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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KWKSLVR:
Your ETF will be LESS than $350. When I was in Verizon I asked out of curiosity and they told me that your ETF drops by $5/month and that you can upgrade at the 20 month mark on contract. Go in and sweet talk them. When I went in I mentioned how I planned to shut off my MiFi and activate a GN on my existing MiFi line to avoid the activation fee. She told me,

"Oh, well, you'd still have to pay the activation fee"\

"Ah, ok, well so much for my sneaky plans!"

"You know what, I can wave that for you"

YMMV

If you're 12 months into a 20 month plan, I'd think your ETF is $350-60 = $290.

The best thing you can do is just save up the cash. Anytime you sign a contract, especially as an Android tinkerer, I think you need to do it realizing that you're not gonna have the device for 2 years and eventually in there somewhere, you'll pay the price to play. I plan for my devices and pay full price. I haven't always, but it's a good policy, at least to me. The freedom to tell a carrier to screw themselves and walk away over bad service is worth it. Whether it's $650 up front, or $299+$350 ETF, either way the math is the same.

Do what I do. If you know that every 12-18 months you're going to want the latest and the greatest, take $25. $25 out of every paycheck every other week and put it in an envelope. After 1 year you'll have $600...actually, $700 the way the weeks work. THERE'S your cash for toys like this.

If someone literally can't afford to yank $25 out of a paycheck and put it aside, then not to be harsh, but they can't afford the device. Do what I do man, plan for it. :cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hyatari:
I added a line to get the nexus. Was on an individual line with a thunderbolt. Once I got the nexus I activated it on the new line, called Verizon to have them move it to my unlimited line, drop the thunderbolt, and move an old flip phone to new line which drops the data package instantly. My bill is 10 bucks a month more but on a family plan u lose unlimited text. Best u can get is 1000 msgs a month for 10 bucks. Also they will either overnite you a new sim or u can go to verizon store for a new one for free to activate it after switching lines. Sold my thunderbolt to recoup some losses.

Edit: there was also a one time 35 dollar activation fee. I purchased from verizon online.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] type_2:
To the OP:

It sounds like you had a Droid Charge, which is the same situation I as in. My family had switched to verizon the day the Charge came out (decent phone, but it's "old" in terms of hardware). I was going to buy it retail, but the Verizon service guy actually just re-extended my contract, so instead of having my term end in May of 2013, it's now December of 2013, and I bought the nexus on the contract price (250 because my brother has a corporate discount).

I asked him why he did it, and he said that since we're recently changed customers, that he'd do it for us. Don't really understand the rationale but I didn't argue with him hahaha. So I don't know if this helps you, but try talking to them.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bunklung:
$10 a month is a steal. However, IF you are on an individual line, the switch to a family plan can be another $20 a month. So the OP might be $30 more per month to "add a line".
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] austinm08:
Nah, you have cause and effect backwards. We have been stuck with this idea of subsidized phones / contracts and because of that, obviously we are not going to want to pay full retail PLUS be stuck on a contract.

If we were like everywhere else in the world then we would be fine with paying full retail (just like laptops, tablets, any other electronic device) and then paying for the service as we want.

Only THEN would the services/prices be much cheaper..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
If you added a line for $10 a month and picked up the nexus from Lets talk for $175, then your pretty close to normal upgrade price @ $300.

In December of next year you can cancel your original line. So you'll only be paying for 2 lines for 12 months, not 24.

So $175 + $120 ($10x12) for the second line. That's $295 over a year compared to $300 upfront for a new upgrade from corporate. Plus sell your old phone.

If you can't add another line, then just buy it outright for $600 and sell your old phone. You should be able to get $200 at least if its in good condition. You'd be out $400 (or less depending on sale). That's $100 more then Verizon upgrade pricing and you don't have to wait a year. Then in December of next year, you'll be eligible again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Got_Evo?:
I'm a new customer with Verizon as of yesterday. With my 10% off corp discount, I paid $347 out the door for the nexus alone.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] vargens:
Today my phone went into a bad loop with this error:

The application Home screen (process com.sonyericsson.homescreen) has stopped unexpectedly. Plesae try again. Force Close"

Si decided to try repair with wotan

Flashing it... stupid?

Well..i'm a newbie in some senses, so i dont know what is happening here now.

I do start the wotanclient, choosing my langauge, and right rom (same as i had)

But it all stops on "userdata.s09" and then "ERROR: file write failed"

Anyone here that can help a newbie? :)

Update : Solved

Seems like it solved itself after i connected the phone using backbutton and plugged in USB in Superoneclick, and took a shell root. all good to go :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] tinyXperia:
Why not just try update service or pc companion?

via Sony Ericsson Xperia
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] vargens:
Hi,

No luck. Says its only finds "a sony telephone", and keeps on looping

Update service and repair was my first choice.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] vargens:
here is the error i have in Flashtool also;
[G2 and Desire Z General] riahc3:
Hey

My power button seems to have failed on me. I press it but nothing happens and I leave the phone alone and it press itself. Something inside must have failed :(

Can I fix this myself? Not sure if I have a warranty on this phone anymore (never unscrewed but rooted and has CM running on it)
[G2 and Desire Z General] amp:
Hm can't say much. Did you drop it? Could there be dust and pocket lint in there preventing button movement?
[G2 and Desire Z General] xT4Z1N4TRx:
Open your battery cover, does it say VOID?
[G2 and Desire Z General] mputtr:
Seems like delayed response. Not a dead power button. Check how much ram is left on ur phone.
[G2 and Desire Z General] silverton:
Strange, I just had this happen to me the other day! It ended up being dust/lint...

hopefully that's all it is for you as well!
[G2 and Desire Z General] 2G1J:
My power button is also acting up. When I hold it down while the phone is on nothing happens. When I pull the battery and put it back in it turns itself on. It is rooted running the Andromadus Alpha v5, previously running ILWT CM7 where it was doing the same thing but I didn't figure it out before flashing the ICS ROM. What would happen if I took it to a T-mobile store?
[G2 and Desire Z General] martilulin:
Happening exactly the same, button doesn't react completely and if i remove battery start up automatically. But i drowned the phone before so probably thats why...
[G2 and Desire Z General] Ascorbyl:
Happened to me. I ended up just remapping my trackpad button to the power button.
[G2 and Desire Z General] martilulin:
How you did it?
[G2 and Desire Z General] bogdan5844:
I'd love to know that as well :D
[G2 and Desire Z General] nivlac978:
My power button broke a little while ago so I just sent it in for a replacement. I unrooted first to be safe.
[G2 and Desire Z General] devioid:
The symptoms sound to me like the power button is stuck down, either the plastic button itself or the actual switch contacts underneath it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] riahc3:
Seems like it has auto fixed itself...........for now.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Ascorbyl:
I edited the curcial-oj.ko file or whatever. Changed the key binding to POWER instead of trackpad click.

You can use adb to pull/push the file from /system/usr/keylayout. Reboot after pushing

keep in mind this only affects the android os, so you still need to be able to turn on your phone without using the power button (can't use tp to power on phone)
[HTC Sensation] android167:
Is it possible to edit sense, if someone can disable 3d animations in launcher, because it is really slow, like in 3.0 and 3.5 gingerbread?
[HTC Sensation] the_scotsman:
InsertCoin ROM has this, so it must be available somewhere. :)
[HTC Sensation] danilo081:
I need ultra smooth rosie for ICS ARHD 5.0.2 too :)
[HTC Sensation] android167:
We all need it. It's to laggy! :/
[HTC Sensation] grim489:
I believe its available for download in the insertcoin thread. I downloaded it and am using it on rcmix ics and it works great. I wish I could remember for sure if that's where I found it but I'm almost 100% sure its in there XD
[HTC Sensation] Steyux:
have you downloaded the ultrasmooth rosie for 2.3.5 (gingerbread) versions?
[HTC Sensation] Dougi:
you can still upload it for us... :rolleyes:

---------- Post added at 01:14 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:12 PM ----------

the slow and laggy problem comes from the HTC leak ...

we'll have to wait until it get better...
[HTC Sensation] vegetaleb:
Rosie drawer scrolling is faster than GB sense 3.5 but any other scrolling is very slow like phonebook,root explorer,music list,titanium backup...

I am gonna get back to GB till its fixed
[HTC Sensation] grim489:
My bad I'm still getting used to this.. don't really post just read haha. Let me see if I can find it again. And nah it was the ICS version, same dock as ICS sense.
[HTC Sensation] grim489:
db.tt/qQhlTLPB

Alright I uploaded it in my drop box.. I'd like to give credit but I'm honestly blanking and haven't been able to find it in a thread since I downloaded it. I'd suggest thanking whoever made it when its found again haha
[HTC Sensation] grim489:
OK I figured out where I found it. Its in the 4.0.2 zip for InsertCoin so all credit goes to baadnewz, I just extracted it from there. Couldn't download 4.0.1 at the time so I was stuck with the zip for the update and just took the ultrasmooth Rosie apk out to use with RCMix. The only thing is that the divider for the pages in app drawer is after four rows so it looks kinda weird but its really nice.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fanto3k4:
I have been using CleanGB since build 12 or 13 with no issues and loving it. I was running the latest (1.0) when I noticed my notification light staying on all the time. I thought this may have been due to replacing the service.jar to get rid of crt on function. I did a clean install and now I can't turn vibrate off when messages come in. I restored my apps only (no data) using titanium. Any ideas before I try another clean install? Guess I could wait till MTD version of the rom and just do a clean install then.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Definitely a bad flash. You should Odin to EC05, make sure it works, then root and flash again. Check to make sure all is good then load up your apps again.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fanto3k4:
Uhggg, Ok... factory wipe and flash won't do the trick?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
It may. I was just sending you the "sure thing" approach. Try the factory data wipe and flash first.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fanto3k4:
I will try the short cut first...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Don't blame you for that :)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fanto3k4:
Odin back to stock and it still vibrates. I have vibrate set to never.... Does not vibrate in silent mode... What is going on???? No Accessibility apps are installed!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Which app is vibrating? email, messaging or everything?

---------- Post added at 05:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:13 PM ----------

Some apps have their own vibrate settings that override the system setting.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fanto3k4:
SMS.... not sure on the other apps....
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Open messaging app, hit menu button, go to settings, bottom of page uncheck Vibrate box. Do the same for every email account.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fanto3k4:
sms only... just odin back again.... same results...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
See post 10 right above your last one.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fanto3k4:
I am an idiot.... That was it... When I looked originally at the sms options I had the reply box open. The menu button does not pull up the settings if you do... I am going to look at the positive and I am really good at going back to stock and rooting now...:mad:
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] prsthr:
hi frnds.. i m new here.. and i juz saw the techniques fr transperent status bar in my ace with mod of Cyanogen 7.2.0 RC0 KANG.. once i changed my systemui.apk file .. my status bar completed vanished... plz help through this issue..
[Galaxy Ace S5830 General] itasoulas:
here's your answer http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1378658

Post by me but thanks to nims11 for guiding me with the procedure
[General Topics] wcr84:
Any way we can get a forum going for the Sprint Lg Marquee. I just got this phone and I would love to get root and flash some roms. The phone is basically a Optimus Black without the Lg UI.
[General Topics] Sanadrate:
Agreed, i have root and cwm but wanting a nice rom!
[General Topics] orb3000:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1416406
[Nexus S General] asb123:
Hey guys,

So I am thinking about giving my Nexus S to my little brother. My Nexus S is a GSM model (fido/rogers/at&t) and he has a sim card from an AWS carrier (wind mobile).

I understand that data will not work, all I am looking to do is get calling to work.

I inserted the sim card in the phone and get no signal. The APNs auto loaded. It says registered on network but i get "emergency calls only"

I am running the 4.0.3 OTA modified to work on at&t and such.

The calling should work right? do you guys have any tips???

Thanks
[Nexus S General] stangri:
Nope.

Yes, get the Wind/Mobilicity-compatible i9020T model of NS, better yet, don't be cruel to your little brother, switch him to Chatr and keep the phone.
[Nexus S General] BumbleG:
Since Wind does not have a 2G/EDGE network, he will simply be roaming all the time on Rogers; you obviously don't want that.

Like stangri said, he needs the i9020T, otherwise he has to use a plan from the Big 3.
[Nexus S General] sc0r:
facing similar problem

hey guys,

I am facing a similar issue.

I picked up my Nexus S (unlocked) running on 4.03 from UK, but using it now in India.

Baseband version - I9023XXKI1

Kernel version - 3.0.8-ga178ab4

Build number - soju-userdebug 4.0.3 IML69C 235871 test-keys

When I use any SIM here (Airtel/Vodafone), it is getting into Emergency mode. But strangely the GPRS service works. I am able to browse, stream, email etc. I dont understand how GPRS services are working when GSM isnt?

I am unable to use my new phone! :( Can anyone please shed some light here...
[Nexus S General] Eniac77:
For you guys having issues with not being able to connect to get signal... Since you are using your unlocked Nexus S's on different networks, you should do as a previous poster suggested... Turn on your Roaming on your phone (both voice and data) and see if that helps.

That fixed my problem that I had with my Galaxy Ace, after I unlocked it myself and put in my SIM card, I was getting no signal... After some digging on the Internets, I found that if I turn my Call and Data roaming on it may work... Guess what, it did.

Hope this helps.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazyhazy:
I have a R800A Xperia Play with stock 4.0.2.A.0.42 firmware NA firmware

I have installed CWM Recovery from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1390771

I was getting Error 7 installation aborted when I tried to Update the DarkForestRom RC2 ROM using CWM

Re-downloaded multiple times

Read all the post in the DarkForestRom RC2 and edited the updater-script AT META-INF/com/google/android/ and repacked it using windows compresses zip

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20496893&postcount=63

I still get Error 7 installation aborted

Enabled and disabled assert option using in cwm but still same error

Tried to replace the built.prop in the rom with the stock one and it just aborts the installation with no error

Need help please as that Rom looks great
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nabeel_Nabs:
You can't install roms with a locked bootloader.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fma965:
im pretty sure you can now. But no custom kernels

Edit you can only use the nandroid options no install .zip
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazyhazy:
Sorry for the newbie question but how do we use the nandroid option in Recovery
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nabeel_Nabs:
Sorry, my mistake. Assumed since it had a custom kernel it was needed to run.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazyhazy:
Anyone one have any other suggestion that I can try without unlocking the bootloader
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MilkyJoePD:
I get error 7. Can't find a way round it. If somebody was to make a nandroid backup of this freshly installed, could anybody put those files on their phone and restore it?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danijaan:
hey there,

Sony updated their Official Playstation app from 1.2 to 1.2.1. Can some one provide the APK for Playstation Official App 1.2.1?

here is the market information about the app: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.scee.psxandroid&hl=en
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mstfkaratas:
Here it is
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danijaan:
Thank you mstfkaratas

It's working perfectly. Great work.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chichoCRZ:
Confirmed to work on my N1 as well.

Thank you mstfkaratas
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trickinit:
Can't sigm in?

I got the app to install just fine, but it won't let me sign in. Is anyone else running into this?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lanrey:
hey man, thanks a million, but why can't I send messages to my online buddies with it? is that normal?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sky007:
Is anyone could post a new version APK (1.4.1)? Thanks.
[HTC Sensation] wifesabitch:
compared to the cellular service.

99% after ten hours. Went out of the country and didn't have to charge once. You want to save juice? Just put the phone in airplane mode. ;)
[HTC Sensation] ccs16rocks:
i dont really believe the androids built in battery measure.
[HTC Sensation] sosquidtaste:
Maybe a number on how much time the screen was powered on, for reference?
[HTC Sensation] the_scotsman:
Reboot the phone and watch it drop to 50% ;)
[HTC Sensation] xdviper:
That's why I never restart the phone unless I'm near an charger. :p
[HTC Sensation] the_scotsman:
lol...but actually that doesn't matter...it doesnt drain a lot rebooting...it just refreshes the battery stats to show the real value. his phone is saying it's at 99%, but I can assure you it's much much lower than that ;)
[HTC Sensation] wifesabitch:
Probably was lower than 99%, but it did last a good four days without needing to be charged (in airplane mode the whole time).
[HTC Sensation] stanleynhan:
99% after 9 hours of battery use, yep i have to agree with you scotsman, it is much lower than that
[HTC Sensation] echo511:
WiFi can certainly be a hog, as can be GSM signal - especially if it's a weak signal. Display will drain if you keep the display on a LOT(!) - but otherwise that's why you see a lot of folks recommend to turn off WiFi or BT if you're not using 'em.
[HTC Sensation] Pikabat:
Wow what a great idea put the PHONE in airplane mode :D Hello? its a phone ;) people were using them to call and/or text each other.

Want to save gas? Dont drive , just sit in your car and listen to music :p
[HTC Sensation] sohail25feilder:
Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and happy new year to all in advance. No matter if it sucks battery I would prefer to use my phone and keep a charger with me every time. But one should enjoy the features to the full.
[HTC Desire S] Costinutz32:
Hello guys....i have 4ext-cwm4 recovery and i want to install the latest 4ext recovery.i cant acces any rom(my phone stays at htc bootscreen anytime i flash a rom).i need the recovery fast so i can convert my filesytem(in my current recovery i dont have this option)

Can someone give me an PG88IMG.zip with a 4 ext recovery?i searched everywhere on xda and interned without results.

PLS HELP.

any rom i flash the phone hangs at htc bootscreen......any possibilities to solve this <-?
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
I think you unlocked your bootloader with htcdev, if yes you need to extract the boot.img of the ROM and after flashing the ROM you have to flash the kernel (boot.img) with fastboot, but next time search the forum, this has been discussed many times ;)

Swyped from my desire s running damn sweet ice cream
[HTC Desire S] Costinutz32:
i need a custom recovery flashable from fastboot....i have s off eng hboot 6.98.2000.i need 4ext recovery...i searched but no satisfying results
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
http://db.tt/MDDOQJvO

Just rename it and delete the zip extension.

Swyped from my desire s running damn sweet ice cream
[HTC Desire S] Costinutz32:
tnx!i made it
[HTC Desire S] luky4:
I have Desire S, and S-OFF. I've uploaded 2.10.8 RUU ....

Any rom i flash the phone hangs at htc bootscreen......any possibilities to solve this <-?

Is the solution if you upload 4EXT recovery.img. Phone will then be uploaded. Thank you.

P.S. Costinutz32 you succeeded, you can write me how you did please?
[HTC Desire S] Costinutz32:
firstly...what do you want to know exactly?how did i returned to stock?
[HTC Desire S] luky4:
Want to load a new RUU ver. 2.10.401.8.

Once the RUU install, the phone is not loaded, but remains on the HTC logo, and not go forward.

If you had the same problem please tell me how you resolved? Thank you.
[HTC Desire S] Costinutz32:
i just reflashed the rom.....that is all......i rebooted my phone into bootloader then i let the ruu do his job.....also try doing a factory reset from bootloader

BUt a question...you are trying to return to stock after revolutionary s off?
[HTC Desire S] luky4:
I do not want to return to the S-ON.
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
Run the ruu without attached device, don't close the the window.

Search inside your temp folder for the rom.zip, copy it to another folder and close the window.

Inside the rom.zip remove the hboot.img and recovery.img.

Flashing with bootloader:

Rename it to PG88IMG.zip.

Put it to the root of your sd.

Reboot to bootloader and follow the instructions.

Delete the pg88img.zip, otherwise it will try to flash it everytime you access the bootloader.

Flashing from recovery:

Put it to your sd.

Wipe all partitions except sd.

Flash it from recovery.
[HTC Desire S] Costinutz32:
....extract the boot.img from the rom you flash via recovery and put it somewhere in your computer like C:\Android

then when you are in recovery open cmd connect your phone using the cable provided and type adb reboot bootloader

your phone will reboot in bootloader.now type in cmd fastboot flash boot C:\Android\boot.img

then reboot your phone.
[HTC Desire S] Costinutz32:
@Tectas he doesn t want to return to stock....
[HTC Desire S] Tectas:
That's why the hboot.img and the recovery.img needs to be deleted ;)

Without those he still would stay s-off and with the same recovery, just the system, radio and kernel would be reverted back to stock ;)
[HTC Desire S] Costinutz32:
ooo i didn t read that.....sorry man
[HTC Desire S] Costinutz32:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1318919&page=10 also look here
[HD2 General] Prime-DK:
Hi Guys

I just updated my HTC HD2 to TCM 7.3.5.

But when i reboot and press the red phone button, the screen freez. it doesn't register that I press at all. If I reboot again and don't touch the red button, it doesn't freez.

What can this be?
[HD2 General] tecle2595:
its a hardware issue, i would rma it.
[HD2 General] Prime-DK:
Hmm

What du you mean by rma? :i
[HD2 General] Hooride707:
send it back to manufacturer.