yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC EVO 3D] stanglifemike:
Only see one pic in the link when viewing on my phone, maybe there's only 1 pic, not sure. Anyway, from what I can tell, it looks just like the one I have. Mine works great for charging my phone and my HTC and Anker batteries. Phone docks nicely naked, and actually also works with some silicone an tpu cases. Seidio Surface w/kickstand case works, and even my Otterbox Commuter which really surprised me!! The charging tip just barely goes in deep enough to initiate charging with the Commuter. That's the only issue when trying to dock with thicker cases: The phone/case fits in the dock, but the charging tip isn't long enough to initiate charging. I assume that if it was much longer though it would cause the phone to not sit flat because the charging tip wouldn't bottom out in the phone (hope I'm making since here where you can understand me, lol, trying to explain it where it makes since).

Anyway, bottom line is the dock works great and well worth the money. I bought a generic dock for my Evo 4G and it never gave me a single issue. To my knowledge its still working great for the guy who bought my Evo 4G an all accessories... I'm gonna buy a generic Ebay dock for whichever phone I purchase next too. I have yet to see the need to spend more money on a dock with a name printed on it. Most of those don't have a spot in the back to charge an extra battery either, which is an absolute must for me! I probably use the battery charger more than the dock itself. Go for it, you won't be disappointed!!

Swyped from my pimpin PG86100 using XDA Premium, boiiiii!!!
[HTC EVO 3D] tracerit:
the desktop/full site will show more pictures if you scroll down. can you confirm if it's the same item you have and at what mA it charges at?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] letrain02:
just bought my phone today, thats all it says for kernal version...thats it. no more letters or numbers, so how do i root and custom rom??

very familiar with cwm, rooting, etc, came from hd2 to follow pongster ;-)
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nbulian:
Hi!

I've been searching how to change my X8 baseband and all the ways I've found are based on Windows, and I dont use Windows, Anybody knows how to do this in ubuntu/linux? I want to change my actual baseband 006 to 015, I want to install a new rom in my phone.

THANKS!
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
As I already wrote was almost too obvious that the poor GSM signal indication was done purposely on Verizon request.

Well, now I have the proof :)

Just edit build.prop and change the line

ro.mot.phonemode.vzwglobalphone=1

to

ro.mot.phonemode.vzwglobalphone=0

then reboot the phone

and your three or four stolen signal bars will be back.

Don't forget to say cheers to verizon :D:D
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
For the record I just tried to do the same on the D2g which is affected by the same "feature" and it works perfectly too...
[Motorola Droid 3] jchenny:
Confirmed working~

You are the man!!!
[Motorola Droid 3] leobg:
God bless you!!!! Works on Droid 2 Global too!!!!!
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
Indeed.

Likely there are also other global models that can be fixed too, for now I wrote it just on the D2g room because I have it (i got it after the d3)
[Motorola Droid 3] leobg:
I posted right away link to your post here over at D2G general, since we were quite a few people over there annoyed from that "tweak" of Verizon since pretty much day one. Sorry for the cross post - I didn't notice you already posted in dev threads. Thanks again!

Did you notice UMTS signal indicator became 5 bar from 4 bar?
[Motorola Droid 3] Hashcode:
I made this change to the CM7 build.prop file. For future releases.
[Motorola Droid 3] nikeusfr:
yeah the Solutor, work fine :-)
[Motorola Droid 3] rvschuil:
Mind = blown.

Confirmed to work here too, i'm on the Liberty ROM btw.

It's quite sad too, considering 1 line can fix your GSM reception. This makes me wonder, does it do anything else too, for example will it make it unusable for CDMA networks, or is it really only affecting GSM signal indication? That would make it even sadder!
[Motorola Droid 3] niko99:
The Solutor ! i do little test, i keep phone in this same place and change that what you advice.

first i haved alwasy 2bars and after reset i have 4bars of signal !!! :D thx
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
Thanks the solutor! :D

edit: ye I got a total of 5 bars now instead of 4
[Motorola Droid 3] bgmarian:
"Just edit build.prop and change the line"... where i find this?
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
build.prop: /system

line: somewhere in the middle :p
[Motorola Droid 3] Eclipsex2:
ok you found a line with a simples flag....but you know what code check this flag and what it does?

Because changing flags can do others stuff you can see now
[Motorola Droid 3] Rotkaeqpchen:
THIS IS IT!

Wow, thank you Solutor! This was my one and only critics point with this phone, but now, WOW WOW WOW, PERFECT SIGNAL!

Mille Grazie!

PS: I think no one should complain to Motorola or Verizon, they shouldn't know that we know it, to keep this solution!
[Motorola Droid 3] 8339923:
Thank you so much..

now the signal shows perfectly..

however, I have to report another problem..or the same problem

even tne signal shows correctly, once I lost my signal

it cant find it automatically and i cant register the network manuanlly

i have to reboot it to make it work..(even i turn the airplane mode on)

could you find a way to fix it please?

thank you very much
[Motorola Droid 3] Rotkaeqpchen:
I tried to reproduce that, went to the basement, waited till the signal dropped and going back up. But the signal was back immediately.
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
same here..
[Motorola Droid 3] thingonaspring:
Quote from build.prop :-

"this is for feature 34386"

Whoever requested feature 34386 has a lot to answer for.

Massive thanks to The Solutor - I seem to spend a lot of my time thanking that guy.
[Motorola Droid 3] slvrarrow:
does it improve battery life?
[Motorola Droid 3] 8339923:
New problem…

when i flashed to Dark Droid ROM

and changed the build...

after reboot, it shows the original signal ion, not the circle one
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
Clearly there are two kind of indicators (4 and 5 bars), likely they have replaced only the former. Ask for a fix on the liberty thread...
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
Thanks for the interest, but looks like the CM7 is unaffected by the problem (on both D2g and D3)
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
Well it's just 1 line edit :D wouldn't hurt
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
Oh, sure.

In the worst case it does nothing...
[Motorola Droid 3] volcanomike:
Still have the 4 bar style only...
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
reboot?...
[Motorola Droid 3] volcanomike:
Yup modified checked permissions and rebooted

Edit: nevermind!
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
What was it?
[Motorola Droid 3] bogdan_wrc:
5 bars here :)

well done!
[Motorola Droid 3] leobg:
I've got this happen to me few times too. Latest one today. I guess it is a bug, but doesn't show teeth very often. Today the way I fixed it was to let phone search for networks, then tap on select automatically. Previous times I simply Shift-Alt-Del'd the phone (reboot) as it takes less efforts and gets done faster.
[Motorola Droid 3] Rotkaeqpchen:
OK, indeed this happened to me now, too! But its not thaaaaaat bad.

I also can confirm that the signal is not only shown correctly, BUT ALSO has improved a loooooot :) Just tested it in the office, where normally my signal is very poor and often my signal gets lost.
[Motorola Droid 3] onethreeteeh:
i'm fairly certain this does nothing at all to affect your signal, it's only changing how it's reported. the number on dBm reported in about phone - status hasnt increased at all (-101dBm before and after) yet the number of bars has changed from 0/4 to 3/5

obviously i've only tried this in one location, but i'm going to check when i'm at uni tomorrow, and then again when i'm at work and see if theres any difference in dBm in those locations when i make the change (i highly, highly doubt there will be)
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
Yes this is why the thread title's is about the signal indication.

BUT

because the 2g switch is based on the same reading and not on the dBm, this means that when a normal phone has 5 bars a stock D3 has one or two bars.

When a normal phone has only one bar, a stock D3 is in 2G.

So, on the everyday use, better signal indication = better signal.
[Motorola Droid 3] Rotkaeqpchen:
@The Solutor: my experiences are that where I would have the signal dropped it now does not. Switching between 2G and 3G is also faster.

It is not thaaat important what is right or wrong. The only thing that matters is, that my phone has a perfect reception finally.

Thanks again!
[Motorola Droid 3] dpwhitty11:
Yeah, I only changed the 4-bar icons. I'll change the 5-bar ones eventually/soon/next build.
[Motorola Droid 3] hgrimberg:
It seems my signal strenght is now in the 90´s dbm instead of the 80's I had before. I hope this edit doesn't just have a cosmetic effect on the signal bars.

I wonder what can happen if we change some of the code lines where we find references to CDMA and change to 0 and end up disabling CDMA at all. I think that the problems we have with the GSM reception have to do with the interference that the CDMA radio does on the GSM radio. This conflict will perhaps be solved by totally disabling the CDMA radio functionality on this phone. Can this be done by changing parameters on the build.prop?
[Motorola Droid 3] Rotkaeqpchen:
Update:

Normally in the office the "Cell Standby" value "Time without a signal" is between 20 and 30%.

Now, today till now, it is 0%. If this is no improvement in signal quality, then I don't know.

I am VERY happy about this improvement!
[Motorola Droid 3] Wolfhere:
Okay, I want to give this a try. A little help and I think I can do this. Using Root Explorer, I copy the build.prop to my sdcard-ext. There permissions are different than when in system. Group has rwxr-x. Anyway, I copy over to my pc. Using notepad I change the value as outlined in the OP. Save and copy back to my sdcard-ext (different location, saving the copied original). Mount the system folder r/w and delete the original \system\build.prop. Copy the edited build.prop from sdcard-ext to the \system. Fix the permissions back to owner rw, group r and others r. And reboot. Right?

At no point did my fingers leave my hand.
[Motorola Droid 3] Joe.cotto:
You can do it right off the phone. Long press on build.prop and open as text editor or with Rom Tool Box.
[Motorola Droid 3] Joe.cotto:
You can do it right off the phone. Long press "build.prop" and open as text editor, or with rom toolbox.
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
Never use notepad to edit unix files.

Use a decent editor (notepad2, notepad++, whatever) if you want to do it under windows.

BTW is simpler to use ES file explorer or root explorer, using their integrated editor, directly on the phone.
[Motorola Droid 3] jchenny:
Has anyone tried this on the latest Liberty3 v1.2? I keep getting FCs every few seconds after reboot...
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
Tried the liberty rom on the D2g and my fix was already included (and working)
[Motorola Droid 3] hgrimberg:
I hope this edit doesn't just have a cosmetic effect on the signal bars.

I wonder what can happen if we change some of the code lines where we find references to CDMA and change to 0 and end up disabling CDMA at all. I think that the problems we have with the GSM reception have to do with the interference that the CDMA radio does on the GSM radio. This conflict will perhaps be solved by totally disabling the CDMA radio functionality on this phone. Can this be done by changing parameters on the build.prop?
[Motorola Droid 3] Wolfhere:
So I did it right off the phone. Still only 4 bars showing (Phone is in Global mode). Am I not supposed to get 5 bars now? Signal strength is somehow improved though. Just curious
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
Yes I get 5 bars (in total)
[Motorola Droid 3] hematose:
Is this just a matter of how the signal is indicated or is the phone's performance actually affected?
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
As written in this thread, it doesn't directly affect signal performance. However, verizon made it so that your droid 3/android THINK that it has less signal than it actually has. Because of this, your phone will switch to 2G (so no 3G) way earlier and way too soon if you're experiencing less signal quality. This fixes what verizon has done, so you will have 3G in areas where you did not before.
[Motorola Droid 3] 8339923:
What I want the most is switch the radio to XT883..that would fix the problem perfectly..

Even with this change, the signal bar shows correctly, but actually the probel is still there.

My problem is so funny, once I lost my signal and went to no service, It would not register network automatically, must be reboot to fix it even I turned on airplane mode.

And sometime, I can't receive call SMS and send out with showing signal...

Really strange problem..

However, it is nothing wrong if I'm using XT883 ROM..

Hoping someone can replace the radio.

Thanks
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
I don't have that problem at all
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
What about reading the previous posts ?

You are likely the tenth person who ask the same question
[Motorola Droid 3] hgrimberg:
I wonder what can happen if we change some of the code lines where we find references to CDMA and change to 0 and end up disabling CDMA at all. I think that the problems we have with the GSM reception have to do with the interference that the CDMA radio does on the GSM radio. This conflict will perhaps be solved by totally disabling the CDMA radio functionality on this phone. Can this be done by changing parameters on the build.prop?

Enviado desde mi DROID2 GLOBAL usando Tapatalk
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
What problems? Mine works fine now!!
[Motorola Droid 3] neonlite:
hmm there is actually a setting where you can change your connection type:

Menu>Settings>Wireless & networks>Mobile networks>Network mode>GSM/UMTS

source: http://www.droid-life.com/2011/07/20/tip-turn-off-global-roaming-on-your-droid3-and-save-battery/
[Motorola Droid 3] hgrimberg:
Sure, there is a setting where you can switch to GSM/UMTS and no CDMA but I am talking about disabling all CDMA references on the build.prop so that we keep that radio off all the time even when there is low GSM reception so that the phone doesnt even give you the possibility to switch to Global. BTW I dont think the GSM reception problem is totally fixed... I think this hack/tweak is only cosmetic...

Enviado desde mi DROID2 GLOBAL usando Tapatalk
[Motorola Droid 3] dettofatto:
Great! It is ok also in droid pro!
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
What about removing globalswitch.apk? I haven't tried myself
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
Thanks Solutor! This is great and a very simple fix for running roms on mt XT860

Sent from my XT860
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
Really ?

I can't believe this setting is present even on proper GSM terminals
[Motorola Droid 3] LaZiODROID:
Well its roms like Liberty and Maverick and Eclipse where I would use this fix. But have only done this on Eclipse so far.

Sent from my XT860
[Motorola Droid 3] The Solutor:
Ok, now makes more sense. Thanks ;)
[Motorola Droid 3] MerCiLeSS28:
Would this fix be of any use to USA based D3's? Im with Verizon and my signal here at the apartment sits at 1 bar all day and its almost unusable.
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
No.

Unless you use GSM, but verizon = CDMA, right?
[Motorola Droid 3] MerCiLeSS28:
Yeah, Darn. CDMA EvDo rev.A darn signal is -85 :(
[Motorola Droid 3] ravenhr:
Wow!

On the same place, with hack I have 3-4 out of 5 bars, and without hack I had 0-1 out of 5 bars. Wow!
[HTC EVO 3D] Max_Pain:
hey guys.

my wife's been mentioning that she's got an app saying she's got a missed call. it's not a system notification. it's got a orange/white star on the notification pulldown. when you click on it nothing happens.

today that same star (and i'm assuming same app) said "See who's spying on your profile!"...when I clicked on it, it opened a spam site (it was blocked by my ad blocker software).

I can't pinpoint any specific application that is obviously doing it.

anyone else heard of this or experience this? we both have the same rom and settings, difference are in our individual apps that we've downloaded.

please give me some help on how to figure this out! thanks.
[HTC EVO 3D] Moonbloom:
I've not had this happen to me, but i've read some other posts about it.

It's something called "AirPush" i think.

You can download "AirPush Detector" off the market for free, and it can basicly tell you which apps are doing it (it can't remove it, but simply tell you what is doing it), and then you can remove them by yourself if you want to.
[HTC EVO 3D] Max_Pain:
awesome thanks. that did it.

it was Root App Remover...which ironically I installed for her:o

all gone now.

thanks again!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] manekineko:
Pro's for T-Mobile Galaxy S2:

Generally better data speeds

Generally cheaper plan

GSM, so can use internationally

True Android-native infrastructure tethering after root

No Loss of Service (LOS), a problem afflicting Sprint GS2

No Sound Pool bug, a problem that crashes games afflicting all Exynos GS2

NFC

Wifi calling

USB Host (USB on the go)

Noise cancellation microphone

Con's for T-Mobile Galaxy S2:

Generally less coverage around the country (especially on non-roaming prepaid plans)

Screen suffers from blotches on low-brightness

Slightly slower CPU/GPU

Worse front-facing camera

Runs hotter

Less dev support

No notification LED

Capped data that throttles after plan limits

Edit: This thread was originally about me considering switching from a Sprint GS2 to a T-Mobile GS2. I've now done so, but figured since I drew up such a comprehensive list of differences, might as well keep it around for anyone else that might be curious
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] talltexan:
read thought this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1320942
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] manekineko:
Yup, I saw that, weird and disappointing. That's why I have "slightly worse screen" in my list of cons.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] AllGamer:
that's not correct

it can get 3G/4G at any GSM internationally

that's the beauty of this version of SGS2 Hercules
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Splaktar:
What is LOS? Line of Sight? Left over soup? ;)

I just switched over from Sprint as well. Their 3G has been totally pathetic and borderline unusable for the last 6 months. My T-Mobile speeds are 10+ times faster. I don't know what the SERO plan is, but T-Mobile doesn't have free mobile to mobile calling like Sprint. They only give you free calling from T-Mobile to T-Mobile and their nights and weekends are more restrictive than Sprint.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] manekineko:
Wow, that is big for me. Thanks for the tip, I hadn't heard the Hercules also has the AT&T bands.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] manekineko:
Loss of Service. It's a problem that comes from the fact that Samsung kind of sucks at making CDMA modems. Sometimes the Sprint GS2 will just lose cell service, and it won't come back until you reboot. I haven't gotten bit by it yet, but it's widespread enough that I feel it's just a matter of time.

The Sprint speeds drive me nuts. In the middle of Manhattan, I see download speeds on 3G of as low as 100kbps on Speedtest.

I'd be going to the T-Mobile $30 prepaid 5GB 100 minute plan, so I wouldn't get any nights and weekends or mobile to mobile I think. The plan's a big downgrade from the numbers I had on Sprint, but the speed improvements and lower monthly fee would balance it out for me. Plus, talking is probably the feature I use least on my phone. :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Killbynature:
If your paying $79.99 for sprint tmobile has the same plan for $79.99 with contract 2 gig cab though. if you want 5 gig cap its $89.99. 10 gig cap is $99.99

All those plans have unlimted minutes and texting.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeyinid:
I pay 49 for unlimited talk/text and 2 gigs data. Not sure about 79.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tigerz0202:
my wife works for tmobile and ill tell you that if you live in a good area then tmobile is definitely worth it and is the best bargain out there , if you travel alot then i dont recommend them,all depends on your lifestyle, most major cities get pretty good tmobile service
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Killbynature:
Classic or Value if you don't get subsidize it is much cheaper.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cheema:
For me:

1. Sprint Galaxy S II phones do suffer from loss of signal. I have noticed this on both Sprint Galaxy S II phone I have. Very very annoying.

2. T-Mobile's version suffers from poor display.

3. T-Mobile's version suffers from poor front facing camera.

Maybe all of these problems can be fixed with a software update. And Samsung will take the time to make this happen. There are no assurances however.

For its part, Sprint has acknowledged the loss of signal problem and has promised a fix. T-Mobile has not yet acknowledged problems with their unit.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] movieaddict:
Walmart piggybacks off Tmobil.towers
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
I dunno what everyone is talking about with the front camera, it's the same resolution as sprint's.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cheema:
You might have missed this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1326314
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
Yes, I definitely missed that post. Damn :/

Hopefully it's just a software issue.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mikeyinid:
I'm on a value plan. 99 a month for 2 lines. And I'm in an excellent coverage area. But, 2 gigs is definitely not enough. I blew through half of that on Friday listening to Google music beta o.O

First time I missed sprint since I switched a few months back.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] manekineko:
Has anyone tried USB on the go to plug in a USB stick on the T-Mobile GS2?

They disabled it on the Sprint version for some reason, and am wondering if this is another pro I could add to the list.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] manekineko:
Another question that I thought of.

Has anyone experienced lots of random crashing to home screen while playing games? Both the Sprint and international Galaxy S2 suffer from a bug in their sound system that causes certain games to crash all the time. If the T-Mobile one doesn't do that, it'd be a huge advantage.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Best you can get is 10 gigs of data.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cGrumm:
Can anyone help me unlock the samsung vibrant. I have rooted it and now i need to unlock it so i can use it with att. Thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JediDru:
Go to the market and download "Galaxy S Unlock." Follow the directions it works.

p.s. Questions belong in Q & A even if they dont have question marks at the end.