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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] imitenotbecrazy:
I think it is because some are getting around their actual upgrade date by some flaw in ATTs system and therefore are forced to preorder on their website. Others that go into store, Im not sure. For one thing, the phone freedom thing is awesome and Ive been utilizing it for every customer that gets a phone upgrade. Im handing out gift cards on flip phones lol. People are complaining about the upgrade price but you can get it at BBY for 250 if you sign up for phone freedom this week. And you get a case? lol double bonus. Last, and this may just be because I work there, I think ATT's insurance sucks. $7 a month and (Note will be a tier 3 insurance item) a $200 deductible for replacement. That is insane and I dont know how they have anyone buying that program. Sure, you cover lost and stolen but who the hell is gonna lose such a big device. Gorilla glass or not, the note's screen can crack (look at the int version forum, it happens) and I for one am not paying $7 a month ($168/2 year contract) and then a gigantic deductible. Im not gonna go into details but if you're thinking about getting yours at BBY, ask the guy about Geek Squad Black Tie protection. He should give you a good enough run down of the program that my rant will make sense lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mikegehl:
Follow-up question re: Black Tie...

Month to month @ $10 per

or

$170 upfront for 24 months
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] imitenotbecrazy:
Correct. I always do the outright because it does save some money and you dont have to have recurring payment from a card. If you get another phone within the two years you can return the protection at the prorated amount.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] andrawer:
I tried upgrading via BB and it said I did not qualify for an update.

Signed on to AT&T and they offered me an early upgrade*.

*Which, by the way, matched what I was told by the local store rep. when I purchased my current phone last year (I obviously didn't know if he was right or not but knew he was might be just trying to make a sale).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] imitenotbecrazy:
One of the very few things an ATT store can do that Best Buy cannot is change dates to do an early upgrade. The only ones ATT allows us to do is an early iPhone upgrade, which kind of sucks cuz its just 200 off retail
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Dave*228:
No. Around my area the ATT store reps rush you in and out like you are an annoyance. BB in almost all cases will have a better deal. Like in this case you can get $50 gift card + a free case if you pre-order.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] phillyrican:
from my experience with the at&t stores in my area a lot of them are not very experienced at all they couldn't help me with any questions at all where the people at my bestbuy mobile were very helpful
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] LiquidArrogance:
The corporate stores are pretty awesome in my area. When I went in to preorder my Note I recognized the dude I bought my 8525 from eons ago -- lots of experienced reps in my area. The only downside I run into is that it always seems to be World War III between the store reps and the call-in reps whenever I go in there. The good thing is the store reps are always fighting for me, but as the customer it sucks to stand there for literally two hours in the this case watching the store rep look at dinner recipes on her iPad because customer service has her on hold then she ends up getting in a spitting match with the guy asking for his employee number and hanging up on him . . . lol. But in the end she figured it out for me so more power to her . . . but yea, it always seems to be a war between them and the phone reps whenever I go in there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Dave*228:
This is just my opinion But; it seems to me If they have to call into ATT cs (call in reps) it means the store reps dont know what they are doing.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] bkeaver:
i went to corperate cause they will allow early upgrades and BB cant do that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] LiquidArrogance:
It always seems like they know what needs to be done they just don't have the authority to do it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] specineff:
Does Bestbuy allow you to use the upgrade from another line in the family plan? I know Amazon Wireless policy doesn't allow you to do that.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] imitenotbecrazy:
Yes we can do alternate upgrades
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] giantenemybird:
As a corporate store employee, and a customer for years, I cannot disagree more.

The reason we have to sometimes call customer service is because they have a more extensive version of our system than we do. And, in general, customer service has more power, for lack of a better term, than we do. If the customer needs something done that can't be done from opus, then we have to call it in. It's not a limitation of the rep themselves, but the actual computer system.

Funny thing is, customer service is wrong too often for my liking. Such as, sending customers to the store for things we can't help them with, just because they didn't want to deal with it. Happens a lot. Hanging up on customers, etc.

The reason why there's such a battle with customer service is they aren't trained well, and are poorly managed. I can't tell you how many times I've had to call customer service AGAIN, on behalf of a customer, because the last customer service rep didn't do something right.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] LiquidArrogance:
That's pretty much what the suit and tie manager told me during my two hour Note preorder. He said some of the customer service reps are even contract employees that take simultaneous calls for multiple companies including AT&T and that at most they have one week of AT&T training whereas he has in store employees that have been there well over five years.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] mclaudio:
Hi. anyonde can post update via CWR for having circular battery in status bar for 2.3.5?

regards
[General Questions and Answers] kawaiiDango:
I have a 256kbps connection, and while i do repo sync, it syncs the folders for all the phones. And its already been 2 days of continuous downloading. About 4.5 gb has been downloaded but that's not even half of the download.

_how do i sync only the folders i need for my phone?

_and plz tell me how big is the complete cm7 source, in case syncing the entire mountain is the only way :(
[General Questions and Answers] jjm34:
Yeah, it's a huge download. The entire synced repo is 9.5 GB for me. Not sure if it's possible to sync just the projects you need for specific devices.

Also, remember that it will take at least about the same amount to do the actual build, so make sure you've got plenty of disk space left.

In any case, syncing the entire repo is a one-time thing, so once that's over with it's much faster to keep up with the changes. :)
[General Questions and Answers] nind:
You can edit the .repo/manifest.xml file on the root of your cm7 branch and delete all the lines which start with <project path="device/ expect for your device.
[Blade General] barjeshjain:
I have dell XCD35 (ZTE blade Gen 2).. Android 2.2 (Not rooted.. )

From last one month i am facing gallery problem ... every time i open gallary my phone restarts... I have tried formatting my phone from setting and also formatted memory card.. i have also changed memory card. but still my phone restarts ...

help me guys..

Thanks a lot in advance..
[Blade General] kartikoli:
i think you have an official ROM installed so go to the service center and let them flash your mobile again
[Blade General] androxcd35:
I guess the problem is associated with dell stock rom..it might not have been properly flashed.Contact dell service centre .If they are of no help contact me i will help in reflashing ur stock rom.I too have a dell xcd35 and it's an amazing phone..i have installed custom rom cynogenmod7.1 and it works flawlessly. :D
[Blade General] kartikoli:
i have a backup of official ROM if you need then i can upload it for you but in that case you will have to root your phone and install rom manager

if you are uncomfortable then just get done by the service center
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danman7200:
Hey

I've starting reading about installing custom roms and kernals, mainly to make the Arc, a little bit more awesome. However, the feature I can not live without is HDMI (it's the main reason I brought the phone). What customs ROMS (if any) support HDMI out? Does CM7? This seems to be the most popular ROM?

Also, if I were to load DoomKernal on the stock 0.42 ROM would HDMI work? Would I see much improvement in general performance with DoomKernal and stock ROM?

I did search the forums for this question before but was unable to find an answer. Sorry if I have missed it!

Appreciate your answers.

Dan
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flo95:
Imo Arconium is the most popular ROM and has HDMI working also
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dp94:
Usually it should/could work on every stock based ROM.

With DooMKerneL you'll see a great improvement in perfomance, imo.

As Flo95 mentioned in the post above, Acronium ROM & DooMKernel is indeed a quite good combination.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danman7200:
Thanks guys. Right, now to give it a bash...

Might be the start of many more posts!
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] earthman5678:
Hello everyone,

I connect to gmail using Samsung Email client (using exchange, not imap or pop). While it's pushing email to me, it always give this message of connection error whenever I open Email. And when I checked what could be consuming my battery so fast, I found exchange being on top.

Anyone is experiencing this or have any idea?

Cheers
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] kchoi:
Do you know what version of Exchange Server you're connecting to? Older versions of Exchange had annoying issues with ActiveSync on the Galaxy Tabs, and I always had to delete and re-add the Device Administrators policy to get it to work...
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] earthman5678:
It's google exchange server. I'm not sure what's the version. I never had this problem in my classic tab.
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] kchoi:
Sorry about that. I forgot you were connecting to GMail.

What error are you getting when you try to sync?
[Galaxy Tab 7.7 General] earthman5678:
Unable to connect gmail.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Huntlaar:
hi guys ihave an strange issue iwas using stock yakju 4.0.2 getting the update via ota

but after root and flash another rom idecide to come back to stock so via odin icame back to 4.0.1 thinking that iwill recieve the update directly ! but ididnt !! is there any problem or ?google stopped the ota update !!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] VVV850:
From what I know, you have to have the bootloader locked. With it unlocked you won't receive the OTA. I maybe wrong though...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Huntlaar:
yes you are right but if you came back to 4.0.1 via odin the bootloader will automaticlly locked ! as i know and the unlock image which is below google type when i open the device dissapear so iguess that already locked
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Shieze:
You can get the OTA with an unlocked boot loader but make sure you have the stock boot loader and radio as well as the ROM.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Huntlaar:
the problem is im not getting it dunno why so do you guys recmmend to unlock root the device and just flash any thing i want due to recovery !? and which is faster flash update due to recovery or getting ota updates ? from your experience
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Herman76:
Did you flash a YAKJU image? Not everyone with the YAKJU** image have gotten the update, so be sure to check which one you have (should say in build.prop i believe or any system info app).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EddyOS:
Also, why'd you use ODIN? Just use fastboot to flash the stock images Google provide
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] heo_con184:
I think not everyone receive the OTA update from Google
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] CB620:
Maybe 10 minutes after getting my Nexus i got the notification to update to 4.0.2. Mine was yakju out the box. Booted device up for the first time and my Nexus was in Japanese.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cl0udvii:
I always get the 4.0.2 OTA when i restore the phone to stock ITL41F.

I restored my phone today again and i dont recibe OTA update, seems to be disabled the OTA updates.

Maybe Google is changing something? who knows XD But i´m pretty sure that something happens with the OTA updates for yakju since yesterday.

PD; sorry about my english... XD
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fryhole:
I'm still stuck on 4.0.1 on mine, and it came with yakju...so maybe the update still hasn't finished rolling out? Anyone have any other thoughts?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
You are indeed wrong.

Stock bootloader? There is no other kind at the moment. And besides, it does not affect anything. Stock radio? Again, all radios available at the moment are stock. I think what you meant to say was the yakju radio. Although it is needed to install the OTA update, it will not affect you getting notification of an OTA update if you are using a radio that comes from a different stock build other than yakju.

Yes, I would recommend flashing the latest yakju image (if you don't mind wiping, as unlocking the bootloader will wipe your device). See link in my signature for how to flash to the latest yakju version.

No one knows the logic behind how updates are pushed out. Just flash the latest build, or update your current build (if your bootloader is unlocked). See link in my signature for how to update your build.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Huntlaar:
thank you guys especially efrant for your advise ijust rooted and unlocked my gnexus and flashed the last google image using tooklit :P so easy
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Cl0udvii:
I recibe the OTA update one hour ago, the problem with OTA updates is solved.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] ptruman:
Just so other Xoom users know, I tested (and then bought) "SwitchMe" yesterday - for £1.25 UKP.

It works.

Install, and your current "image" is your base profile - you can add a new (blank) one or clone the existing one. I've now got profiles for my wife & myself, and they work.

FYI, my tablet is encrypted, it still works. The only downside is once you setup a new profile and switch to it, you have to fully reboot (enter decrypt pin), then wait a bit. Once that's done, fast switching works - and the tablet 'reboots' to the boot anim, and about 30 secs (or so) you are running as your chosen user.

This is what I wanted - my wife and I able to use our own FB accounts & GMail with the native apps, not web browser. We have the same screen lock pin so we can unlock the tablet if it's asleep, then hit "SwitchMe" from the notification area and change user. Each profile can be password protected too.

Go have a look, well worth it (if you're rooted).

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1465661
[Xoom Themes and Apps] megabiteg:
Hello Ptruman,

Thanks for the info and the intro on this software, been considering it myself but haven't had the time to play around with it.

One thing I would like to ask is about the highlighted part of my quote:

Bookmarks on the browser are not individual?

Was this tested with Stock or 3rd party browser?

Any further info you can give me would be much appreciated.

Thank you!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] ptruman:
Stock (although I've also installed Chrome on one profile)

Gallery (and anything else that uses common storage) is shared - not tested bookmarks though - but Google Accounts ARE separate, and if you store your bookmarks on Google (not locally) they should be separate, no?
[Xoom Themes and Apps] ptruman:
Actually I'm talking crap. I installed a new profile and it didn't have my bookmarks - so you should be ok.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] megabiteg:
Thanks for the heads up!
[Xoom Themes and Apps] nthknd:
I was just about to post the same info this is a great app.. I have a school profile and a personal one... Love this, works great I'm on Cm9 rom.
[Xoom Themes and Apps] CUProf:
I love that idea I'm totally going to do the same. I wonder if someone has figured a way to use fast switch with tasker for automatic switching. I've tried a few setups but no luck yet. Awesome app though even without tasker.
[General Questions and Answers] finbaar:
I would like to run several identical tablets off one Google account and manage the apps on them via a PC. When doing this it would be nice to identify which device I was selecting in the Market. If I was to alter the ro.product.devices to =TABLET 1 etc would this work? And would it have any detrimental effects? Would I need to do this before logging into Google i.e. on first boot for it to work>

And can someone recommend a free alternative to Root Explorer.

Many Thanks
[HTC Desire S] DuTY09:
RUU​_PYRAMID​_ICS​_HTC​_Europe​_3.24​.401​.1_Radio​_11.68​.3504​....

I found this in a thread by football and was wondering if it was compatable with desire-s?
[HTC Desire S] zibias:
:eek:No

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[HTC Desire S] DuTY09:
cheers but what device can it be flashed to?
[HTC Desire S] shrome99:
Htc sensation. I don't know normal or xe
[HTC Desire S] DuTY09:
cheers shrome good job I didn't then lol
[HTC Amaze 4G] Lyian:
There are a few topics on this question, but they are several months old now. I wanted to get an update on if anything has changed or if workarounds have been found or what not.

First, does anyone know if there are newer "versions" of the phone itself that might have fixed some issues afew topics have gone over? (light bleed, non working soft buttons, high heat ect..) and how to tell which one is the new version?

2nd How can you tell which Amaze will work and which one will not? I found this one.. Amaze on Amazon but the pic shows it with a T-mobile branding, which ive read doesn't work with 3/4g on AT&T.

So were (online) could you pick up one that would work with it, and how difficult is it to get it to work with it?

My current phone (the TP2) was just a matter of popping in the at&t card and going. Looks like the price has come down at least alittle bit, but im curious if it would be worth the effort to get the amaze and try to shimmy it on to AT&T, or wait for a newer phone.

[edit] On a side note, what is happening with the Amaze? Im noticing while the Sensation is still listed, HTC's site doesnt appear to show the Amaze at all, like it never existed.. o.O are they trying to phase it out of existence?
[HTC Amaze 4G] squish099:
The amaze, after being sim unlocked, does support at&t 3g/4G bands. It will have no problems running on at&t. I don't think that there have been any hardware revisions. So the flash bleed is just luck of the draw. My original didn't have it. My replacement does..
[HTC Amaze 4G] brocco99:
The Amaze works just fine on AT&T's high-speed 3/4g UMTS/HSPDA+ data bands. It will not work on AT&T's newer LTE services -- which aren't necessarily any faster in real life than their non-LTE service, and AT&T's LTE network is still being built.

At some point AT&T may shut down the UMTS/HSPDA+ service but they've got an awful lot of phones in the field already using it.

Regarding word that the Amaze will be discontinued, the very fact that this phone launched during while the AT&T/T-mo merger was "coming" seems likely to have driven the decision to make it so it supported both AT&T & T-mo bands. Now that the merger is off, I wonder if T-Mo doesn't want a phone that might have the ability to roam onto AT&T's high-speed network. I don't know if it can roam this way, but I love the fact that this phone that can work really well, high-speed data and voice, with my choice of service by 2 U.S. carriers.
[HTC Amaze 4G] silvscorp:
I got a used one on the forum. It's the T-mobile branded one works flawlessly with AT&T HSDPA after unlock. Speed test shows consistant 2.6-3.2 mbps download here in NYC area. Signal is strong and sound quality is great, best of all the phones I've had. (DHD sound quality being the 2nd best)

Unfortunately, the one I got had light bleed but it will only stand out if you are viewing something with dark background which is a rare case during my personal usage. Not sure if future kernel release can make the touch pad light dimmer or disable it completely.

Best phone I've used so far.
[HTC Amaze 4G] zPacKRat:
Congrats on the Amaze, as for the light bleed, the only way to fix it is to disable the light source. This can be done on rooted phones, a little searching will point you in the right direction if that is a solution. Otherwise there is little that can be don to dim the lights, kind of an all or nothing situation.
[HTC Amaze 4G] silvscorp:
Thanks for the tip. I do remember reading something about that that some where but never bothered me as much since I don't find myself staring at a black screen as much.

Another reason I got this phone besides its solid build is the worldwide 3g support. I get to travel to asia once a while and it can utilize the WCDMA used in many asia countries.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Lyian:
Thanks guys. Now im just curious if they still sell "un-branded" phones. As the one i linked appears to be T-mobile branded. Id work i guess, but you know :P
[HTC Amaze 4G] silvscorp:
Someone correct me if wrong, I think Canada carrier (Telus, Wind) do have unbranded Amaze. Without getting too technical, the telus one have the same 3g band as At&t and wind one has the same 3g band as T-mobile. Only the T-mobile branded ones can work with both.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Raydonn:
Kinda wrong.

All of the Amazes are Quad-band phones, but are sim-locked (carrier locked). If you unlock it, it can be used on either network.

If you don't unlock it, then only on the original network.
[HTC Amaze 4G] silvscorp:
what I was referring to was only the 3g connectivity.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Lyian:
Well, i dont have a 4g sim atm, but i did see if unlocked that its suppose to work with 4g?

Anyway that just leaves finding a trusted source to purchase it from.
[HTC Amaze 4G] silvscorp:
I am currently using it with AT&T here, 4g symbol showing. While I am not sure what's the standard used to measure the 4g speed but I feel it's much faster than my other sensation 4g phone.

Both phone are connected to the hsdpa network and speedtest consistently showing higher download speed than my sensation.
[HTC Amaze 4G] Lyian:
You using the T-mobile Amaze unlocked with AT&T? Did you buy it unlocked or get it from the carrier and unlock it yourself?

Course im also pondering if its worth it to wait for a quad core phone that is supposedly coming this year? Who knows.
[HTC Amaze 4G] silvscorp:
got it on the forum, locked but the seller was kind enough to give me the unlock code. Everything is running fine. This is definitely the best phone used so far
[HTC Amaze 4G] Lyian:
Ah. How would you compare it to your sensation? is there much of a difference between the two?
[LG Optimus Black] york824:
I am using the rooted v20n from this forum and already remove almost all other LG stuff. But I am not sure about the "system update" because it is in system settings. It seems to be running all the time as a service and uses some ram so I wonder if it's safe to kill it.
[LG Optimus Black] mihaiolimpiu:
Don't remove, freeze system apps! If you remove those apps it will be impossible to restore them usually!

I don't think it will cause problems, but there are some menu references to that item and clicking them could cause errors!
[LG Optimus Black] york824:
Thank you for your reply. So I think I will just leave it there. :)