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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] schwartzman93:
Right now I am visiting some relatives in San Diego and I knew that there was Ghost Armor locations all over San Diego, and there arent very many in the LA/OC area. I posted up a thread wondering if Invisible Shield or Ghost Armor was better, and i decided to go with Ghost Armor, but even though people say its worse I think I am going to get Invisibleshield.

I called two different malls about a week before I came over here and both told me that they would have the cutouts when I come.

So I went to the Fashion Valley mall the other day and the guy that installed the screen protector never told me that they didnt have any cutouts for my phone and I noticed later that it was a custom cutout(very poorly done I might add) I also noticed one hair under the protector that I immediately took back and he fixed. Also they never told me that I have to wait three days to put a case on, I just assumed it was 24 hours like not putting it in your pocket rule. The next day, yesterday, however I noticed specs of dust and another tiny hair under the protector. I was going to the North County mall anyway so I just decided to have them fix it for me while I was there.

When I got there the trainee immediately started annoying me telling me how I should have bought a case and how crappy cases are and so on. I told he I just wanted him to fix me screen protector. His supervisor started being rude...and saying "what does he want?" with and attitude. The trainee had told him that I have the new Nexus. And again with an attitude the guy said "we dont have that brah, and Im busy!..do you wanna wait two hours?! cuz thats how long its gonna take me because Im busy"..."just wait till next week till we have the cutout". I was trying to to explain to him that I am not going to be in San Diego next week and I dont have Ghost Armor locations close to me. And she just kept telling me over and over again to come back next week and was ignoring what I was saying. So I eventually just left. So I am left with having to get Invisible shield because that is all that is around me. I dont mind the orange peel feel. The reason I didnt want to get it is because I read about a rainbow effect when oil from your hands gets on it...but I have the same experience with Ghost Armor so that doesnt matter to me either.

Update: I called Ghost Armor to complain and they are sending me two kits to install it myself or if I ever am by another location again they can just install it for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Rilasis:
So...is the ghost armor any good or what?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] schwartzman93:
Its good but because of the dumb people I had to deal with and the lack of locations near me I am getting invisible shield
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wicked4u2c:
This reminds of people who write long reviews on Amazon and give the product a 1 star all because of a shipping problem. :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GuestK0080:
Yeah really. All i heard was "blah blah blah invisible shield blah".

I ordered a ghost armor for my nexus because i currently have a zagg on it and the cut outs is what i am not happy with and the ga looked better.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] schwartzman93:
when did I ever say the product itself was bad...people are nerdy assholes on here all the time...I was saying I had a bad installation and I have no ghost armor place around me to get it fixed, so I have no choice but to get invisible shield or do it myself...and if I do it myself I know I will probably mess it up.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Arrio:
Then your title should be bad experience with two of the ghost armor stores. Btw, I just installed mine hours ago. Its really easy... all you need is a bowl of warm water with soup and some fingers... you can also reapply if you screw up.

P.S. I ordered mine online. It comes with a carbon skin. (With 30% off which shipped within 24 hours)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dakota0206:
I have two Ghost Armor locations in my town and I have been using them for awhile. That's sucks you had a bad experience but they are not all like that. I have had about 20 phones done now and they are always very friendly and nice. Occasionally there will be an issue, but they always take care of it.

I actually have a custom cut on my phone now, and it looks flawless. In fact I had a custom on my Bionic and they redid it once the cut out came in. I even went back to them because I didn't like the way the cut out over hung the bezzeled edge, and they made a custom cut for me again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Wicked4u2c:
Read your title dude, nobody is being an asshole. When you write a title like "bad experience with Ghost Armor" it is fair to assume your talking about the product and not the 2 douche bags that didn't help you. I'm not sure if you posted that title to get more attention to your thread. (which it worked). But it's quiet misleading, like Arrio said a title like "Ghost Armor store douche bags" would have been better just sayin...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Enhanced:
Good to know that there isn't any issue with Ghost Armor as I'm still waiting for their cut outs to finally apply a screen protector onto my phone.

Nothing beats $20 bucks for lifetime warranty and them installing it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MisterEdF:
I just got my GA. Which works better, tomato or chicken noodle?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Archangel:
Had same problems at fashion valley. Most who work there are unprofessional. Try skinomi much better but you have to do it yourself very easy with a hairdryer for the body skin and get inivishield for the screen
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] schwartzman93:
Okay, well I changed the title of this thread for people telling me it is misleading.

Also, I called Ghost Armor and they are sending me two screen protector kits as compensation.

I have a question though...is the installation process for Ghost Armor and Invisible Shield the same...because if it is...can I just go to Best Buy and pay for them to install it for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Arrio:
It is a wet installation.

Read my last post OR if you are one of those guys at the computer store who would pay the shop $50 bucks just to install windows on your new computer, go ahead.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] schwartzman93:
I know how to install windows(not like that matters anyway)...but I just trust other people better than myself in this case. On my Droid Incredible I had to put a new digitizer on it myself, because I cracked the screen. Later on I found out that there was dust under the digitizer...so when it comes to dealing hardware I leave that up to other people.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] allen2oo3:
give it a spray, spray your fingers and then lay it on. ive done it a ton of times. i understand the nervousness the first time but you'll get it. it honestly surprises me to hear people are damaging their phone during these installs...i use a lot of spray and have never had issues.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BoostedSR20:
I just installed the Carbon Ghost Armor about 2 hours ago.. not bad. Love it. Much better than a case. The carbon is a DRY install.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20988060&postcount=38
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] android01:
nerdy asshole reporting for duty!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dakota0206:
Roid rage? Xda police? What's the deal here?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] -Phazenine-:
I ordered the Gun metal carbon fiber full body kit from their website. After doing a ton of research on this product im going to attempt to apply it myself. I've heard SO	many bad stories about the guys@the kiosk's and the installation fee is ridiculous.

Update: Successfully installed my full body kit & SP. With some research & a little patience it's not so difficult
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] squeakyl:
just to chime in, I love my ghost armor on my thunderbolt but I went to get one for my dad's nexus last night at the lenox square kiosk in atlanta and the guy was quite a jerk.

and they didn't even have it in the end.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
I went to a local shop here in the Dallas area. I just wanted the screen protector and I didn't want them installing it. I also watched the guy install it on an iPhone and the customer came right back. Apparently he didn't like it. Anyway, the guy goes into the package and I can clearly see two screen skins, for which he cuts out one and hands me the other one and says "20 dollars". I said "For one? Aren't you supposed to get two?" He said no, just one. I said no thanks and walked off. I ordered it online, found a coupon code, and two protectors were in the package just like I saw at the mall. The mall guy was a lying douche.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] schwartzman93:
Yay, they sent me four instead of two
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] xXJay_RXx:
That looks sick. Its just the back right? I got an XO screen protector on mine and I got two otterbox cases but that skin looks bad ass when I have my phone with no case
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] davpel:
After having a string of good experiences with the Ghost Armor kiosk in my area (Novi, MI), I had a terrible one with the Galaxy Nexus. I preordered a set of skins plus install around 12/20, with a promise from the salesperson that they would be in within a few days.

Heard nothing for some time and the kiosk never answers its phone, so I made the trip over to the mall on 12/29 to check. This time, a different salesperson said that the GN skins had been due in on 12/27 but hadn't arrived. He assured me that they would "definitely" be in on 1/2.

Still no phone contact with the kiosk, so I headed back to the mall on 1/2, only to be told by yet another salesperson that they still weren't in, that they wouldn't be in for some time, and that they fired the guy I spoke to on my previous visit because he had been lying to customers.

At that point, I just cancelled my order, got a refund and purchased a set of Best Skins Ever. For now, I am completely done with Ghost Armor.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] josh.burns44@ymail.com:
???

I'm the manager at the ghost armor cart in lenox square. Any way you can tell me the guys name who was a jerk?? And how he was a jerk? We do have the armor for the galaxy nexus on order if you want to come in and see me, I'm josh, I'll give you $5 off your pre purchase.

P.s. I am sencerely sorry for your bad experience...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Radsolutionz:
the people in those kiosks are usually douches... lol i had the ghost armor on mine... i didnt like it... i got sick of it real fast... i like the feeling of the phone with out n e thing on it... i just put the silicon skin on whenever im at work or gym or n e where im afraid to drop it...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dboptimist:
I am new to rooting and have a sprint samsung galaxy s 2 epic 4g touch. What are the pros to rooting these new and improved cell phones available now? Just curious as I have been reading about the hype of rooting and the headaches that can come along with rooting as well.

Thx in advance.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] skeletonboy:
oi,you have just to decide if you prefer to deal with the headaches which you can get from an unrooted device or..the headaches you can get from a rooted one :D

i personally prefer to deal with a rooted device as the majority of people here at xda,the advatages from rooting are countless: you have full control of all the functionalities,theme your rom,install custom and better optimized roms,back up your system and restore it with a click using recovery,etc..

an easygoing explaination here and here
[Galaxy S I9000 General] BrainsUnlimited:
Well, personally I got one big reason to root my phone: to get ad-free apps ^^ Seriously, playing Angry Birds without ads feels so refreshing lol. Plus it's cool to have the ability to mess around with your phone as you wish, to get to browse all the system folders etc.

This message was sent from F*CK YOU. NOBODY GIVES A SH*T WHERE YOU SENT YOUR F*CKING MESSAGE FROM.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] .Slane.:
Hum, 95% of these advantages can be done without Rooting but with a Kernel that support CWM:

_ install zip from CWM to install ROM or Theme

_ Backup / Restore : can make a dump of 100% of the phone in Recovery

There's no reason to use CWM App to backup / restore / install a ROM. Only an Advanced kernel is needed, and must be installed the first time via Odin.

My only reason to have Root on my phone is Titanium Backup.. I don't use some "Ad-free" program or "Bypass the Market" tip, good apps must be paid as reward of the work.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dboptimist:
Thanks to all for your posts. Slane, your post especially interests me. If I am reading your post correctly, you can install a kernel without rooting? From what I've read from other posts, once you root your phone you cannot get automatic updates?

Where can I find an advanced kernel? I think that my main concern with rooting is the potential that I will lose the wifi capabilities. I have read so many posts where an individual rooted their phone and lost wifi capabilities. Another concern of mine in the rooting process is with Kies. The only version that I could find uses wifi instead of USB connectivity.

Thx in advance for your feedback.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] navmed:
I really like the automatic context menu that pops up when you select text in the stock ROM and some other ROMs like Dlev. I am running CyanogenMod now which doesn't have this feature. Is there a way to install this menu?
[Off-topic] silver03wrx:
Happy new year xda users. Have fun, and please don't drink, and drive.
[Off-topic] arctolive:
Happy new year too...:)
[Off-topic] Mainspring:
Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
[Off-topic] hujy652:
Happy New Year XDD
[Off-topic] Bertsens:
For all of you

the best wishes and may you find the perfect phone with the perfect software.

Health, love and so on
[Off-topic] usaff22:
Happy New Year everyone :)
[Off-topic] nionik:
happy new year to all XDA people, devs etc etc...

i hope the 2012 give better health, love, hope, peace, money (yes we need that) and more and better android custom roms and more more good stuff!

HAPPY NEW YEAR MY FRIENDS!!!

Εύχομαι το 2012 φέρει ότι επιθυμεί ο καθένας και αγάπη, ευτυχία, υγεία, χαρά και καλύτερες μέρες που όλοι το έχουμε ανάγκη στην Ελλάδα!

ΧΡΟΝΙΑ ΠΟΛΛΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΥΤΥΧΙΣΜΈΝΟ ΤΟ 2012
[Off-topic] ikkuh007:
Happy new year from Holland!
[Off-topic] upichie:
Happy new year fellow XDAers!
[Off-topic] BZroid:
Happy New Year !!

Wishing you good health and happiness
[Off-topic] urxz:
Happy new year! Let it be the best new year ever for everybody!
[Off-topic] spiegeleixxl:
Happy new year!

Let's make 2012 a good year for us!
[Off-topic] grzesiek1945:
Happy new year for all users sorry if to late ;p
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disco_y2k:
Hey guys,

I want to totally dis-associate with google, is there another app market you can recommend that would have all of the same apps, etc as google market but not be so intrusive and track you like google?

thanks in advance

cheers,

disco
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markmm24:
Are you kidding?you have a Google phone but you want to isolate yourself from the android market by Google. I hope this is a joke...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Byrono:
You can Try the Amazon market
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Althestrasz:
Take a chillpill.

They don't track a lot, and what they track is for developers and it looks like this.

Yeah it's in dutch, but it's about the idea ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disco_y2k:
try to delete an app from your account or change anything. i spoke for a long time with google developer on the phone and they strictly forbid it. no exceptions! if you switch phones alot and do not want to create a new gmail account for each new phone, you will understand what i mean.

cheers,

disco
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Althestrasz:
If it's from your phone it's not installed, it's simply a value in their DB that IF you get a new device you can simply download that app again.

I don't want to be mean, but you sound like a paranoid parrot to me.

Or did you buy some freaky app which continues to haunt you?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spc_hicks09:
Someone grab my foil hat!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disco_y2k:
i do ALOT of 'testing' and 'repairing' and i do not need google hammering me about apps everytime a swap an esn or a phone. i tried to clear market accounts to stop this and you can not! see my above post. you telling me as soon as you swap phones and sign in to market you do not get notices? it eats bandwidth and slows me down when testing. if you do not think google records everything in detail and it is associated with your specific esn/meid I.E. you, you are waaaaay too much a noob. they even say it on tv from crying out loud, lol. or just call them and use some social engineering and speak with a developer :)

cheers,

disco
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disco_y2k:
spc_hicks09, i'm not that paranoid anymore, when i was i would just goto a sprint store and 'test' a display unit and make a phone call from it then 'repair' another phone and therefore i appeared as if i was calling from a sprint display fone. lol that was years ago.

cheers,

disco
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spc_hicks09:
Lol I'm far from a noob. Also, YES I can tell you that I swap phones around every 3 weeks and never get any notices about it from the market. So again, grab my foil hat for Mr. Paranoid here that is freaking out like a little girl.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Althestrasz:
Please, I am not a noob, let that be clear.

Flash a custom rom and do your testing without Gapps flashed, problem solved.

I still think you're paranoid, and suggest you do your on a custom rom.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] disco_y2k:
but on caller id, and account it still simply shows 'disco'

:)

cheers,

disco
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_scotsman:
I really don't understand why you'd use Android without a Google account.

Sounds like extreme paranoia to me.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshnichols189:
Here is a solution..

Buy a non-smartphone. Problem solved.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] InfiniteRisen:
You have a smartphone, try to find another OS that doesn't have its own app market.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Althestrasz:
On that note, I suggest Windows Mobile 6.0 ;)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vertigosrs:
Why do you need the market installed at all? Google the app you want, download it, side load it to the phone, then use titanium backup to restore the apps to any phone you want.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
because "googling apps" is also common to pirating apps. And even if you do it for FREE apps, its a waste of time.

you guys really need to get rid of your phones. I don't think they deserve this much paranoia from their owners. end their lives for gods sake.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anishz:
Dude, try this, no body in the whole effin world can track you!

Also you can use this as a weapon, trust me!

.

.

Just joking dude chill out.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayson94538:
I'm confused.

Sent from my SGH-I997
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spc_hicks09:
This made me lol! Yes I'm so old that I had this phone before.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anishz:
This was my 1st phone:D, actually it was my father's and he gave it to me when he bought a new one. I still have it!, but the battery is dead.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkphoenixrsng:
You can try Slideme. Also you can get apps.that you may no longer get from the android market but use with caution. I never had any issues. Just keep in mind that using anything other than android or maybe Amazon markets may leave you open to malicious apps
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scratch0805:
You've probably just opened a whole new can of worms for Mr paranoid now!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Slagathor:
Nobody is going to answer the actual question in this thread? Everybody has the right to be a little bit off... It's not for us to decide if Disco deserves our help.

As far as I know you could use Amazon store or use a less official market like 4shared or crap like that. Googling it it's a solution by itself.

I suggest that if nobody has something to add, a moderator locks this threadbefore it gets ugly!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ninosmaxima:
They do this for security to make sure you aren't getting hacked, lol
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VanDroidman:
I notice in the recent update to the Pro Titanium Backup there's a new option to "Detach user & system apps from Market". Could this be a solution?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bert2662:
You jz stupid funny guy, i m a flash maniac, yet i didnt encounter Yr so called prob. A backup apps n restore the apps will eventually skip the apps restoring procedure frm the market, stupid dumb
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_Random:
flash a chinese ROM (has english support, and doesnt have any google apps installed and doesnt support them)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmcsc:
I could say otherwise: triangulate, zoom, enhance image, we have our subject. YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!

BUT, as far as the OP goes: flash a ROM (any ROM, even stock) and skip the whole sign in mumbo jumbo. No, you can't erase an already-signed in account. That's an insane move in Google eyes.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Braneless:
I'm curious about the "testing" and "repairing" the OP performs.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DarkenCypher:
Yea, it seems a tad iffy to me

sent via Optimus Prime V
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jack_Random:
Paranoia, enough said...

Sent from my GT-I9003
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Master One:
I do not think, that the OP is paranoid. I am not really comfortable with sharing any data with Google as well, and as seen with Amazon's Kindle Fire, Android without GAPPS is indeed possible (although it comes at a price).

It generally would have been a good idea, to use a custom ROM without GAPPS, then just download the desired apps as APKs and install them manually. But here comes the problem: Most Android software can not be found on the developer's website for download, but only in the Market!

There was an approach using the emulator from the Android SDK for accessing the Market, then package the downloaded apps using ASTO File Manager, and use it on the actual phone, but I guess this is getting overly complicated.

I think a compromise is possible, by using GAPPS to access the necessary services with a freshly created Google account only for that purpose, not syncing any data, and disabling "background data" whenever no access to Google services is necessary.
[HTC EVO 3D] ninjaaaoe:
Alright so i flashed this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1418721

on my evo 3D with hboot 1.5 s-on using adb commands:

adb reboot bootloader

then

fastboot boot recovery.img

then i flashed the rom, now the problem is that when i plug in my phone to my computer it trys to install mtp usb divice but it doesnt find any drivers for it. my adb commands no longer work it always gives me

error: device not found

fastboot commands do the same.

i have tryed to reinstall htc sync still no good. and i have tryed to install another kernal and rom, no good.

i have tryed flashimg gui to flash a kernel then flash another rom, no good.

if anyone could tell me how to use fastboot again that would be great i need to flash a kernel trough fastboot, the recovery
[HTC EVO 3D] jasKaos:
Just reboot it in recovery and then use adb. That's what I do if I feel like flashing a new version of an ics rom. :)

Problem your encountering is the lack of drivers from HTC for ICS I believe. None the less, the method I stated above will work.
[HTC EVO 3D] SketchyStunts:
Just manually boot into bootloader then use fastboot commands to get into recovery. Didn't look which Rom you flashed but 2 if the Ics rims native USB doesn't work.