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[General Topics] gtrab:
Confirmed: Motorola RAZR will be their 1st device with a "Bootloader Unlock solution"

Confirmed:

Motorola RAZR will be the first Motorola device to come with a ""Bootloader Unlock solution"" :)

...but the option can be removed by operator's request

This means SIM-unlocked WORLD VERISIONS of the RAZR will have the bootloader unlock option, but some carrier (cough*Verizon*cough) phones won't :rolleyes:

Source:

http://www.androidcentral.com/motor...loader-unlock-solution-international-versions

http://ausdroid.net/2011/10/21/motorola-razr-to-be-unlockable/
[General Topics] Jaunzems:
The reason why I hate american carriers.
[General Topics] bpugliese:
At least Motorola is offering a solution, now we just need to get rid of these stupid carriers polices
[General Topics] Killbynature:
How is this first when samsung galaxy s2 line have no bootloader locks?:confused:
[General Topics] Mk_pt:
'Will be their 1st device' .. 'first Motorola device'.
[General Topics] gtrab:
not all american carriers are the same, just some of them, mostly in the USA

in my country we have a couple of carrier who sell their phones even unlocked and with no added crap
[General Topics] gtrab:
don't worry:

obvious troll is obvious :rolleyes:
[General Topics] evil_chris:
good news i think
[General Topics] Sodiyana:
Hi... I have purchased motorola.. I am quite satisfied with it... Also I want to know about Razr now... How is it?
[General Topics] hyperx:
have preordered @25.10.11 - Depending on the latest news my german version will be unlocked and has no LTE on Board. (you dont need LTE in Germany, cause Tmo and Vodafone are not yet completely LTE ready)

For me its the hottest phone ever... i love steel, glass and kevlar. The galaxy nexus is to plasticlike for me.

Will write a short review when it arrives..
[General Topics] abysstheking:
does this mean that only RAZR will have an unlocked bootloader or will all the new motorola handsets have an unlocked bootloader..??and does it in anyway affect the chancesof my Defy getting CM9 (because people have been saying that its difficult to put CM9 on defy because of the locked bootloader)??
[General Topics] linda87st:
Hi... I have purchased motorola.. I am quite satisfied with it... Also I want to know about Razr now... How is it?
[General Topics] gtrab:
It's not out yet, nobody has one. Soon.

Regarding the bootloader, Motorola was talking about the RAZR specifically
[General Topics] Call_Me_Blur:
i didnt really like the original razr's, but i had a rizr for a while and it turned out to be one of my favorite phones.

i haven't tried any moto phones since they went android, but this new razr and the droid 4 look cool
[General Questions and Answers] Murdoc419:
OK so I just got this phone a few days ago from verizon but I'm considering doing an exchange within 14 days. What phones out now have good support as far as rooting, custom ROMs, etc. The DX2 doesn't have much going for it, it seems. I've mainly got my eye on the bionic but what are your thoughts on the current phones?

Also does anyone know anything about the Nexus Prime. As in a release date? That phone is looking sexy but if its not released within my 14 day return window I don't think I will be able to touch it.

Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for any replies.
[General Questions and Answers] Kailkti:
Verizon phones are pretty much anti flashing/custom roms phones.
[General Questions and Answers] Murdoc419:
I realize that now. This was the first phone I've rooted. If I would have known how much Verizon locks their devices down I would have just swapped carriers. Stuck for 2 years now though. Wanna make the best of it
[General Questions and Answers] Vince556:
This is probably not what you are looking for but the HTC Droid Incredible is easy to root and still has great dev support. I have one and I am thinking about upgrading to something else.
[General Questions and Answers] mtmerrick:
don't listen to him. incredible is horrifically underpowered as compared to modern dual core phones. Get the bionic before your 14 days is up. cyanogenMod is already in alpha for it, and its promised to get ICS.
[General Questions and Answers] Vince556:
No offense but he asked what phones for Verizon are easy to root and have good dev support. The incredible has both.

My last incredible got stuck in boot loop (first problem in over a year of ownership) so Verizon sent me a new one. They also offered me an early upgrade so I was thinking of upgrading to something else. I am still undecided if I should upgrade or not.

The Incredible is still a great phone that is both stable and fast.
[General Questions and Answers] Murdoc419:
I'm leaning more towards the bionic. I don't much see the point in getting a phone that is pretty far behind what's out now. Are there even any phones that can compare to the Droid right now?
[General Questions and Answers] mtmerrick:
which droid do you mean? if you mean the OG moto droid, then the only thing that is that weak still sold on verizion are their bottom-of-the-line free phones (moto citus, LG votrex) which are absolute POS devices.
[General Questions and Answers] bpugliese:
+1 for bionic, nice phone
[General Questions and Answers] Murdoc419:
Guess I should have said bionic instead of just Droid but I think it was safe to assume I meant bionic since that's what I've been talking about. Do the even still sell the OG Droid?

Ill have to wait a few days and see if it will be worth the 35 dollar restocking fee plus the cash ill be eating for the case, screen protectors, and car dock. On top of the extra 200 bucks for the bionic itself lol
[General Questions and Answers] mtmerrick:
oops, my bad :P

no, there's nothing that can measure up to the bionic, and there won't be for about 2 weeks (roughly). then there will be several things :P
[General Questions and Answers] Murdoc419:
I know lol that's what I hate about the cell phone market. You can save your upgrade for months knowing that an amazing phone is about to come out then weeks, even days later here comes something better. I only have until November 2nd to make a decision though. I wish the nexus prime was coming out before then...
[General Questions and Answers] lunavictor068:
Galaxy Nexus

The Galaxy Nexus should be released on November 10 ,2011. Looks like you wont be able to touch it , unless you find a way of pre ordering it :P
[General Questions and Answers] Murdoc419:
I don't recall off the top of my head when the pre orders start but I think it was within my 14 days. Wonder if I can do the return with a pre order.
[General Questions and Answers] mtmerrick:
then what phone would you use? :P
[General Questions and Answers] Murdoc419:
My old Eris of course ^_^
[General Questions and Answers] Murdoc419:
Just thought I'd post an update. As you can see I decided to exchange for the bionic. Its actually kind of funny because the Verizon rep sold it to me for a lot less than he should of. I paid 100-50(MIR) for the X2 plus around 60 for the car charger, screen protectors, and navigation dock.

So the Bionic should have been 250-50(the actual price paid for the X2)+35 dollars for the restocking fee. So around 235 before tax. However he told me 143 after tax. Me being an idiot and a fairly honest guy told him that the price seemed low. So he went through the receipts and told me "well you paid 150 for the X2 so you get that price off of the bionic." I just nodded and smiled.

Not sure where he got 150 from but I'm not complaining. Now just to see if I still get the $50 MIR.
[General Questions and Answers] whodat70003:
Get the bionic! Easy to root and great roms already. I had the incredible and loved it. But the bionic is a beast!

Sent from my DROID BIONIC
[General Questions and Answers] theoretically:
This ^^^^^^^^^^
[Windows Phone 7 General] PimpMasterSlick:
Here is how to register your phone as a developer phone FOR FREE....

1. Get and verify a Dreamspark account. Two options here....

a. If you are a student with an email address ending in .edu just go to www.dreamspark.com, register and verify the email address.

b. If you are not a student or are not in the USA, follow the steps in this link to setup a .edu account, then register and verify the email address. The Tech Game - How to get Free Dreamspark and XNA membership

2. Create an Apphub account and link it to your Dreamspark LiveId.

a. After Dreamspark is verified, go to App Hub - home register your Windows Live ID and signup as a student. It will ask if you have a verified Dreamspark account, follow the steps to link the two accounts. (I didn't take screenshots but intuitive)

3. Populate your required profile information to the point that "My Dashboard-->My Windows Phone" does not show any more pending tasks.

a. You MUST go through the process to submit a "DummyApp" for Windows Mobile 6.5 to Windows MarketPlace before Geotrust will send you the email to verify your identity. Just put "Dummyapp for id verification" in the notes sections. You will have to upload a .cab and a bunch of icons that all have to be sized properly. Just take a .png file and resize it a bunch of times and upload it. Doesn't matter what it is.

b. Geotrust will send an email requesting you to verify some info. I received it about 10 minutes after submitting my app, but could take 24 hours. I answered 4 questions, and then about 2 hours later Apphub took off the "identity verification pending" alert.

c. I also submitted my bank account info, but not sure if this was necessary.

4. Download the Windows phone developer tools from here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/e...c-8b51b34b00ce

5. Run the Windows Phone Developer Registration tool. Sign in with Windows Live ID you registered at AppHub, connect your phone and make sure it is not screen locked, viola, Windows 7 Phone now unlocked. And you can unlock 2 other Windows 7 phones too for a total of 3 phones.

Total process took less than 24 hours due to waiting on Geotrust and MS confirm.

source: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/windows-p...er-unlock-windows-phone-7-free-even-nodo.html
[Windows Phone 7 General] brummiesteven:
You don't need to submit a dummy app anymore.
[Windows Phone 7 General] PimpMasterSlick:
so there is no need to wait for confirmation .. should i just register an account ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] brummiesteven:
Yeah, I got this email from them a while back:
[Windows Phone 7 General] PimpMasterSlick:
thank you for the reply cheers
[Windows Phone 7 General] SoByX:
We’re sorry, an error has occurred.

We have detected an error while processing the page you were looking for. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please try again.

View App Hub FAQ

What is this..this is what i get every time i wanna create an apphub account...and i'm trying since 1 september
[Windows Phone 7 General] lovenokia:
what if you dont have an edu email...
[Windows Phone 7 General] lamborg:
than this ain't for you. This is only for students.
[Windows Phone 7 General] 0space_monkey0:
For the record its not any .edu

I have two different ones from two different schools and they both don't work.
[Windows Phone 7 General] deviantenator:
if you are a college student, you can simply ask your IT departement to join microsoft dreamspark. and it would be easier to register.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] 87yj:
I jut ROM'd my touch pro 2 with a titanium load of WM 6.5.

I've misplaced one of my favorite apps and I'm hoping someone can point me to it.

It was a simple titanium launcher that allowed you to add 4 icons per page and you could scroll left/right through the pages.

I found it easier to use than all the one that allow you to add pages with only 1 link per page.

I thought it was CHome editor but the current version seems to only use the 1 shortcut per page method, did an older version allow you to add more?

Thanks in advance, I did search for quite a while for posting, but I couldn't find what I was looking for.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Fayld:
Here you go.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=573978
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] agh1701:
Tested, working. restores jig function to newer 2.3.5 ROMS

Enjoy!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] kdwolf85:
Flash in pda slot or bootloader?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Artimus009:
What is the difference between this and what's current?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] agh1701:
Sorry, PDA
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] pinoymutt:
If you flash the newer i777 leak that DG posted in the General section (I777UCKJ2) or went a little crazy and accidentally flashed one of the newer firmwares in the SGSII international section -- you'll find that they contain newer bootloaders -- the main difference being that they render the "jig trick" useless for resetting the custom firmware flasher.

This (if it works as advertised) will allow you to revert back to the older (stock) bootloader that will let the jig reset the counter.

Most likely as new ROMs are built for our phones, many devs will remove the bootloaders, since it's not really advisable to flash these unless absolutely necessary (which for instance it was on the Captivate when flash from a Eclair/Froyo ROM to a Gingerbread one).

Put this in another post too, but felt I should mention it:

Be forewarned -- DO NOT mess with or flash bootloaders unless you absolutely know what you are doing or are sure you need them. May things can be recovered from if things go wrong, but a bad bootloader flash can create a nasty "brick" that almost always needs some sort of professional help to undo.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] SeanHacker:
i'm verifying that this really works. thanks bro.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] joshyy_rey:
Will this help with heimdall detecting the phone on Macs? I hear the bootloaders cause some Macs not to see the phone.

Sent from AT&T Galaxy S2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
This reverts to current if you flashed the 2.3.5 leak package accidentally.

I would advise:

DO NOT flash this bootloader unless you have flashed a 2.3.5 leak or I9100 ROM that included bootloaders, AND you have confirmed by trying it that using the jig does not reset your flash counter.

If you don't have a jig, this does nothing for you except risk hardbricking.

If you have a jig and it works to reset the custom binary flash counter, this does nothing for you except risk hardbricking.

---------- Post added at 08:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:05 PM ----------

No. That was a problem with early I9000 bootloaders, and it didn't cause heimdall to fail to see macs - it would cause heimdall to potentially brick a phone.

That flaw DOES NOT APPLY to the GS2. As I stated above, if you have not flashed a bootloader before, this will do NOTHING except risk hardbricking.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] kdwolf85:
confirmed working. I had flashed the kj1 and then kj2 roms a while ago. :D

I hated seeing that triangle at boot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] joshyy_rey:
Welp my computer must be broken because I get the same output from heimdall as on my vibrant

Sent from AT&T Galaxy S2
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] ljwnow:
Everybody say thank you to this guy!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
What command are you running, and what is the output?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
Heimdall works fine for me.

Heimdall has had issues with OSX Lion regardless of what device is connected though.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] joshyy_rey:
th same heimdall flash entropy says in his threads and the output is ERROR: Claiming interface failed!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
What kind of Mac are you using? IMac, MacBook, etc? From the reports I have seen from some of the Mac guys on this forum that error "failure to claim interface" is not being caused by your phone or heimdall, but is actually a hardware usb issue on your Mac. One person posted that it was particular to certain iMac models.

I have no way of verifying this, just what I've seen posted here, I would suggest trying a different computer, preferable a different model than yours.

Check out these two posts

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18399909&postcount=68

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18400033&postcount=70
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Entropy512:
dayv - that's some potentially useful info. As I said before though, it seems to be a Mac-specific problem not related to the phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] dayv:
Hey entropy, in case you have not ran in to this yet (although you probably already have this figured out) if you get anyone on LINUX saying they are getting lsusb or lsusblib error when running heimdall they just need to add su or sudo before the command or of they are running heimdall frontend they need to open it with admin privileges - I've seen this somewhere on these boards posted a couple times also
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] joshyy_rey:
I'm using a 2007 MacBook. Well. Thanks for the info. Ill just be borrowing pcs for Odin until I graduate lol

Sent from Moto Atrix
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Misterjunky:
re: ODIN

You don't need to borrow a pc. :)

Why not install "Bootcamp" into your Macbook?

Then you can install Windows XP into Bootcamp.

My friend did it and now it's not a problem using ODIN

or most any other other Windows applications.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] joshyy_rey:
I tried but I get the "some files can't be moved error". Which requires you to backup your hdd and reformat the drive. Which I don't have a big enough external to do so right now. I even tried VMs. My computer is deathly slow if I run anything above general use. I need more ram to run those VMs.

Sent from Moto Atrix
[HTC EVO 3D] Got_Evo?:
Got the seidio 4000mah extended battery in the mail yesterday. This this is a beast! Glad I made the $58.94 investment.

3VO
[HTC EVO 3D] DarkManX4lf:
How big is the brick now?
[HTC EVO 3D] wardfan220:
7 hours and still at 92%, nice!! As DarkMan asked, how big is it now?

If only the Defender case would fit around an extended battery. My phone dies too fast with Bluetooth on all day and making calls all day for work. Plus the loads of texts and surfing, lol.
[HTC EVO 3D] donsh00tmesanta:
O snap! Thats amazing.....

How long has the screen been on?
[HTC EVO 3D] tgruendler:
I would like to see the display on time during that period. And also the wake time by pressing on the graph. I could get the same screenshot on my OEM battery by leaving it off and sitting on my desk for 7 hours.
[HTC EVO 3D] wardfan220:
Sure that would show some nice info, but with the 3D there's no way the stock battery would only use 8% in 7 hours even with the screen off (unless mobile data was shut off.)
[HTC EVO 3D] tgruendler:
Um...yeah...on WIFI at home, I can leave my phone unplugged and even with push syncing on my gmail and exchange account, if I leave it on my nightstand, it will only use about 10% over 8 hours. I will do it tonight and post up a screenshot tomorrow morning.
[HTC EVO 3D] jhuff83:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18718449&postcount=2947

This is what I'm talking about.
[HTC EVO 3D] wardfan220:
To be honest I think that WiFi uses less battery than mobile data, so even with the push email it'll use less than just the mobile data without push. Let me rephrase what I said then. There's no way I'll ever see that little loss over that length of time, even without using the phone just in my pocket I lose 10% in less than 2 hours.

Wow, again, no way I'd ever see that battery life. I'm running Steel's ROM with one of the dual core kernels, nothing that should be draining it, just crappy data here so I guess it struggles to work draining the battery.
[HTC EVO 3D] stanglifemike:
A weak cell signal is really rough on the battery. I use wifi at work and home, both have full signal 90% of the time. If my phone is just sitting there at idle it barely uses any battery. Showing battery life since unplugged really isn't giving any info. Up Time and Awake Time since unplugged, with either Data or Wifi on, is what everyone should be showing. That actually gives everyone a general idea of battery life...

With my Anker 1900mah batteries, I get from 20-34 Up with 5-6 Awake, depending on my usage.
[HTC EVO 3D] Got_Evo?:
Still on the single charge. I can easily get 60 hours with moderate use.

3VO
[HTC EVO 3D] tgruendler:
Once again, show us the display time and awake times. What you are showing us is useless.
[HTC EVO 3D] tgruendler:
Here is my phone with stock battery. View attachment 760755View attachment 760756View attachment 760758
[HTC EVO 3D] SouthernEvo:
I must have a bad battery , I have that same amount of screen time and Im lucky if I get 6 hours tops .
[HTC EVO 3D] tracerit:
how does the ebay extended battery compare to this?
[HTC EVO 3D] DJ1994:
How do you get that much off it? I have the anker battery too and I get around nine-ten where my OEM gets seven to eight. All I do is play words with friends. Most of the day my screen is off with only mobile data on. No way can I get 20 hours.

first part was anker second is OEM

boom!! from my shooter
[HTC EVO 3D] thesparky007:
you have some serious wakelock issues.. thats probably why you get ****ty battery life

I, on the other hand get ****ty battery life because of the ****ty signal and ****ty coverage sprint has in my area... dropped more than 40% in 7hours with the phone just sitting there
[HTC EVO 3D] tgruendler:
If you look at the time where the battery dropped the most, your phone was awake but the screen was off that whole time. There is an app that is keeping your phone awake. I have never had that problem before but I am sure that there is a program on the market that would help find the culprit.
[HTC EVO 3D] DJ1994:
I had watchdog for the longest time and it never alerted. If someone knows what I can do to fix this it'd be amazing.

boom!! from my shooter
[HTC EVO 3D] jhuff83:
Which battery monitor program are you using?
[HTC EVO 3D] hitman4274:
This is the few times where I would say to get a task killer, something like android assistant would do u good to check to see what is eating the battery, its a free app, once u get it open it go to tools, then battery stats, will show u apps with battery percentage used next to em, might have to let it run for awhile to collect data, might just use the data already on the phone,

Should be able to tell which app is the hog from there,

There are some apps that will just destroy your battery

Edit- same day as post

I just got 3 galilio 2000mah batteries in the mail... About to test them out

Shot from my shooter in 3D

injected with cleanrom2.7
[HTC EVO 3D] fifedogg:
Just having words with friends installed kills your battery. That app is super flawed. Remove it for a day or 2 and you will see what I'm talking about. I would only get 5-7 hours with it on there playing just a little. Now I can get anywhere from 12-40 hours depending on how I use my phone and how good the service is where I'm at.

Using the ChiChiTec battery and love them.
[HTC EVO 3D] DJ1994:
Thanks guys I'll try the Android assistant.

I assumed something was up with words.

boom!! from my shooter
[HTC EVO 3D] spinningfrog:
I have that battery too and until it came out I was constantly looking for a place to plug it in. Crazy!

Now I can get through a whole day and not have worry where the next power source was.

I get quite a lot of email (read: more than 500) on a daily basis just from the servers telling me what they are doing and a few of the boxes I have to check every minute.

Thanks for the tip on words. I will have to work that out a bit.

:)

Deirdre
[HTC EVO 3D] stanglifemike:
THIS!!! Words With Friends rapes battery!! I had it installed for 2 days when it first came out, my battery life feel off. I looked and immediately saw a lot of people saying that game kills your battery. Uninstalled and battery life was good again.

System Panel is an amazing app that will show exactly what apps are doing what, and when they're doing it. I always run it for around 3 days when ever I think I have a rogue app, it has always found it for me. Highly recommend it!!