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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
Hello fellow atrix user. I to came from the atrix . But have had samsung galaxy then sgs2 now sgs2 skyrocket. You rooted and installed cwm so your done. You can flash roms and kernels with cwm totally different world.then that pita atrix. For now best bet is to stay on stock rooted. People were havong some problems with alien rom. I have used the oc kernel. Up to 1.83ghz and got over 4200 quadrant with that ( not that quadrant really matters) but my phone did heat up alot while over clocking, and anything over 1.83 i got instant shutdown so i flashed stock rooted back. And im happy with it. And with sammy odin is your friend if u run into problems keep this thread handy it has easy to use directions how to odin back to stock and how to use odin to flash the tar and fix a soft brick http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Gfrt94yn:
Perfect! thats exactly what I needed... a heck of a lot easier to do too! And i've already done my research for the crash course :D I take it the TAR/ODIN stuff is the Skyrockets equivalent of RSD Lite? Looks easy (enough) to use and I have everything I need incase something bad happens. Anyway thanks again for the help! I guess I'll wait it out before flashing alien. Oh and one more question (yeah I do that a lot), whenever I flashed themes on my atrix, it NEVER worked, but I never found out what was wrong with it. Is there anything special I need to do aside from rooting/CWM? Or once I have that, I have the power to do ANYTHING posted in the dev section (that applies to my phone model and all that)?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
Nothing special you need to do after root and recovery. But some themes cause problems on some roms as im sure you know. Some work some dont .
[Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet] TKENNEY:
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[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] zane05:
Hey i was having trouble with this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1333760

Just now however i replaced my AIRCEL sim card in my phone with my AIRTEL sim card and i got MY-UI2 running properly.however the moment i switch it back to my Aircel sim card it the same problem starts.The airtel sim card has 64k written on it while the aircel one has 32k on it.

Why is this happening and can i find a way to use my aircel sim card as that is my primary number.

Thanks
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] CallMeVentus:
Strangest problem I've seen .

Okay:

-Grab a dust-free eraser

-Grab your affected SIM card

-Use the eraser and slowly rub it over the contacts of the SIM card (yellow area)

Try again and see if it works
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] zane05:
i know its weird never faced it with my commtiva z71.nope it didnt work.Btw my affected sim is working fine on stock firmwares
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] mdfzhi:
that trick always work with my old pc ram, whenever it dont wanna boot, i just take off the ram and rub the metal connector on it with a soft rubber eraser :p

i think what it does is kinda removing dirt/dust/electro static on the connector
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] zane05:
That works on my pc too but the same sim card is working properly on stock roms
[HTC EVO 3D] abu_noah:
Just wanted to let everyone know that I updated my PRl and Profile and was on Wifi Hotspot at the time and then a thing popped up that said that wifi hotspot was not on my account and then it stopped working. Wifi tether still works, but I think i messed up by updating my prl while I was tethering. maybe they can detect it that way.

Edit: I rebooted a couple times and got it working. Don't know what happened.
[HTC EVO 3D] drousy:
Might have been a glitch with the rom. I'm using Viper Rom and haven't had that issue with any of their builds. Really the only problems I've had with my phone are because for a while every time I was switching Roms I'd use Titanium Backup to batch restore everything (300+ things) and there were certain files that kept corrupting the rom. Finally quit doing that and only restored the apps/data that I needed. Glad you got this fixed though because that is one thing I'm paranoid about!
[HTC EVO 3D] abu_noah:
yeah, i thought they had got me. I was using wifi hotspot and went to update Prl and then it said my plan didn't include the service. Scared the heck out of me, because it stopped working after that until i rebooted a couple times.
[G2 and Desire Z General] sauron0101:
Okay, I posted a very similar thread in the Epic 4G section. I don't often come to this forum.

It seems to me that looking at all of the new releases, with the possible exception of the Motorola Droid series (although it seems the Droid Razr is getting more hype than the Droid 3 did, so it may not even count as a flagship), is the era of flagship physical keyboard phones dead?

Noteworthy to me is the fact that other than the Desire Z (and the Desire HD was arguably the flagship of its time, although IMO the Z was a better phone), there have been no new keyboard flagship phones from HTC or Samsung or most of the smaller makers.

What do you think is the future of keyboard phones?

So far all of them seem to be decidedly mid-range devices, not phones that set the bar, so to speak.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Karakoram2:
G3. Can't have a google dev phone without a keyboard yet.
[G2 and Desire Z General] kabauterman:
Samsungs Captivate Glide looks very promising

http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/14/samsung-captivate-glide-and-doubletime-hands-on/

but for now just in the US..

I was a Keyboard Smartphoner from the beginning, but now, I think on the bigger screens its more easier to type fast on a virtual keyboard.

Maybe my next Phone is no more equipped with a hardware keyboard.

first fact for this is the wight and the design.. 180g and 15mm is not so "smart"
[G2 and Desire Z General] Frostie123:
I wish it would be more "mainstream", have a 720p screen and LTE support. I'll stick with my Desire Z for now.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Whippler:
i don't get the race to the flattest phone in the world, i would say give some extra fat for all those extremely flatty things and slap bigger battery in them.

Desire Z feels like a phone, i like the way its think, not too thick, and im fine whit the weight, people can't carry 200 grams whit em anymore?

There's Droid 4 coming, 5row qwerty, looks promising, hope they include atleast 1,2Ghz cpu. But at this moment i don't think im going to change to a new phone within a year. Ill hope HTC comes up whit 5 row G3.
[G2 and Desire Z General] sauron0101:
I'm not too big on super thin either -idk what's with this trend.

So far mostly mid-range phones - Glide is a midrange; the Galaxy Note or HTC Rezound are more like top-end.
[G2 and Desire Z General] convolution:
I personally prefer something a little thicker and heavier in my hands ;D

Jokes aside, the heaviness of the phone gives me the feel of a better build quality, as opposed to the cheap feel of the S II, which my gf has. So light it weighs next to nothing...

feels like the wind can just blow it away...
[G2 and Desire Z General] shortlived:
Yes i hate thin light phones! I want a brick phone damn it! Give me a big screen a good keyboard (im thinking G1 style but full width) and a nice thick heavy battery that will last all day. Oh and i want one of them fancy induction chargers built into the case. And a nice creditcard chip thingy.
[G2 and Desire Z General] walropodes:
Like a Galaxy Note with a Desire Z style keyboard?
[G2 and Desire Z General] bean1975:
OMG that would rock my socks. I wonder, is there maybe a proper sized BT keyboard and a case?

Check Adapt ADK-100 Micro Keyboard (Amazon ASIN B003ZWGEW8) saying it's exactly the size of an iPhone 4. this is a comparison with the HD2: images.mobilityminded.com/2010/07/IMG_4444.jpg

Also discussed here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1327124
[G2 and Desire Z General] xandermpls:
My opinion is riding a subway,bus etc. Qwerty wins. Physical buttons will always be superior and more versatile/precise.

I do think phones are crafted by trends, had the G2 originally been launched with a tighter spring, this phone would have sold like crazy.

Although I'm happy with my phone as I think its funny when I catch people looking at my phone wondering which one it is or why my screen is green. :)
[G2 and Desire Z General] Flinny:
I'll stick with the Z for a long time before I move to something without a keyboard!
[G2 and Desire Z General] dhkr234:
You seem to have missed the HTC DOUBLESHOT:

http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/Phones...px?cell-phone=T-Mobile-myTouch-4G-Slide-Black
[G2 and Desire Z General] Biffy:
I moved from the Desire to the Desire Z.

To me, a thin keyboard-less phone like the Desire is like an Aston Martin with a 1 litre engine in it. It may look nice but, it's missing the grunt to really get things done (functionality wise rather than cpu!).

With the Desire Z, I can snap open the keyboard and get far more screen real estate without having to have a software keyboard popping up. I can also do common tasks like copying and pasting faster and easily switch apps with shortcuts. I can pretty much touch type on my phone now, while walking for example without looking down.

Of course, we all know this, I just wish the public would realise the advantages of having a keyboard and then manufacturers would make more of an effort. Maybe if we all lectured friends, we can force a tipping point! :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] kkinder:
Well and at&t at that. Ugh.
[G2 and Desire Z General] CWolfCW:
The Glide has already been out in Canada for a couple weeks or so. Although Rogers is just as bad as AT&T probably.
[G2 and Desire Z General] GunToYoMouth123:
Well, you got me there. Me and my brother enjoy the feel of keyboards on our phones. My G2 came across an lcd problem and my sister got me a G2x, good phone but couldn't enjoy the LG,since I'm an htc guy. Sold it,got a sidekick 4G, didn't like the way samsung made it. Sold that, bought a new LCD, fixed my G2. At the end of the day, I'm a Qwerty keyboard HTC guy. As for my bro, a HTC mytouch guy, he loves the Mytouch Slide 4G. We both came from a G1. I'm praying for the G3. *fingers crossed*
[G2 and Desire Z General] scottmog:
What I'm hoping for in the next year:

1.2 ghz dual core minimum

5 inch screen (4.5 inch minimum)

Qwerty 3-4 row I don't care

Hdmi out

Not samsung (wii controller won't work)

Must have decent battery life, most liekly ill be buying another fat mugen lol

preferred htc but its not really a big deal to me

Don't care about thick or thin

Honestly the desire z handles everything but the screen size and hdmi out :( want my n64 on the big screen! I'm hoping for gamecube/dreamcast emulators in the next years. These overclocked dual cores can easily handle it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] dhkr234:
You couldn't PAY me to use a phone with a 5" screen. Screen ***ABSOLUTELY MUST*** be UNDER 4". Any bigger than that and it isn't a phone -- its a tablet, and no, I'm not interested in holding a tablet up to my head to make a phone call.
[G2 and Desire Z General] scottmog:
Cool, wasn't really asking for anyones opinion. Some people just don't like big phones, I love big phones and surf the internet and play games quite often. I don't wear tight jeans too lol, so 5 inch phones would not really be to big.
[G2 and Desire Z General] sauron0101:
I prefer a 5 row, but yep, something along those lines.
[G2 and Desire Z General] astriaos:
Well the Droid 4 is probably going to be a damn fine phone.

All things considered, no I don't think that querty phones are a dying breed, they're just not going to be marketed along side the bleeding edge superphones such as the GNEX, SGSII, RAZR, and others.

Only time will tell but I firmly believe that the querty slider is here to stay in some form or another. Flagship? Maybe not, but the Droid line alone isn't going anywhere.
[G2 and Desire Z General] selfinflicted1:
Best phones I have ever owned .It goes like this for me

1. HTC g2

2. HTC g1

3. Samsung messanger ( I know its not a smart phone)

What these all have in common is the physical keyboard. I hope that they make a g3 and I hope that its made by HTC and not Samsung. Dual core, HDMI out and I could die a happy man.
[G2 and Desire Z General] sauron0101:
That's the one thing I fear. Sliders will not among the top tier.

It's annoying IMO when you've got a screen and the keyboard pops up covering half the screen. A slider makes it just easier to type and to use the screen.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Rumbi:
LG Optimus Q2 (http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/19/lg-unveils-optimus-q2-qwerty-slider-slated-for-korean-launch-ne/) is really what i'm looking for but havn't seen it anywhere :(
[G2 and Desire Z General] goister:
The Droid 4 seems to be the best, but has anyone heard anything new about the Dell Hancock?
[G2 and Desire Z General] redpoint73:
I'll believe it when I see it. Although the Droid 4 seems to be getting some of the nicer Droid RAZR exterior design elements, every past Droid iteration has felt like chintzy cheap plastic exteriors with crappy keyboards. Maybe Moto will step it up this time, but we'll see.
[G2 and Desire Z General] ohgood:
i'd really like to see the Note come in a sliding keyboard, HDMI-out, DLNA, dual core, waterproof (hey let me dream!) setup.

yes, that would be really really nice.
[G2 and Desire Z General] magus57:
The Note already is dual-core, has HDMI-out (through MHL), and has DLNA, and I've seen somebody take the Logitech diNovo keyboard to a Streak 5:

http://www.streaksmart.com/2010/07/...vo-mini-keyboard-and-touchpad-fun-ensues.html

Not ideal, but I'm sure the same could work for the Note.

Personally, what's keeping me from getting the Note and that keyboard is the combined price of about $1000 off-contract here in the US....which is close to double what I paid for my Alienware M11x R1 laptop :( A lot for a phone, in my opinion, especially if it breaks.

But yeah, in general, I'd love a slider phone with a bigger screen...none of these "better" sliders out (like the Slide 4G) interest me much in terms of potentially upgrading due to how small the screens are.
[G2 and Desire Z General] xandermpls:
Yeah I hear you. This phone is slick. I was playing some game and it lagged. Overclocked 1.5 performance kernel, no lag =)

The next phone I get may be a Galaxy Note Exynos nfc version, if they make one. Apparently exynos isn't on tmobile.

I am never selling this phone. First android phone I ever got and my girl, we got a plan together 2years, sorta like a memory thing, call me stupid but she loves it and miui is her rom :)

Phones are like clothes, they will get faster, and bigger, qwerty and touch, even seen a phone that is like a qwerty but its all touch screen.

I have yet to get the carbon fiber, class 10 sd card and 1800 battery, will do it eventually. :))
[G2 and Desire Z General] Negazuotas:
G1 was also my first and favourite Android phone. I would have sticked to it for longer time but its specs were getting too old.

After that tried numerous other HTC phones, but G2 was the answer. Gonna keep it for min. a year :)

So, not likely, that it will "die".
[G2 and Desire Z General] pringles80:
*love* my Desire Z, always been a Qwerty user (Nokia E61, E71) and my next phone will no doubt have a physical keyboard, I hope the Z/G2 will get a worthy successor but for now I see nothing out there that I'd upgrade to, perhaps the Motorola Droid 4 if its not bootrom locked, but for now staying with the Z and hoping CM9 will run smoothly.
[G2 and Desire Z General] captainreynolds:
I'm an avid believer that HTC will be releasing a "G3," or at least a very similar phone to the G1 and G2 line sometime next august/september/october.

This makes sense for a number of reasons. Mmy family family is on T-mobile , and our upgrade cycle (every 18 months or 2 years) ended right before the G2 came out. Most of us had gotten the G1 just a few months after it came out. They planned the release of the G2 to be right when most G1 users were ready to upgrade - in fact, as you may recall, T-mobile had an insanely low upgrade price on the G2 encouraging this very thing.

There were some statistics done on this (although I bet the sample space didn't really include any XDA people :D) and I think a huge majority of G1 users upgraded specifically to the G2.

I bet you we'll be seeing another fantastic, super fast and high quality keyboard phone next year. Here's to awesome keyboard phones!
[G2 and Desire Z General] chrisyjwai:
I'm stingy but..

In my world, It feels like the last respectable, likable and truly carrier free device with a keyboard was the HTC Desire Z.

By respectable, I mean respectable hardware. And by likable I mean having official support from a third party project (namely CM).

I did have a DZ, but on one fateful day I dropped it and decided might as well grow out of the 800MHz barrier and so I got and SE Xperia Pro.

I was so excited, but then found out that nothing past the manufacture date of the 14th week of 2012 could be unlocked because of the new MCU security (SHA1024 apparently). So therefore, not truly carrier free..

So to fix that I got the Samsung Captivate Glide. But it lacks likability..

5 criteria: GSM, Respectability, Likability, Carrier Freedom, QWERTY Keyboard.

Why is it so difficult?

I'd jump on the G3. It would be a dream come true really. But now it's been some five quarters since the release of the DZ/G2..
[G2 and Desire Z General] dearoldblighty:
Yeah. Dropping the physical keyboard just seems so shortsighted. How else am I supposed to play emulators in public? I guess I could whip out a PS3 controller on the bus, lol.
[G2 and Desire Z General] tarroyo:
Yes and no, The G2 is still one of the flagship qwerty devices made by HTC. Sadly they stopped supporting there older generation sometime ago

Flinny and the whole andromadus team brought it back to life with ice cream sandwich and jellybean but there is only so much that can be done, due to the slow processor and amount of ram you're better off getting a newer device IF u can live w/o a qwerty keyboard.
[G2 and Desire Z General] savysb:
IMHO, Desire Z is one of the best QWERTY android phone ever made. I just got mine 2 days ago and loving every bit of it. I could've choose whatever I wanted, the market is filled with dual/quad-core smartphones, fullHD resolution, 50 mpix camera, cooking&cleaning enabled, girlfriend material and all that... NO sir, Desire Z is the only good android with a physical qwerty that caught my eyes. Yeah, I might be a sucker for qwerty since all my android based phones had one, but this one... this one sir is THE BEST.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Vauvenal7:
Gotta say that the hw keyboard of the DZ is just unbeatable, but from the inner specs...well, gingerbread runs flawless, also with sense, but ICS and above have to be AOSP or else you can forget it...some sense 4 ROMs are stable, yeah, but RAM is kinda too little for heavy use

Got the htc mytouch 4g slide, keyboard is not bad, but way faaaar from the DZ's but in my opinion the specs are worth it (although the battery is way worse :/ )

Still have my DZ around and probably will never sell it...1. I LOOOVE flashing new ROMs, trying things out 2. It was my very first android phone (got it 2y ago) and 3. Its a bloody DZ xD

Greets Vauvenal7

Sent from my MyTouch 4G Slide
[G2 and Desire Z General] chongox:
Unfortunately there is not decent HK phones anymore

Guys don't get me wrong, I been using phones with Hardware Keyboard since 2005 some winmo and after android, 6 months ago my contract expired and say goodbye to my desire z. I was really stressed to use a phone without keyboard, so I opted for the note 2.

I was thinking that the big screen would help on the transition.

I give away my d z to a friend but one week ago she give it back to me, now that she got a new phone.

I can say Im a converted, I do prefer to touch real keyboards than just a screen,

but I realized im faster on the note 2 than with the g2

also i realized that i can't go back to a small phone like that again., but maybe that is another conversation

note 2 is not for everyone, and i'm a average small person (is not like i have giant hands or anythingh)

seems really weird and tiny the old friend now ...
[G2 and Desire Z General] BIade:
Totally agree with you! I must admit, that Im not a fan of sense, so im in luck with android 4+ :D

I know battery drain is going down with "higher" ROMs, BUT i got better battery stats with android 4.2.2 from cm10.1 b20 than all my "unrooted" friends xD

My path: CM7.x.x (max 6 days battery), CM9(max 2 days), Mimicry 1.5.0 (max 3 days), Jelly Baby 1.5.0(2 days), CM10.1-b20-modded (1 and a half day still running)

Android is such a wonderful world :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] pirxthepilot:
I remember the shocked look on my boss' face when I used the keyboard on my Desire Z. He had given up his Desire HD just because there was no hardware keyboard on it, and went back to his Nokia... He was curious if I attached the keyboard myself :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] RedPiHD:
Hahaha. Happened to me too. With a friend though.
[G2 and Desire Z General] GottZ:
you hit the nail.

i'm in germany. i have a qwertz g2 and i'm still loving it.

i currently run build 12 of the rom in my signature. battery holds a good full day if i avoid using it even though its 4.2.2

i wish there would be a way to get a moto photon q

it has a sim ic attached to the mobo. it can be replaced with a usual sim card if you are good at soldering and has (except it ships theese ic's only from one carrier) no sim lock.

the only thing this phone lacks is a modding community.

btw.. i sense that soon rom developement for g2 will stop. any idea wich rom i shall keep my eyes on?
[G2 and Desire Z General] machoman1337:
DZ was my first ever smartphone. I absolutely loved the keyboard, and after my mom tried it she got one too. I flashed CyanogenMod 7 onto both mine and hers to improve stability (and also achieve SIM unlock through part of the process).

But eventually I really really wanted to try ICS and later roms with proper hardware acceleration. I also wanted dual cores and so on to run some games better. And thus I had to give up the qwerty. It was hard at first (started off on an LG Optimus 2X) but once I discovered Swype, I didn't miss the qwerty any more.

My mom's still a diehard qwerty fan though... after her DZ broke (hinge snapped) she took mine, and then the battery started becoming s**t on it (too much use). Now she's using a BlackBerry Q10.

I'm also playing with a BB Q10 right now before I give it to my dad, and the OS is superb (the keyboard even more so), definitely beats the pants off iOS, but I've been spoiled by CyanogenMod so as good as BB10 is I can't see myself giving up Android any time soon. Every once in a while I do Google to see if there are any new high end QWERTY phones available that run Android. And all I uncover are low end crap models that carriers sell on prepaid without forcing a data plan. I did see two decent ones, a Samsung Captivate Glide and a Motorola Droid 4, but neither seem to have much development going on, the latter possibly because it's a CDMA phone.

So yeah, I think hardware QWERTY is a dying breed - no one seems to want them apart from some BlackBerry diehards. It's a pity. Makes me wish BlackBerry would start producing Android handsets because they definitely have the best hardware keyboards in the business.
[G2 and Desire Z General] rizzers:
I actually preferred not using the qwerty. My first android was the droid a855 which also had the qwerty and never used it there either. On screen keyboards have always done the job for me.
[G2 and Desire Z General] JayGreeny:
I'm struggling to come to terms with the fact that the only hardware keyboard phones being released are either US exclusive, or motorola. I'm especially annoyed that HTC seem to think there's no market for qwerty phones anymore. I guess they don't read these forums. Motorola are doing a droid 5 i've heard, but I don't think that's a flagship phone.

Seems we're too niche a market to cater for.