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[Desire HD Accessories] EvilDeadFan:
I have an Otterbox Commuter case. There is a thin section between the power switch and the volume rocket that cracked on me within the first month of ownership. Now I barely use the case, only as a rugged option when going camping.

When I thought about it, most of the phone is solid aluminum, and the glass is Corning's Gorilla Glass. Not a lot of need for protection since I don't drop the phone.
[Desire HD Accessories] _Man0waR_:
Well I know it was mentioned a few times already, but I have the same crackling issues with the Otterbox Commuter. I took great care of my phone and it never felt. I had the case for about a year though. I took the case off a few times to clean it, and it was enough to damage it I guess.
[Desire HD Accessories] Dlog:
I've recently seen an iphone 4s that was dropped on one of the corners. The glass has lots and lots of cracks in it. Gorilla glass is a great protection against things that scratch over the display but i don't think it will help much if you drop the DHD on one of it's corners.

On the other hand a lot of people drop their phone every other day. I wouldn't count on the aluminium unibody to just look like new after a year.

I got my first cracks from dropping the phone.

The small parts at the power button and the usb port are both broken and i've got cracks in all 4 corners.

As you said taking off the case only make it worse.

I used superglue to glue the cracks together and then glued paper stripes on the cracks.

After that i painted the stripes black with a permanent marker.

Now the case is as good as new.
[Desire HD Accessories] Outback_Jon:
My Otterbox Defender case has saved my phone several times already. Well worth the investment.

My only complaint is that the rubber is getting a little stretched out, but it is still quite usable. I figure with the abuse I put it through, if I have to replace it once a year (though I don't think it will be quite that often) it is still well worth it.
[Desire HD Accessories] TwistedSanity666:
So I've had the commuter for almost 5 months now, have dropped the phone on a number of occasions and its still going, albeit, it now has a major crack on the back of the case :P.

I will say one thing, the rubber at the bottom (near the USB connection) is quite thin, and becomes quite flimsy on this case.

It's definitely saved my phone, so I wouldn't bet against. In terms of useful life, I'd say it depends on how you personally use your phone. I'm generally quite careful, yet I've managed to drop mine on a number of occassions.

Have ordered the Case Mate tough case as a backup; will put that on once this one finally dies.
[Desire HD Accessories] EvilDeadFan:
My reply is to your comment that I highlighted in red, which was in reply to my post.

All iphones prior to the Iphone 4 and 4S used to use Gorilla glass, however "Lens Technology International" is the current supplier for all glass for the Iphone 4 and 4S.

I do realize that once I go camping, biking, hiking or something like that, I'll put the case on, but for the every day where it sits in my pants or jacket pocket, then makes a smooth transition to a table without dropping it, or just for other every day regular use in the car etc, there is no need for other protection since the aluminum frame can sustain quite an impact, and so can Gorilla glass for any "accident" that might occur during my own use as I'm quite careful with my phone. :)

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I hope you realize that there is a lifetime warranty for your commuter case. If its broken, simply contact them and they will send out a replacement. My commuter case broke in the exact same way, but not from being dropped.. simply by using the power button and volume rocker often while in the case itself. Otherwise its quite tough for being so thin and small.
[Desire HD Accessories] radtech777:
I had a nearly identical crack to the one pictured a couple of posts back on my Commuter. Yesterday I called customer service, told them what was going on. Just a few questions later, the told me they would put a new hard shell in the mail. Whole call took 5 minutes. I'll never buy anything but otterbox from here on. Great service.
[Desire HD Accessories] paul c:
Excellent service, though it's bad that Otterbox cases are cracking always/often in the same place.

And as for taking care of the phone, so you don't need a case :) - those of us that use a case... it's not that we are careless, or drop our phones out of curiosity, sometimes despite the best will in the world, s**t happens.
[HTC Sensation] doublecheese:
Hi Guys

Does any of you have a clue on how to make a REGULAR VIDEO CALL ( not Fring, not skype, not qik, not Tango)

What I mean is regular carrier based 3G VIDEO CALL .

Android HTC phones can not make it , though WM HTC Rhodium and a few others could do. I also know Samsung Galaxy phones and Galaxy Tab can place regular 3G Video Calls.

Is there a way to make 3G Regular Video Calls on HTC Android (like Sensation) ? It could something like porting the Galaxy Phone dialer apk or any other ideas : Has any body tried this ?

If you know the answer pleaseeeee give me a reply ASAP .
[HTC Sensation] TheStigx:
It can't

read this : http://www.htcforums.com/sensation/8036-video-calling-sensation.html

:)
[HTC Sensation] doublecheese:
This is just a bull **** from HTC

Because there are phones which use the same android platform as HTC and you can make video calls with them.

I had a Galaxy Tab and I could easily make regular video calls.

What I would like to know if anybody tried to port the dialer apk of Samsung into HTC ?

As a logic it should be done.
[HTC Sensation] Haggy_iii:
The logic isn't respected till now.

I'm searching for it again anhd again whith no more luck than you :(

My next phone will obviously be a Samsung for this very reason, such a shame HTC didn't make it as a default.

What the front cam is made for ??????? Mirror apps :p
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WarrantyVoided:
Hello all

does anybody know how to change the google account password that i use to login to the market, and gmail on my atrix?

i changed the password on my desktop and now the phone is giving the wrong password, so i cant login to either accounts with my phone.

stock phone except for root

any help is appreciated.

thank you
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marko!:
Settings=>account=>Remove account, then re add it
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WarrantyVoided:
Remove account

thankyou for your reply ,

i tried that before posting here.

the phone replies with " this account is required by some apps, you can only remove it with a factory reset"

i was hoping not to have to do that. but

if your bootloader is unlocked does a factory reset cause any problems?

like the b word

thanks again
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshyy_rey:
All factory reset reset does is take the ROM back to the state it was when you first flashed or our set it up.doesn't flash anything won't cause a brick

Sent from AT&T Galaxy S2
[Dell Streak 7] onilink67:
Ok I'm trying to compile a list of people that are effected by this problem. Please post in here if your streak has fallen victim to this and you still have it. After we get a decent amount a people I'll try and find a commonality between us and hopefully find the root of the problem.

1. Onilink67

2. tech5

3. hoodred

4. jz83

5. Tanalius
[Dell Streak 7] jydie:
Sorry, I just missed out. I had to send my Streak 7 to Dell for repair... just got it back last Friday. It has been working great so far.
[Dell Streak 7] onilink67:
so all the reading on how many people have had this issue nobody else has one on hand?
[Dell Streak 7] new1here:
Im one of the poor shmuck with read only issue. But I was able to send it to dell, got it replaced. Funny because, I had rooted the crap out of it and installed custom ROMs, and still got it replaced.
[Dell Streak 7] jz83:
Had the same issue, tablet was rooted, couldn't restore to factory settings, called dell and got it fixed,
[Dell Streak 7] cootertwo:
I was going to start a thread too. I also got a new one back from Dell, but am still intrigued as to what causes the read only thing. Only thing I suspect in my case, was maybe plugging the streak into the dock, while the dock was connected to my already running computer. Maybe the slight "make-break" connections from wiggling the thing around on the connector, caused some kind of malfunction? I also still suspect some kind of virus from who knows where. Or maybe it is just a faulty bunch of memory chips that just went wacko. But I am very curious as to the cause.:confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::cool::cool:
[Dell Streak 7] onilink67:
That's the greatest part about completely bricking a device ... they can't tell the difference when they "fix" it they overwrite everything.

I'm not sure it may not even be this "read only" problem that we are calling it. I found another thread in another Tablet's area that he was getting this problem due to the wrong bootloader. Maybe there is a certain batch which is slightly different in design.

I have a corporate test device so sending it in to be serviced is not an option. Though I have a full electronics lab with a JTAG machine so if I have to I can crack this thing open but the machine is no good without software. We do have 2 working streak 7's I'd be willing to read the software from but don't want to open them up yet.
[Dell Streak 7] hoodred:
add mine to your list.

dell refuse to repair mine because I bought it from ebay and the machine wasnt registered under my name and the person I bought it from does not reply to any of my emails.
[Dell Streak 7] stevedebi:
That is odd. I thought I had a problem with the screen, and the Dell rep offered to have the device repaired. I'm the second owner. However this was a rep in the US. I also spoke with a rep (I presume in India), who would not give me the time of day unless I could provide the original owner details and transfer ownership. I got the details, but haven't had a chance to call back.

I gave dell a piece of my mind when they sent the satisfaction survey! If a device has not been reported stolen, then they should support it during the warranty period. Plus, I told them that I won't buy, or recommend to buy through my consulting, any Dell product ever again, because the S7 4G is a DELL product, not T-Mobile, and they were not updating it to HC.
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
For anyone stuck on a read only device, if you try to fac reset, are you using the stock recovery for the installed rom? (This only applies to devices stuck in read only mode with stock roms, it does not apply to Honeystreak R2-R6)
[Dell Streak 7] Z4nd4r:
I heard that this issue could be caused by a bad SU app. Any of you get a force close when you open SU?
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
On HC apparently fac resetting depends on the recovery to do the actual work, unlike the s5 where it does it on it's own.

Wondering for anyone that tried to fac reset on stock HC with CWM it would fail since CWM cant fac reset properly, much less accept the commands from the bootloader in that manner.
[Dell Streak 7] onilink67:
My device only gets into nvflash don't even have to hold any keys down plug it in and automatically nvflash mode
[Dell Streak 7] onilink67:
I'll pm you tonight and try and get some more info from you.
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
What happens if you try and go into fastboot mode?

Does nothing happen/it goes into APX mode anyway?
[Dell Streak 7] onilink67:
Nothing apx mode only I've tried all combos. Just wish we had the jtag points for these I have a jtag flasher and 2 working devices to pull the files off of (not that I want to open them unless its necessary)
[Dell Streak 7] hoodred:
I have CW

everytime I try to restore from nandroid or do anything it keep coming back

error formating system partition and same thing as data.

Tried NVFLASH and same thing nothing happen.

Dell just refuse to repair the device and the seller from ebay does not want to give me the info that Dell needed/ transfer ownership.
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
What rom was installed? Have you tried installing the stock recovery and fac resetting and seeing what happens?
[Dell Streak 7] hoodred:
its Stock rom Froyo and both system and sdcard partition becomes read only
[Dell Streak 7] jz83:
The something happened to mine when I let the battery run down to 0%(of course I didn't noticed it happened until it was too late) it got really hot then it shut off, after charging it for a little while, I turned it back on and I had a notification about my internal sd card being damaged, that was the only time I ever saw that notification, I couldn't restore it, I tried everyway possible and no luck
[Dell Streak 7] hoodred:
Thats exactly what happen with mine. I was using the GPS and the battery drained so quickly until 0%. I charged it till full and the rest is history I cant get it to work again.
[Dell Streak 7] illdill:
When I first started researching this issue, I found information pertaining to a read-only lock status that can be initiated as some sort of emergency response byt the hardware. I could never find out how to reverse it, but it was looking like something that could only be done with factory hardware or something like what the other fella is talking about, the jtag.
[Dell Streak 7] Droidmoder:
Im having the same problem. I cannot mount or flash to system in abd or fastboot.
[Dell Streak 7] Droidmoder:
Update called dell. They needed information and wouldn't send me a box without the owners information.

I explained how I am doing this for a friend I called him and he told me where he got it. So I called back they told me that wasent where is was bought first.

Kinda bs since the imei is valid and it wasent reported stolen. He bought it used.

Any updates on a work around?
[Dell Streak 7] onilink67:
Ok I've gotten another one of these now this time seems the system partition is read-only starting to believe this more. Thinking that the only way may be JTAG.
[Dell Streak 7] Droidmoder:
I'm almost certain system partition is read only fastboot or adb cannot flash or pull anything from it.
[Dell Streak 7] onilink67:
My other one its the bootloader partition it seems but this one is the system can't even do anything in nvflash
[Dell Streak 7] Droidmoder:
I tried nvflash it said success. Upon reboot still the same thing. I wonder why it said successful. It wrote to all 14 partitions. Upon boot somehow it gets deleted. Almost seems like it getting writtten then a master/root command revokes it.

I wish I was savvy enough to figure out which routine it may be. Although I have a feeling it may be on the root partition 1?

I wouldn't be surprised if dell just used a master key program to unlock it and reflash.

Oh update. I finally got my friends streak support.

I had told them that I bought the streak 6 months ago from t mobile. I have a t mobile streak so it was a good guess. They registered it in my name as well.

I also had told them I did both factory resets privacy and boot loader as well as tried adb and fastboot. He didn't even bother troubleshooting. I called 3 times btw.

Hope it helps some other people. I suppose the wifi one may have more sellers? But a few calls and should get the right guess.
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
Generally tech support from companies wouldnt involve you trying to fix it on your own with adb/fastboot/nvflash since unless you knew what you were doing there's a real chance you'd make things worse, though given if you knew enough to try those hopefully you'd know enough to at least make things worse.

Not critizising, just trying to give perspective.

I've done a little studying on the s7, but I cant offer much yet. I once managed to somehow brick my loaner s7 and we looked at the adb log and it had a slew of 'nand is in read only mode' stuff.

I reflashed the stock rec and fac resetted and that seemed to fix it, but I kinda doubt it was a true read-only event since we easily fixed it.

Lost all his data though, but he didnt have much on it since i was using it to dev and there's a very real risk i'd brick it and have to rebuild the partitions anyway.

It's a really long shot in the dark, but have you tried fac resetting with a stock rec installed? Though I cant tell if flashing a new rec would even stick at all.

The Streak series have no protection at all, even the s10 is unlocked, apparently it's relatively easy to make locked devices by using the Secure Boot Key command, but that's at the designing stage for a device, you wouldnt go and slap it onto unprotected devices, it's all or nothing.

One final note, for some reason both the s7/10 start at partition #2, there's simply nothing before that as the sector location of partition 2 starts at 0, so there's nothing hidden before it. If there was it's silently converting sector numbers on the fly so it THINKS partition 2 = start from sector 0, which is pretty crazy sounding.

Mabye all tegra2's start at partition 2.
[Dell Streak 7] Droidmoder:
You won't brick th device it will go into read only which is worse. Lol

There has to be a command somewhere in the kernal or set of instructions telling the device to put the partitions in read only. Once again nvflash goes threw the partitions one by one reformating them to bonestock.

Using. Stock recovery and fastboot do not work. It says success then boom your homescreen pops up. The dell streak I have is fully stock btw. Hasent been rooted or have a custom recovery image.
[Dell Streak 7] cootertwo:
Neat stuff, it will be interesting to see just what is the cause of this problem. VERY strange, for sure.:confused:
[Dell Streak 7] Droidmoder:
Iam betting there are several causes. Someone said this happened when the battery died. Which leads me to believe that something went corrupt and the system set off read only mode.
[Dell Streak 7] stevedebi:
There must be other complicating factors, I have had my S7 run all the way down (stupid not to have some kind of power off protection when the battery gets critical). I had some trouble getting it booted up, but it has been fine since.
[Dell Streak 7] hoodred:
I have 2 s7 both bought from ebay. Both of them became read only after batteries died 0%. Both have stock rom froyo. One rooted and the other is not.

The battery died when one I was using the GPS navigation and the other when playing music. After that it's history, cant boot it up, nvflash and etc. Now both of them becomes paperweight ,Dell refuse to repair it since Im not the original owner.
[Dell Streak 7] Tanalius:
This happend to mine too the other day. It went to 0, and now is read only. I am not the original owner but I will attempt to call dell anyways.
[Dell Streak 7] khaytsus:
If discharging to 0 is the key, then Dell needs to own up to this, screw who owns it, used, etc. It's a failure period.

Luckily mine hasn't done this, and it's drained to 0 at least 3 times.. Heats up, locked, and until I discover it in that way it drains about 10%/hr or more. I've had it dead at least 3 times, found it locked up and had to hold power to power it off and back on at least 3-4 times.
[Dell Streak 7] xenon_steem:
Battery issues??

I have a "bricked" s7 also. When I try to flash an update pkg from SD I get a 'battery low' message even when the battery has been charged all night. Could there be a bug that won't allow any flash activity when the system thinks the battery is low, even when its not?
[Dell Streak 7] aweskelo:
any updates?

Mine is read-only also.
[Dell Streak 7] Ethanaxd:
You guys found any solution for this? I dont own an Streak 7" but ido own a Motorola Xoom and i have the SAME problem after battery hit 0% (and not the first time it has done it...)
[Dell Streak 7] cootertwo:
I'm wondering if the Streak has a backup battery for the bios rom, like my Toshiba Thrive has?
[Dell Streak 7] onilink67:
So I've been neglecting this for a while now and finally have some free time to get back to it. I'll play with my streak some more today and see if we can find commonalities

btw for those who have not seen the teardown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V0VRTk4epA&feature=player_embedded#!
[Dell Streak 7] Irishpaul70:
Will appreciate any help - my T-Mobile Streak7 (from usa) is in read only mode, and getting loads of force closr messages all the time - and as i am overseas - no dell site here in NZ to send it to.

Also my is stock, 4G/Wifi, untouch apart from that 2.2.2 froyo update a while back.
[Dell Streak 7] aweskelo:
looks like there may be a bios/cmos battery, bottom right circle in the video at about 30 seconds in - or is that a speaker?
[Dell Streak 7] cootertwo:
There are 2 things that look like a possible cmos battery, but I think they may be the speakers, which means there is no cmos battery? Maybe the boot sector is stored on a e-prom chip?:confused:
[Dell Streak 7] jydie:
It would be awesome if somebody figured out how to get the Streak 7 out of read-only mode. It must be fairly simple because I sent mine to Dell and they sent the same tablet back in perfect working order. Since I had to send it in, I have a hunch that the Streak must be opened for this to be corrected.

If there is a cmos battery, are you guys thinking that temporarily disconnecting the battery would reset the read-only mode?
[Dell Streak 7] Droidmoder:
That would be interesting if it was just a jumper, switch etc.
[Dell Streak 7] Guyver96:
Same issue here.... Died down hooked it up to charge turned it back on got a welcome screen tried to go through it and just got a bunch of force close pop ups. Doesnt go past the welcome touch here to start android screen... Called dell explained they said theyed send me a box to ship it in and have it fixed.. my worry is its rooted... so hope all goes well... also hope someone figures it out cause dell may not replace many of these like some have been having issues and cant go through dell... Im going to try and let it die out again completely...
[Dell Streak 7] hoodred:
A friend of mine also has read only problem after her power run out and rooted. Dell sent back the item unrepaired.
[Dell Streak 7] jydie:
Yeah, that is the only thing stopping me from rooting my tablet. I rarely let anybody else use my Streak 7 because I am afraid they will not keep an eye on the battery level... and it drains fairly quick when playing games. Needless to say, all of my family members and friends think this tablet is junk because of that one issue. So, I hope a method of resetting the read-only mode is discovered sometime soon. That would make it much easier for me to promote this tablet.
[Dell Streak 7] cootertwo:
Well, I'm beginning to think that we all got screwed big time when we bought our Streaks. I know, I paid Dell $200, plus I've paid T-mobile over $300 in monthly payments. Can't even get a signal in my home area. Fixin to retire, so I won't need an "on the road" device, so I'm going to tell T-mobile goodbye, and they will bill me $200 early termination fee, of course, I won't pay it, and will have to put up with all the idle threats, etc. etc. My streak will no doubt wind up in a drawer with all my other outdated gadgets.:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(
[Dell Streak 7] stevedebi:
Why not just use it on WiFi at home. Set it to airplane mode and then enable the WiFi. That is how I use my 4g S7.
[Dell Streak 7] cootertwo:
Why not just use it on WiFi at home. Set it to airplane mode and then enable the WiFi. That is how I use my 4g S7

Because I bought a Toshiba "Thrive" while my streak was gone for repair cause of the read only problem. The Thrive blows the streak away as far as ports, etc. 10" screen, on and on.:cool:
[Dell Streak 7] stevedebi:
If I wanted a 10 inch I would have gone for the thrive. I looked at them in stores and decided to stay with my S7. I use mine at home so battery life is not an issue for me. the 7 inch is preferable for me.
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
If you're really not using it, you could give it to me :D
[Dell Streak 7] stevedebi:
Well, if you are not going to use it, maybe you should sell it on the marketplace or give it to a S7 developer.