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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VSack:
I would agree, if I didn't already have an Android tablet :)

Its true what you say about doubling down. Its like owning a Canon camera, all the lenses, and then trying to switch to Nikon.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] distantneighbor:
I understand your fustration with LOS, but there is a way that your phone can reboot automatically when you get a LOS and it will let you know it did so. I use Starburst v1.8 with the LostKernel and I haven't seen a LOS even happen in 4 days where it use to be once a day, but when it does happen my setup takes care of it. Reboots automatically and I don't have to do anything manually - don't miss a beat.

Check out this link: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18728533&postcount=3022

I don't worry about LOS anymore and this phone kicks AS-phalt
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ripley6:
We have a crackberry att, iphone 3gs att(now cancelled), epic touch 4g, and xperia play verizon. Love me some tech stuff, including all sorts of phones, no matter who makes them. After having an iphone in the house for 2+yrs, would I get rid of the epic touch, no way. Its funny that my verizon phone will drop calls while the epic keeps on ticking, so much for verizons reliable service here in Houston. If I lose signal on the touch, I have noticed I also lose signal on verizon. I just wish Sprint would get on the ball and improve the speeds to compete with big red. Best of luck in whatever you decide.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wase4711:
wow, another thread on this subject...

you obviously like android, and, claim to spend more time customizing your phone than actually using it; you should have read the tons of posts about how folks are dealing with their LOS.

No one here can make up your mind, except YOU...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] gedster314:
I'm It manager for my work. No more Androids for our company. Way too many support calls for them. If someone wants Android, we will configure it once for ActiveSync/exchange and there after they are on their own, we will give them PDFs of common problems and fixes but has time goes on those PDFs will just get out of date. I don't even want BlackBerry anymore. Since everyone wants an IPhone and the cost is the same, that's our company phone. We get very little support calls about them. We will replace a broken iPhone once and the next time it is the employee's problem to replace it or will take the cost of the new one from their paycheck over a few checks.

What do I use...E4GT, I have a company issued iPhone I use to test company apps on but it generally sits in a drawer. My number is a Google Voice number so it does not matter which phone I grab during the day.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] plmiller0905:
I've also owned many Android phones and I made the switch from the Epic Touch to the iPhone 4s. I'm not gonna lie, I do miss the tinkering, however, when the jailbreak is released for this phone, I think I'll be all good then.

Unlike the epic touch I have not had any issues with the iPhone at all. Everything works flawlessly from the start.

In addition, like previous poster posted above me... We also have Android devices for our work phones and almost everyday people are having issues with them. They switched us over from Blackberry's because we're starting to use google for everything.... Google docs, gmail, etc.

Furthermore I honestly don't think that the iPhone is for people who are dumb to android and/ or tinkering. I for one don't like the upgrade process for android devices. And if I'm stuck in a contract for two years with a phone, i want it to be supported for those two years. you get an iPhone you can expect it to still get updates... Look at the iPhone 3GS. When you get an android device there's no way you know for sure of your phone is going to get the next update.... Look at the epic 4g. And I know devs can put out leaked roms, but I'm talking about official updates.

Sent from my iPhone iPhone 4S

using Tapatalk
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] coldblooded79:
Sprint is supposed to get LTE advanced by 2013. Theoretical 1 gbs when you are stationary and 100 mbs when moving. In the real word it won't be as fast, but damn.

Sprint to roll out LTE-Advanced network by mid-2013. http://m.bgr.com/2011/10/26/sprint-to-roll-out-lte-advanced-network-by-mid-2013/

Sent from my Eptouch 4g
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tenaciousj:
Have you tried the stock pulled kernel? I've used that and now using the Stock pulled with CWM5 and No LOS on either. Any other kernel I use that is put together from the source though will get me LoS within hours.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Success100:
Same topic..different title. Smfh
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] VSack:
I have the iPhone side by side with my E4GT since yesterday. My goal was to configure it as close as I could to being useful to see what I would and wouldn't miss. Here's my non-fanboi list of things Android does that I can't live without:

Turn by Turn SatNav - Google does it better and the alternatives are laughable.

Google Integration - The up and down integration with contacts and other information on Google has become indispensable to me.

Icon Manipulation - I can live without a lot of the customization, but its hilarious that Apple forces you to an "always sorted, top-left to bottom-right" icon grid. Sometimes a brother just wants to have some icons above his dock.

To be fair, these are some things I noticed I could see myself liking about the iPhone:

Notification dropdown is a little more involved. Good to see Apple isn't hypocritical about stealing interface design anymore ;)

iOS apps are first-class citizens. Almost every app that you can get on both devices is significantly more polished on iOS. For shame, developers.

Holy crap the camera is FAST

Interestingly, Google Maps looks nicer on the iPhone.

So in comparison, I like the iPhone because it feels a little more refined, but I like Android because OF Google.

I am going to reformat my E4GT again to the latest Starburst (am on 1.4 and ZedoMax) and see if I get any better performance.

Thanks everyone!

And yet 90% of the comments are rational and on-topic. I appreciate all the feedback that's contributed.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] wbexpress:
I am very happy with CM7 and it's versatility, however, I really like the font I had (Monotype Mine Font) that I used prior to CM7. I cannot figure out how to use it with the current setup. I've tried 4 different font changers and even tried renaming it to a .ttf file, but it just won't work. Does anybody know how to make this happen? TIA...
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Alex9090:
Renaming it to .ttf? What format is your font in?

Sent from samsung vibrant
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] wbexpress:
The original one is a straight APK. Since that was not doing it I copied and renamed it to .ttf. Neither format works.

The full title is "com.monotype.android.font.mine.apk" if that sheds any light.
[Vibrant Themes and Apps] Alex9090:
Apk are essentially zip files. You have to extract ttf font from apk using winrar or 7zip. It should be in /assets/font.

After that make three copies of it and rename them to Clockopia.ttf, DroidSans.ttf, DroidSans-Bold.ttf. Push them in /system/fonts using a root explorer and reboot. Don't forget make a backup of your default font.

Sent from samsung vibrant
[TouchPad General] SCWells72:
I've been running CM7 alpha 2.1 on my TouchPads since it was released. It's been amazingly stable for something labeled as an alpha! Virtually all of the apps from my Nook Color Titanium Backup restored and work well on the TouchPad, but there are two I'd used frequently that aren't working. I figured I'd ask here in case anyone might have a suggested fix/workaround.

First off, Scrabble. I know this game's display targets phones, but on my Nook Color it ran fine full screen after I unchecked Compatibility Mode in Spare Parts. On the TouchPad the screen is split in two with the top half (portrait orientation only) showing the Scrabble screen but replicated horizontally several times, and the bottom half a bunch of garbled pixels. I've tried toggling Compatibility Mode and rebooting a few times, but nothing's helped.

And now, Cisco AnyConnect. This VPN client works fine on the Nook Color, but when I start a VPN session on the TouchPad, it just hangs trying to connect. I don't know if perhaps the TouchPad's kernel is missing a key module (tun?) and the VPN client isn't properly detecting/reporting that, or perhaps it's a lower level issue than that.

Thoughts on either? Thanks!
[TouchPad General] Rocinante:
I have the same problem with Scrabble. Has anyone come up with a fix yet??

I'm running the CM7 3.5 alpha..
[TouchPad General] curlycarlos:
I also have this problem with Scrabble, as well as with Let's Golf 3 HD.
[TouchPad General] jkabaseball:
Anyconnect doesn't work here as well. Prompts me for username and password, but never connects.
[TouchPad General] Rocinante:
Well I tried it with MIUI and its the same.. must be a resolution thing... We'll have to wait for a better build of CM7 or maybe CM9 will handle it better considering its a tablet and phone OS..
[HTC Desire S] crisrr:
I want to root my DS to use some apps that require it. how can i do it ?

i want just root,while runing the official rom. can it be done ? thank you.
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
You'll need s-off, which can be acheived via htcdev.com Then, flash recovery and then the Superuser zip. That's the only way to root 2.3.5
[HTC Desire S] Archer74:
Seems I'm missing something here. I got the HTCDev S-off. Bootloader is now unlocked. Now I want the phone rooted. I installed ROM Manger and tried to install ClockworkMod Recovery but the program keeps telling me on startup that I need to have Superuser installed. When trying to install Recovery download starts but I get an error message loosely translated "error while executing privileged command"

I also downloaded the superuser Rom from the clockworkmod homepage but I don't exactly know what to do with it. Rooting the first HTC Desire was much easier :)

I'd appreciate any help

Thanks

Archer
[HTC Desire S] tpbklake:
You are manually going to have to flash ClockworkMod from fastboot mode. As you have discovered, you cannot use ROM Manager to install CWM.
[HTC Desire S] Archer74:
Ok. thanks. as far as I remember I need an *.img file for that which I have to place in the sd-card main folder. The superuser rom I downloaded is a zip file. Where do I get the *.img file? thx again
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
no, you need a recovery.img. Then flash that and flash the SuperUser ZIP through recovery.
[HTC Desire S] Archer74:
Got that. Thx. And WHERE can I get recovery.img? Found one with Google however I don't know if there are different ones for different phones. Thx
[HTC Desire S] mmmcfc:
Since when has the desire s been supported by htc dev
[HTC Desire S] sadsac:
Links to threads with cwm recovery or the superior 4ext recovery are in the index thread on the desire s development forum

Say you download the 4ext recovery zip, you can then extract the recovery img file out of it
[HTC Desire S] tpbklake:
It is not 'officially' listed on the htcdev site, however, the locked HBOOT 2.00.0002 can be unlocked using the procedure that is listed on the htcdev site.
[HTC Desire S] crisrr:
thanks alot !
[HTC Desire S] Archer74:
Thanks a lot. That did the trick. Desire S is rooted and Titanium Backup works now. :)
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
I'd like to know for future reference how you flashed the image. Can you use android flasher after s-off to do this? (i used rom manager method)
[HTC Desire S] crisrr:
well, for now i just s-off-ed using htcdev.com .

next i was trying to figure out how to root, what steps.i've read the dedicated thread , but it helps me not . can you just point out the next steps ? rooting for dummies pls :)
[HTC Desire S] Archer74:
Ok. It's rather easy. After using htcdev's method to S-Off the HBOOT, I downloaded the 4extrecovery_v2.1.0_saga.zip file from the 4ext homepage and extracted recovery.img from the archive onto my hard drive.

Then I started the phone in fastboot mode, connected it via USB to the notebook (don't forget USB debugging) and used fastboot.exe to flash recovery.img from my Windows notebook via a command line (cmd). Then I started 4ext recovery from fastboot mode on the Desire S and flashed the Superuser-3.0.6-efgh-signed.zip file I had also downloaded from 4ext homepage and had copied in the main directory of my sd-card. reboot phone and you're done.

In case you need a tutorial for flashing via fastboot look here:

http://androidforums.com/evo-3d-all...lash-recovery-image-via-fastboot-sd-card.html

Thanks to all for helping :)
[HTC Desire S] razamanaz:
How to s-off?? oO

sorry for dummy q, but i have problem to s-off my desire via htcdev.com.

i have already unlocked it, but how to s-off?!?!?!?

please help me, cant backup data with Titanium backup :'(

Best regards!
[HTC Desire S] tpbklake:
Once you are hboot unlocked, you can install a custom recovery and then install the su binary and superuser app to gain root access. Then you can use Titanium backup.
[HTC Desire S] razamanaz:
thanks, will try today
[HTC Desire S] VenomIreland:
I have a similar question to the OP's one.

I want to root my Desire S so as I can use more apps, how do I go about doing this?

From reading around it seems to be like this:

1. Unlock Bootloader

2. Flash Custom Recovery such as 4Ext

3. Flash su file

4. Install superuser app

Would these be the correct steps to take and give me root acess?

(Edit: If possible, can someone post the exact steps needed for flashing the custom recovery and su file? I'm not exactly sure as to how to go about doing this)
[HTC Desire S] VenomIreland:
Anyone? I have already unlocked my bootloader, but I still am not sure it the rest of the steps I have posted are correct (or even how to go about doing them).
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] itsLYNDZ:
Just rooted my vibrant for the first time, and now my data icon is just the big circle with the dash thru it. How do I fix this? I dont want to wipe my phone.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fear676:
Did you try rebooting?
[Android Themes] mickey4mice:
Saw somebody mention it on another forum, so I'm taking it here to see if anyone else is experiencing the same with Go Launcher.

In the Go Launcher app drawer, click on "running" you see lots of apps listed there, but most of them are not listed if you go to task manager-->active applications OR settings-->applications-->running services. I wonder if this is Go Launcher's reporting bug? Where does Go get their running stats from?
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Ultfreecomputing:
http://tl.gd/drbuch

(cue Chef Excellence music sting)

Sent from Remilla, my stock ASUS Transformer
[Eee Pad Transformer General] rpavich:
That's "excellent"

It sounds like a baby about to "make" in his diaper.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] chatch15117:
QQ moar

10chars
[Eee Pad Transformer General] rpavich:
Do you want to know how old I am....?

I had to google the urban dictionary to find out what that meant! :)
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Danzano:
HAHA Love that website i sit there and press random learn new words lol
[Eee Pad Transformer General] sandman1555:
A rant for sure. Not sure if it's excellent.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] ExploreMN:
It's an idiots rant. Listen, companies want to keep people from rooting and putting on their own ROMs because ultimately there will always be some knucklehead out their that bricks their device or burns out their CPU because they overclocked their 1Ghz processor to 5Ghz and then they have the nerve to expect a company to cover it under warranty.

Honestly, if I developed a hardware product, I would want to make it as tamper proof as possible for that very reason. Yet, I can also understand the desire to be able to do what you want with your device when you buy it. So what is the solution? Something similar to what HTC has done with the Evo 3D where they will unlock the bootloader, but you lose your right to your warranty. I consider that a fair exchange personally, and I understand the reason why.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] dictionary:
Exaaaaactly. You want root? Fine. Here. Your warranty is forever void now.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] psinno:
I am in mixed minds about the whole thing really. PC manufacturers don't feel the need to lock down computers as much as phones are. The more locked down something is the more likely someone trying to avoid locks will screw things up.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] IT Wannabe:
The "secure boot" sub-rant is actually more pressing than the TF rant. I expect "mobile" devices to be locked down, and half the fun of playing with them is giving the company the finger and voiding the warranty.

Messing with my PC so that I can't install whatever OS I want on it is going too far, though. As far as I can tell, "secure boot" is either a way to force every Linux distro to pay for a signed cryptographic certificate in order to be installed on a "secure boot" PC, or a way to utterly disallow anything other than Windows8 to be installed on that PC.
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Spidey01:
Personally I wish that even PC's were like Android devices, but with the freedom to erase Windows and install *BSD or Linux at will retained :-).

In my experience the most troublesome majority of Windows users are too incompetent to have the equal of root access to their own machine, except to make more work for people that want to fix or break their machine. So I am in favour of the idea, sure...here's your Windows 9 PC, then charge an unlocking fee to enable making an Administrator account that can be accessed by the purchaser instead of Microsoft Update. Then we could just make extra money off whiny snots complaining none of their NOT NT ready crapware works any more, and remind them that the warrentee is void :-).

There's no substitute for inteligence. Stupid tax ftw!
[Eee Pad Transformer General] Ultfreecomputing:
To all:

The Twitter post that I originally made was to let off some stream that I had with ASUS locking down the Transformer with no official way to unlock the device. I mean, rooting/unlocking is risky, but in responsible hands, it's no big deal. Yes, I see your points about the TF being a mobile device, not as a netbook, and that it should be locked by default, but I use it like a netbook, and I think it's pretty reasonable for it to be considered one, but I agree that newbies should not be tampering with the clock speed of the device, just too risky.

The main point of the post was: Why didn't ASUS provide a official way to unlock devices? They should either follow HTC and provide unlocking via a website, or just let me use "fastboot oem unlock".

Oh, and why are no HTC AT&T phones unlockable via htcdev.com?

Sent from Sukia, my rooted HTC Inspire.
[HTC EVO 3D] fastamx79:
I'm having a very odd problem with my 3D and timezones. If I flash a deodexed ROM my timezone become screwed up. The HTC weather/clock widget will think my "home" is in Arizona (world clock displays this) and it will also show my current location - Sioux Falls. It will display the time as being 2 hours behind. If I change it by hand in date/time settings by turning off auto and changing it from MT. time to Central (I'm in Central BTW) the clock on the menu bar will correct itself, but the widget is still wrong.

Other times, the widget's world clock will show the correct "Central Time" time for my home, but again my location in Sioux Falls will be 2 hours behind and my phone reports it as Mountain Time.

Is there some type of rogue file somewhere that is affecting deodexed ROMs on my phone? I've wiped plenty of times before flashing and I know it's not that issue because if I flash back to an odex ROM all my timezone issues are no longer there.

I've even booted the phone with no SD card and the issue remains.. :confused:
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prudviraj:
Guys,

I am not sure if this is good or bad news for me. I talked to Dell rep and said my screen was cracked when i got out of my car with tight jeans on and the phone in the pocket (but i actually dropped it from a foot high) i finally convinced him it is not physical damage.

So he is sending in a replacement on ONE CONDITION: If they find my phone physical damage, then the dell collection guys are going to call me and charge me 250 USD for replacement.

So my Question is:

1) I haven't gave them any credit card info. So how could they charge me as they have my broken phone with them and the replacement with me?

2) I brought it from Dell.com in APril so could they charge my credit card without my authorization for that price if i hesitate to pay?

They asked me to ship the old one back in 2 weeks, so if i delay by 4 weeks, are they going to charge me even if i have a excuse??

They approved my Streak Guys, but i dint want them to ship the replacement yet until i call them back for it. I am out of town so just wanted some bad help from the great GURU's here on XDA..

Any help greatly appreciated..

Thanks,

Raj
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
They have your credit card information from when you originally purchased the Streak. They will use that to bill you for the replacement Streak if they find physical damage. If you don't send the old Streak back in the time frame they specify, they will bill you for the replacement Streak.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prudviraj:
Ok, my streak 5 earpiece is also not working i cant hear anyone unless i am on a speakerphone or headphones. So with this, don't i hold enough water to fight it with my Amex card if they bill it unauthorized?

just looking at all the options and the worst case senario

Thanks,

Raj
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
You can fight it, but if Dell determines that there is physical damage, you will lose. In agreeing to the exchange, you agreed to Dell's terms and conditions for the exchange. All Dell has to do is send their information to AMEX if you file a chargeback and AMEX will side with them.

Dell's TOS overrides AMEX's TOS.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickshertzer:
I broke my Streak 5 yesterday also :(

In my jeans pocket and I bumped into a table. Simple as that. First phone I have ever broken. Didn't crack the glass, just the LCD underneath.

I want a dual core phone, but the Note isn't out yet, the Prime is really too small for my tastes, the SII doesn't excite me... I don't know. I bought an LCD assembly online and going to try to replace myself. I have replaced several iPhone and HTC screens for clients, so shouldn't be a problem (I hope).

Of course after reading this post, I might want to call Dell mobility and see if they will just send me another.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaydog:
It doesn't seem like they could tell if there was physical damage unless there is a built in shock sensor or something (I have heard that Apple is planning on putting one in iPhones soon), or if your little fall dented or dinged it. Even then, scuffs could be normal wear and tear I would think...
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nickshertzer:
I did end up calling Dell Mobility and they said the same. They will advance replace my Streak and only charge if they determine it is due to user abuse. I figure at that point I would have to either dispute it or ask for my broken Streak back and replace the screen myself.

If I have to give Dell another $250 for my Streak, I would want something for it, not a freaking refurb.
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaydog:
I've been dealing with Dell the last couple of days to get mine replaced, and had no problems, except they still show "Best Buy" as the official owner of my phone. Apparently there is a separate department that transfers ownership that is closed, and they keep telling me to call back tomorrow, which I do, only to find out that they are still closed...

The call center appears to be in India, and there are apparently some major holidays going on. I can live with that...
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaydog:
Hey, which rom are you guys gonna flash back to before you send it back?
[Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
They both should go back to carrier-branded stock ROMs. How current that ROM is should make no difference.