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[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kainppc6700:
SAMSUNG REPAIRS Reply

Crap, that is exactly what I feared. I guess I'll have to find either a whole screen unit or a donor handheld if I want to get this fixed.

Heh. Yeah, they've been brainwashed into thinking mostly that Windows mobile 7 is a smartphone platform and it's just not as useful of a community anymore as it used to be.

Honestly, that was just a price guess. I can't find a single one on eBay :confused:.

Well, spending a hundred dollars on a fifty dollar phone like that sure is outta the question. I'm going to probably cap the budget in this repair to about $35.

Nifty - I will have to check on local cell phone shops. Would it be worth it to try places that don't sell Sprint equipment?

Great, can I get that?

- 2B
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kainppc6700:
MINOR BUMP AND INQUIRY Reply

If I did that, how soon would you send my phone back?

- 2 Bunny
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amateurhack:
Here's a new lcd/digitizer for $42.99

http://www.atechport.com/genuine-or...lass-lens-replacement-for-sprint-version.html
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kainppc6700:
Interesting. With shipping it comes out to about 45 or 46 dollars, which is just below the going rate on eBay. I was hoping to pay a little bit less, but I'll keep this one in mind.

It isn't actually an LCD though - it is just the SAMOLED mislabeled, right?

- 2B
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amateurhack:
Yeah, its the oem part. I'm just too old-school and lazy to write amoled.

=)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kainppc6700:
CLARIFIED Reply

I wasn't trying to imply that you were lazy, I was just curious because the website itself said "lcd", but I'll take your word for it that it's the real deal (I might actually buy it someday too LOL!).

- 2B
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amateurhack:
Oh, I see. It has the Samsung part number on it. Good to know that there are others like me in the world.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amateurhack:
Q&A Forum: where threads go to be ignored. =)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
That is not true. I see tons of people here answering questions. Better than deletion for posting in the wrong section.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amateurhack:
I was joking. No offense intended.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
No worries. I take the Epic forum personally because I believe (and after seeing other forums) we have the best damn bunch of helpful people in all of xda!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amateurhack:
You know, having participated in online forums since compuserve in the early 80's, I would have to say that this forum seems to be one of the better behaved ones I've participated in. There was SprintGurus before it got lawyered into oblivion, and a couple car-repair enthusiasts forums over the years that I had developed a fondness for, but I have to say this one has a very minimum of the problems...until threads just get insanely long...but that's another discussion for another thread. =)

Keep up the good work, Kenny.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amateurhack:
Just for the record, another user in another thread reported a couple days ago that the supplier I provided the link to had some problems with the transaction. As in all things, buyer beware.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mykon:
For those of us who want to know why it's a single "part" that gets replaced:

(From the horse's mouth)

http://www.samsungvillage.com/blog/2011/04/samsungblog-how-we-got-super-amoled-screens.html

Though they fail to explain how their long time partnership with Corning (Gorilla Glass) has allowed them to make even thinner displays...

If you can get a samoled replacement for $45 when they are charging htc, apple, and motorola $30 wholesale for samoled, that's not really a big mark up. Add my $.02 to the total cost =)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] righteousdude:
From my experience replacing cracked screens on the Epic...

1. Acquire a working unit from eBay for appox. $50.

On both units:

2. Remove back cover, battery, & SD card.

3. Remove the seven screws(#000 phillips) found on the black back housing , then gently pry around the edges to unclip it (bottom to top seems to work best & the buttons are going to fall out).

4. Unhook the antenna cable (only the motherboard side) and both flex cables attached to the motherboard.

Last step:

5. Since the motherboard is now free, simply put your original one in the fresh unit and reverse the above process.

If you've obtained a phone in fairly good condition, there's simply no need to disassemble either unit any further than what i listed above. Your goal should simply be to swap the motherboard.

BTW...You should definitely hang on to the remaining carcass because it has a bunch of good parts on it. Ex: camera, audio jack, loud speaker/antenna/vibrator ass'y
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xplus93:
I sold mine after doing that exact thing for 40 on ebay, worked out very nicely.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amateurhack:
Actually, in the world of electronics, a 30 margin is huge. It's the American retailers of the parts that are raking it in. I'll give you an example from my recent past. I needed a new SATA cable for a drive in my pc. I went to Best Buy and bought one for around $20. I went online and bought from a broker who specialized in Chinese suppliers, and bought the exact same cable (less the retail packaging and name-branding) for $5 with 2 day shipping included. I promptly returned the one from Best Buy. The manufacturer and the broker all made money on that transaction. It's Best Buy and their suppliers that are running up the price for the American consumer.

Of course, going to China for parts in this fashion has some risk, especially if you don't know how to read Chinese. Finding reputable brokers that will help you if there are problems can be near impossible. So some people will prefer to go to a more reputable supplier and pay a lot more for some guarantees.

Now, if you can read Chinese, or have friends that you trust that will read it for you, it's possible to get even better deals, and have some guarantees. I don't read Chinese, and don't have any close friends who do, so I go to these brokers whenever I need stuff. I've only run into minor problems, fortunately.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hoihtah:
how are you guys picking up a unit off of ebay for $50?

I can't seem to find one anywhere near that price.

so getting a lcd/digitizer combo set is not a good idea?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] righteousdude:
Searching for a unit on eBay does take a bit patience to find the right auction. I've had to watch the listings for a couple weeks to come across a good deal.

My target is $50 +/- $25.

IMO, anything less than $100 is a good deal considering a replacement screen ass'y can be anywhere from $110 to $160 from a reputable source.

fwiw...Here's one that just ended...

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] buggerritt:
These cubed icons were hott on Winblows Mobile and they would still be hott on Android.

http://www.xda-developers.com/windows-mobile/ireflect-cubed-icons/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] EL TEJANO:
May not be exactly what you're looking for but give it a look:

http://www.uploadking.com/ZGEG64QARR
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] stretchwookie:
meh. those are hot with 1 't' at best
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] buggerritt:
It's not exact but, pretty darn nice. Thank you.
[HTC Rezound] zeus_r6:
Is it safe to say the Rezound is the best 4g device vzw has available right now?

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[HTC Rezound] Sleek69:
Yep, and with ICS it's going to be even better!
[HTC Rezound] con247:
I would agree with this opinion.
[HTC Rezound] username235:
Definitely the best
[HTC Rezound] mjh68:
I agree as well, I was all excited my upgrade was ready when the Galaxy Nexus came out and was all set to get it, but decided to wait and read some more. After reading the troubles with the connectivity and reception issues I decided to go with the Rezound. Haven't regretted it yet !
[HTC Rezound] Corki2:
Ditto :thumbup:
[HTC Rezound] Jay A whY:
If there was one thing I could change, it would be.......

Damn, I can't come up with one!

Sent from my ADR6425LVW
[HTC Rezound] PokerMunkee:
I was able to get any phone with Verizon (work), it was either the Rezound or Nexus S. I choose the Rezound with the signal issues people were having with the GNx.

I have had the phone for 3 days now, fully rooted, and love it. Plus the $100 headphones are a nice bonus :D

I will say, Samsung phones have a screen that beats out every other phone I have seen. Their colors are just awesome. I believe they use some different type of LCD technology, at least someone told me that.
[HTC Rezound] andybones:
I had the GNEX for about a week, I traded my iphone4 16gb + cash for it, and it just wasn't for me, no matter how hard I tried. It was too big, the signal was just horrible. At home, I would be at around -80-90dBm while with the Rezound I am at -69-79dBm just like I was with my Inc2.

The picture is nice on the GNEX, but the screen scratches very easily, and the auto brightness was unusable, so that ate the battery up quite fast for me.

I was very happy to find someone to trade their Rezound for the GNEX.

HTC Sense is amazing. I like to have the mobile data, or wifi turn off while the phone is at sleep state, with the GNEX I couldn't even get one day out of the battery but the Rezound I can do a day and a half easily thanks to this.

Beats audio is great, and the headphones kick butt.

The Rezound is a very well built machine, HTC unlocked the bootloader and with the guarantee of ICS coming, that just adds the extra cherry on top!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AHpatriots37:
Seidio just posted this, which I think is an answer to many prayers!

http://www.seidioonline.com/samsung-galaxy-nexus-surface-case-black-p/csr2ssgnlx-bk.htm

They make pretty great products and having a thin hard case on my extended battery is exactly what I wanted.

Thought I would share!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The_Tech_Ninja:
I was happy until I read this :

*Note: Case does not expose 3-pin connector and is not guaranteed to be compatible with any other manufacturer's products unless otherwise stated

WHYYYYYYY!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] freekyfrogy:
Well it's not like it would fit into the 3-pin car dock with this on it anyways :P
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The_Tech_Ninja:
But this gets rid of any hope I had of any dock. Even a Seidio dock would of been nice. I do not like to cover up features that are on the phone with a case.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kwoolf1:
ok good thing I waited. This will likely be the case I order. sooner better be real soon though
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Neo3D:
looks too thick, just get a pouch and go naked
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jasp31:
I´m Julio. I use the adb shell (method by Mosquito Fillano) and gapps working

C:\> adb shell

# mount -o remount,rw /system

# cd /system/app

# mv AndroidTerm.apk CMWallpapers.apk DSPManager.apk Talk.apk /data/app

# cd /

# mount -o remount,ro /system

# reboot recovery

(Update Android 2.2.1 to Android 2.3.7 -> Search on geeksphone official forum->GeekPhoners»Spanish Community»(gp) One»Roms»Instalar Cyanogen Mod 7 -7.1.0-(Stable Mod) -Gingerbread/Android 2.3.7)
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] yoseir2:
hey guys, i have a big problem here.

I just tried applying a theme through metamorph, and it failed. Now my phone won't boot up, and is stuck at the splash screen. When I try to get into recovery, I can't because every time it wants to update the splash screen(which i changed), and then I get the choice of either updating the splash screen or not, and then to reboot, and this just repeats.

WhaT do to??????
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
Easy. I did this before. Pull battery and SD card. Replace battery, boot to hboot, since there's nothing to scan scroll down to recovery, while its on the splash screen replace card, once in recovery restore a backup or flash a new ROM.

Trust me I freaked out too. Its easily fixed as long as you follow my directions.

Sent from my Mikrunny'd Superphone using my Ice Cream Sammich flavored Tapatalk
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] yoseir2:
thanks for the reply. I didn't do this, but I got a microsd card to sd card adapter, pulled the sd card out, plugged it into my trusty macbook air, deleted the splash screen update, and metamorph's file, and then put it back in my inc2, restored from the backup that I made, and back to normalcy.

lesson learned: ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS backup. You'll pay for it if you don't.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] Amphibliam:
Or, you can find the ROM zip that you flashed recently before you messed it up, unzip it, and find the apk you messed with. Then, follow my guide in my sig to push it to system/app.

---------- Post added at 01:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:06 PM ----------

Oh, the guide you would want is #5, ADB.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] HypostaticOnion:
Good. Yeah, always make sure you delete the update after its flashed ;) found that out when I did it.

Sent from my Mikrunny'd Superphone
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lanboy:
I know this has been asked in different ways but I am a bit confused. Yes I have been reading alot and watching videos and analyzing each post but its hard to keep up. Is there like a chart showing all the different custom roms for the Epic 4g Sprint that will show which features are fully working?

Like I hear CM7 has no 4g working and I want a rom that will have everything plus more cool features. I also understand that there are some stock E122 roms that are fully working but not clear on custom roms. Is there a thread that can show comparisons with the major custom roms geared towards gingerbread?

If XDA can create this it would be awesome to see so members can keep up to date and have everything related to Epic 4g roms in one place like a master chart. Include roms (stock, custom, BML, MTD, compatible kernels, battery life etc..) and which sph-d700 phone features are supported or lacking.

If this is not possible can you point which E122 custom roms are fully developed as far as working 100% on Epic 4g Sprint (ie: 4g working). Thanks You to this great community, and sorry for the newb question but this site is massive and info is king. I need a second opinion to guide me in the right track before diving for Epic Glory.

Thanks for Your input...=)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ÜBER™:
Cyanogenmd has everything working as for custom roms are the same as stock roms just gutted of the bloatware from sprint and tweaked system wise. As for your answer all these roms work....as well as kernels all. We have THE best devs. Just poke around and see which you like most. I run Cm7.2 with wimax. And the samurai kernel CM.MTD.BUSHIDO3 by earthbound[iap].

No one rom offers more than the other. They just have different contents. In my opinion....

Sent From My Cyan Samurai
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeblock:
What he said, definitely. I would like to add the recommendation for MTD, as well. There are threads in the development section that can help you convert, and some have been made downloadable, as well.

My reccomendation? Legendary.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gooch1025:
I've been using legendary and I love it! You just have to make sure that you flash the lastest samurai or shadow kernel and you won't have any problems. Also I updated my modem to EI22. Everything now works fast and stable. Legendary rom has all the cool features that I wanted and a pretty cool theme with it. If u like something else, you can just flash another theme.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
4G is working in CM7 now. I tried it and didn't like it. All ROMs listed in the Development section are fully functioning except MIUI is still working on getting 4G working. All the rest are the best! My preference is Legendary. As I said all the rest are awesome as well. ROMs that are not fully functional don't make it around here.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flastnoles11:
What he said!!!! Every rom around here has everything working great (except miui with 4g, but they should have that working in no time at all now that they are official). Legendary is great... so is cleangb bml & mtd... marcusat revival is top notch... thunderhawk is magnificent! In other words... they are all great and they all bring something different to the table... its like a 5 course meal around epic development now!!!
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yash_p90:
I have been using cm7 for quite a while. I love sense. I wanted to try out a sense-based rom. Went through a few forums but couldn't decide between the two. Plz help out!

HTC Wildfire

CyanogenMod 7.1.0.1

ClockWorkMod v5.0.2.7
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Scratch0805:
Wildpuzzle is no longer developed, its been taken over by kylon and is now rempuzzle, both are excellent and I don't think there are any great differences between them, it all depends what you're after the lite version of rempuzzle is especially good, all the benefits of sense without the junk!
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yash_p90:
There! Your Thanks Meter is now 111 from 110 ;-)
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ankurcul:
i have been using dk custom and yes it's really fast....

i had used rempuzzle bt i liked dk more.....

at d end its ur choice...
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] .xxx.:
I have used both rempuzzle and dk Rom... I liked rempuzzle ... since both the Rom are equally fast and stable but I liked the look of rempuzle... so its up to you to decide...
[Wildfire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yash_p90:
Thanks a lot guyz. I am using RemPuzzle now. CM7 gave me about a day of battery. Letz see what RemPuzzle gives.
[GT540 Optimus General] jimpulse:
Hi,

I start this thread to speak about natively running Debian Squeeze on LG Optimus GT540.

I have put somme script to bootstrap complete installation on sdcard on :

poivron.org/~jimpulse/swift

Please read README first.

Kernel is 2.6.29 from lge source with minors modifications :

* lge source don't compile properly ( this is not what is distribute as binnary ?GPL violation? ).

* Framebuffer console on startup.

* Software refreshing enable.

* Race condition on mddi register function when using software refresher

* Inkernel command line.

* ext3fs

Kernel debian packages are in swift/kernel

the boot image is in swift/boot and is reconstruct at end of bootstrap.

Lxde environement with matchbox-window-manager and matchbox-keyboard is working fine for me.

Slim is used as display manager in autologin mode.

Freesmartphone is installed but not configured (TODO)

Wifi (4325) is working but module is not loaded on startup. The firmware is from lge source distribution but is the same as on binary distribution.

Bluetooth (?4325?) is not working. (blueman need dpkg --configure at first startup). (TODO)

Enjoy.

--

jim
[GT540 Optimus General] cccb010:
i got: You don't have permission to access /~jimpulse/swift/README on this server.
[GT540 Optimus General] Sadronis:
You don't have permission to access /~jimpulse/swift/README on this server.

Says when i try to open README file :)
[GT540 Optimus General] jimpulse:
Sory, I"m noob !

Now, It's working. ;)
[GT540 Optimus General] Sadronis:
I didnt understand how it's booting. What should i do. Just flash boot.img to recovery then boot from it? Is it enough or what should i do can you write it step by step?
[GT540 Optimus General] jimpulse:
Hi,

You must install debian on first partition of your sdcard.

The partition must be ext2 or ext3 formated (preferably ext3).

The script 'bootstrap.sh' is make for that, you have to be root to use it.

the card must be mounted with suid,dev,exec .

you must have installed somme packages on your host, read README file.

--

jim
[GT540 Optimus General] -Grift-:
hi there,

so its something like a dual boot ?

something like this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1408824.
[GT540 Optimus General] jimpulse:
Hi,

It is not dualboot by itself.

It is just a scritp to install Debian Squeeze armel on sdcard and build a boot image.

More explanation :

!!! Please, dont run the script if your dont understand what it do !!!

You have to edit the script to match your preference :

ROOT=<the target directory where to install to>

ROOTDEV=<Name of the device were your phone will look to find root filesystem>

This script is tested only on Ubuntu oneiric but should work on other debian-like distros.

You can format your sdcard like this : sudo mkfs.ext3 -L swift /dev/XXX

where XXX is the device file corresponding to the partition you want to format. You can figure out that by looking at kernel message after inserting the sdcard : dmesg

Eject and reinsert the card to mount the new filesystem.

Remount the filesystem with apropriate options : sudo mount -o remount,exec,suid,dev /media/swift (or wherether your filesystem is mounted).

So, change ROOT= variable as ROOT=/media/swift (or whatether ...)

and ROOTDEV=/dev/mmcblk0p1 (for the first partition of the sdcard)

Then run in the swift/ directory : sudo ./bootstrap.sh

If all is right, it take aprox 4 hours on my eeepc@900MHz to download and install everything.

After installation, you have choice to flash the boot rom (eg : sudo fastboot flash recovery /media/swift/boot/boot.img-2.6.29-swift) or to use it as chroot environnement from android.
[GT540 Optimus General] Sadronis:
I have done it for one time but it didn't boot :) So im gonna do it again tomorrow. I dont have time today :)
[GT540 Optimus General] Sadronis:
I'm always having problem with the script. Now im starting again. I hope it will done this time... And can you use a .35 kernel for this?
[GT540 Optimus General] jimpulse:
Hi,

I'm planning to include .35 kernel, but I dont know which one to use. I've start a thread to ask people there preferences. Kernel need minor modification to have frame buffer console working.

If you have probleme with the script, post last few line of output and I will try to help.

--

jim
[GT540 Optimus General] Sadronis:
I have the mismatch size problem with the one of xorg-bla-bla packages :) By the way Mikegapinski's kernel is good to work i think.

Edit:

And does this make a problem?
[GT540 Optimus General] jimpulse:
These two warning are not a problem, these are only because dpkg/status is not complete before installing dpkg. It's a bootstrap edge effect (dpkg need dpkg to be installed).

If the script don't run until the end, you should have a phase number given at end of output. You can skip already ran phase by passing a phase number as parameter to the script.

The xserver-xorg-core problem is about dependencies against all video driver. So I mangle the control file to remove these dependencies. Perhaps this can fail if debian repo version has changed.
[GT540 Optimus General] Sadronis:
Now i have bootedup but how can iload the wifi module now?
[GT540 Optimus General] jimpulse:
Hi,

The default password for root is root ;).

There is no sudo preinstalled so use su.

Firmware and nvram settings are in /etc/wl as for android names rte.bin and nvram.txt .

You have to pass parameters at load time :

modprobe wireless firmware_path=/etc/wl/rtecdc.bin nvram_path=/etc/wl/nvram.txt

or put this in /etc/modprobe.d/wireless.conf :

alias wlan0 wireless

options wireless firmware_path=/etc/wl/rtecdc.bin nvram_path=/etc/wl/nvram.txt

Wicd is not working correctly so you have to configure by hand

(iwconfig and ifconfig) or edit /etc/network/interfaces. (view debian administration guide for that).

I will update the script tomorrow to add a configuration file for modprobe and an alias to wlan0.

--

Jim
[GT540 Optimus General] Sadronis:
Thanks for these and how can i access the command line from my computer?