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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] KryptosXLayer2:
Instructions for D710 Car Charger to get it to work with the Skyrocket

Before I begin, yes, pictures are worth a thousand words. I was trying to get this done as quick as possible, so I didn't take any. Apologies.

Tools you will need:

Dremel with sander attachment

Razor knife (box cutter or similar - sharp but strong blade)

Eyeglass Phillips-head screw driver

Magnet to contain screws

Instructions:

Buy car dock, receive in mail, open box

Grab phone holder attachment, the one that the phone will fit into

Test fit in holster with USB connection slider in the open position (down)

Attempt to slide USB connection slider UP, see that there is a lip on the forward edge of it that touches the bottom of the Skyrocket, preventing it from going all the way up and the MicroUSB plug from inserting into the phone

Remove device and put in pocket away from all the debris you're about to get all over the place

Turn phone holder over, notice the USB slider has a cover on it and it isn't one solid piece - I'm talking about the back panel, not the entire slider itself.... do NOT try and remove the slider from the phone holder in the following steps, JUST the cover over the slider!

Pry small black decal circles off the back cover to expose two tiny Phillips-head screws, remove with eyeglass screwdriver, use magnet to keep them contained!

Having trouble removing them? Yeah, they're on there pretty hard.... What I did was push down with the screwdriver and grab a pair of pliers to twist the handle of the screwdriver until they loosened, about 1-2 quarter turns will do it for each screw listed below

Pry cover up with razor knife, stick plastic credit card or similar under, clear knife out of the way and retract, then start prying up on the cover

It can be pried straight up and off without breaking any clips

Use eyeglass screw driver to remove the (4) screws holding the slider to the phone holder, use magnet to keep them contained! Lift sliding block out of the inside of the USB slider while you note which side faces up and which side faces down, put aside

Look underneath circuit board with USB connectors on it, unscrew the (4) screws there, and remove circuit board from slider chassis, put aside

Now you have an all plastic, no metal, no USB, slider that you can safely Dremel away at to remove that lip!

Place flat along bottom where the circuit board once was installed, and Dremel off that lip carefully without digging too far into the device.... If I have to explain HOW to Dremel without damaging this piece, you shouldn't be using a Dremel in the first place!

Just be sure to remove the sharp edge you are making while grinding down the lip as well too - you can do that CAREFULLY with the Dremel or with the razor knife, depending on your comfort level!

Blow chassis clean, clean debris off yourself, and reassemble in reverse!

Hope this helps, let me know if you have any questions! Make sure to click THANKS if I've helped you as well, I appreciate it
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] GAMacky:
Does it trigger car mode on the Skyrocket when docked?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] KryptosXLayer2:
It DOES trigger car mode, which I used to have Tasker use to open the Music app and would play through the AUX in my car.... now I use A2DP Volume to automatically connect to the bluetooth in the car when car docked, works PERFECTLY
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] gokartracer5:
sweet. ordering one today. thanks for the review and the mod steps.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] justdofit:
Hi,

Just picked up what appears to be the Australian version of the Skyrocket (4G capable, dual 1.5Ghz & slightly chubby Galaxy S2). And have been on the hunt for a car kit...

Came across this thread with excellent instructions on modding the sprint kit.

Reviewing the Samsung US website for kits I noticed the T-Mobile version has the same camera shape as my phone and the skyrocket (vertical rounded rectangle instead of vertical pill of the sprint).

Not having access to a T-Mobile SGS2 locally, is there any reason that the above guide may not work with the T-Mobile cradle?

Cheers

ADam
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] DarienA:
So my Mountek mount arrived yesterday and I set it up today on my way in to work. As some background I use my skyrocket for everything from viewing traffic cameras to GPS, all while playing some selection of the GB's of music I have on the SD card.

I initially thought when viewing it that all 4 arms would actually go instead the CD slot slightly and hold on that way, that's not what really happens.

The two outside arms just sit right up on the slot... the two inside arms go in slightly and then turning the screw deflects/opens the seperate plate that the two inside arms are on so in the end it opens up like a V grabbing the edges of the cd slot.

I didn't have any problems with the phone falling out the gripper arms work fine. I had some problems accessing the power port with the square arm on the bottom of the holder that the phone sits on but per the instructions that is removable and I think in the end once I get use to plugging it in regularly I'll know the exact angle I have to put the plug in.

Overall first day impression is good. I'm happy with it, I no longer have a spot on my dashboard where my suction mount sits that I'll have to remove periodically to clean the circle that appears there. Of course it blocks the radio controls but I've got steering wheel controls for those so its not really an issue. The phone is actually closer to me being connected at the radio which is high up on my dash. So it makes it easier to reach it to switch songs, access maps, etc.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Bender B. Rodgriguez:
I have this one as well. You can't beat it for the price. Works great horizontally and vertically. The suction cup is amazing.

I use it alot to record video when I'm driving. There isn't a whole lot of shaking even on spirited 1st through 3rd gear pulls.

Sent via smoke signal
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] alexgarrett:
How secure is this mount to the vehicle? Any way you can throw a pic up here of how it looks all mounted up with a fatty rocket in it?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] gokartracer5:
Just finished modifying this mount. Works pretty well, but the USB connection doesn't slide in perfectly, but it works.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] KryptosXLayer2:
Glad to hear you got it working! The best advice I can give about the usb connection is to wiggle it instead of assuming it was designed for this device and should slide right in like your mind wants you to believe.... If you wiggle it forward and backwards while lifting it up, it will go in a whole lot faster than if you try sliding it and hitting the bottom of the phone every time (that's what she said? No probably not....)

enjoy and glad to hear I helped ya!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] gokartracer5:
Yeah I figured that out. It works great. thanks for figuring this out for the rest of us.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] DarienA:
Big potholes or bumps will cause the device to move but it never moved so much that I was concerned.

I took some pics of my wife's Infuse in the mount... Top, both sides, front face.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] alexgarrett:
Looks pretty badass, I ordered one from their amazon page
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Green Ranger:
Would be a great business decision if Nokia goes with Android. They make great hardware design and with Android, I can see it really take off.
[HTC Rezound] allareconnected:
Just wanted to let people who are the fence know that the HTC REZOUND DOES DATA & VOICE OVER 3G AT THE SAME TIME! Just like the Thunderbolt! Those are the only two Verizon Wireless phones with this capability that I know of!
[HTC Rezound] dmeadows013:
Not 4G?

10char
[HTC Rezound] allareconnected:
Yes, All the 4G phones do data & voice over 4G.
[HTC Rezound] dmeadows013:
Ahh. I misread your post. I thought you meant only 3G. I made a call yesterday and it said I had 4G. Just making sure :D
[HTC Rezound] allareconnected:
Post fixed ;-)
[HTC Rezound] AtLemacks:
Yea, I noticed it when I got an e-mail while on a 3G call. Made me think for a second and I pulled up Boat Browser while in the call lol.
[Dell Streak 7] JamesDax:
92 views and no response. Thanks.

Mods may as well delete this post.
[Dell Streak 7] chimstar:
i just got one for 50 used i misplaced the charger cable and trying to get a replacement is ridiculous....for the time it was charged there is no comparison with my main tablet the evo express or my sons galaxy tab 7" but it does have potential and is way better than those cheap android tabs and it beats all those nooks etc. so yea it is nice but data plan on tmobile sux big time tmobile in general are not good with data plans they cut you off after a certain amount like 2gigs or if you run the more expensive prepaid they cut you after 3gig my boost mobile tab i get unlimited for real pay as you go amounts to like 15 bucks a month and i can text and make calls thru data....my streak 7 may end up being a device for my truck which i will just connect to my 4g clear modem when i want internet....best buy has them for like 150 dollars for the black friday thing going on
[Dell Streak 7] k8108:
What kind of response are you looking for? Read the threads on the forum. There are plenty of pros and cons. Make an informed choice.

The battery life is not the best. The screen is not the best. Not much support for it. BUT, the streak is a snappy little unit. I've had one for almost a year and still like it. And for the price that you can pick one up for these days, I personally think its worth the money.
[Dell Streak 7] ExploreMN:
You might want to consider saying what you want/need in a tablet. For example, if you don't need or want a GPS but want a low cost tablet, then I would go with a Nook Tablet or Kindle Fire. Higher resolution, etc. The Nook Tablet has more potential and you could always pick one up for $200 now if you are a B&N member ($25 off, plus a free $25 gift card). If you want more functionality out of the box without worry about all those apps and that mess, the Fire might be a better route. If you need a more fully functional tablet, then another low cost alternative would be the Lenovo A1.

As for the Streak 7, I picked one up for $159 because for that price it beats any of the above. If you are going the full $299 retail, I would recommend passing as there are better deals today and within a few months there will be much better available (Prime, iPad 3, Lenovo super tablet, etc)...true second generation tablets, not the incremental crap like we saw from the iPad 1 to the iPad 2 (for example).
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] djstepanich:
I have a Bell Raider which I wish to use with an ATT sim so looking to get an unlock code. Has anyone found a website that has one and works?

Cellunlocker.net advertises that they have it, but after paying the $25 I received a refund and email 2 days later that they don't have the code yet.

Also, are there any other options to unlock the SIM card? WOuld flashing one of the ATT RUUs work? I have my device bootloader unlocked and see a different rom listed at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1338919.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] djstepanich:
BTW....found a website that was able to do it.

www.htcsimunlock.com.

Had to pay for the deep search process ($14.99 + $14.99) but after that it worked.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] saint168:
Why $30? Will I have to pay that instead of $13.49 on the site?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m00h:
Hi,

just to be sure I got it right, does WP7 puts every contact on my phone to Live as soon as I add my Live account details to my phone? And there is no way preventing my phone from uploading every of my contact to a Microsoft cloud? Do I get it right, or am I missing something?

Regards,

m00h
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thefsfempire:
Under People, Settings, Filter My Contacts you can choose to hide contacts from a certain account or all of them. I believe you have to have at least one selected or you can't save contacts.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Entegy:
Filtering contacts does not stop them from being saved to Live. Contacts must have a source, be it Windows Live, Exchange, Google, etc but they can't just reside on the phone.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoodDayToDie:
Entegy is (mostly) correct. However, the important point here is that contacts which are already *from* another source - such as Facebook friends or Gmail contacts - will not get copied to Windows Live. However, if you import SIM contacts, those will get synced to your primary Windows Live account (assuming you've set one up, since it's necessary for much of the phone's functionality).
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Entegy:
Yeah, that's a good distinction to make. While contacts require a source, they won't get merged into one account (say, everything auto-copied to your Windows Live account)
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m00h:
That's the answer I needed, in that case, my Omnia 7 is as good as sold. That's a horrifying thing if your phone forces you to sync all the sensitive, confidential data with an american cloud. How can you people be ok with that?

Before I bought a WP7 phone, I read a lot of stuff about it, either on forums or on reviews, and not a single review mentioned that I will be forced to give my data away, that's even more horrifying.

Either way, thanks for the answers.

Regards,

m00h
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoodDayToDie:
Well, an awfully large number of millions of people use Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo mail, or any of a handful of other webmail providers, many of which are hosted in America (or <other place you dislike goes here>) and all of which contain far more private info than just contacts.

For that matter, a truly stupendous number of people use Facebook, which not only stores vastly more "private" info than simply contacts, it also has somewhat poor security and a terrible privacy record. Oh, it's based in the USA too.

Next to all that, a list of contacts names and email addresses being stored in a Microsoft-controlled server that generally has quite good security and is not accessible to anybody except yourself, not even MS employees, unless those employees want to face immediate loss of their jobs, truly massive lawsuits, and quite possibly criminal charges... this is "a horrifying thing"?? I mean I don't care for this "cloud" BS either, but contact info is way, way down on the list of things I'm worried about getting out - I'm pretty sure I'd be more annoyed to lose access to my contacts than to have them leak.

You're welcome to your own opinion, of course. If you either run your own mail server or use a different mail account for each contact (so no corporation can build a contact list for you by checking their email logs), and have no information on any social networks, it's even consistent with the way you live your life. Or is it just the "American" aspect that is so uncomfortable to you? If so, I must in good conscience warn you that XDA-Developers is registered through a US company and WHOIS gives a registrant address in Arizona.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scoobysnacks:
Most modern smartphones sync your contacts now......
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m00h:
Don't get me wrong, it's in no way about the USA or any other country, I'm just not comfortable with the idea, that one big corporation, in one big country is to decide for me how to store my data.

It's like Microsoft would say, that every document on my PC has to be stored on their Live cloud, and you, as a functional member of the tech-society are dependant on their OS. Even Apple is not that barefaced to force me to store my mothers cell phone number on their sync service. It's all about the choise, you know?

Btw., for those who use Android, is it the same way there? Am I forced to sync my contacts with something? I want to go safe this time :)

Regards,

m00h
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] scoobysnacks:
android syncs your contacts with your google account, unless you turn off auto sync.

I don't see the issue though, you're just being overly paranoid now. If you have an email account I'm sure there is much more personal things in it
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m00h:
I don't think I'm paranoid, I'm just not in common with the idea. But thanks for the answer with the Android, good to know that I can turn the auto-sync off.

Regards
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GoodDayToDie:
Eh, all of my contacts from all of my accounts put together still constitute less private info than some single documents on my PC (tax returns come to mind, or letters to certain people). That said, so long as I can keep local copies of my docs too, I *am* generally OK with storing them on SkyDrive. If there was anything particularly sensitive I'd encrypt it first, but short of the aforementioned tax records I can't think of any such thing.

Of course, I'm still not sure how your attitude works with email. I mean, you obviously ahve an email account, or you couldn't be on this site. That account goes to a server somewhere. 99% chance that server is owned by a corporation. That corporation is possibly logging the server's Internet traffic. They're almost certainly making backups of your mailbox automatically all the time, so that if something goes wrong they can restore your mail. They have admins who can access your mailbox whenever they feel like it, with nothing stopping them except employment contracts and/or local laws.

That mailbox is a treasure trove of personal info. It hs your contacts (in the form of people who you've exchanged mail with), it has your purchase history (at least, for things bought online or shipped by freight services that send email), it probably has a list of every site that you visit which requires an email address to log in, it has the full transcriptions of any privte conversations you've had with friends or loved ones via email, it quite possibly has pictures of you and/or your family, it probably has your home address and phone number (because you sent them to somebody at least once), it even contains informtion on the hours you keep from the timestamps. If it's Gmail, they (Google) probably also have your IM conversations and possibly your calendar too.

Next to all that, you're worried about a huge corproration, one which is under constant surveillance and would be subject to immense lawsuits if it ever misused customer data, posessing a copy of your contacts list. Honestly, I'm just confused.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m00h:
Yea, confused is the right word, I'm very confused about your attitude having your privat stuff somewhere, on someones server without even having a choise not to store it there.

As for the part with the mail-server, no, I host my own mail-server because I take privacy a little bit more serious, and I surely wouldn't like to be on the list of your contacts if you deal so careless with your privacy. I'm in high dudgeon because I'm not given the choise here, that's what it is all about.

If you mention that you would encrypt your documents first, in case they would include some sensitive information, then you are talking about the choise even to encypt them, or not. The choise which I as a WP7 user obviously don't have, that's the point.

Maybe I'm a little bit old-fashioned, but for me it's very frightening that everyone around seems to be OK with that.

Anyway, since my question is answered, the is no point to continue this discussion, so, thanks for the answer.

Best regards,

m00h
[HTC Rezound] AtLemacks:
Ok, I can't figure out why my alerts/volume/tones/etc won't stay where I set them. I came from DX2 so Sense is like a brand new puzzle to me lol. I keep setting it max, and then moments later I get a text and notice it is faint, set it again... same deal. Sorry for the newbish question! Just don't wanna miss those important calls!
[HTC Rezound] PrsnlCrcl:
I did not see a response yet, so let me see if I can help. I am very familiar with Sense as I just moved from the Thunderbolt to the Rezound.

If you click on 'Menu' (next to the Home button), then go to 'Setting', then go to 'Sound', and finally click on 'Volume', you will see sliders to adjust different volume levels. It sounds like the ringer volume is the one you are concerned with. Also note the 'Quiet ring on pickup' check box. I believe that is checked by default. When that is on, any movement of the phone while it is ringing and it will quiet the ringer. Does this help?
[HTC Rezound] AtLemacks:
Well, it is when the phone is sitting by itself. I didn't know if we had some sort of timed profiles or something?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] traumatism:
I want to be able to install ubuntu to my phone but im having issues trying to do so.

this is the error i get whilst trying to install:

can anyone decipher this and put it into lamens terms for me? does this mean my Desire Z does not have loop device capability with the installed kernel?

im using cyanogen 7.1 at present and according to somoene on their forum thir phone had loop device capability on 7.1.

any help is appreciated
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malikadnanm:
So like the title says my power button broke. The button thats attached to the motherboard is in a stuck position and can't de-press. so when i reboot the phone through ROM manager to install a rom it goes to the fastboot menu since the phone thinks i'm pressing the power button. is there any way for me to install a ROM or is the phone worthless at this point? i might go to a phone shop to see if they can fix it but I had a friend look and he broke the power button right off the motherboard so it's not looking good at this point. any help/suggestions would be appreciated.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moinsheriff:
you can install roms directly from rom manager
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] malikadnanm:
yea i tried that. when it reboots it goes into the fastboot or bootloader screen with the red text at the top and tells me to select like recovery, reboot, etc. but i can't select anything since the power button doesn't work.
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] DarkDvr:
Full detailed list is HERE.

Here are some spotlights:

HARDWARE:

CPU: Dual Core Ti OMAP 4430 @ 1GHz

GPU: POWERVR SGX540 (SGX530 is most likely a typo)

Graphics: OpenGLES 1.1 and 2.0

RAM: 1GB

ROM: 16 GB eMMC

User storage: 11GB

File System: FAT32

USB: 2.0

Wireless: 802.11b/g/n

WiFi security support: WEP/WPA/WPA2/802.1x

External Storage: up to 32GB via microSDHC

Weight: 400g

SOFTWARE:

Android OS: v2.3 Gingerbread

Adobe Air: v2.7

SCREEN:

Resolution: 1024x600

Screen PPI: 169

Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Colors: 16 million

MEDIA FORMATS/CODECS:

Audio formats supported: .3GP, .3G2, .MP4, .AMR, .MP3, .MID, .XMF, .MXMF, .RTTL, .OTA, .IMY, .FLV, .SWF, .WAV, .OGG, .ACC

Video formats supported: .3GP, .MP4, .3G2, .FLV

Audio codecs: AAC, AAC+, AMR, MP3, MIDI, LPCM

Video codecs: H.263, H.264 (High, Main and Baseline profiles), MPEG-4 (Simple and Advanced), xVID

Video hardware (!) scaling: 420p, 720p, 1080p

Audio/Video Streaming: HTTP, RTSP

Supported file formats: PDF, ePUB, DRP, ePIB, TXT, RTF, XLS, DOC, PPT, PPS, DOCM, XLSM, PPTM, PPSX, PPSM, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] gordon1hd1:
I am pretty sure the GPU spec is wrong. According to AnandTech and TI itself, the OMAP4430 runs SGX540.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4053/...hz-cortex-a9-25-faster-gpu-hdmi-14-3d-1080p60

http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/wt...ntId=53243&navigationId=12843&templateId=6123
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] boomn:
I think they have a typo about the GPU model. The OMAP 4430 includes an integrated SGX540 not a 530 (and the difference between those two is supposed to be substantial). The SGX530 is what came with the OMAP 3621 used in the Nook Color