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[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voxigenboy:
you are so f'd you need to bend over right now and take it like a man!

but seriously though, it is easy to just claim it lost. no biggie.

I do it twice a year ;D

[EDIT]: on a side note, its pretty easy to open the Thunderbolt up.

remove the 6 screws on the back, pry off that panel on the bottom front, then remove the 2 scews under that, you can then seperate the screen from the rest of the phonephone. after that, there's just 2 more screws on the back & once you remove that platic panel you can access the power switch directly & remove the actual "button"(if it's broken) & then just use a paperclip to power on/off
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caspersfi:
Good info thanks.
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AConnelly09:
Thanks for the replies. So is there no way to do it using adb only or something? I can't really even afford the 90 dollars with the new semester expenses coming in, but obviously 90 < retail.

If I do send in for a replacement and they detect it's rooted, how does that work? I receive a letter or something? And I assume they will charge me the retail cost or..?
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NavyKwonMA:
I broke my charger off in the power port.... I was rooted and running aosp and they replaced mine no questions asked for free.....
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NavyKwonMA:
When they get phones back to factory they just replace the damaged part and wipe/reprogram the phone back to specs anyways.... as long as its a physical problem nit a software issue they don't really care
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jmz:
you should be able to pull the battery, plug in usb and then put the battery in and it should turn on. Didn't test but im pretty sure it works...
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] srothkin:
If you have the Asurion extended warranty through VZW, you might be ok.

Before I got my Thunderbolt, I had to have my Motorola Droid replaced a few times under the extended warranty (once because the B key on the keyboard stopped working, the other times because the headphone jack would start shorting out after a few months). Each time I just called Verizon, they Fedexed me a refurb with a Fedex return label, I transferred my stuff and flashed the original ROM back (but didn't remove SPRecovery because I didn't see instructions for that), and sent the old one back.

If you have to send the phone directly to HTC they might care, but I don't think VZW cares (at least not with the extended warranty).
[Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LeftyGR:
If you're really worried about it and don't want to claim lost phone, just drop it out a 2nd or 3rd story window onto sidewalk. Say you dropped it down a flight of stairs.
[General Questions and Answers] leonzon:
hi, i am just looking for an interface for android for an elderly person, this person gets confused easily, so i think maybe a very simple interface might work, call text and thats it.

does anyone know of any, i guess a simple launcher would do it,

also i am planning on putting this on a cheap android phone, i dont think an expensive phone is necesary.

any help or advice would be welcome,

thank you
[General Questions and Answers] ACEgraphx:
BIG Launcher

BIG Launcher
[General Questions and Answers] phonotto:
Hi, we've just published an Android App that aims to be absolutely usable by seniors and elderly people: Phonotto (phonotto.com).

We're in public free beta, so any feedback/suggestion is much appreciated!

Hope this helps
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ogeretla:
Hey Guys. Has anyone had the GPS problem on stock setup or after root and flash? I have to reboot every time in order for it to pick up the satellites. i have been using a gps check program from the market to check the status. It will only see 1 sat when the phone has been running for awhile, it won't connect at all outside with clear skys. I read some people having the issue on the sprint site but, not much about it here. Anyone?!?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dante501:
Did you try Sprint Navigation? That normally gets a gps log on right away. Google isn't working proper on any phone i used. Gladfully we on sprint have free Sprint navigation from telenav whatever beats Google nav anyway. Try it you probably get a log on to gps right away.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] joe.stay:
Download GPS Test from the android market. Then go into setting and clear the agps and it should lock in within seconds. That's what I did. I only had to do it once and my gps has been fine after that. It locks in within 10 seconds.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] 4NDR01D5:
I had the same exact issue

To be specific I had my phone bearly 2 weeks, One day while just sitting on the counter with the screen off in what should have been idle state my phone was so hot I could bearly pick the thing up the digitizer or non of the buttons on the screen would function and it was super slow.

I had to pull the battery out to reset the phone the battery history showed it drained a near 90% + charge in under 2hrs.. to say the least I had a couple LOS after reboot everything was FOTB.

Since then my GPS worked for crap it was inermident it seemed the cooler the phone the better it did work but after a certain warm temp it would fail and anywhere around warm or less it would work intermidently at best..

Long story short after talking to someone for several houres he decided it haves a hardware issue after going to a sprint store and pulling teeth they finaly order me a replacement..

After investigating here is what I personaly found out.. The GPS is intergrated into the cpu, i dont know if it is on the T-mobile version with the snapdragon DC CPU, but what I think actually happined is my CPU overheated to the point of desoldering or lifting the chip or causing the internal GPS portion of the CPU to fail or degrade. I am asuming maybe a LOS crashed my phone to the point of causing this failure as of now I have a new phone and it did resolve the issue.

I had the most difficulty with trying to prove to the store that the GPS was bad because the store employees would try and argue that A-Tower triangulation acurate to 3000meters is good enough then after training sprint employees and technicians the difference between A-Tower & GPS I was finally able to get a replacement phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] beanpoppa:
I've had this issue happen to me twice on the stock ROM. Google navigation could not get gps lock for several minutes in clear view of the sky. I rebooted the phone, and navigation then got an almost instant lock after going back in. I don't have another gps monitoring app, so I don't know if my phone was having an issue, or nav. I periodically had similar issues on my Droid 1, so it may not be unique to this phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dante501:
Well like discussed in a other tread sprint navigation has no issues to log on to gps. Google nav has issues. It is almost with all Android phones that Google nav has issues to log on to gps. Sprint nav logs on basically instantly.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Stoney60:
Google maps locked up on 10 of 11 sats in less than 5 seconds the first time I tried it this morning. I've seen better accuracy (mine varied between 12-18 ft) SN ratio was great all 10 were over 20). I've had my phone since Saturday and GPS test found and used 5 sats in my basement (first time I've ever seen that) turned on my wife's epic and got the same thing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Will of fire:
This is what I get but I don't know if it's good. I can never get shopkick points. I love show kick.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] error4o4:
I've been having this issue more and more lately.

Its the same thing every time, after the phone has been up and running for days on end, the GPS will not work at all.

Reboot and its 100% fine and super fast lock & accuracy.

But its now to the point that I just reboot my phone daily just to avoid running into this.

Doesnt help that I dont even have 3g in phoenix, curious if its part of the problem.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ElAguila:
I had a lot of problems. Bottom line is that I think some phones may have borked gps chips. After going to thru tech support online, on the phone , and finally taking the phone in, they replaced it and the new ones works great.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ogeretla:
Hey guys, just wanted to share my findings with the GPS problem a lot of people seem to have, including me. I was having issue's connecting my GPS all the time, it would not locate the satellites unless I hard reset the phone until I found this software in the market.

It's called. GPS FIX - just search, GPS FIX - simple enough...right?

I tried using the other GPS program everyone talked about, and clearing the whatever but it never really seemed to work. This program however works FLAWLESS! You start your GPS, launch this program, it finds everything, then you launch your Nav software or whatever and it pops up instantly.

Hope this helps...

*side note - my friend has a HD2 and his has the same issue, and also another phone he uses as well. So the GPS issue seems to be something a lot of phones experience, makes me feel better it's not just isolated to this device.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kartoon33:
I'm currently running the Starburst rom and using GPS on the road heading to South Carolina. The gps and navigation has been working perfect and accurately
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nacron:
It was worse on the galaxy s, the culprit was the spring arm that makes contract with the GPS antenna on the back case. The arm would lose tension and it would then loose contract. I had my first issue with GPS this morning, wouldn't lock. Haven't tried it since my drive to work
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ogeretla:
All I know is I run this software and mine works great. Without it I have to reboot to get it to work.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Khilbron:
Just enter ##gpsclrx# into your dialer then enter your msl code. Let it do its thing then reboot your phone. You should have much better GPS locks afterwards
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ogeretla:
And what does that do exactly?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Khilbron:
Sorry for the late response. It clears the GPS data on the phone, and forces it to resync. This has in the past on several devices resolved GPS locking issues.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ogeretla:
Cool thanks!

Sent from my Epic 4G Touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kartoon33:
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[HTC EVO 3D] youngjae07:
Does anyone know were I can find the stock ROM for the evo 3d? Been looking for a week but just can't find it.
[HTC EVO 3D] jxr94:
Here you go chief.

Stock Rom

Slightly Older Rom but without spyware
[HTC EVO 3D] Kermagod:
Depending on your needs, this post might help:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1208485

Some might say, you could have found your answer by searching.
[Xperia Arc Themes and Apps] UnderZone7:
Can anyone theme the youtube widget to match the default sony xperia widgets?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vvvRASvvv:
yesterdayI tried to update my phone While doing the update the phone went to Emergency mode(Yellow Screen) and just hanged there. After waiting for an hour, I have plugged out the cable and tried to switch of the phone. the phone didn't switch off. I have taken out the battery and plugged it back in.

After this, the phone is not switching on at all. No display...not powering on.

I have seen some discussions suggesting to press 'Volume up' 'enter key' and power key while plugging in usb cable. Nothing seems to be working. Even when I connect the charger, it is not switching on. It used get little bit of heat when it was charging when it worked. But, no heat (or) no indication of charging at all now.

Could you please suggest what could be the issue how do I solve this the LG guys wont replace my phone cz i rooted it installed CM7 on it

(NOTE : I live in INDIA )
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mak.3736:
are you able to boot into emergency mode

long press (volup+back+power) all 3 buttons simulataneously.

Are you able to see yellow screen(emergency mode) after pressing this .
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Gremaldin:
Your phone is bricked, and as far as I know it cant be fixed without taking it to a service center. But dont give up hope, since it doesn't even power on, there is no way they can find that you rooted or installed CM7. Trust me, the same thing happened to me once, and they fixed my phone for free. Just tell them phone isn't turning on. If they press for more details, tell them you tried to update through PC suite. Whatever happens dont mention about rooting or installing a custom ROM.

To avoid this happening again, dont pull out the battery while in emergency mode. Thats what bricked your phone.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vvvRASvvv:
Thank you for responding to my thread

emergency mode not opening tried all key combi

The LG guys fixed it for free ?? How do they do that if some 1 knows please post about it if any 1 from Lg technical department
[Optimus One, P500, V General] rikipy:
You not try using KDZ Manager?, this tool is using for unbrick you Phone, search you the specific ".kdz" for you country or carrier and see search the tutorial on google :p i use the tool for udapte to 2.2.2 to 2.3.3 on my P500
[Optimus One, P500, V General] ashishv:
They will get it fixed for free,but believe me lg service centre is worse.So dnt expect your phone atleast 10 days after u give it to service centre.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Joel Chan:
With all due respect, I would like to suggest that doing a simple search on xda would have told you that your phone is BRICKED. Many others have bricked their phones before you ;)
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vvvRASvvv:
Phone dead

Ok i gave my phone to LG service centre for replacement and that girl said to their other repair men that it will go for D.O. ( any one know is that DO ?)

The receptionist said it will take 15 days or more for my replacement

and on the Job sheet she wrote PHONE DEAD

I came across videos and gog's searches and found that dead phone can be resurrected using devices like :

1- RIFF box

2- ORT JTAG

3-Medusa BOX

and few other JTAG devices

I saw a vid on youtube where a guy resurrects dead samsung galaxy phone using 3 resistors in series conncetion and puting its both ends on the usb port of the mobile

I went to local electronic shop and no f**kin one had a transistor they said no no no to me

n i finally went to LG care game them the phone n said I want replacement.

( Oh god india is so horrible Even the LG care did have one of those Boxes to resurrect my phone )

Is it possible that they might refuse to replace the phone if they're unable to repair it?? just asking . I bought my phone 1 week back just 1 week = 7 days

On diwali ( it was my diwala actually )
[Optimus One, P500, V General] ~Hbk~:
i completely understand ur situation.. ( i bricked my phone while trying to play around with KDZ , on 20th oct):(:(

however,I got my phone back from the service center yesterday. ( it took them jus 2 days to replace the pcb):cool:

So don't worry, they'll replace the Pcb for you..and if your phone is in the warranty period, u won't have to pay for anything!!:D :D
[Optimus One, P500, V General] fundoozzz:
lol.... I can understand the diwala thing..... in which city u r living??
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vvvRASvvv:
im from bhubaneswar

I asked them for a replacement already

n that girl said to one of their technical guy that this phone will go fo DO or DOA something like that
[Optimus One, P500, V General] fundoozzz:
that's dead on arrival....

Optimus One

Mik's Cyanogenmod 6.5.8
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vvvRASvvv:
24 days my phone not back yet QQ

service center guys said my phone has been accepted for replacement and they will send it . that service center guy said this to me in sucha way that i felt like they're go'nna take more days

I'm pissed almost 1 month no phone

any way i can get back at them ?? please suggest
[Optimus One, P500, V General] navin.shah:
we are on the same boat..... i have tried to update via kdz tool when i saw "V20C"... firmware.... and exactly same incident happend to me..... n now my phone is in the service center for 20+ days...... dont know when will i get... it...

i think flashing "V20C" via KDZ tool is very risky...

LG after sales in india suck man.....
[Optimus One, P500, V General] navin.shah:
i got my phone today.... they replaced its PCB free of cost..... my phone was once exposed to water... and the battery white bar turned red... and tey detected it ten also they replaced it for free.. hufff it took almost 1 month..... damn slow guys...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] alex_gideon:
My phone was also bricked when i tried to update via KDZ updater.I handed over the phone to the LG service center and they replaced the PCB and got it back within 10 days. :)

I really dunno why the hell they changed the PCB after all the problem was with the RAW boot image.I came across ORT/JTAG stuffs to repair dead boot phones but i dunno how far it works...
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vvvRASvvv:
now its more than 1 month and they service center guys keep saying me that your phone is in warehouse and you will get your phone shortly and they kep saying that after 4-5 days you ll get your phoen when ever i reach them .

last saturday i went to them and lashed about it . dunno for how llong i can keep my head cool my dad says get to consumer court if they dont give your phone by this month ( 2 months )

i'm very unhappy with their service
[Optimus One, P500, V General] vvvRASvvv:
they took my whole package i.e. the phone the box and all the accessories and said that after depositing these you will get your mobile phone dispatched
[Optimus One, P500, V General] navin.shah:
you should talk to the service manager of your area.... in my case the service center refused to change the pcb but when i talked to service manager of my area they repaired my phone within 2 days...... get the no. from lg website by emailing them....
[Optimus One, P500, V General] Marcovecchio:
The same happened to my phone: hard brick, no signal of life, and they replaced the PCB, free of charge. But it took more than one month. So, be patient.
[HTC EVO 3D] lyon21:
Someone please correct me if I am wrong but please don't flame me.

Other than UI features, will there be any benefit to an ICS ROM made from source? Won't we still have to use a gingerbread kernel? From what I understand, there will be zero performance gain from it until we get a kernel source from HTC. Am I wrong in thinking that? Or will someone be able to make an ICS kernel for it when the source for ICS drops?

The reason I ask is because the most exciting thing to me about ICS is the hardware acceleration.

Sent by my Supercharged dual core from the 3rd Dimension
[HTC EVO 3D] Nsandhu23:
I remember reading somewhere that ICS is supposed to take advantage of the dual core power of cell phones. Not 100% sure but I want ICS because of the looks and the UI
[HTC EVO 3D] bballer71418:
We have HTC kernel source its just not fully complete (unfortunately) but toastcfh was able to tweak it to work. The only reason you see custom kernels is because of source. ICS does impelement the first mobile Linux 3.0 kernel. Once ICS source drops, one of the first things to do is merge our kernel source with the new 3.0 kernel and then go from there. Not only will ICS have full 2D acceleration throughout the entire UI the new kernel should bring a few benefits at the least just slight overall improvements. Although it will be interesting to see how large the new AOSP roms will end up being. Google has specifically said that ICS will a bit on the heavy side and even ruled out a nexus one upgrade due to out-of-date hardware. Our HTC shooter's will definitely be just fine but just a thought. To answer your question though yes, expect major UI improvements and "under-the-hood" speed improvements. Due to the nature of open source we will be able to take advantage almost every enhancement ICS brings.
[HTC EVO 3D] novanosis85:
Toast has a isc kernel?
[HTC EVO 3D] lyon21:
I understand what you are saying. The biggest thing I was wondering is, will we have a true ICS kernel as soon as ICS source drops. I think I remember some phones having to use froyo kernels with gingerbread ROMs. I could be wrong but I think that's right.

Sent by my Supercharged dual core from the 3rd Dimension
[HTC EVO 3D] knowledge561:
Even if the kernel source isnt released yet, its gonna take months for a full working ics aosp rom. UI improvements, the UI is a huge improvement. Seems like android was rebuilt to me. Hardware improvements. Its worth it.

Temari x Shikamaru
[HTC EVO 3D] bballer71418:
Toast has an AOSP kernel. Once the ICS source gets dropped (which includes kernel source) toast and others will merge our drivers and such with the new AOSP Linux 3.0 kernel
[HTC EVO 3D] bballer71418:
I think I remember what you are talking about with og Evo. The kernel source only gives us libs and drivers and such that we modify to be able to use AOSP roms. Once the EVO 3D officially gets ICS the process of making custom kernels becomes a bit easier but will not necessarily improve performance. Idk if you had an og Evo but toastcfh as well as others from savaged-zen had a functional Linux 2.8 kernel while all stock android kernels were on 2.5 & 2.6. Once we get any kind of source at all we can get a Linux 3.0 ICS kernel with all of the new benifits it entails. Completed (which we don't really have) or updated source just makes the process easier
[HTC EVO 3D] No1ustad:
thanks everyone, esp OP, for creating a good read and a productive thread in the General section. these are becoming a rarity!
[HTC EVO 3D] tgruendler:
That they are, but it was actually a question so it should have gone in the Q/A thread....;)
[HTC EVO 3D] lyon21:
I understand it should have gone in Q&A but I personally never look in there and figured that was the same for many people here. Figured something like this should be in general, where a lot of people would see it and answer the question or enjoy reading the answers. With all of the bull crap posted in the general section lately, thought it would be a nice change to have something that many people would be interested in. Thought people would rather see this here than another SGSII vs 3D thread, or some other bull****. If I am wrong, mods feel free to move it but I think most people will agree.

Sent by my Supercharged dual core from the 3rd Dimension
[HTC EVO 3D] tgruendler:
Man...I should just put (sarcasm) at the end of my posts instead of the winking smiley guy.
[HTC EVO 3D] zadias:
Q/A section seems to be more for technical help and advice help. Trivial questions that require conversing and the spread of general knowledge of the topic seem reasonable in the general section, imho.
[HTC EVO 3D] lyon21:
I wasn't being a **** about it. I was just explaining why I didn't put it in the Q&A section. Hope it wasn't taken that way.

Sent by my Supercharged dual core from the 3rd Dimension
[HTC Desire S] Rapier:
What should be "normal" for Desire? I constantly get around 2000+ with no overclock. On my former Legend oced to 806 Mhz I was hardly getting 1400. I know the processor is better in Desire S but still the difference is big. Could be a bug with Quadrant?

Using CM 7.1 stable, interactive governor, 1024 mhz, standard CM kernel

Sent from nowhere over the air...
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
That's good :) you should be happy with a higher score... Whats wrong with that :D
[HTC Desire S] Rapier:
I am happy...there's no doubt about that. I was just wondering if these are the usual values for Desire since in the Legend section there was such a topic with benchmark results and here I couldn't find any.

If values are not resulting from a bug of Quadrant and are correct, it's great. I was just surprised by the difference that's all and wanted to compare the results with other's. I don't see now any reason for which I should overclock the Desire S. Maybe ICS will demand more power, but I think has enough for now. Everything works smooth and fast, no lag, temp does not raise above 35-37 degrees...it's great :-)

Sent from nowhere, over the air...
[HTC Desire S] olyloh6696:
Yep, no need to OC ;)

Those results are normal for AOSP ROMs, (like cm7)