checksum error (Expected 0x9a68, Got 0xc5a4)

Now, it does not boot, going straight to bootloader and no futher, regardless of the buttons I'm pressing.

What I can doing to unbrick my defy?

Thank's!
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryan8r:
Were you trying to downgrade? What rom were you on earlier?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JimJack01:
I don't know what rom version was before, maybe I can somehow check it?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryan8r:
Were you on Eclair, Froyo or Gingerbread?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daleazulejo:
I am having the same issues here, my defy wont load, been stuck in the bootloader for a couple of hours. Any help will be greatly aprecciated
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanielKrause:
I'm having the same error's. Somebody solved the problem or know, what is the problem?
[Xoom General] Viventis:
I live in North Carolina. My Xoom came yesterday from Amazon and I am pretty sure it came with a non-USA firmware. The first hint came when the power plug looked like the one I use for my dryer (an adapter was included). The second is that the language was pre-set to English (Singapore) and the time was a Pacific zone. When I checked for an update, it flashed to 3.1 rather than 3.2 with no additional updates available. My model shows as MZ604 rather than Xoom.

What should I do. The choices are:

1) Do nothing. It seems to work great. I didn't get Cordy and Google Books but the XDA Netflix apk works perfectly (except for the "update available" bug). Is anyone aware of other limitations? I am assuming I will get 3.2 eventually.

2) Root it to USA firmware. Will I lose any functionality at all if I do this?

3) Send it back. But I really don't want the hassle or the wasted time.
[Xoom General] RMerlin:
I would simply flash the US firmware on it. You won't need to root for this, and for all intent and purposes, the device will afterward act like a pristine US device.
[Xoom General] okantomi:
As long as it is a WiFi only Xoom, there should be no problems with making it a US Xoom. The hardware is identical.
[Xoom General] Viventis:
I elected to return it. Someone posted on another forum that he also got a foreign Xoom from an Amazon partner and was told that there was a possibilty that the hardware was not genuine. I won't chance that.

There may be something widespread going on. The poster on the other forum got his from Masterdeals via Amazon. I got mine from IMG Direct through Amazon. But now I am wondering what happenned at Newegg. I ordered a Xoom that was listed as 'In Stock." My credit card was charged. Three days later I got an email that the Xoom was out of stock. I logged in to see when they were expected because the price was good. My account said the order was "Void." Now Newegg doesn't even list the Xoom for sale. My luck. I have been charged twice for a Xoom and I don't even have one.
[HTC EVO 3D] jedibutters:
so for the passed couple week my evo been making phone calls by its self .it was funny seening it dial random number. But the other day i was at the movies and it called every one in my phone book while it was in sleep mode. I took it to sprint and told them this was happening and look at me crazy . so they did some test on it .and sure enough my screen was going out on the bottom . but they said they had to wait till they had a replacement phone for me . so i been with a half touch for a week now .any one else had this problem
[HTC EVO 3D] cobraboy85:
you were probably hAxor3d. hide yo kids, hide yo wife, cause they rapin erry body
[HTC EVO 3D] mattfmartin:
Your phone had a poltergeist. Take it to a priest. Not sprint. That's were you messed up
[HTC EVO 3D] EricSS619:
My friends wife has this same problem with her 3d. It can just be chilling in the table and it will turn on and start calling people.
[HTC EVO 3D] Jjday7:
That's a favorite on my YouTube forever LOL.
[HTC EVO 3D] reverepats:
are all 3D's being sold in stores right now coming with the NEW HZBOOT instyalled in it?.....j/w
[HTC EVO 3D] jedibutters:
not that i know of im keeping my evo3d unrooted till they have a good rom worth rooting it . I would like to see a full 3d sense but i would never happen.
[HTC EVO 3D] cobraboy85:
Till "they" have a good rom? That is a blatantly retarded and ignorant statement.

bastardized rom. it's fast. get some.
[HTC EVO 3D] JohnM:
That, and, 3D sense would be pointless because it wood look terrible (all pixely and stuff) and it would have to be in landscape view.
[HTC EVO 3D] cobraboy85:
Well I was saying that more because his comment insinuated that none of the roms are any good... Meaning the ones that all the guys in the dev section have developed? Or what? Pretty dumb comment when A. He hasnt even used any of them and B. Its a slap in the face to the hours these guys spend building them. I have used/tested just about all of them, and my phone was a million times better than it was out of the box with every one of them. People need to think before they post.

bastardized rom. it's fast. get some.
[HTC EVO 3D] JohnM:
I completely agree, but I wanted to add that too.
[HTC EVO 3D] Markolc:
I'm on my second 3d for this exact same reason. Often the phone would start moving\deleting apps off my home screen lol. It would also send a lot of gibberish text messages as I'd watch swiftkey just run away with words that I wasn't typing lol.

Sprint also had to order me a replacement but I got it in just 2 days
[HTC EVO 3D] LurkerJoe:
lmao, and you need to relax.
[HTC EVO 3D] cobraboy85:
Lol ok

bastardized rom. it's fast. get some.
[HTC EVO 3D] jedibutters:
Im just tired of people making such a big deal about cm7. All cm7 is plain android. Yes it was nice and fast on the old evo. But now it time for something different. We have the tech to make sense 3d it would be so nice. cobraboy85 if you like something other than sense on the evo 3d good for you. maybe u should of got the nexus s 4g then.
[HTC EVO 3D] jamiejayhawk:
I totally lucked out tonight. I HTC unlocked my 1st (you can see where this is going) w/synergy nightly decided to die. Charge port went out. So my week old brand new EVO has been replaced by a hboot 1.3 "recertified" phone. All I know is, the 3d has not been as cool as u thought. Need an opinion. Have a trade for sg2 lined up. Thoughts.
[HTC EVO 3D] jedibutters:
My problem with Samsung phone they don't know how to keep up to day . The epic 4g still has 2.2 thats sad . That phone came out after the EVO and the EVO has 2.3.3 . With having a HTC phones they will b always updated (except the hero)
[HTC EVO 3D] asbjörn:
My girlfriend's 3VO has the EXACT same problem! And it doesn't seem to matter how many times I wipe her phone or what ROM I slap on there.
[HTC EVO 3D] justj:
It's been reportted that swiftkey in some cases cause strange issues with EVO 3D. Try uninstall it.
[HTC EVO 3D] mazook98:
I am perplexed by this post.......

I either just got trolled (my guess),

or this is a kid. (my second guess).

A couple things, anyway, just for the S&G's.... :

First, THIS:

"All CM7 is (sic) plain Android."

Um, yeah, and that's all you should want it to be:

**Straight up-blazing-fast-small-rommed-custom-kerneled-Android, BUT, with a ****load of "extra customization options" that are very carefully painted on top.

(That sounds pretty much like a perfect situation to me.)

Then, THIS:

"We have the tech to make sense 3d, it would be so nice."

Oh, really... DO WE have the tech?

One question...

(and this is only if you assume that bloated memory-hog called Sense could actually be "ported into 3D")

Where in the world would you put it?

With the standard, (not-even-a-full-version) of a Stock HTC Evo3d Sense 3.0 Rom weighing in at like 700 Megs, how big do you think a fully 3-d, re-drawn, optimized version would come in at?

3 gigs? 4 gigs? 10?

You're on the wrong phone (or the wrong planet) if you wanna start discussing the development or even the possibility of a 3+Gigabyte Rom.

Sheesh.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeminati:
I am interested in getting the Verizon model for how cheap it is. Is it possible to sim unlock the Verizon model to use on T-mobile?

I know someone is offering a boot unlocks and regular sim unlocks with GSM models. Not sure if it will work with the CDMA model.

Insights?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zerojay:
He said he can unlock Verizon locked Plays as well.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeminati:
He just said on the 12th page post of his unlocking forum that the GSM baseband isnt supported.

"Originally Posted by mightytharos

Hello,

I am still wondering if the root process allows the XPERIA PLAY from Verizon (cdma version) to be used as a World phone (by putting a sim card in the slot). I'd appreciate if you guys can tell me if this is possible.

Thank you

I think @netorino is right, baseband doesnt allow gsm networks."

I am just asking and double making sure cause I kept seeing people using the word "unlocked". And I know unlocked has multiple meanings. (boot, sim,ect)

I come from HD2 XDA.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antEris:
Don't quote me...but I think you would be better off getting the AT&T play as its gsm as is T-mob, while Verizon is cdma.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryocoon:
Quick answer? NO, absolutely not.

Longer answer?

Basically the SIM Slot seems to be physically uncoupled from the chassis. Further, the chipset that would be running the GSM is replaced with one for the CDMA. Whether it can function as both is a question, but the chip is actually different (from my teardown to look, the chip numbering is different from the tech/repair manuals).

I would, in general, assume that no phone that is on Verizon (unless it specifically says "World phone" or "World Edition") can be used on T-Mobile. CDMA vs GSM silliness. Different frequencies, different methods, different technologies.

So while the bootloader unlcok could work for the CDMA model, the SIM-unlock wouldn't.

Interestingly enough, there are still traces of the GSM code in the phone's diagnostic menus though.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkkarny717:
i have a friend that has a phone repair shop in my hometown. i called him when i found a play that is cdma thru verizon. it is a world phone and has a sim card slot. he said that as long as its a world phone version it can be unlocked for gsm use in the united states. idk im getting one tonight and im gonna tinker with it and once i get it all going i will let everyone know on here if it can in fact be unlocked for gsm use in the US.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] starboi4eva:
Well???

Well did your tinkering work?
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkkarny717:
well turns out that the phone ended up not having a sim card slot and the person that i was supposed to purchase it from had no clue about anything. i did not end up buying this device. sorry!!!!
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ozzmanj1:
This was stated years ago, the R800x has a sim card slot but it is turned off on a hardware level. It is a non-functioning sim slot.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] cat2115:
My phone is already rooted and currently on infused v2.2.2. So far flashing from rom to rom or installing apps from apps, there are so many folder in phone.

Is there anyway to do a clean flash where all those unnecessary folder not be in the phone? Even if i do a wipe/reset, I still see other folder from different rom i flashed or other apps folder that i no long needed. I hope you understand what i'm trying to say.

thx
[Samsung Infuse 4G] slapshot30:
You must manually delete those folders between flashing. Dont worry, it wont harm anything, just be sure to not delete anything you need. For instance, i always delete all the folders except the DCIM one for my photos and my titanium.backup folder. All other needed folders will be created again when you flash the new rom.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Uncle Irish:
You can always mount the SD card to your computer and format it that way as well. Just remember what slapshot30 said about backing up items you will want to keep though.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] BadFishCM:
I go through all those folders in root explorer, and and if there's nothing in them and the name doesn't seem important (like gnotes) I end up deleting them.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] akarol:
You call that a solution? Not put any Google Account information in? Thanks!

/sarcasm
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] clamknuckle:
I have a better solution. Don't turn the phone on! I haven't turned my phone on in 3 days and my battery is still fully charged! It's amazing!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] churro7:
Don't troll people least he is tryng
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DaKlown:
Lol glad to see my efforts are so well recieved... Ive pinpointed the problem. Maybe you can find the solution yourselves.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wingzfan:
Ill admit the "solution" defeats the whole purpose of these phones however at least it kinda narrows down the problem and can possibly help work towards a solution.

Im not going to remove my google account but instead I mail turn off mail sync and contacts sync and see how that goes for a day.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gall0249:
Please post pics
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rockethot:
As another poster said, no need troll. He pinpointed the problem for us. Thanks op.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rattor:
You can set up the built-in email client to still sync your google email. You just will get your email through the email client rather than through the gmail app. You will also not be able to download apps, but you will at least be able to check your gmail.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wingzfan:
I hope to god this was a joke otherwise I demand some form of an IQ test before being allowed membership here 8-)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cds0699:
Thanks for the testing and post OP, personally I would rather deal with worse battey life until a better fix is discovered, but I appreciate your time.

Sent from my Galaxy Tab 10.1
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] CEOGUY:
Works for me. Lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SAShady:
I run mine @ 1.6ghz performance. Here's a better solution, invest in a backup battery =)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] clamknuckle:
Yeah I'm going to troll a thread like this everytime.

It's not a "solution" it's a "work around" A solution to a problem is not stop doing something that is supposed to work. It's fixing the problem so that everything works like it should.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] SAShady:
Buying a top of the line smart phone and expecting great battery life, is like buying a Hummer for great gas mileage
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wingzfan:
One tank of gas can last 3 years in a hummer, just keep the keys in your pocket
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] musclehead84:
Is anyone else trying to figure out what this bug is? While his work round is not that great at least we can find out what is causing the bug and maybe someone can fix it. Thanks op.

The Evo3D Killer!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MoMatt:
Thanks for this thread!

I am far from being able to provide in depth troubleshooting, but if it helps anyone, here's my progress so far. Two things:

1. Before seeing this thread (without changing anything) I had the phone in airplane mode for about an hour in my pocket and when I checked the battery stats, for the entire time the phone was in airplane mode it was also awake. Screen off.

2. After reading this thread, instead of disabling the Google account, I just un-checked "sync" for everything except gmail in Accounts and Sync (so calendar, contacts, books, etc. doesn't sync unless I manually do it)

After about 2 hours with this setup, android OS battery usage has dropped way down.

Hope this helps someone!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ChodaBoyUSA:
Good grief, you people are so ungrateful it is amazing. The OP is not suggesting you will never be able to set up your Google account. He is trying to narrow down where the problem exists so effort can be focused there rather than other places mentioned like WiFi. This thread is for us to work together to find a solution.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JobobJet:
Worked for me. I also re-enabled all of the syncs on google account and the problem has not returned, yet.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kn0wBuddy:
I have systematically gone through the phone and disabled every single sync, update, or similar setting I could find.

The problem still persists, often as soon as the screen turns off when no processes are running in the background.

The "workaround" that I've found for the problem is to keep something running in the background... keeping the phone wakelocked prevents suspend from being called and driving up Android OS battery usage. My battery pretty much lasts just as long whether I'm streaming music or letting my phone sit idle, supposedly "sleeping."

I have not tried avoiding google account association, but I have tried a factory reset with a brand-new fresh google account (with no success). I'm debating whether or not I want to factory reset again and deal with setting everything up again so soon.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] limeaid:
Exactly. Thanks OP. Your finding is actuallya very important step in the right direction
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JoeBruin32:
Obviously, people who are getting great battery life aren't avoiding gmail and the android market, so something's wrong with these phones themselves...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] clamknuckle:
I flashed Zedo v3 kernel and the issue has gone away for me. android OS is at 18% now.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ChodaBoyUSA:
Possibly. It could be a difference with the Google side of things.

I have Background Data and Auto-sync enabled.

I have three Google accounts syncing. All are set to sync Books, Contacts, Gmail, and Calendar.

I also have TouchDown for Exchange syncing Contacts (Battery History shows only 5%, which is what I would expect)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] NeeceeBabe:
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^^ What app is tthat....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] paniro187:
Roffles
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
^^ What app is tthat....[/QUOTE]

Its BetterBatteryStats Neecee
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] eman3316@optonline.net:
^^ What app is tthat....[/QUOTE]

Um, the app name is right in the picture. lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] akarol:
SystemPanel has the best monitoring app for Android. Period!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] drksilenc:
you know i wonder if the ammount of emails in your gmail has to do with this. maybe because it is having to sync so many and we have such a crappy 3g speed its causing an awake issue
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Kn0wBuddy:
No, unless zero is a large amount.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] texasredrider:
Reminds me of one of my favorite movies. And I quote,

"Hey, do these balloons blow up into funny shapes?"

"No, unless round is funny."
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] geolemon:
Yesterday was a bad one for me:

I had to plug it in around 8:30 as you can see.

My wifi was on all day and connected, since I didn't leave the house.

I've changed the wifi sleep setting today, so we'll see if that makes a change.

The only other thing I changed yesterday was from the stock wind weather live wallpaper to a koi Pond live wallpaper, good reviews and no mention of battery issues that I saw).

I'm suspecting the wifi but interested to hear any "eureka" discoveries.

Other days, i'm at work fairly long hours and had wifi off most of the day at least, and thought my battery life has been good... Still 50% or 60% left at 8 or 9 pm.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ajamer:
Could it be something to do with the the way the google account is set up itself?

something about having pop3, or imap or something like that?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] neotoky:
I am having the same issue. I didn't notice the battery problem until I woke up today and checked my mother's phone. I went to sleep with the battery at 70%. I woke up 7 hours later and saw that it dropped to 31%!!!! I checked the battery usage on the phone and it showed a whopping 63% from android os!

The only sync settings or frequency settings I made was on stock e-mail app and the accuweather widget while having 3g on of course. I set the email app frequency to once a day and the weather widget to every 12 hours. I don't understand how they would be battery killers if I set the frequencies so high. The phone isn't rooted so I don't have any custom roms or kernels installed. Should I root my mother's phone and install a kernel so see it helps?

I didn't notice before because I received the phone on the 22nd and I have been playing it constantly and recharged it every night except for last night when I noticed the issue.

Will this be covered under the warranty after the 14 days if it is a phone issue? I ordered it online through Sprint and I don't want to go through the trouble of returning by mailing it back. Can I do it instore? I don't really know the Sprint policies since I have T-mobile. Any suggestions? Sorry for the long post.

btw I also have auto sync off with background data on.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xak944:
To anyone still having excessive battery drain, please try formatting your SD card, reboot, and see if that helps. In my case, it gave me 2-3x more battery life, however Android OS is still listed as a top consumer of battery, which makes me wonder if the two are in fact unrelated. :confused:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sk63:
I removed my SD card and no change.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] limeaid:
Reformatted and no change
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xak944:
No change in what, Android OS being listed as a top consumer or actual battery drain? Try removing it in the morning with a full charge and use the device through a day and see if it's any better.

I'm just sharing what worked for me, hopefully it will work for others, too. If not, bummer.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] random45:
I uninstalled AP Mobile via Titanium Backup. Android OS usage dropped to 7%.

I havent seen it that low. I have seen my Android OS go 30%. Will use it through out today and tomorrow and see what happens from there
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sk63:
Both. I actually removed it Friday. I know this phone can do great things with the battery. I had an OG Evo with the OEM 2600mAh extended battery during my morning commute I would usually lose 20% and that's without 4G on. Now with the E4GT I get 10% discharge with 4G on.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xak944:
I don't know how long your commute is, so that means nothing to me. How long does it take to drain 10% with 4G on?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sk63:
About an hour. I should mention I'm usually using my phone actively, twitter, email, RSS, etc so the sleep bug that seems to behind the Android OS usage isn't affecting me during the commute.

I meant it more of a point of comparison against the Evo. I'm using my Epic more aggressively than my Evo but getting better life despite the Evo having an extended battery. Now sleep is different story.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] geolemon:
I had an existing gmail account from my last phone, and I haven't changed any of those settings. I got the phone Tues, hadn't had any issue, but I had wifi off most of the day, except yesterday, I was home all day with wifi on. That's the screen captures.

I have no SD card at all in my phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] milominderbinder:
I really appreciate the testing that the OP did in trying to find this issue.

I wish the trolls could be banned. They add nothing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] neotoky:
Anyone? Nothing?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] HondaCop:
Or in the OPs case, a solution would be to drive in neutral.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4G WTF BBQ
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] HondaCop:
Let me see... An Android phone whose operating system, which controls EVERYTHING on the phone and people are *****ing because it's being listed as the number one battery drain. What a shocker. That's like saying my car's engine is crap because it's burning up all my gas.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II Epic Touch 4G WTF BBQ
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] rokchoc:
I don't think that people are discussing "battery usage"; I think that people are discussing "excessive battery usage."

fwiw, clever analogy. ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] random45:
nevermind.. didnt work. its not ap mobile or accuweather.