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[HTC Amaze 4G] Teo032:
the SGS2 uses CWM recovery to flash too, you only need odin to install the recovery, after that you're golden.

I'm testing out the sgs2 for the day, and i'll update my opinion on it by the end of the day... so far battery life is good, camera is definitely no comparison to amaze, camcorder seems better though. wifi and bt connectivity is definitely stronger and connection time is quicker on the sgs2. HD games, amaze is better (more details). anything with fonts/texts goes to amaze.
[HTC Amaze 4G] rilbel:
It does support NFC btw, and also AT&T 4G bands.

Screen resolution is great, and its better than the S-AMOLED of the SGSII (which has some discoloration issues it seems).

The SGSII S-AMOLED has a very bright and saturated screen so the colors are shot at you, but if you are a pro as I think you are, and not a "oh, shiny!" fella... You know that definition is better and more important than brightness.

Unless you don't care, then that's different.

4G on the phone is pretty fast, and so its installing apps.

The 1.5 dual-core does not score that high on quadrant as the SGSII (especially the Exynos) does, but you know that they are to be taken with grano salis, and in everyday usage its pretty fast.

Camera is amazing, period.

Video quality is great, but sound recording should be much better on a device like this.

The HTC phone itself however, does have downsides:

Reception (its fair, but not amazing).

Battery, with heavy usage on 4G, will last you few hours. On 2G, a bit more. Phone does get warm by the way. Its not something that should worry you, but it is bothersome when you are on the phone playing a video or what have ya, you get a phone call and have to talk to a distance of the device.

The worst aspect is the earpiece. It is UTTER TRASH. It literally silences itself when you talk, and will "turn on" when the other party speaks, however, when that occurs, it will "eat" the first few milliseconds and you will get a broken up phrase (from the other party), 99.9% of the times. Seems to be an HTC issue btw.

The touchscreen is tricky. It seems pretty responsive overall, but I did have doubts sometimes. But overall no big issues for me so far.

The phone also does have an heft. It doesn't seem that big a deal, until you place this 4.3" monster phone in your pocket. Its bothersome, at least to me.

Final words: I am trying to sell the HTC Amaze 4G. It is a great media device, but an horrible communication device. This solely depends on you. I have been using a BB 9700 for the past two years and I went back to it after 8 days of impossible phone calls with the Amaze, battery that lasts nothing (on the Amaze of course), and I personally suck and can't stand typing on screens. Sure, the Amaze thrashes my 9700 on so many levels, but for what I need, the 9700 does a far superior job than the Amaze.

Hope this helped. :)
[HTC Amaze 4G] Teo032:
Sounds like you have a defected phone or earpiece. From what I know the amaze doesn't come with an earpiece. I use my old mytouch 4g one and i do not get this issue. well good luck with your deals!

edit: that sounded sarcastic lol, I wasn't trying to be haha
[HTC Amaze 4G] djdanska:
The reception on my amaze is light years ahead of my old samsung galaxy s 4g. I would have one bar on the highway to town and the amaze has a full signal. (2g) just amazing.
[HTC Amaze 4G] FranzDages:
The worst aspect is the earpiece. It is UTTER TRASH. It literally silences itself when you talk, and will "turn on" when the other party speaks, however, when that occurs, it will "eat" the first few milliseconds and you will get a broken up phrase (from the other party), 99.9% of the times. Seems to be an HTC issue btw.

I don't have this issue at all. It sounds to me (like someone else mentioned) like you have a defective Amaze.
[HTC Amaze 4G] rilbel:
By earpiece I mean the speaker part.

So, what do I do now? Can I go back to the store and try another one? And see if its defective or not?
[HTC Amaze 4G] zPacKRat:
You should have a minimum of 14 days to exchange it from where you purchased it. After that you might have to send it in to HTC for repair/replacement.
[HTC Amaze 4G] sirius b:
You have obviously owned a Nexus S. We don't use Odin. Anyone who uses Odin on any Nexus (from Samsung) is a moron. Rooting and flashing recovery is all performed via fastboot and then make a clockwork backup like normal. The Galaxy Nexus will be the same way. All you need is fastboot.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Teo032:
Yep if you can't exchange at store anymore then call Tmobile to do an exchange.
[HTC Amaze 4G] rilbel:
14 days are now gone guys... :(

And when I went back and told them, they said that I had to pay $50 dollars... which I found ridiculous... So I didn't do anything apart from trying to sell the phone.
[HTC Amaze 4G] nguyendqh:
Have you tried calling in for a warranty exchange?

Customer service?
[HTC Amaze 4G] Teo032:
1. $50 is ridiculous, is that an official tmobile store? That isn't right at all, I think they just want to pocket your money.

2. you have a year factory warranty if you purchased from tmobile, so you can call tmobile and have it exchanged and you pay a $5 fee and/or shipping

you pay $5 on insurance. Before i had insurance I paid $10 for shipping.

3. If you have their premium handset protection plan, they send next day shipping for free and you pay the $5 fee. AND i believe it extends your warranty indefinitely with tmobile even if your factory warranty is up, correct me if im wrong guys, but we are paying a "WARRANTY COVERAGE" with the premium plan. This probably explains why some people with the vibrant and g2 can still do warranty exchanges even though it has expired.

SO call tomorrow and you'll get it no later than wednesday because they'll ship out early monday.
[HTC Amaze 4G] rilbel:
I had insurance but canceled it.

Thanks a lot guys. :) Will see if a new unit is better, as making phone calls is absolutely terrible so far.
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
Actually, I had a samsung vibrant.. I didn't know anything about fastboot until I got some responses to this thread, but thanks for the info, definitely good to know.

You know, I am the OP, if you are still interested in selling, maybe PM me a price you're trying to hit? Someone on the first or second page said it is selling for around 400(fair considering most got it for contract price) which has got to be better than keeping a phone you don't want lying around while it loses value.

Either way keep us updated, it does come with a 1 year manufacturers warranty, and I've even been able to take two people's phones to tmobile and get a exchange within two months by talking to a manager when I could SHOW them the defect..

As for everyone else, I really do appreciate the feedback, I was able to get an extra 50 bucks off the phone and a 15% corporate discount because I'm a college student, but I left tmobile 72 days ago, and you can't start a new account with them for 90.. so either I wait 18 days, or I see if someone is selling on on XDA marketplace(or if captain totti is willing to work out a deal).

Either way, awesome feedback!
[HTC Amaze 4G] DrewTheSire:
bloastware sucks

If you delete all the bloatware . This phone can do wonders.
[HTC Amaze 4G] rilbel:
I didn't get it on contract but on a Value Plan, and on Magenta Saturday, which was an "offer" they had on Nov. 19Th, but they did jack up the price. I am selling the phone for what I paid for it (or still have to pay rather), plus the money I spent for the InvisibleShield (uninstalled, BNIB), the D3O BNIB case and a 4GB microSD I include free, and free shipping, depending if they want it or not. So that amounts between $532- $545, depending on shipping, not a penny less nor a penny more... It is also unlocked and I used it literally 4 days, and it is in new conditions, of course. Its been sitting in the box since.

I am still a newb when it comes to flashing on android. :(
[HTC Amaze 4G] sirius b:
Ahh I feel your pain. My girlfriend had that horrid phone. She looking at the Amaze which us why I look here because I'm trying to gather info on it.
[HTC Amaze 4G] KnowledgeBroker:
Yes, this phone definitely has its issues, if I wasn't able to modify it like I have been able to, I doubt I'd be at all happy with it-- that's what makes the amaze sound so great, hardware wise it is future proof, and things like a dedicated camera button make me even happier. It's a beast!

When I think about my vibrant in retrospect, no led flash, no crew button, no ffc, crap GPS, slow/no updates, no notification light.. it makes me want to say no to Samsung. It performed well enough with all the hacks and fixes I've done, but I want a phone with features damn it.

The amaze doesn't have a notification light does it? If not, can something like bln work?
[HTC Amaze 4G] xndabox:
Yep the amaze has a notification light . It's cool because It's behind the speaker grill on the top.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Teo032:
k guys after test running the sgs2 for a couple days now I should note a couple things.

rooted, running their juggernaut 3.7 rom and custom kernel.

their battery life totally whoop our battery life definitely admit that...

amaze probably gets a little less than 2/3 of what the sgs2 gets

and wth it just restarted on me out of nowhere just now. this is the first time it happened. had to pull battery

but anyways back to it.

I want to take back what i said about its wifi having a stronger signal strength, turns out my tpu case blocks a good amount of wifi signal for my htc amaze lol

bluetooth and wifi does connect really fast though compared to htc.

I think their power button placement is retarded (top right to on the side)

As i stated before, although i kind have gotten use to it, the screen of the sgs2 is bland even with its samoled screen. htc's qhd screen is really something.

HOWEVER, if you're a user who complains about battery life a lot, go with the sgs2.

Or if you don't like the sgs2, 1 backup battery for the amaze would suffice.

gamers go with the amaze, graphics are better, although less battery life... you're a gamer... you're gonna kill battery regardless get a spare battery lol

picture fanatics> amaze of course

conclusion, i feel the amaze is more advanced, ui, clarity, graphics, camera, etc it would be more futureproof with future development.

sgs2 i feel like it's the phone to use straight out of the box, it's a great phone stock, with great battery life. BUT personally, i see myself getting over it quickly, i think it's mostly because of the resolution and camera.

my reviews are throughout this thread

ohh and to the guy with his gf looking at phones, my gf personally likes my amaze better over the sgs2, she finds the sgs2 too big for her hands and the feel of the phone isn't as nice. But if your gf is always on her phone texting, fb, etc and probably gonna complain about the batttery life lol yeah...
[XPERIA X8 Themes and Apps] bondgold_x:
Andhra bank site says

"If you are using advanced mobile handset loaded with java/windows/ android/etc, then it should have minimum 200kb phone memory space, 1MB heap memory space, and be equipped with MIDP2.0 at the time of downloading the mobile banking application."

where can i get MIDP 2.0 for xperia x8 running ginger dx v20. Anybody please help me.i will be greatfull to u.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psixichka:
How do I bring up and shut down recent apps like I do on my phone?

Tia
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pimjai:
You can't close apps from the recent apps list, if toe want to close apps, go to settings, applications and then running services, there you can close running apps. But why would you want to do this? Android usually manages this automatically.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psixichka:
Its running a bit slower today so I figured it would help
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spidey01:
In my experience this happens sometimes when to much memory is in use, and usually disappears a while later as Android does it's magic house keeping. Clearing up memory manually might work but I usually just reboot if it irks me.

Of course, it could always be an application on your system, or hardware.
[Acer Iconia A500] samlot:
I just rec'd the new A500 8Gb version that already has 3.2 installed. So this is not the normal 3.2 OTA, which maybe the same. Don't know how to confirm.

I have read so many posts that appears to be rooting instructions for 3.0 and not for 3.2. I see one Thread that had instructions on how to root a OTA 3.2 but the instructions even says will take 1.5hrs. I have rooted tablets/phones before and i know it doesn't take that long and don't want to lose data.

I don't want to install a custom rom just so i can be rooted. I just want to root this tablet and i don't want to downgrade the bootloader.

Can anyone please point me to the correct thread or simply let me know if rooting is currently out of the question for this scenerio.
[Acer Iconia A500] FiFTYSiX:
im on the same page, just picked up the 3.2 from costco.. A little common sense points me and you in the direction of downgrading to the 3.0.1.. Then bumping up to the rooted 3.2.. its not a one click solution but it makes complete sense..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1276227

im doing it as i write this let you know my success..
[Acer Iconia A500] samlot:
Yeah I have read that an option is to downgrade to 3.0, root then go to 3.2. Guess i'm waiting on a short version that will root stock 3.2 and it doesn't make sense to me to go back only to go up versions of rom for this alternative route.
[Acer Iconia A500] FiFTYSiX:
lol its data, not like your trading in your new car for a 87 nova.. Downgrade is for exploit access only as soon as root --> update recovery ---> flash rom you will be right back to 3.2..

:-/

anyways method 2 works.. did it in 15 minutes cause i got distracted..

good luck waiting for ur 1 click
[Acer Iconia A500] samlot:
cool, so i guess this is the best solution for now....i'll do the same.
[Acer Iconia A500] ultramag69:
IMPORTANT

: Make sure you download the acer recovery installer while still on 3.2 as you WILL have problems accessing android market once you install the UNSTABLE 3.01...

Its pretty hard to hard brick but please , don't take that as a challenge...:p
[Acer Iconia A500] DeanGibson:
The vanishing keyboard ...

Agree; first hand experience ...
[Acer Iconia A500] anoninja118:
lol wish I had known that when I rooted mine, I was freaking out scouring the interwebs for an apk of it when I downgraded cuz I couldn't use the damn keyboard :p
[Acer Iconia A500] ultramag69:
I found out the hard way too, got the OTA update of 3.2 installed, then got the acer recovery installer downloaded. Was a colossal waste of time...:o

Thought I'd let others know, easier than having to stuff around yourself and hoping you can recover...;)
[Acer Iconia A500] samlot:
Thx for the heads up guys, i did install the acer recovery. Now i know why you need it since that 3.0 downgrade is very unstable. I did manage to root, install CWM and flashed a 3.2 rom.
[Acer Iconia A500] BakaNeko59:
I used this... straight root no downgrade required.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1307539
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] chrisrotolo:
since back is non-user removable, anyone know if either the top or bottom pinholes will reset this thing in case of a freeze up? I can always try later I guess. just dont want to hurt my baby... :)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] domin8:
if you hold the power button down for about 10 seconds it will reboot :)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] chrisrotolo:
thank you good to know,

... also; I like your avatar :)
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] perlmeister11:
FYI, the top pinhole is the microphone.....
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] chrisrotolo:
how about the other one mic too?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] k83r:
My mistake
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] chrisrotolo:
I dont see that on 3g version. thanks though.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ace-drink:
Hi

I did read in the dev section, that there is a new *.sbf from the Defy+ with Android 2.3.6. which can be flashed on the Defy. I know there is no going backl from that if flashing the full sbf.

As far as i know the Defy with red lens (bayer device) is basically a Defy+.

So what i wanna know...will the camera work with this new sbf...basically, will everything work?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anil944:
Nope... I don't think the red lens camera is working fine as of now...

Btw... was wondering if we flash the nandroid of the 2.3.6 then can we return to frayo?
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ace-drink:
hmmm. darn it... and here i was thinking the defy with red lens is quite the same as defy+. Obviously there are differences in the end.

So no experiments for me then...need the camera. hope it will start working at some point. Epsylon3 wrote, that with defy+ kernle some things are working easier and that they would probably jump to that kernel. But without Cam... :-(

Regarding the nandroid...sory..not sure if u can return..i think yes...but no guarantees ton that. U will have to read the thread in dev section from walther79
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zephyrot:
Someone already flashed this full SBF on a Defy MB525, its working perfectly for him. As long as you have a Red lens, and dont care about downgrading, you can go for it :)
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ace-drink:
ah... two different opinions :-)

From what i was reading in the meantime it wont work. At least thats what Walter79 wrote

Anyways...am on CM9 now and thats ok for now.. if i would use the newer Defy+ Kernel+Bootloader that wont work at the moment.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zephyrot:
No... the ROM does work on Red lens Defy and Defy+, that's a fact.

What wont work is the Fixed SBF, cause it needs the new Firmware to work... which is only possible to have by flashing the full SBF.

Walter also said he is going to base the new MSGinger in this rom, and make it work on Green lens.

But the rom DOES work on Red Lens defy.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ace-drink:
thx again... good to know for sure.... hoping that way the red lens defy will be compatible with any updates from moto for defy+
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coelho_:
help me to
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jefffay:
Does anyone know how to assign a phone number to the Fascinate. My phone has no service and I am using GrooveIp to make and receive phone calls on WIFI using my Google Voice number. I am unable to install Google voice to handle texts since the Google Voice number does not show up in the phone....
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Enetico:
You have to add a phone number from the google voice website. It could be any number, home phone, friend's phone, make sure the number you add has service cause google voice will call it with a verification number. Once you verify the number on the website make sure you disable it so that when people call you it does not forward to that phone, keep it on google chat so groove ip continues to work. Then when you go to the voice app it will list the number you verified, select it and you will have a few options based on what you want the voice app to do for calls, I usually "put do not use voice for calls" skip the voicemail part and you should be able to receive text and voicemail messages with the app. Hope this helps!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viskovitz:
Hi all, I'm new in here and I have a question.

If I want to install a deodexed rom, it is necesary to do this over a deodexed stock rom or it doesn't matter?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zhengod:
nope just flash (:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Viskovitz:
Ok, Thanks Zhengod.

Greetings.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mvorbrodt:
Was anyone able to install google wallet on Galaxy Nexus yet? Preferably in a way that does not require root, wipe, or anything (excuse my terminology if it's incorrect, I'm not very familiar with inner working of the platform).

I'm running plain vanilla GNex, not rooted, and would like to use the wallet. Is there an easy way to install it on my phone?

Thanks guys!

P.S. Does google plan on officially releasing the app to GNex soon?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RTContent:
It's not possible to get this running without either being rooted, or an official release from Google. As far as I know nothing has been announced so far, so I'm afraid your out of luck for the time being.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] enumBoss:
There's a thread on how to do it here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19750674

But it looks like it requires Clockwork and/or root.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Anfeldt24:
Just root the phone and then throw a custom ROM on there. If you need help with this I will be glad to help you.

Just PM me and I can help you.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MacFreddie:
...my effort to install Android on my new NOOK Color went smoothly until it started to boot and the boot screen just keeps spinning.

Read many posts appearing to address this issue but reverting to a stock reader seems to require various apps only for a PC. Being a Mac weenie this leaves me out in the cold.

...is there a Mac-centric reader here who can help me return my NOOK into the reader it originally was?

I'm a bit gun shy now of making the device both an Android tablet and a reader! :) Thanks much in advance.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MacFreddie:
...addendum!

...playing around with the NOOK I was able to raise a reboot option which, to my surprise, cured whatever fault was behind the boot loop. A couple of spins and CM7 in all its glory appeared.

...but now I can only reboot into CM7...seems to be no option to boot into the original B&N book/magazine reader.

What am I missing? What's the "open sesame" to choose the reader? Tnx again.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DizzyDen:
One thing your missing is giving us information regarding your setup and what you want and/or are expecting.

Is this a SD install of CM7? If so... when you power it up... press and hold "n" button to get the boot menu... selecting eMMC / Normal boot will boot into stock.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MacFreddie:
...thanks much for the quick response.

...yes, I did an SD install of CM7 with all the Google apps, etc.

My objective is to be able to toggle back and forth between the B&N reader and the Android tablet. If this isn't possible I'd like to go back to the reader.

Unfortunately I can't get the boot menu with the "n" button when I power up. Andoid mounts and a white screen offers only "power off" or "re-boot"...no other options.

...following the instructions I used from the web for installing CM7 I removed the SD card before I formatted, etc. Is this an issue?
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jgu71424:
Looping Problem

Okay so I think I may have the same problem hopefully someone can help. So first I install CM7 and then it gave me when I tried opening the market so I was like okay... so then I downloaded and install manuelnooker and now im boot looping .. So I insert the SD and turn it on but it doesnt boot up to recovery. I only see CM7 and then it boot loops into Nook Color With the big N on top and the small android bottom right corner. Can anyone help me out on what is the best way to get back into recovery. I know if I turn it on while holding the N its says CM7 and in the bottom it shows recovery but never goes to it. Much help please..:(

Okay so I finally got into CWR but now it gives me an error formatting data when I select mounts and storage and select format data? Im trying to revert back the nook color using nook complete restore 1.0.1. and I try doing it format data in the opening screen but I flash the zip and boot loops. any help is much appreciated.. Thanks