yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ja5oN:
Aha! So your speaking from experience Indrid? ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Indrid Cole:
Sorry for the bad news. Just for reference if it's not in the epic 4g touch development section do not flash it.

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No not on my et4g .But I did do this on a vibrant but there is a way to force a brick. Then you can start back from scratch. It's called eugene's froyo that does not brick. But it does soft brick the phone and resets the bootloader. This is what is needed for the et4g. I am in talks with other dev's from the vibrant forums to try and get one a phone.

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No I tried to quote the OP. But I screwd it up. The top sentence is from the OP.LoL.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ja5oN:
Ok now I see :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Indrid Cole:
Hey Jason what happened to your old Avatar? I loved it..LMAO.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ja5oN:
Dude, your like the third person to say that. I'm gonna change it back just for you though Indrid.:D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mmacwan83:
you are not the only dumb in here :(

totalshreddar

let me join you in telling that you are not the only person to do this mistake. I just happen to do it with my sprint Epic 4G touch.. read all the replies in this thread, but doesn't seem that you have come to a solution yet. did you get it replaced thru the corporate person ???

Just incase, I dont have a corporate account or anything, what are the chances for me to get it replaced or repaired at Sprint store?

Quickly, here is what I have:

SPH-D710 Sprint Epic 4G Touch

1. I can bring it to Dev mode - but ODIN or KIES doesnt detect it

2. Tried every other combination on the phone. no luck!!

3. When it goes to Dev mode, earlier I used to have "ProductName: SPH-D710" which now is

ODIN MODE

ProductName: GT-i9100

Custom Binary Download: NO

Current Binary : Samsung Original

Is there any hope left for me???

Thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ja5oN:
You guys aren't dumb, this is a totally understandable mistake. Trust me, I've bricked a few in my day. Sounds like Indrid has tried to trouble-shoot this issue before and the only resolve is to jtag the phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mmacwan83:
I have ordered the micro USB thingy... will also try to fix it thru it.. however I had the insurance and Sprint guys agreed to give me a replacement... which i will receive in couple of days..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tiffany84:
Can u get the drivers for whatever phone the rom you flashed was from and install them so Odin recognizes the phone?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ja5oN:
That is a great idea, but I have heard of other people with this issue and they tried just that. But it did not prove successful.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Tiffany84:
Ya, I didn't know if it would work or not cause i've never been in this situation. Just thinking out loud. I guess at this point though anything is worth a try.

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What about using kies to update the drivers and then seeing if the phone is recognized by odin? Or what about doing a factory reset in the stock android recovery? Like I said, I've never been in this situation so I don't know if any of it would work but hate seeing someone stuck like this.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rob the plumber:
I just bought my epic touch and did the same thing. I was in the wrong forum downloading and flashing roms. None of the radios or the home key worked...

This fixed it for me.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] T.C.P:
That wont work. They flashed a rom that most likely messed up their bootloader Nd other. Nd now they cant flash back. I believe this is like the 10th person to mess up.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] playya:
Sadly I think its more than 10, I would say lets put a sticky up but no one reads them anymore... Hopefully you guys get this fixed but it seems nobody has been successful as of yet...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KCRic:
Where do these people go when they find stuff like this and just on a whim, flash it. The odds are, if it's not posted here then it's probably not legit or for our phone. To be safe, post it here with a link and ask what the consensus is on flashing it. I know these days everybody wants everything right now. People want bragging rights on the internet (IMHO, who the hell cares - it's the damn internet) so they want to be the first. People just need to chill out, post it and wait a day or so. Or just wait for the intelligent people aka devs, to figure out ICS for our phone.

This is getting so ridiculous and I agree with the sticky idea and that it would be useless. People these days don't read - hell, I'm probably wasting my energy typing this. whatever the case, I'm bored and it's a slow day at work so I have tons of time to kill.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] lopezpm:
I know XDA is huge but not everyone knows about XDA. They screw up, google their problems and get sent here for help. That's how I became a member in 2007.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bsmoove386:
Lol exactly my htc touch pro brought me here as well in 08/09. It's another forum right above this one where a woman had the same problem and shipped it to a guy supposedly to fix it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ja5oN:
I know I saw that too, I can't believe she just up and asked, "can I send it to you to fix."
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Danial723:
This is the first phone I have ever rooted...and thanks to all the great people here at XDA...I haven't had one problem yet.....read read Nd read some more till you understand :)....all the information you need is already posted

sent from the near past
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rob the plumber:
I did it because i thought my phone was an sgs2 like it shows in the boot animation. I didn't realize that sprint calls it an epic 4g touch.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Indrid Cole:
Dont ever go by what it's called go by the model # SPH D710 there are if Im not mistaken like 6 versions of the SGS2.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] allgsmnetwork:
i9001 galaxy as never improved the GPU acting with egl adreno driver 205 and the family xperia right?

I shoot with the benckmark quadrant 2 points and slow down the acceleration yet in Neocore 62.2 FPS with the galaxy i9000 and nexus i9000 and I came up to 56, however, the test fluid was snapped I do not understand :(

thanks to the mod that you are working on this ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dillym34:
Don't know if this has been posted yet, I know it has been in the works here it is in action.

http://www.droiddog.com/android-blog/2012/01/clockworkmod-recovery-touch-teased-in-video/
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jordanishere:
Meh. Touch based recovery will add little in the way of functionality AND will make it easier to press the wrong thing & mess up your phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tehseano:
Agreed, that's all u need is the touch screen to act weird and misspress something when you're in recovery. I think this project needs a lot more work before I would make it my default recovery.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PJcastaldo:
I think its cool. I have the EXT touch recovery on my Sensation and its nice. There are still checks in placwto stop from picking the wrong thing like the are you sure.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dungtran88:
Is there anyone out there have ordered a Mugen extended battery for T989? I got mine as a gift and I lost the back cover and I don't have an order number so Mugen won't let me order another back cover. Could someone loan me an order number so that I can get a back cover. PRETTY PLEASE! :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nexus14:
How about you ask the person who gifted it to you? Even if someone gave you an order number, the people at Mugen will probably not send it your address if it differs from the original billing/shipping address.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] losangeles100:
I'm not rooted and in the five months I've had the 4G Slide I've never had any force close issues.

This week I moved all the apps that could be moved from the phone to the SD card, and ever since I've had constant force close issues, either of the apps themselves or the genius button or the whole system. Generally it happens every time the phone is rebooted but can also happen at any random point. It will methodically go through each app alphabetically with the same 'force close' message and asking me if i'd like to report it to HTC.

I was wondering if anyone else had experienced this issue and was also wondering if there would a logical explanation as to why transferring the apps to the SD card might make the phone unstable.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] polarbearmc:
well rule #1 that i've learned is that never move any app that has a widget or any kind of notifications. even if you're not using the app's widget or notifications. it just seems to mess stuff up.

and then this one i found out on my own: moving stuff to the sd card is exactly when problems start haha. it sucks. probably the biggest problem with android as an operating system. i don't know why they even give us the option, because it almost always causes trouble.

BUT if you stick to only moving games (and games that have no kind of notification systems... so don't do words with friends, for example), then you should be good.
[HTC Inspire 4G] nystromproductions:
I noticed my phone doesn't turn black when on a phone call and I face dial. Is there a fix to get that sense back for when the screen turns off and on?

Sent from my Inspire4G running Ice Cream Sandwich BETA 3
[HTC Inspire 4G] ZeroRilix:
Looks like your light sensor is bad. I have a stock unrooted Vivid, and mine works good. I dont know if there is a way to change that. I do have a rooted Inspire and have been on the Inspire forums and haven't seen that problem over there either. Maybe one of these other guys know if that's possible or if it is truly a hardware issue with your sensor, like I think it is.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Agoattamer:
Do you have the sensor covered with a case possibly? Install any apps lately that may have the purpose of keeping the screen on?

There used to be an app named "Proximity Recalibrator". Ahh yes, here it is. See if it helps.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=951858
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] akwlb:
Ok so I have a rooted kindle and I installed this LCD Density Modder. I accidentally made made my kindle have low resolution with this app and it rebooted my Kindle. My kindle is password protected, and now the letters are huge on my screen and not all of hem fit on the screen so I can't type in my password! (my password has the letter "L" and "O" which no longer show on the screen) How can I close this app or what can I do????????? Please someone reply.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] airmaxx23:
You'll probably have to restore one of your backups that you hopefully made through TWRP.
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] marc206:
LOL

Sorry I had to Say LOL. If you dont know what your doing you should start from the lowest value and work your way up. Dont just enter the highest possible. Hopefully you made a backup. Good Luck
[Kindle Fire Themes and Apps] djkeller3:
This may sound like a stupid question, but I'm just covering all bases...did you try scooting the keyboard over with your finger to see if you can expose the rest of your keyboard?

If you do manage to get in, the default density value is 160.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheUnkn0wn:
I don't normally need help like this, but this has left me baffled.

I have done this before without any problems but for some reason it doesn't want to work now.

I put flash_image into /system/bin/ and set its permissions to 777.

I have recovery.img on my SD-Card so its path is /sdcard/recovery.img

Over ADB (I have used a Terminal Emulator too) I enter adb shell, and then get super user permission 'su'. I then enter :

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

NO errors occur, but it just seems to 'skip' to the next line so I can enter another command. Normally it gives a few rows of 'mtd: writing block 0x00000054' etc...

So I thought... ok... maby it has flashed it, so I boot into recovery to find the stock recovery (no... I'm not flashing the stock recovery I'm trying to flash CWM)

Any help?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheUnkn0wn:
Nobody has had this problem?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] htcincredibleuser:
similar problem

I have a similar problem on a newly rooted htc incredible, downgraded to 2.2. I used /data/local/flash_image to back up my data into a file /sdcard/data_backup.bin (a 154MB file, so I know there is a lot there)

When I tried to recover that file for the first time, I get these lines:

#/data/local/flash_image datadata /sdcard/data_backup.bin
mtd: not writing bad block at 0x______
mtd: not writing bad block at 0x______
...

That doesn't bring back my apps or data, I still have only the factory default apps (I still have music and pictures, but not the apps). When I try to flash_image again, nothing happens.

So, being a noob, I have lots of questions:

1. are the bad blocks on my phone memory or the sd card?

2. what effect do the bad blocks have?

3. Is there a way to fix/ignore the bad blocks with a defrag or something?

4. Are the bad blocks really the issue?

5. Is there another, perhaps manual way to get the data out of my data_backup.bin file other than flash_image?

6. It looks like my datadata partition is having a problem--can I reassign the partition away from bad blocks?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ron194:
Why some Samsung apps (voice recorder, my file...) can't install on CM?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
CM = CyanogenMod? Probably becuase CyanogenMod is an AOSP ROM, and lacks the Samsung framework that those Samsung apps rely on.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ron194:
That means those apps are useless on other devices too?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ctomgee:
Wha? I'm not sure I understand your question. Are you trying to move these apps from an I9100 to another model phone?

Those apps were written by Samsung, and rely on bits from their proprietary framework, which is included in their stock firmwares.

It sounds like you are trying to rip those apps out and put them into a CyanogenMod ROM. Which DOESN'T have the Samsung framework, because it is an AOSP ROM.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
As above OP CM is not a Samsung based rom in effect .

AOSP = Android Open Source Project .

jje
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ron194:
Thx guys! What I want to do, is to use the Samsung voice recorder on CM, so now I know it is impossible :(
[HTC Titan] djc:
I found out on another forum that by taking off the shell on the titan & covering the noise cancel microphone by the headphone jack with tape kinda of fixes the issue of people hearing you.. I tried it & the person on the other end said they could hear me fine instead of the... "what you say?" that I had been getting...
[HTC Titan] bennyj71:
Do you think you could post a picture?
[HTC Titan] BucDan:
I'm going to try this. Will report back.
[HTC Titan] djc:
Anyone with this issue should. I can have more conversations without the "I can't hear you & what's wrong your phone" lol
[HTC Titan] link68759:
This has been noted here too; it's easier to just cover the hole with your finger when necessary because the noise cancellation DOES in fact aid certain environments.
[HTC Titan] BucDan:
So far, it is much better especially in the moderate dB of the outside, but in a loud cafeteria, it was no good for me. Overall, I like it, I'll keep it as my important calls are taken in quiet places anyways.
[HTC Titan] audichris9:
Has anyone else come up with a fix for this. Does it go away if you install a custom rom?
[HTC Titan] Thremix:
Or maybe an app or program that would just internally disconnect the 2nd mic from the process. :) (software wise)
[HTC Titan] Finalforce1111:
Unfortunatly there isn't yet a coustum rom out for the titan but we are already collecting a bounty for it. Feel free to check the Titan general section for more info.
[HTC Titan] tboy2000:
My family keep having a go at me for spending a lot of money on a brand new phone and saying i sound muffled. It is such a shame I have to resort to putting tape inside my phone. :(
[HTC Titan] Flytetymex:
Call quality on TitanII

Any comments on how the call quality is for the Titan II? I know that the original suffered from the muffled sound and I was wondering if the new one has the same issues. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[HTC Titan] karelj:
Call quality on my Titan II is excellent.

Sent from my Samsung Focus using Board Express
[Acer Iconia A500] i_r_me:
Hi

Someone asked me to look at their acer a500 tablet for them, when it boots as soon as it gets to the desktop, before the DE fully loads even, it comes up with a power off/shutting down message

And it shuts down

Tried the hold the volume up while powereing on and toggling the lock button factory reset 'fix' that seems to be posted everywhere but it didn't work, did once or twice get the android holding an exclamation sign thing once or twice but it did nothing from there

As far as I'm aware it's not been rooted so my question is, anyone know whether I can fix it by downloading a particular rom and trying to get that rom installed with a boot into recovery mode type thing?

Any suggestions I might try welcome
[Acer Iconia A500] i_r_me:
Fixed it now, found an update.zip file, applied that and it's back up and running

Thanks for looking to those that did
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigike:
My defy is stuck in headphone mode... is there a way to disable the 3.5mm jack???

Very tired of using speaker or bluetooth...
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iammodo:
Used this on my hero years ago may work

http://code.google.com/p/toggleheadset/
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iammodo:
Just checked it works. Also might want to use a bit of ipa. To clean headphone Jack.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigike:
didn't work, only sets the headset as always on, my problem is the headphones are always on, i need to disable the headphone.

Thanks!
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jebrew:
Did you ever find a solution for this? Mine recently took water damage (yeah...on a Defy), and now it appears to constantly think there's something in the headphone jack. Believe your solution would fit my needs as well.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jebrew:
Found a partial solution, it'll allow you to play music through the speaker, though it'll probably eat your battery and calls are still not audible through the earpiece :(.

Fixed in 3 easy steps:

1. Open the FM Radio app (if it complains that you don't have the headphones plugged in, then this clearly isn't the thread for you).

2. Go to menu->loudspeaker (i.e. use headphone as antenna, but pump sound to speaker).

3. Turn the FM Radio volume to 0.

The FM Radio uses a different channel for it's audio, so you can have Pandora or your music app of choice running nice and loud from your speakers...now if I can just figure out how to have calls go through the earpiece, we'll have this issue fixed...sort of.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] towncop1978:
I would like to get and extended battery for my phone... I was going to get the 18 dollar one from amazon... But I didn't like the way it looked... I came across this one on the link....

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B006671RCG/ref=redir_mdp_mobile

wanted to know if anyone has used it or their opinion on it... I know its a little more expensive but it looks a lot more slick...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Danial723:
One of my friends ordered that battery....almost doubled his battery life....he said he did not like the new door though...too slick
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ja5oN:
They do almost double the battery life, but also increases the thickness of the phone. It'll lose its sleek and sexy lines. Not worth it if you ask me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Danial723:
Yes it will increase almost a millimeter....but honestly its really not the noticeable after you get used to it IMHO :)

sent from the near past
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mavd5831:
I have the $18 one and it just fits in your hand so well lol XD. I read a lot about the seido and trexcell batteries and seido seems to have almost as good battery life as the trexcell which is 3800mah. I went with the trexcell because it still great battery life and is cheaper XD.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Fin745:
I have one it work great for me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] oscarthegrouch:
Every seidio extended battery I've ever got, the battery door is thin and the battery door never fully snaps shut. I've had good luck with the trexcell extended. The door snaps perfectly. The thickness of the plastic feels decent unlike the seidio. Trexcell also makes a tpu black glossy case for the extended battery. I have both and they are good. The finish of the battery door is the same as the plastic on the back where the external speaker is. Its like maybe 20 for the battery and door and 10 for the case. That's my suggestion. Like I said, the fit, finish, and thickness of the trexcell is much nicer than the seidio.
[Acer Iconia A500] indophile:
Hi...

I had been using my tab for over 4 months without any issues. My wifi has suddenly stopped working (tab gets connected to the wifi but the the icon doesn't turn blue and the network is not up). I had recently updated to 3.2.1 but it was working fine for a few weeks on that too.

I changed my Wifi router security from WEP to WPA and also tried using static IP. I even did a factory reset (apart from the hard and soft resets) and I still have the problem. It is not rooted (and I don't want to do that yet) and since I'm not able to connect to the internet, I can't use any market apps to fix the wifi issue (even if there is one). Appreciate some help on this. Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] kgry:
This was happening to me all the time pre 3.2.1. Updated, sometimes it still happens but a lot less. I don't have my tab in front of me but I did find a Wifi widget icon. All you do is press it once to turn Wifi off and then again to start it again. You can probably find an APK on Google and install through your computer.
[Acer Iconia A500] Erik_T:
Kjy posted a wifi fix over in his rom. Install it. It was Acer official so I know it will work with stock. Having a similar problem and thinking about installing myself.
[Acer Iconia A500] xceebeex:
Yea but don't you have to be rooted to install that which the OP said he didn't want to do.

I am having wifi signal strength issue with mine as well. I think I am going to sell mine to get something else. It seems like these units are notorious for lie signal strength which sort of defeats the purpose of a tablet. When my phone gets significantly better strength that is bad.

I think it might be because of the metal back cover and a poor antenna.
[Acer Iconia A500] indophile:
Should I just go into recovery mode and install the specific file? Can you point me to the location of the fix?

Thanks.
[Acer Iconia A500] haag498:
Search this forum for the file... It's not hard to find. You'll need ClockworkMod to install it. Just flash on top of your rom, reset cache and (just to be sure) dalvik cache under advanced...

That actually only solves a part of the problem; the other part is the fairly weak antenna (just replace it, instructions are in this forum). The less intrusive solution is a repeater (~30 euro here in Germany).

Another good lead is to use a better WiFi AP. Cheap ones (particularly with those 10dbm antennas) tend to produce a lot of noise, which in turn triggers the driver bug (which seems to be the root of this evil) more often... this can be so bad it actually makes WiFi completely unusable (happened to me). The only solution to this is to spend a few extra bucks for some good router hardware (I use a Linksys/Cisco router and Huawei repeaters, all of which work fine).