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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jenarelJAM:
Wow, I read article heading this morning and was saddened by the fact that Google had "gone Evil". I often skim the titles in my RSS feed (which includes Giz) when I've only got 10 minutes during breakfast to read the news.

After reading this thread, then that thread with its comments, I've lost a lot of respect for Gizmodo and its moderators. What sensationalist garbage. The authors never say what has even "changed" in the privacy policy, only that it was rewritten and the sharing of personal data between Google services is emphasized. Honestly, I had assumed that all of Google's services would be running the same ad targeting code anyway.

As one commenter in the Giz thread mentions, take a look at Facebook. Now that is scary. A network that defaults to public sharing whenever they roll out a new feature? I've lost count of the number of times I had to log on to Facebook specifically to check my privacy settings. Even so, I've erased as much of my personal information as possible, messing up my own experience, simply because I don't trust that Facebook cares even a little bit about me.

Yes, Google's a public company, and has first loyalty to its shareholders. However, it does that by cultivating a user base that trusts it. If they wreck that by sharing users' data with third parties or messing up search results (cough cough, get it together guys), they could see their entire company go down in flames. And that wouldn't be profitable at all.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Nutsonfire:
Some of the editors in Gizmodo are terrible apple fan boys. I remember one article of one of them where he wrote that he had 2 ipads and how fantastic they were. He also said he had an android tablet that he claims gave him such a bad user experience that he had even forgotten where it was...

So many of these "news" websites are run by trendy hipster people that have no other choice than loathe Apple.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] copkay:
Gizmodo has always been an unprofessional, sensationalist blog. I intentionally quit reading after the iPhone 4 "stolen phone" debacle. It's like a bunch of high schoolers started a blog together.

As to the subject, if you don't see why you should be concerned, then don't worry about it. Everyone has different beliefs about privacy. Personally, I'm not very concerned about whatever data Google has, but I can understand why others do.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blackdub370:
The End of "Don’t Be Evil" :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] soulicro:
If you read this thread, you would see that we're actually about The End of The End of "Don't Be Evil" :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] altimax98:
Google knows my name

Google knows my screen names

Google knows my location

Google knows my devices

Google knows my home

Google sees my conversations

Google sees my emails

Google sees my search history

Google sees what I type

Google hears my voice

Google sees my face..........

Google now takes (what they already know) emails/gtalk and enhances my searches (which they already see), then can narrow it down by my location (which they already have).....

I fail to see a problem. Guys (not you... mostly opponents) we signed up for this when we entered the digital age. Our info is out there and have signed up to give it out. Quit *****ing and go live in your hole for the rest of your life. Here's a fact:

I opened my gmail, yahoo and Hotmail accounts at roughly the same time. Yahoo has become completely unusable due to spam, I'm obviously some Saudi Princes relative on Hotmail...... but gmail is spam free... there's a reason for it. I trust Google, I have to.

But I know there's a price for free service. 20 years ago we all had AAA subscriptions because we wanted the maps. Those maps we paid for didn't have street view, and we couldn't ask the map where the nearest restaurant was. We don't pay for these services... they are available for us for free.......

That's just my. 02

Sent from my CM9 TouchPad
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] canca14:
I have absolutely no issue with this. I think it's obvious that Gizmodo wrote this article in this way to be an alarmist. It was designed to get readers and that's exactly what it did. In the end though, the article is really a POS.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] edgeicator:
Not sure why anyone, especially android fans, read gizmodo anymore. Check out the verge. They have much better and much less biased editors and writers.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] j3nnning:
I don't disagree with you, but you are essentially describing the Internet as a whole.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] nareshlove:
hey recently install creed rom in my galaxy y but the backgroud s still black

in pics of creed rom backgroung is dark blue. plz help me to change the background
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] fakhrul_coy:
The first thing, what background you want to change.

do you want change background home or other

-change background or editing view on creed rom

maybe you can use Out Kitchen or you can see tutorial in using out kitchen this

-change background home

go to gallery, select one image, menu, more, set as ,home screen wallpaper..
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] nareshlove:
I want to change setting menu background.
[HTC EVO 3D] smoothe23:
Alright my dad has a rooted e3d and for whatever reason he called sprint to get his number changed, not even thinking about his root, and they couldn't get it to work. so we thought it may be due to his root, and we unrooted the phone. Called back and still couldn't get it to work, went through all the trouble shooting and then were told we need to bring it back to sprint.

So has anyone else went through changing there number on a rooted device and maybe know more than I do, or have any insight on the situation?
[HTC EVO 3D] GrimReaper24:
Is he using a sense rom or a AOSP rom?

I would throw a stock sense rom back on it. Due to the programming codes and numbers you will need which you use in the dialar. You need to have a sense rom going stock at best.

Also what hboot is he 1.5 or older?
[HTC EVO 3D] smoothe23:
He was on a sense one. But we just unrooted his phone and got him all the way back to stock now.

He's hboot 1.5
[HTC EVO 3D] aamir.m.ali:
Hey Reaper,

As you recall I had a similar-ish problem yesterday that we were tlaking about. Looks like they took my thread down...i searched for it but didn't find it...oh well...

anyways, Is there anyway for sprint to change my esn to give me a clean one now rather than the cloned one that i have? or am i basically stuck with a brick...I tried contacting the guy i got the phone from and he said he'd try to either refund or replace by the end of the week...but its craigslist and i'm not confident i'll ever hear from him again you know?

---------- Post added at 05:20 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:14 PM ----------

oh also, sorry for double posting, but the guy said some customer had done this to the phone and he didn't even know what i wa talking about really. for what its worth he sounded genuine that he thought he had sold a fully functional phone.

is there anyway for me (and by extension sprint) to find out in reality what happened to the phone? i've rooted a phone before to cyanogenmod but never did anything funky like this. it worked immediately with my correct phone number.
[HTC EVO 3D] joeykrim:
Here is an answer with some technical details, hopefully it helps.

Having root access in and of itself will not have any impact on the ability to program/reprogram/activate the device.

Essentially on the HTC EVO 3D, Sprint installs a custom program which HTC allows to communicate directly with the radio. The radio, generally speaking, is what manages the phone number programming information. In order to change this information, there has to be an android application front end to access the deep down radio layer. This application, usually called EPST.apk on sprint android devices is always included and works with stock sense ROM and kernel.

When people start altering stock ROMs and producing AOSP based ROMs, they generally don't provide support for this application and the low layer radio communications required.

Hence why the best method is to load 100% stock system and kernel (sometimes using the slang term ROM) which will include the correct communcation paths and both front/back applications/routes for the user to correctly program the phone number, etc for activation or reprogramming.

Not really related to this thread but I'll throw in my two cents in hopes that it helps. Seems you're hinting that your current device has a bad ESN and it is currently using a cloned ESN.

Generally, this type of manipulation is frowned upon and is a large gray legal area in the US. information regarding this will be more difficult to find. If a store sold you a device with a bad ESN or "cloned" ESN meaning a copy of another known good device ESN w/o telling you, this is generally misleading and should be grounds for a refund/exchange.

Given this is a private transaction off craigslist where there is no review/feedback/mediation method, such as Ebay provides, you are generally at the mercy of the seller.

One route would be to talk with Sprint. Not sure if anybody has tried this or the end result, but you could def present the argument you purchased this device used and are very excited to activate it on Sprint but are unable to due to the previous owner's history with Sprint. Perhaps they would be willing to clear the ESN and allow you to use the device.

Otherwise, you're stuck restoring to gray/shady areas of manipulating how the device registers itself on the Sprint network .. in my personal opinion this is not worth the hassle. If you really want to keep the device, I'd loook into 3rd party carriers such as boot mobile, or whatever is available in your area for CDMA devices as they are generally more willing to modify the device to work on their network.

Hope I was able to understand the limited information provided and my feedback/suggestions help!
[HTC EVO 3D] joeykrim:
Perhaps.

EPST is only the front end, there are a few other pieces which are required for EPST to successfully connect through the OS to the lower level radio.

Best route as stated above is to go 100% stock kernel and system as these are known to have all required pieces in working condition. Good luck!
[HTC EVO 3D] smoothe23:
Thanks for all your help man. One last question, do you think this HTC software update may fix this issue?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] art0605:
I've had a 16gb Razr since it came out. Needless to say, it's a little past the 14 day warranty. I love it a lot. But could use the extra battery. I didn't get it because of it's thinness, but rather, all the other amazing specs.

Do you think I could call up Verizon and complain enough to trade my Razr in for the Maxx?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Spectral1991:
I think you should go ahead. The 3,300 mAh battery for the Maxx sounds really awesome. Too bad mine doesn't allow for trade-ins. Otherwise I think I'd do that too.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] evltwn72:
Honestly??? I wouldn't hold my breath on that happening. Usually you have to go through about 3-5 phone replacements before getting an upgrade early.

My step-mom was having issues with her Droid Eris after it was updated to 2.1. Every replacement Eris VZW sent her was a POS. I advised her to call Customer Relations not Customer Service and speak to them, as I heard they can help with early upgrades. She was able to upgrade her phone after the 4th replacement failed on her. She went with the Droid X, and only had to pay the upgrade price not the full retail price. Needless to say, the DX blew away the Eris, she was happy.

That would be my only advice, but it's a long shot.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] yyhd:
I agree that its a long shot, but I'd also say its definitely worth a shot. Who knows, you might get a very nice CSR manager.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] IP IHI II IL:
I wouldn't call it an upgrade, more of an update really. All of the specs on the MAXX are identical to the RAZR. The only difference is 1.9mm in width due to the larger battery. I've been thinking about calling too, feeling as though the maxx is kind of an "oops, we're getting alot of heat on the battery life, better fix it" device.

I too love my RAZR, and haven't really had any problems with battery life, but still feel like we should all be entitled to a better battery, problems or not.

\\Carved into this thread by my RAZR//

http://android-gz.com
[Motorola Droid RAZR] macasus:
I just called Radio Shack where I got my Razor and told them I was within 30 days and want to swap for the maxx. Asked if there was a restocking fee and she said no come in tomorrow and swap it out :-) so I guess I get the Maxx tomorrow. Definitely worth calling.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] art0605:
Thanks for all the replies! I think I might call Verizon(where I got it from) tomorrow and try.

How do I go about it? Yes, I am asking for a hypothetical script!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mattlgroff:
I wouldn't mind one of those either.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] macasus:
When I explained I was within 30 she said no restocking fee but after 30 would require 15% restocking fee. I told them I was duped in to buying with out being informed that basically a razr upgrade aka Maxx was due out in weeks. Really I think any ole story will work as they will still cash in on the old device selling pre owned.

CALL LOL
[Motorola Droid RAZR] dr154:
It depends where you get it from, but Verizon has strict policy that states even if ur one day after your return period they shouldn't exchange, return it for what ever reason, they have to follow there exchange warranty policy. There are special cases where they do allow exchanges after the 14 days from Verizon but those are rares.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] twistmycap:
Haha! Get your phone from bestbuy mobile like i do! They give you 30 days to do so :-p
[Motorola Droid RAZR] evltwn72:
That's the same argument that Bionic owners said when the RAZR was released 2 months after the Bionic. It doesn't hold any water with VZW. They'll just laugh at you and tell you that you can always sell your RAZR and pay full retail for the MAXX.

Also VZW will most likely look at it as an upgrade, not an update.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] keeb119:
I'm not gonna try and exchange mine, but would absolutely love to send it in to Motorola to have it upgraded.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] broomulack:
I called Verizon. I am very upset that only 2 months later, the EXACT same phone comes out with no changes other than an extended battery (not counting thickness, simply the operating system and software). It's not lke it's 6 months to a year. They released the original Razr, and two months later release the same phone for the same price, and lower the price of the one we all bought. That's bull.

Verizon's response: we can't control when Motorola releases its product, very sorry, understand your anger, I'll put a complaint through for you.

In other words, too f*cking bad.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] art0605:
Dangit!!! I guess I'll just wait for quad cores to come out.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ToyTank:
Costco does not have maxx yet but they have the best return policy 90 days and you get hdmi dock, case, screen protector, car charger lots of freebies.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] robert57jones:
SO i am wondering i want to get Andriod on my HD2 and i do not know where to start and what to do. I have tried reading through some of the forums but the lingo makes little to no sense. i do not know what to download, where to download it from and how to install it. please help i want want to learn as much about this as I can and links with easy to use howto guides would be great.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] matoflash:
First check out and get HSPL on your hd2. There's a thread for it. So you can install non stock ROMs.

Then you go and find a ROM that you like - completely your choice, I like American android.

Then you decide if you want to just run it from the SD card with the option to boot windows mobile, or you want to go completely android, so you want it on your nand (native android, on internal memory).

With regards to this you choose the appropriate ROM and then it is just about either getting the Haret file (for SD type) or magldr/clk bootloader installed (for nand type).

These instructions should mostly be included in the ROM's 1st post or somewhere near.

That's all there is to it.

Hope this helps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RestInPieces209:
I got tired of the Sensation and got a t mobile store to match Best Buys price of $199.99 on the Gs2. So far im loving the phone. Rooted and flashed Juggernaut 4.1. I guess my only disappointment would be the dev support here. I made the mistake of assuming it would be similar to the i9100.

But anyways, any other suggestions of what i should do to my phone? opinions on what is the best rom/kernel? so far i have only tried juggernaut, its smooth as hell, but I always love trying new roms. Any stable miui roms?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SevenSe7enSeven:
well u did the essentials, its possible to run roms from the samsung skyrocket too (remember to read the instructions first)

only thing i can say is to use your phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RestInPieces209:
that's awesome. will i find the instruction in the skyrocket forums or around here?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SevenSe7enSeven:
Yes the instructions are on this link. only thing u are doing different is after u flash the rom u flash a conversion file then whatever kernel u want. aosp roms dont work according to the thread only touchwiz based roms

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1360355

heres the miui rom

camera, data, in call audio and a few other things dont work on it

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1392705
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RestInPieces209:
thanks. seems like im going to be up for a while flashing roms. any suggestions?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SevenSe7enSeven:
juggernaut and dewizzed run fine for me, i havent really played with the other roms that much myself
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JaZart:
Enjoy this powerful piece of tech... :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Master&Slave™:
Flash My ROM and enjoy lol

_Thursday
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] evohog:
I second that!

via my bleached S2
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RestInPieces209:
I just powered up my laptop with the intentions of doing that lol
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RestInPieces209:
I have flashed a few roms from the internal usb storage, but i noticed the instructions for a few roms say to install from external sd card. is it recommended to flash from external sd?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Master&Slave™:
Excellent lol

_Thursday
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Melon_Bread:
IMO You have done the best you can do with this phone at this point.

Also I must say I made the same mistake thinking that this phone had the same support as the i9100.

Best bet is to stay where you are at and wait for CM9
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RestInPieces209:
That's what I plan on doing. The Sensation was rumored to be getting ICS within a month or two... any eta for the gs2?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] oscar7557:
Samsung already said this phone would also be getting ICS by March or April if memory serves. So if it's CM9 or Sammy, we will get ICS :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Melon_Bread:
True, but after how Samsung has been slapping TW over ICS, I am not looking forward to there ICS anytime soon. Hopefully CM9 will produce something for our phone soon.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] SevenSe7enSeven:
I thought about switching to another gs2 varient but I like that this phone can use both att and tmobile 3g. Also didn't wanna spend a extra $100 for the g nexus.

It's kinda neat having lots of choices for roms but my only reason for flashing roms were to remove bloat and run a little bit better than stock. With this phone it runs better stock than most phones with their best kernels and roms flashed.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RestInPieces209:
Very true. I LOVED my sensation but this phone is faster stock than the sensation was with any rom.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] TJBunch1228:
Should have gone to Costco, bro. We are selling it for $149 with free accessories and a 90 day return period.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jordanishere:
Members only
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] GoogleFan:
Keep in mind this is a fairly new device,it came out in October as opposed to the sensation which launched in April.I believe this is currently the best device for t-mobile and I believe support will amp up in the near future.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] GBGamer:
No miui, but try dark side dewizzed. Freaking Awesome!!!

Sent From The Best Phone of 2011
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] victornet:
(Im not english native.. so take it easy)

Ok, so i got my LCD SCREEN broked, bought a new one on ebay and when i open the phone i accidentaly broke the power on cable.

Got so frustated but i dont know how i was enable to power on my cellphone 3 or more times (i dont know what i did but it was something related to charging + battery unpluged/pluged)

Every time that my cellphone power off by battery usage i have this little "ritual" to get it on (i really dont know what i do to take it on)

I want to know if it is a method to power on the cellphone WITHOUT the power button.. Thats a way because i do that.. but i really cant get how i do that..

Can someone help ?

If u dont understand i can try to explain better... Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MistahBungle:
Return to Samsung service center.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] victornet:
I already bought the power on cable just waiting to get it on my home (US TO BRAZIL...)

I cant, the warranty and services on brazil is SOO expensive (i can buy a new phone with the repair cost).

I just want to know how i can power on my phone without power button until the new power cable arrived.

Thanks for answer tought.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aceofclubs:
Have you got a USB jig? Think that will turn on in download mode but without a power button im not sure if you can get out of download mode.

Sometimes there is a volume up/down option to continue with download or reboot??
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PurpleFries:
You could get a USB jig to get it in download mode then connect it to the computer. Run Odin. You might be able to reboot without flashing anything from there, but I know for sure that it reboots after a flash.

So flash something and make sure auto reboot is checked, and it will boot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] random1204:
Okay as you can see by my sig I have an Evo 3D. Before that I had a Captivate I loved. My question is simple. Is it possible to make a theme (easiest way) of touchwiz 3.0? Basically just replace some pngs within the apks themselves if I'm not mistaken...because the other alternative...(getting an actual 3.0 ROM) is not really an option. I know that much. Haha

Overall I'm going for the 3.0 look. So basically, is it possible and should it be relatively easy to accomplish?

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] techmagic42:
this is relative to my interests. it seems like this would apply to all ROMs....but does that violate the creators intentions then?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] joeyjo8:
when ever i try to compose a message and when i go to the "to" field the qwerty keyboard turns into the number pad and its really annoying because i want to type in peoples name!??? help. i am running the holicakes rom.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] CasualStarlord:
try installing the "hackers keyboard" from the market, its a fairly nice keyboard replacement thats free, see if that one has the same issue :D

I use it because in wide screen it gives you arrow and other function keys.

warning: it is much uglier than the htc sense keyboard :D