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[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SAILOR-HB:
I have a better application to do this well

Try this app. Your r800i must be rooted.

how to use it:

1. Install it.

2. Open it, and if the superuser asks you, choose "Allow".

3. If it's the first running, it will pop some warning. Just choose "Continue and don't" for all warnings.

4. (You'd better turn your display to Portrait mode.) Under "Disable Wi-Fi" button, there is another button but it's not completely shown. Just tap it, then the settings window will appear.

5. Set your SSID, and if needed the WEP options.

6. Press return button.

7. Tap "Try to switch to Ad-hoc mode, just to try..." button.

8. Wait a moment, and you'll be connected.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apt2007:
thanks guys i will try them n will report back
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GFab:
Hi,I've a Play too, and I tried the app...It actually works!But the only problem is that it works pretty randomly...sometimes it's fast to find the WiFi,some others you have to pray in chinese to get it work....many times it sees the hotspot,but the WiFi icon doesn't enlight,and disappears after few seconds...maybe there's a right procedure,or maybe the app should be improved in terms of stability and reliability.But it's anyway so cool...I'd just like to get it right when I want,in this way it feels a lot random...Keep up the job
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ryballs:
Windows has its own software to do this: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-AU/windows-vista/Using-ICS-Internet-Connection-Sharing
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The_other_ray:
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[HTC EVO 3D] dblkspecial:
I'm looking to flash a bad esn evo 3D to cricket. The 3D is already rooted. I just need to know if there's a specific rom needed to do this and a good guide to doing it successfuly. Thanks in advance.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] jstersd:
http://support.sprint.com/support/a...e-wh164052-20110620-135255?&INTNAV=SU:DP:HDIA

Downloading now...
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Maine_Coon:
Read the warning on top.

If you install it right now, you'll be stack on stock, as globatron said.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chriscardinal:
I've had 4G turned off for a bit because it seems to chew through battery (though 25%+ Android OS/keep awake isn't pleasant either; really hoping 4.0.3 cures that)...

Today, while driving around, I noticed Pandora was taking easily 15-20 seconds to buffer enough to start playing a song. On my N1 TMO 3G, it would play in < 5 seconds, and switch songs just as quickly.

I ran a speed test and got 1.75 Mbps; I've read that Verizon 3G tops out at 1.4 Mbps: is this correct at all?

Moreover, for people with experience on Verizon's 3G, is 15-20 seconds buffering time on Pandora (high quality stream) normal? This seems absurd.

Switching to 4G, it loads basically like my N1 on TMO did.

(Also, switching is a precarious event; most the time, cutting from CDMA/LTE to just CDMA will require airline mode to complete. Similarly, I've had trouble with the hand off from wifi as well, but I hear 4.0.3 is hopefully helping that too.)

CDMA/LTE speed test came back right around 20-30 Mbps, depending on the time, so I'm good on that front. Just confused about 3G performance, if I didn't want to stay on 4G... is Verizon's 3G really this slow? (As in, is this what VZW iPhone users are stuck with??)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] koszor:
i had my phone on 3g, put my google music on shuffle, and phone in pocket

aside from the initial load time, you couldnt tell if i was on LTE or CDMA

also, at work i used ESPN radio to listen to AM1050 over LTE, couldnt tell a difference
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xHausx:
EVDO, which is what Verizon uses for 3G, maxes out around 2mbps. This should be more than enough for Pandora since I'm usually able to listen to it smoothly with a connection of less than 400kbps on Sprint's bogged down network. In all reality 2mbps should be more than enough to do anything you need it to since anything that would actually take advantage of 20-30mbps will cause you to hit your data limit in well under a day.

Here lately Pandora has been kind of flaky though so it may be something with their servers. Although, the internet in general for me hasn't been quite acting right either.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chriscardinal:
On a GN or a different device? It's just a little strange; 2 Mbps should be more than enough, but it's taking some serious time to buffer, which sucks when you skip a few songs in a row.

LTE seems fine, Pandora on desktop seems fine. Hmm.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] michiel21:
I have had verizon ,sprint, T-Mobile and at&t and by far Verizon was the slowest out of all the phones I had when it came down to 3g data speeds kind of a big disappointment since I heard so many good things about verizon. As for the 4g if they stick to their plans and commitment of having the 4g lte available like their normal phone service than their is no need to worry.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ChongoDroid:
Fido (Rogers) is giving me great hspa speeds.
[G2 and Desire Z General] vikashfoolsu:
Last night my mic randomly stopped working. There is nothign that could have caused this. I haven't dropped my phone or done anything. But all the symptoms point me to a hardware related problem. WHAT SHOULD I DO?!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Spastic909:
Replace it
[G2 and Desire Z General] killj0y:
Or replace the single part
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
Hey guys, so I am due for an upgrade. I am currently using an Evo Shift (i've been an HTC guy for awhile) but I am *really* considering buying the Epic Touch.

Right now, I can get it from Amazon for $86.87, shipped. That is an amazing price! I just have a few questions for you guys:

1) What is your experience with the phone? Love it? Hate it?

2) What does the ROM "community" look like"? I'm currently rocking a really solid build of ICS on my shift and I absolutely love it. In my brief time perusing here, I have not seen any builds for you guys yet?

3) Does anyone have any idea what Sprint has up its sleeve? I know CES is right around the corner and I don't want to buy a phone now and regret it in three-four weeks...

4) Lastly, this device is nearly a year old (if you count it's release in the rest of the world). Even though it is arguably one of the greatest phones you can buy right now, will this last much longer? I know if I always hold out for the "next best thing" I will never end up getting my upgrade...

What are your guys' thoughts? Should I pick this up or wait a bit longer? Right now, if I sent my Shift back to Sprint, they will pay me $88 (essentially making this phone FREE!). Also, since you now have to wait 20 months for an upgrade, that would make this phone essentially three years old by the time I am ready for another upgrade. What do you guys think?

Thanks guys
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
I also should add that I absolutely despise Touchwiz. I strictly love the AOSP link. Is that on the way soon?

Regards
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] aimbdd:
If you love Aosp, i would honestly tell you to hold off, or go for the Evo 3d.

1. Great phone! Battery life is good for me, very smooth. Signal is a tiny bit worse then my evo 3D. It Wont pick up data in the back room of where i work and the 3D does.

2. The community here, while amazing, is pretty small. We only have partially working cm 7 and mini.

(4G, Bluetooth, GPS don't work on the latest Cm build)

3. I wouldn't worry about it. Otherwise you'll forever be waiting for the next best thing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
Hmm, definitely do not want the Evo 3d. Thanks for your input!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
Touchwiz is more understated and with the themes available, i don't even notice. It makes sense look gaudy and old in comparison. Otherwise, Hardware - phone is a straight beast or "Major GO!"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Beejis:
I don't know how you feel about sense, but touchwiz is better imo because it doesn't feel as though it is as deeply integrated as sense was. But I'm with you, I love AOSP but there isn't a fully functional AOSP rom for this device YET.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
Sammy will drop one for us. Then I will probably give AOSP a really good go since it would have everything i need. I used to like sense, but that was when I was rocking mattedblues ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bbedward:
Someone has ICS on the shift :0 I need to try that.

In all honestly when you put the two side by side like I have its astonishing. The shifts screen is washed out looking and weighs so much more. Not nearly as quick as the epic either.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
Plus its got sense, which is now holding back android
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
Yeah zenulator released a beta. Awesome stuff! As for sense, I hate it as well :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
So you guys think that a fully working aosp ics will eventually happen? Minus 4G of course. I really want to ditch my Shift but I'm torn as to whether I should do it now or wait for the next big thing... Sigh
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
Once sammy releases their version of ICS, i would imagine an AOSP version full supported with/without wimax? would be right around the corner.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
Ok. The only reason I ask is because the original Epic (my woman has one) did not even get CM7 or anything AOSP until about a *MONTH* ago.. She went over a year with no AOSP/CM love :(
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] skyline247:
If I were you, I'd wait until the first of the year, until after CES at least. I've tried out the Evo 3D, Nexus S, Photon, and Bionic. The E4GT, IMHO, is the best by far. It does everything I need done.....& more. However, rumors abound (& they are just that) that there are going to be some devices shown at CES that blow the E4GT out of the water. One example being the Intel-Samsung Atom powered ICS smartphone. I would at least see if you are at least interested in any devices coming out of CES, before locking yourself into another 2 year contract.

As for me, I got my E4GT for only a .01¢ from Amazon Wireless, & I am quite happy with my decision, wether we see ICS or not. I am good for 2 years, & by then, who knows, we'll probably see Android 5.0 or even 6.0.

Good luck in whatever decision you make. Happy Holidays.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] daneurysm:
Touchwiz is a almost entirely just the launcher and a very unobtrusive set of extremely minor modifications, almoste entirely cosmetic. You can easily delete the touchwiz launcher apk and are as close to vanilla Android as you can get from one of the big handset makers.

As far as this years cycle is concerned? I think we won't see another great contender for the real next generation until June at the earliest. Though we will likely see a Sprint version of the GNx it will also likely be in that time-frame...and whether that phone is obviously better than the ET4G is highly debatable.

So far as Sprint's lineup is concerned this is the best phone of the year. The Evo4G easily took at last year. Our development community has really ramped up pace and there are tons of great ROMs, kernels, mods and hacks. We don't seem to have the merciless onslaught of developer support that the flagship HTC devices get--or any GSM devices for that matter...but...things are looking good.

I think we will definitely see ICS sooner than later. I feel the same about a stable, full function AOSP. The EVO3D didn't get a CM7 alpha until 3 months after release...and it was very alpha. We don't have 'official support' from CM (we've been told that the idea isn't off the table but don't hold your breath), but, I think we will eventually pick up it. This phone isn't the same last-minute hack-job the OG Epic was, which supposedly wasn't even intended to be Android until the last few weeks of development.

...if we don't get CM? That might suck a little, but, this phone is so goddamned fast and smooth and nearly feature-complete that I really won't be that heart broken. Contrast that with the same situation on an HTC? Bahahaha, night and day.

I had a Moment, Hero, Evo4G, NS4G and 3 (yes 3) Evo3D's...this phone, hands down, slaughters all of them in overall user experience. My ET4G also has a much better radio than all 3 of my Evo3D's....The screen is just disgustingly beautiful...battery life is the best I've had on Android.

If you can wait 6 months to use your upgrade? Of course, do that. That will provide the best bang for your buck...but...if you can't? This is the phone to get, especially if you've flatly rejected the Evo3D as a contender--and I wouldn't blame you one bit for that decision.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dw3bb10:
Im coming from an EVO 4G, and I just used my moms upgrade to get the E4GT on Amazon for $99 (now $79). I just got it Monday, and all I have to say is.....GET THIS PHONE!!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
Yeah I saw the touch for that price earlier today. Do you know if it Is going to stay that price for 3-4 weeks or is this a temporary special?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JBTY:
My personal opinion is that this phone and the Galaxy 2 linup is by far the best choice out there save perhaps for the Galaxy Nexus. Although the Sprint version seems to be vastly overlooked. but that is changing, people are noticing and i believe that the dev community will grow very quickly soon especially with HTC losing ground everyday so AOSP shouldnt be to far away. But give the touchwiz 4.0 a shot it might surprise you, if not go with Launcher Pro! or ADW EX, problem solved!! BTW GS2 was voted phone of the year!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Fataldesain:
To put it simply you don't have any other choice on sprint for a phone unless you an iPhone guy. Every other android phone on sprint besides the nexus s (because it has ics now runs awesome) is junk. Sense, blur, and touchwiz all suck like really suck. Touchwiz sucks the least. But it still sucks.

Now that ics is out I only suggest a nexus or don't get android unless there are a sop rooms for it.

If your on a shift this phone is like a major upgrade just get ics theme and its amazing. If you can get this phone for 86 dollars that's a np brainer
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] xlGmanlx:
The camera and sensor alone make this a top tier phone let alone the screen and a nice update to touchwiz. Add in a custom theme and growing development and there isn't much to like about this phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cnstarz:
1) Coming from the HTC Evo 4G, this phone is hella better. Almost everything about it is better than the Evo -- much much faster and smoother, brighter and more colorful display, thinner, hella better battery life, more internal storage. my only complaint with this phone (which also applies to every samsung smart phone i've ever purchased) is the driver support. samsung has ****TY gps and radio drivers. i dont know what the **** their problem is with their drivers, but they are ****ing braindead in this department, for real. every samsung phone i've owned has had terrible gps signal. i returned 4 moments because they could never get a lock, and there were many times when the cdma radio quit working all together. the same thing happened on the samsung intercept i had, it also happens on my friend's galaxy nexus, and now i'm experiencing it again on this phone (along with lots of other people [read up on LoS and ****ty gps lock]). samsung absolutely blows in this department. if it weren't for this, then samsung would have some ****ing amazing phones.

2) the rom community is pretty active. no daily driver aosp roms yet though. check out the dev board.

3) and 4) are basically the same question, which i have no answer to at this time lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] trifthen:
Please note this applies to Sprint only.

Why you Should Choose This Phone

The Samsung Galaxy SII line is still one of the best reviewed phones currently on the market.

The Sprint version of the phone actually has a notification LED!

There is no phone currently on Sprint with comparable specs.

The community, for its size, is very vibrant. A good half-dozen active ROMs exist, even though CM hasn't been ported yet.

It's very likely to receive ICS, one way or another, early 2012.

Why you Should Not Choose This Phone

It still has intermittent Loss of Service problems, even on the latest radio and kernel. We have a hacky fix, but the radio really is just terrible. I've never seen a radio stop responding or arbitrarily shut down until I got this phone.

This phone seems to be the red-headed stepchild of the SGS-II variants. Every other vendor with one uses GSM instead of CDMA, and nobody but sprint has WiMax. So most devs, including CyanogenMOD, concentrate on the GSM models. The radio variation has delayed CYM, AOSP, and MIUI ports, and is the most likely culprit for our LoS issues.

We have one of the better SGS-II variants available right now, but due to the proprietary radios, most of the really active and well known devs are effectively ignoring it. And losing your job or getting an angry significant other because your phone won't ring or take texts is an automatic 'Will not buy!' for some people. If I knew about the LoS issues, I would have never left Verizon back in September, and would probably have a Nexus right now.

We have a great community here. Lots of people just having fun hacking around. But that can be said for several devices. I'm glad you decided to ask us, to get a better picture of what you're jumping into. :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
Oh dear, I own my own business so receiving calls or texts is my lifeblood. Do you think these LoS issues can be fixed with software tweaks alone? Aside from that, I know the entire sprint network has been having Los issues sporadically as of late, but this sounds much worse...

Even though I desperately want to upgrade my phone, I think i'm going to wait until after ces to make a decision. Even then, I will most likely have to wait until summer for another "must have" phone. Because I am an impatient bastard, I will most likely pick this phone up right after ces and then kick myself six months later when a quad core lte sprint phone is unleashed.

Sigh.

Thank you all :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mazook98:
?

"A good half-dozen active ROMs exist, and CM was just ported for this device as well."

(there ya go, FTFY)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lifyre:
To be fair it's not official yet so maybe that caused the oversight?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] trifthen:
It's not the same as Sprint's network having problems. The EG30, EK02, and EL13 radios all have periods of the radio just... stopping responding. Sometimes restarting the radio fixes it, but other times, you need to reboot. That's not the network, but the phone not handling service disruptions properly, or just outright being buggy.

The worst times are when it shows you have signal bars, like what happened to me a couple days ago, yet my wife called me twice and sent me a text. I never got any of that, but my phone said it had four bars. Dumpsys said the radio was available and online. I wasn't roaming. There were no RILJ radio daemon errors in the logcat dumps I made. The phone was lying to me about its connectivity. That's worse because it's so insidious. I could have gone hours with a dead connection and never noticed.

If not for -viperboy- coming up with the idea to write a script to fix this in the background, and my work in trying to perfect it, I would have returned this device and yelled at anyone and everyone at Sprint to get out of the contract. It's not really their fault Samsung apparently hired a drunk, cross-eyed Orangutan to write the CDMA+WiMax radio drivers, but I switched specifically for this phone.

It's not official, and I don't see a maintainer or ROM post in the Development section. :)

I just also want to make sure you know I meant CM = CyanogenMOD, and not CWM = ClockWorkMod. :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mazook98:
I also meant CyanogenMod, not ClockWorkMod.

There are both a maintainer and a ROM post for it in the Development Section, only it's not in the XDA Development Section; it's on Rootzwiki.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
*THIS* is great information. I just tracked down the thread... With that info I kind of want to place an order for the Touch right now! Lol. Any word on this build becoming an "official" branch? That seems a high possibility since the 911 issue has been fixed. Also, if it were to become official, would that highly increase the chances of a CM or AOSP ICS build?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mazook98:
The developer in charge of that already is in contact with Teamdouche about an official merge, however, until 4G is working, that might be the final issue keeping it from going any further: They've done it (via Teamwin) with other CDMA devices, so who knows. Also, the dev does live streaming q&a sessions now while he's working on the build, and just happened to show us a working ICS build that he already has running on his EpicTouch4G, so I'd say that it's definitely gonna be helpful, as it was for him.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
OK. I think i'm going to buy this phone now ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mazook98:
Sweet.

(A member of the "family" will be contacting you shortly, in time for the comet's approach, and to aid in organizing the "away team".)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
Ok, so I am literally about to click to purchase this phone from Amazon.. I just have ONE last question: I've heard a lot about LoS issues with this phone. Seeing as I own a business, having a phone that will *ring when it is called* is very, very important to me. Do you guys think/know if this is a software based error or if this is a design flaw of the hardware? Thanks again guys!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bbedward:
its been fixed in the ek02 software update. EK02 based kernel rom, and modem and you will not have LoS

SamSprint officially said the issue is fixed and I haven't had it since. The very few oddball reports are likely using a custom kernel or unupgraded modem or something.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
Excellent thank you! I actually purchased it about ten minutes ago based off of what someone else said on another forum (essentially what you stated). Super stoked, but it won't get here until the 28th. Bah humbug I say!

Can't wait for this beast!!!!!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cnstarz:
no, this is definitely not true. people experience LoS with every modem version.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
Well.... shoot :/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] cnstarz:
refer to my first post in this thread. every samsung phone i've ever owned has had this problem. it was prominent with the samsung moment and intercept. if it weren't for the fact that a simple reboot can fix it, and the fact that this phone is hella fast, i would have never bought it
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EmperorX:
Is this an issue that Sprint would swap a new/other phone for?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] nerys71:
I would not worry about "the next big thing"

its about as thin as it can get.

its about as big as it can get (screen)

its about as fast as it can get

it has oodles of memory.

it has EVERY gizmo (even gyroscope) 1080p record FANTASTIC camera and 720p front camera.

I mean this is solidly the first phone where they would have TROUBLE making a new phone that is appreciably "better" than this.

I mean what could they possibly upgrade?

the only nit I have is the resolution. 800x480 is NOT bad but 960x540 would have been nice (I am a pixel whore :-)

its truly an amazing piece of hardware. I am loving it.

installed calkin's rom with go launcher. happy as a pig in ... you get the idea :-)

though the damned thing still REFUSES to see my touch pro 2's hot spot connection for some reason.

I am ASSUMING the "los" issue is software related and not hardware. I assume (maybe big assumption?) that it will be fixed.

I do note after flashing EL13 today I have not los'd once so far (fingers crossed knock on wood)

while before I flashed this afternoon I los'd 4 times just today :-)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Sashimii3:
For me LOS was the only bad thing about this phone, I used to get it 2-3 times per day. Upgrading to the EK02 modem reduced it to about 1-2 times a day, and now using the EL13 modem I have not gotten a single LOS for a few days.

I am very content with this phone right now, and it will be even better when ICS comes out.