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[HTC Amaze 4G] ferincr:
I do have a noob question...

Can somebody explain briefly how/what is this wifi calling?

Is it something just for the US?

I live in Costa Rica and I used to use Skype on my previous Windows mobile 6.5 phone but now on this Amaze I found that my Service provider is blocking the Skype connection through 3G so I'm wondering if wifi calling is something I can use for cheap international calls.
[HTC Amaze 4G] nguyendqh:
Wifi calling is a built in feature for the Amaze that lets you use your wifi signal as reception in cases where your cell phone reception is horrible.

So you can basically make calls over a wifi network.

Unless you're with Tmobile specifically and register a 911 address (depending on plan calls made from your 911 address will not use minutes) calls made over a wifi network WILL use your minutes.

Wifi calling won't let you make free calls.

There are other programs for this.

I'll search some threads to find it for you or maybe someone else can suggest some "calling apps" that utilize wifi networks and doesn't use minutes.

I remember reading about a couple of apps that lets your make international calls for free by using wifi.

I forget the names though as I don't have a need for those apps.

Hope this helps.
[HTC Amaze 4G] fcpelayo:
There is nettalk in the market
[HTC Amaze 4G] thompsd:
Wifi calling is basically Skype except it goes through TMOU routers, it's otherwise known as VOIP. Sometimes I work out of the house and in the lower level where I have my office the TMOU service stinks, maybe 1 bar, the calls break up, you know the drill. I installed Crackeyes rom with wifi calling enabled so know it connects to my wireless router and is pretty sweet, calls sound better & I don't have to worry as much about breaking up. But it's not totally smooth sailing, sometimes the connection is for lack of a better term weird with lots of artifacts, typically the other party will say something and when I call them back it's better, sometimes a reboot of the phone helps, not sure why.

I'd be interested to know how this works internationally as well. Of course it's not going to give you any benefit on a 3/4g connection that's not the point.
[HTC Amaze 4G] ferincr:
It doesn't, at least if you mean calling from abroad to the U.S. don't know about calling from the US to other countries.
[HTC Rezound] dccoh:
Well, saw a topic about someone's phone reading there text messages out loud, and it reminded me of something.

My buddy said he went to his girlfriend's parents for Thanksgiving and after dinner the girls were all in the kitchen (lol I can hear the jokes already), and the guys retired to the living room. I guess there were over 16 or so people there at least.

While in the kitchen, his girlfriend messaged the boyfriend in the living room, telling him how she couldn't wait to get him alone later (but in much more raunchy terms).

Well, whatever app he was using just read it out loud, for everyone, including her father, to hear freely.

By the time he got to the phone, the damage was done. She came out of the kitchen, and her dad asked her "Do you need to be going? I hear you just can't wait to get home" with a smirk on his face.

Well, she turned red according to him, and they left shortly after.

Anyone else have something funny happen with their smartphone in the last couple years? Inappropriate ringtones during an interview, texts being read out loud, sending texts to the wrong person, or even someone borrowing your phone and maybe seeing a website you have viewed that you would of rather kept hidden.

I'm all ears. I love hearing other people being embarrassed :)

Happy Holidays !
[HTC Rezound] yojoe600:
i have sent a few naughty texts to the wrong girl before.. and one time a friend saw a few of my dirty pictures from my girlfriend back in the day
[HTC Rezound] evilstewie23:
Ha your not the only one...well with the first one at least lol

sent from my sexy HTC Rezound. Bata bum ba bum, Im loving it. :)
[HTC Rezound] Jsmokey:
Well I started using go locker shortly after release which has an option to adjust volume while the phone is locked which I use mainly to save me the hassle of unlocking to turn music up or down while driving or at work. Well currently my ringtone is cigaro by system of a down, edited to start right when the lyrics come in.

If you don't know the song you won't understand why this is so embarrassing, but we happened to be at church and something in my pocket turned the volume up full blast and right in the middle of prayer I get a call and by the time I got my captivate out and ignored the call it was to late. My wife and I left immediately and the jokes have ensued ever since then.

If you just listen to the beginning of the song you'll completely understand why after that I disabled the volume feature and haven't been back at that church since. If you are the kind of person who is easily offended by something I highly recommend not to listen to it.

And yes I know this is in the rezound section but I spotted it in the unread tab on the app and couldn't help but share.
[HTC Rezound] dccoh:
Lol funny stuff. I love me some SOAD, and i'm familiar with the song. And right in the middle of prayer, wow that had to suck.

Thanks for sharing. Gotta find an app that changes your ringtone on Sunday to something by Three Days Grace :)
[HTC Rezound] Jsmokey:
Yeah it was pretty horrible timing, everyone quiet except the preacher and then bam, and couldn't of been a worse ringtone to have play in the middle of church.

I actually have a few more embarrassing moments but nothing close to that one. SOAD for the win lol, btw I saw a thing online where they are talking about getting back together and doing a new album since the recent tour went so well.
[HTC Rezound] Tachi91:
Lmao

Swyped from my Rezound 4G
[HTC Rezound] AtLemacks:
Girlfriend called me and pissed me off(not my current girlfriend), and I ASSUMED she had hung up the phone since that would have disconnected the call on my end too. Nope, so 15 minutes into me talking **** about her and what she had done with my friend I got a text saying we were through. It was actually a blessing(I use that term loosely because I am not religious) in disguise, but now I make sure I always hit the end call button, lol.

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hahahaha, I used to blair that song in the summer time in my Mustang. Serg cracks me up!
[HTC Rezound] sm_rasmy:
i was about to tell u an embracing situation

then i got an arrow in the knew
[HTC Rezound] con247:
My mom got a random pic of someone's junk
[HTC Rezound] kinjo28:
Got caught by my exwife ... In my personal time...... I actually turn it around and asked for a hand. :n0 and it worked. Anyway having the internet any where you go is a powerful responsibility.
[HTC Rezound] jayochs:
no.

this isn't funny anymore. it's dead. it's over. reddit killed it. enough.
[HTC Rezound] zetsumeikuro:
I took a picture of my gf's tits and put them as my wallpaper and forgot about it. My gf's father is also an android nerd, and he picked up my phone one day to check it out and yeah.... LOL.
[HTC Rezound] dccoh:
Yea, I cant do anything like that. Her dad is all about smartphones the last couple years. He has a droidx and everytime we go up north to see him, he likes to tinker with my phone.

I have to clean up the phone a bit before the trip. I'm sure there are certain things he just couldnt un-see.
[HTC Rezound] Morpheus991:
Naughty Fast Food

I randomly happened to tell a friend via text about how I was going to McDonalds for the first time in over a year. I decided to prove it to her by taking a photo of something with a logo on it to text to her....I clicked my gallery app shortcut and a really raunchy porno resumed playing fro where I left off the night before.. The volume was maxed out and there was a little old Mexican woman behind me pretending she didn't see anything. Of course this being my new Rezound I panicked and it took me a good 30 seconds to make it stop.. The 720 screen is pretty nice though.
[HTC Rezound] DaXmax:
I LOL'D... Anyway, this should be in the offtopic, so everyone can share their embarrassing moments with their androids... ;)
[HTC Rezound] krelvinaz:
Not me but my daughter... My grand daughter picked up my daughters phone and followed her into the bathroom.... not realizing that a) she was taking pictures or b) they were auto posted to her Facebook page. When she logged into Facebook almost 3 hours later she found them. Luckily, nothing was really exposed but it could have been. Grand Daughter is 2-1/2 but she really likes the phone and has no problem finding wow wow wubbzy or something like that on YouTube.
[HTC Rezound] feralicious:
lol...I really don't understand why anyone would ever autoupload pics to Facebook...maybe 1% off pics I took would ever get posted.
[HTC Rezound] frostyllama:
Iphone 3gs dunked in the toilet (clean). Take it out, still working. Open it up to dry it out. Put it back together and break the screen cable. Wet black unilluminated awesomeness.

Omg, this haunts me. Careful for browsing history
[Surround General] RebelMagpie:
Now that HTC Surround is a discountinued model, what chance do you think that we'll ever see updates from WP7 7.10.7720? Given that HTC and the orriginal carrier (in my case, Telus) control the relase of updates, why would they bother testing anyhting new on the Surround?

Are we stuck on 7720 for ever?
[Surround General] jimski:
Don't think so. Regardless of the device status, Microsoft is still interested in providing a positive user experience and will do what's necessary to make sure relevant updates get pushed through. OEM firmware updates are also a possibility. Things like the dissapearing keyboard will get fixed.

While this is all speculation, all devices should continue to receive support/updates for at least 21-24 months from date of release, or the length of a typical (2 year) contract. At some point the hardware will not have the capability to support new features, but that's to be expected.
[Surround General] RebelMagpie:
Let's hope you're right :-)
[Surround General] keithltk91:
the latest is 8779 but still couldnt find any free download on it so i just found 8773 which is the 2nd latest probably.

link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1685058
[Surround General] christian5916:
At&t Update coming.....

On their site said that an update for Windows Phone 7 and 7.5 phones it's coming, and the Surround is listed so here's hope I think :)

http://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB117823#fbid=K3TISJ0o9c9
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CyberPunk7t9:
Hi,

I'm on the fence of buying a Nexus Galaxy and been researching here and there. This one thing I haven't had experience with before and could not find clear answers searching here and there.

What kind of data usage should I expect If got the GN and used Google Music to save my collection on the cloud and play it over 3g/4g data? I have the 2GB/Mo plan from AT&T.

Well, I listen to a lot of musical genres and have a large collection of MP3s (not MPfree's!).

I never tried the Google Music service since I have a 16GB Atrix 4G with 32GB SD card on to carry "some" of my collection with me always.

*I read a lot posts online by people who are hesitating to buy the GN because of the limitation to 16GB only. I know cloud services are being pushed harder and I'm surprised myself that after I thought of everything and the google music solution to my music collection, 16GB can do! But network data has costs around it, y'know.

I think it's would a nice advertisement/complimentary if Verizon (or other carriers later) would give their GN customers a special offer/discount on data plans considering the nature of the device.

Ah, don't forget my question mates. Your opinion/experience with data usage and Google Music. :)

Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] enaybee:
I don't use Google Music for streaming. Whatever I have is on my phone (not much though). But I can tell you this, if you have a lot of music stored on Google Music (online) then expect to see some high data usage. I have not used any music that is stored by Google (when you select some random genres of music at the time of setting up your account) but my data usage on Google Music player still shows 211 mb used ... I guess that's for syncing or caching all the music on my phone. So atleast initially you will see high data usage and not so much afterwards. My 2 cents ... I hope somebody with more experience would give us real information.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
I wouldnt recommend streaming unless you still have an unlimited data plan. Period. Streaming music adds up quick.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] El Daddy:
I use it quite a bit, but I have an unlimited plan. That said, I have never gone over 2GB on my bill. Mostly because I use wifi when I can.

Based on my experience, listening to an album can use anywhere between 30-60mb depending on quality and length.

Google music also caches the album you listen to. Which is nice when you listen to it again it won't be streaming.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] psycho2097:
ok, so i dont own the nexus yet, still 1.5 days from possession. but i use google music extensively on my captivate. i have a 16gb phone with 16 gb sdcard, but i kinda like to segregate my music, so i have some on my phone, some on amazon and some on google. i listen to google everyday while commuting to work for 1-1.5hrs, with highest quality option turned on, and everyday my usage is around 50-60mb.i go to work 21-22 days, so its more or less 1gb for google music. i am also on att 2gb plan, before google music i used ~1.1gb per month(used pandora a lot), right now i use 1.6gb.

So yeah, be it pandora, amazon, slacker, or google i use 800-1gb on music every month.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AdamUpNorth:
Well, I think we can calculate it.

In the worst case you'd have a 320kbps MP3. When you convert from bits to bytes (by dividing by 8) you get 40kBps.

That means that every minute of music you'll listen to will take use 2.4MB (2400kBps = 40kBps x 60 seconds).

On your 2GB plan, that lets you listen to about 833 minutes of music (or 13 hours straight, or 160 five-minute songs).

That's the worst case which I think you'd only run into if a) you turn on the option in the Music app that forces high quality and b) the song you've stored on Google music is 320kbps.

I hope that logic works out.

Another thing to think about, if you put 6-8GBs of you fav music on the phone, you'd still have lots of space on the phone and significantly reduce the data usage.

BTW....I'm facing the same struggle in my decision on the GN....but I think I may have just help myself decide. LOL
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] psycho2097:
I say blow it all! its juz 10$ per GB! :p :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pukemon:
yep. $10 if you go over. even a MB over. blow your load or pay to play? ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] psycho2097:
I have, twice in 1 month...that was when i discovered i could stream porn on my cell! :p
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pukemon:
galactic.... eh, i won't go there. somebody might be more grossed out than they already are.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] psycho2097:
Cmon... It was funny!

Sent from my cell phone. DUH
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ballenone:
lol i cant lie i laughed out loud :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] psycho2097:
Atleast someone has a sense of humor! :D

Sent from my cell phone. DUH
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AdamUpNorth:
Ya, I'll +1 that. LOL.

-Sent from my Arc (LT15a)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CraigP17:
I stream google music through my car 5 days a week to and from work for 45 mins st a time. I used about 1gb in 7 days. On att hspa with galaxy nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] g33k3r:
why dont you do the unlimited data trick. You're already paying 25. What's 5 more
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CyberPunk7t9:
Very good. Thanks for making it seem clearer now to me.

:D

Ouch!

???

What is the trick?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AllGamer:
-1

easy for you to say in the great white north is $80+ for only 2GB....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yangqi:
I don't think you will use up all 16GB storage other than musics. And how large are your total music collections? Why don't you open wifi and cache all or most favorite music down on GN so you won't be stream when you listen to them. And if you really run out of space, google music will free up some for you without any problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] psycho2097:
What the ****???? Really???? Y? 80?? I pay only 20 with my company discount!

Sent from my cell phone. DUH
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] psycho2097:
Pls dude.. Wat trick???? The iphone 2g one?

Sent from my cell phone. DUH
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sjankis630:
in reply to the original poster Google music uses tons of data. I used it this holiday weekend and somehow managed to suck down 1.3GB (yes gigabytes) in less than 5 days. Previously I had only used less than 2gb per month with my old phone without google music.

Also during this time my slacker.com account- which I use at work - only managed to pull in 34mb. I had the app selected to cache music so I will take that off and I had stream high quality as well.

I will give it another week and check then.

good luck.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lehoule:
Not really, got 6gb for 30...in Canada!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mjpado:
all access is data hog!!!!

I took my dog for a walk, listened to THREE songs and used 66mb of data!!! I don't have high streaming on, I think I just loads a ton of music to your phone so it continually plays. What a joke! Pandora would have been maybe 5-7mb for the same walk. Never again. I went through 133mb the other day on a 20 minute walk. They need to fix this. Quickly.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Soldier 2.0:
Yes, I went on a trip from north Carolina to Georgia and I used 700mb data! :eek:

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Xparent Skyblue Tapatalk 2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] androo45:
Just make a playlist with the x# songs you listen the most (those you play the most in Google Music), 16GB still can handle some music.

Make sure, caching is on and high quality off. The high quality consumes about 2 times more data. I used about 68mb on Google Music last month,but I mostly listen on wifi.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zepius:
i like replying and necro'n a year and 1/2 old thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rich8692:
Daily use

I use the Google play music service everyday on my GNexus, I use it during work I like it because you can store (I Believe) 2500 songs for free I download mixtapes almost daily and stream one aday during work, and check off cache so it stories each song streamed I use between 45 & 60 mb per 13-17 songs. Hopped this helped! Also don't know if this means much but my Galaxy Nexus is running aokp 4.2.2 milestone build with Franco kernel on simple mobiles 50$ unlimited plan
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ZiZi_G2X:
I just wanted to know if any of you guys found a case for the g2x that looks like the back of the lg Prada 3.0. I really like the texture on the back plate of that phone, and wouldn't mind getting a case similar to that texture for the g2x.

If any of you guys find one, please let us know.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] KiaraTheDragon:
i always fine the cases i need on ebay
[T-Mobile LG G2x] KRAZYADROIDMASTER:
That is cool looking back.

Looks like it has a cool grip on the back.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] axesd:
I am looking for the same thing as well!
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ZiZi_G2X:
Yeah I've been searching, but to no avail. I'm not a professional internet digger though, I figure someone might've run into one, maybe "by summer" they'll start to show up ;)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dvorak67:
I bought this case:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/250958514070?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_552wt_650

on the recommendation of another thread here (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1318248&highlight=bodyglove). The one I got, and have linked to above, has a pattern similar to the back of the Prada.

I've only had it a week, but it seems to be holding up well. Not the best case I've ever seen, but certainly does its job.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] SIGUEL:
If anyone has an extra Body Glove case laying around shoot me a PM.

Sent from my G2X
[T-Mobile LG G2x] Rbern144:
Amazon might have something you might like for example, search SURFACE Case for use with G2x on AMAZON. I bought this case and its freaking amazing, good built quality and great texture.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] axesd:
I ended up buying a slap-on case. I don't think theres anyone will make a case like that for our phone. A rubber mesh texture.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250958540061#ht_1225wt_1378
[T-Mobile LG G2x] ZiZi_G2X:
Yeah, I don't think anyone makes a case like that either. I was watching some promo video for the prada 3.0 and one of the lg marketing reps said that the back plate texture and design is exclusively a prada pattern and copyright. I can only hope, that a Hong Kong entrepreneur would be willing to make a decent knock off for the g2x.
[T-Mobile LG G2x] axesd:
Honesty thou, G2x/2x are not popular cell phones at all. I was in hong kong during the summer and I was simply trying to find a better looking case for my vibrant/galaxy s that time. I found nothing. I saw at least over a thousand of iPhone cases that are selling like dirt cheap. There is a 3 levels mall and everything is related to cell phone. Absolutely nothing... sigh..

Just go ahead and buy something to protect it. I think you will get a good feel on this mesh rubber case.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lewisskinner:
Hey guys, I'm a bit of a Samsung n00b I'm afraid! I've just upgraded from an Xperia X10, which I rooted, primarily to get rid of duplicate apps (I was getting double text notifications having installed Handcent for example, so I used Titanium to remove the default SMS client). However, I always wanted Cyanogenmod, which was never available on the X10.

Now I have my Galaxy S II, I want a rooted Cyanogenmod ROM. Partly because it has loads of cool features (theme support, battery life, overclocking) but mostly because a new ROM seems like the easiest way to remove all the Orange Bloatware.

My question is, how do I go about this? I've never flashed a custom ROM before, do I need to root first, or can one simply flash a pre-rooted ROM?

About Phone shows the following (I don't really get this, as it's quite different from the Sony presentation):

Model - GT I9100P

Android version - 2.3.4

Baseband ver - I9100PBVKI2

Kernel ver - 2.6.35.7-I9100PBVKI3-CL608158root@DELL82 #2

Build # - Gingerbread.BVKI3
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lynxboy:
Prepare to be flamed....

Wrong forum to ask the question in and there are countless threads to help you with this. Try the stickies in general, the FAQ would be a good start. Also, you don't need to remove the system messaging app to stop double notifications, just disable the notifications in the app settings.

Regards.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4038153:
All your questions answered and more: [NIGHTLY][ROM][GWK74] CyanogenMod 7 (w/ Gingerbread 2.3.7) for Galaxy SII Q&A.