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[Epic 4G General] LargePrime:
The "ANDROID" plans are plans that include support for the android phones they sell.

It is legally questionable to differentiate prices on a phones OS. That is not what they are doing. They are differentiating pricing based on support levels for a far more complex phone than a typical, say, BREW phone.

Boosts Android phones require much higher levels of Customer service and regular software updates and customer Service Training updates for the life of the phone. This is what you are paying for when you buy an "ANDROID" plan.

IF you put an epic on Boost, you will have NO support from boost. But you have XDA, and we can be your new Support.
[Epic 4G General] alturic:
Alrighty then, I guess I'm off to buy a Incognito today. Oh, one more really quick question. I have 3 phones atm. ATT, Sprint, Boost. Forgetting about ATT since it's obviously a different network, on my boost phone I have full signal, but on my Epic, I only have 1 or 2 bars usually, is that because of the iden/cdma difference or will I have full bars when I take the epic to boost?
[Epic 4G General] LargePrime:
Are you saying your Iden Boost has full bars? And your Sprint (CDMA) has 1 or 2?

That is expected. Your IDEN has very nice 800MHz frequency. Your Sprint uses 1900MHz. Sprint hopes to soon end iDen and get that tasty 800MHz for their CDMA phones. But for now, they cannot.

The Lower Frequency has better building/mass penetration and thus more bars. Thus you should expect your new Boost CDMA phone to have the same as your sprint phone.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] :
So I just got my battery today fully charged it after getting and this is my results. Keep in mind I Jacky fully broke my battery in and the score is already 2x better then when I ran it on stock battery.

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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ferx1:
Hello everyone. I am looking to buy an Antenna replacement for my i9250. Any suggestions? I can't find any vendor online. I really want to use this phone, but the Antenna is not working well

Many Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
What kind of issues are you having? How have your narrowed it down to a hardware antenna fault?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ferx1:
Well, after going through many hours of flashing radios, back to stock, etc, the phone only picks signal at certain areas (full signal, AT&T), Tmobile also...then it drops it, no bars, nothing..I got tired and decided to drop it off at the "smartphone clinic" near home. They told me it was an antenna issue (I guess they know more than me) but they couldn't locate the part online (neither did I) so any advice is appreciated. If you have additional advice on SW, I'll try it!

Thank u
[Kindle Fire General] letsjustgo:
I'm working on installing the Madmack RTL patch on my rooted Kindle Fire. In order to do so, I need to copy files from my KF system directory to my computer so I can replace them. However, when I connect the KF via USB and view its contents, the system directory is nowhere to be found. I have told windows to display all files (including protected OS files). Any tips on how to access the KF system directory on my computer?

Thank you
[Kindle Fire General] letsjustgo:
In fact, I'm not seeing any of the root directory files when I plug the KF into my computer. The Kindle (F) drive (as it is displayed on my computer) only shows the contents of the /sdcard directory.
[Kindle Fire General] ndoren:
The USB storage driver on your kindle only mounts the /sdcard partition. That's all you can see using this method.

You have several options to get around this. One that comes to mind is using ADB from your PC. It allows access to your entire filesystem, and it lets you push files, install apks, gives you shell access, etc.

Short of installing ADB, you can simply copy your files to the /sdcard partition. Then, go to your kindle and use something like the root explorer app to copy your files from /sdcard to wherever on the system you need them. Neall
[Dell Streak 7] nbturbos:
Weirdest thing happens, I'll boot my DS7 and it's like if I just did a factory reset...every time. I'll customize my homescreens/gmail and what not, and do a normal reboot and it does a factory reset every time. I've read a few threads about similar topics and no one seems to know what's going on.

I've wiped data/cache/dalvik and fixed permissions, doesn't help. Re-install ROM, doesn't help.

I tried reflashing superuser.zip says installation aborted (bad). Same when I try to flash HC (yes, I'm still on Froyo).

Any clues ladies and genitals? Any help would be appreciated.
[Dell Streak 7] jydie:
Sounds like you are experiencing the READ-ONLY bug that plagues this device. Hopefully it is still under warranty so that you can send it to Dell. Last summer I sent my Streak 7 to Dell. They repaired the read-only bug and had it back to my house in about 2 weeks.

Basically, what happens when your tablet goes into read-only mode... any updates, installs, customizing you do will be lost upon a reset... even though it appears like things are updating, they simply are not saved to the internal flash drive. Also, when it gets really bad some of the apps (along with the web browser) will start to get fatal errors. :(
[Dell Streak 7] nbturbos:
That sounds about right, especially since even when I try to move a file from my netbook to the device (such as a new ROM to try to flash in CWM) it wont show up after I reboot either.

Don't think its under warranty anymore, dang.
[Dell Streak 7] sassyness77:
Yes this is what happened to the one I got off Craigslist too :( the person I bought it from also changed his phone number instantly, so I got screwed :( but I'm in the process of getting a replacement or getting an extended warranty on it.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkanwar:
hi guys i need help asap been trying to research for three or four hours now and i am completely stuck.

The story is i have an arc s generic uk model which was on .42 firmware. however obviously being rooted and stuff i removed system apps etc and i recently i got the ota notifcation for the newer update which obviously cannot be installed unless the firmware is untouched.

now i backed everything up so thats not a problem. I decided to flash .42 firmware via wotanclient and well my phone was fully charged. after flashing had finished i disconnected the usb switched on my device and i got the yellow exclamation mark with the triangle. I found a thread whereby SEUS solved this problem but for me SEUS is saying installation failed please ensure battery is fully charged.

I tried to flash a generic us .42 firmware and well im having no luck. Ill attach the log to this post. im not sure if this error is because of the lt18a and lt18i differences or if it is something else. I also tried doing a straight flash to .62 firmware via wotan but i keep getting errors and im trying to download the ftf file but im having no luck. i dont care about root anymore as long as i can get my phone running again. help me please ive been trying for hours and im stuck. even if i put my phone on charge im in a boot loop to the exclamation point and back all over agian.

thanks in advance.

willing to donate to anyone that helps me solve my problem.

ps here is my flashtool log

01/036/2012 02:36:57 - INFO - <- This level is successfully initialized

01/036/2012 02:36:58 - INFO - Flashtool Version 0.6.8.0 built on 2012-02-26 19:26:25

01/036/2012 02:36:58 - INFO - You can drag and drop ftf files here to start flashing them

01/037/2012 02:37:10 - INFO - Device disconnected

01/037/2012 02:37:19 - INFO - Selected LT18a arc s_2.3.4, 4.0.2.A.0.42_Generic USA.ftf

01/037/2012 02:37:19 - INFO - Preparing files for flashing

01/037/2012 02:37:39 - INFO - Please connect your device into flashmode.

01/037/2012 02:37:46 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

01/037/2012 02:37:46 - INFO - Opening device for R/W

01/037/2012 02:37:47 - INFO - Reading device information

01/037/2012 02:37:47 - INFO - Phone ready for flashmode operations.

01/037/2012 02:37:47 - INFO - Start Flashing

01/037/2012 02:37:47 - INFO - Flashing loader

01/037/2012 02:37:49 - INFO - Loader version : R4A066 / Bootloader status : ROOTED

01/037/2012 02:37:49 - INFO - Flashing adsp.sin

01/037/2012 02:37:49 - ERROR - ERR_SEVERITY="MAJOR";ERR_CLASS="SECURITY_CLASS";ERR_STATIC="SIN_HEAD_VER";ERR_DYNAMIC="Failed to verify sin header";

01/037/2012 02:37:49 - ERROR - Error flashing. Aborted

01/037/2012 02:37:50 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

01/037/2012 02:37:52 - INFO - Device disconnected

01/037/2012 02:37:53 - INFO - Device connected in flash mode

01/038/2012 02:38:00 - INFO - Device disconnected
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkanwar:
I've got my phone running :) however all I did was root my phone and now I can't install the .62 ota update. It keeps failing and I haven't done anything at all apart from root.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamgeef:
Hey,

When you say it's failing, are you still getting the sin error?

Which version are you using?

I was getting the exact issue on my UK (tmobile) Arc, but I managed to get it working after using the top .62 from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1330314

If you've unlocked your bootloader, OTA updates won't work.

Geef
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dedei:
That happened with me once, I accidentaly flashed an LT15a firmware on my LT15i. Just flashed the right firmware again and it worked tho.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xander1993:
dude try the old flash tool
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emailer33:
I'm posting this so hopefully it would help others. I was clearing my battery stats in romracers recovery, and somehow ended up on the internal sd re-partition screen. Panicking, I tried to back out and ended up choosing 0MB. I finally got it up and running to back up my data:

Rebooting the device, it shows a long menu with all the boot options, saying it will attempt to boot in 5 seconds. In the OS at this point, the touchscreen is horribly messed up, and won't select things properly.

I reboot the phone again into fastboot. The serial number of the device shown is garbled. I first run 'fastboot erase recovery' and then fastboot flash recovery romracer-recovery.bin'.

At this point I'm able to boot into recovery and go to Advanced Restore. Using a previous Nandroid backup I was able to restore only the PDS partition. Now I'm finally able to get into my OS and use the touchscreen, I'm now backing up all my data and attempting to fix my boot screen. It still shows a long a text menu:

Serial Number: ###

Hardware Rev: 0x83f0

Build Date:

etc... showing all the boot options.

I've still yet to figure out how to get the Motorola boot logo back, but at least i'm able to use the phone again.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ripin150:
Just download a new boot logo from the Themes section, and flash it, youll be good to go.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drpratik:
hi,

I also went through this issue.

exact same.

I was saved by notorius and itdanno.

great people.

here is motorola boot logo.

http://db.tt/zUFTTuM3

usual stuff like wipe dalvik cache.

flash this.

you will get your motorola logo back.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Notorious544d:
However tragic this may be, this is the wrong place to post. This should be in 'General' or 'Q&A.'

Follow the advice above and see if that fixes.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emailer33:
My mistake, thank you.

And thank you for the logo
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmontboober:
hi, i just did the exact same thing... i do have access to recovery and my backups but it wont boot past the long text menu.

any help is definitely appreciated

*edit* interestingly it appears the pds directory was wiped from my first backup listed but the rest were ok... i just restored from one of the other backups and im now up and running.
[LG Revolution] redtheguy:
I clear it out, but it always has over 200 files in it. How do I keep it empty?
[LG Revolution] revo1185:
You don't when you restart it it resets those files
[LG Revolution] redtheguy:
So it is suppose to have all those all those files? It is so full it is keeping me from downloading apps or updating.
[LG Revolution] spc_hicks09:
I doubt the dalvik cache is what's causing the problem. What error are you getting when downloading apps?
[LG Revolution] redtheguy:
Error downloading "app name" Insufficient storage available. If I delete out a few things in the Dalvik cache it will download them.
[LG Revolution] patsoxfan:
maybe there is an issue with your partitions or permissions
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billeatman:
My Atrix with factory ROM is now in a boot loop. I have none of my pictures backed up. I tried clearing the cache partition as well as safe mode. I can get to the login, but I'm greeted with force close messages until the phone reboots. I can't get the phone to stay on long enough to connect the USB. Is a full data partition causing the boot loop?

Help :-(
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lauterm:
Have you unlocked the bootloader and installed a recovery? If so, there are options there that might help. Try fix permissions under advanced first. If it still won't boot, you might have to wipe ddlata/factory reset. It shouldn't delete your pictures just settings and apps. Then clear cache and reboot.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lauterm:
If you don't have recovery, you could try to boot into fastboot. Use PC to do moto-fastboot -w.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lauterm:
Lastly, get an micro-sdhc and reader to put the pictures on. It should ask you if you want to start storing pictures on the new card when you fire up camera the first time after adding the card. Smaller ones are pretty cheap online these days. Then even if the phone dies, you can just pull the card out.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] billeatman:
I did the data/factory reset, and you were right. All my pictures were still on the device. I guess I'm confused. What partition are the pictures stored in? I was assuming they were in the data partition. Thanks for your help. :)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lauterm:
I was confused about that initially too. I thought of the part where I put files as the data portion. However, that is technically something like the /mnt/sdcard or /mnt/sdcard-ext partition. The pictures usually end up by default in a folder in /mnt/sdcard/DCIM/. The data partition is /data. It holds application system data and settings. It's all a bit confusing.
[Motorola Atrix 2] iraqmilner:
What are the chances of getting some sweet custom rom action on the Atrix 2? Miui would be pretty awesome :)
[Motorola Atrix 2] farshad525hou:
We only have 3 real devs, so unless you want to work on it yourself or hire/get other people to help, ROM'S will not come out as fast as other phones that have like 30 different devs... Our devs are working as hard as they can.... Currently CM7, and CM9 are in the works...
[Motorola Atrix 2] iraqmilner:
Fantastic! Who can I donate to?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mediavieja:
Hi, i sold my Atrix 4g a few days ago not because it was bad but because i wanted a bigger screen. I'm about to buy a new phone but now im undecided between the 3 phones i mention on the title. I'v been reading a lot about the specs and i see that are pretty much the same but it's always better to ask the ppl that already own the device for an advice, so which one is really the best? or ill get the same speeds from any of them?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mooneyb:
If you didn't post this in the forums of the other phones you mentioned you must already be leaning toward the skyrocket. Go for it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mediavieja:
Well the skyrocket looks pretty awsome i cant lie about that, i mean 4.5 inch display with super amoled plus is WOW the only thing that makes me wonder about it is the resolution, which is 800x480 and the razr is 960x540 but it has a 4.3 inch display :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] resin99:
Ergonomics are better on the skyrocket, IMO.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mediavieja:
What do u mean by "Ergonomics"? ill be using the phone mostly to browse, play games and watch a few videos (aside the obvious phone calls and texting)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tomtommy306:
I love the look of the razor, but the superamoled is nice as hell. The feel of the skyrocket is much smoother too. It really up to you though. Hold each phone in your hand first.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] MikeySmikey:
First of all you shouldn't have sold your Atrix. Just saying.

The RAZR is nice but doesn't meet the Skyrockets standard. The Photon 4G is basically the Atrix for Sprint with a bigger screen but no laptop dock. The Skyrocket is a well rounded device with a ton of power. If thin is your thing get the RAZR, although I don't think its much thinner than the SGS2 SR and you'll compromise by going to Verizon and Motorola's locked bootloaders. Each one is gonna have their downfalls, ie. BLUR or TouchWiz. I just recently bought a Skyrocket and love it. I also came from an Atrix (which I still have). So in a nutshell get the Skyrocket, you'll be happy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mediavieja:
I really dont mind about the thickness all i want is a powerful phone :) also i wouldn't be using it in the states, i live in Venezuela so im planing to buy one at Amazon Wireless and get an unlock code from an unlocking website and use it here :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] abteer:
S2 9100. No others come close.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] iandr0idos:
I'm going to have to say i9100. Best dev support. And it's an amazing phone.

Though really... I'd say wait for a quad-core phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mediavieja:
So you guys means the s2 is better than the skyrocket?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
Not a chance, skyrocket is king. Nothing beats S3 at 1.5... for now. Quad core is on the way, but I recommend skyrocket if your provider has LTE. If not, I guess 9100 is ok
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] nightfox11:
Get the Galaxy note.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mediavieja:
Then ill wait :) thank you very much for your help guys :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Suroky:
I went the same road.. and my advice is:

I did the very same road, Sold my Atrix 4G cause wanter a bigger screen.

Purchased the Photon, used it a couple of months, give it to my wife, and purchased a SkyRocket for me. Yet, I went to a Verizon store before to play with the Razr (a lot of play), these are my conclusions:

My ideal phone between all of them: the Photon.

If you want faster updates, go for the Razr BUT, it doesn't feel good in the hand, it is not charming good, too much space for the vezel.

The Skyrocket is a fast phone, faster than the Photon, (about 10%) and it carries less weight BUT, the Touch Wizard interface is garbage, the Icons are just too big, the original font is too big also.

Also, the screen resolution is by far, better in the Photon.

With the Photon you need to go to Sprint, with the Skyrocket to Att, right now, the Wimax coverage of Wimax is better than the LTE coverage of Att.

The Blur interface of the Photon is better than TW from Samsung. Also, updates normally are faster in Moto than in Samsung, with the added problem that updates tipically fail in the Skyrocket cause they come from servers in ATT that are normally busy (see the other threads).

After using the Skyrocket for some weeks you will get used to it, but you will miss a lot the Moto experience.

The only downside I see with Motorola (main reason I moved to Samsung) is that I needed to change my phones 4 times before getting a good working one.

I switched 2 Atrix Gs, and 1 Atrix 2, after that the Photon was awesome.

Still you can download adw launcher to the Skyrocket and do a heavy customization (save a backup after that) and you will come to terms with the phone, so at the end both phones will be ok. I wont go for the S2 1900 given the fact the Skyrocket is a faster phone and comes with LTE.

After all of these, this is subjetive, but I still think the Photon is a better device overall.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] resin99:
By ergonomics I mean the rounded corners of the skyrocket vs the more squarish/blocky feel of the razr. I think the skyrocket feels better to hold.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] icenight89:
u didn't state y, merely stated small suvjective stuff that u itself acknowledged can be changed. With android phones, never compare OS stuff, becuz all that can be changed. Physical attributes only, including specs and actual asethics of device becuz if someone wants android, they'll get it, regardless of device
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jedah:
Since you're planning to use it abroad, I doubt AT&T's LTE would work. It's a toss-up between the Skyrocket and i9100, depending on whether you want the bigger screen. Even though the i9100 is only 1.2Ghz, it's been proven faster than the 1.5Ghz Qualcomm in the Skyrocket.

If there was an international version of the Razr Maxx, I would consider that. The battery is gigantic w/o adding much thickness.

Otherwise, my vote is for the S2 (i9100 or Skyrocket). Even though the resolution is lower, the screen is still more crisp (in terms of colors) than both Motorolas.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
Lol your kidding you gota be. Not even close. And wimax speeds are

bout the same as h+ lol so even if u cant get att lte. Which is insanely fast. Even there h+ is as good and most of the time better then wimax. Photon =garbage phone on garbage network. Lol 8 years of using sprint. Went to att. Its like night and day
[Sony Tablet S] bubblebed:
I've tried everything but couldn't get my tablet to root. My device was found by adb but kept getting permission denied. I spent 10 hours now trying to root it. I've uninstall, reinstall, any method you can find on the web and still couldn't get it to run. I'm running 3.2 build 10 #1. Please help....:mad:
[Sony Tablet S] Vinny1967:
Read this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1519231
[Sony Tablet S] obicom:
Is it really version 3.2 on your Tab? I heard from an user from Italy with the same combination of FW and kernel. The solution was to update of the latest version 3.2.1R2. He got a lower kernel build (<9) and was able to root his phone afterwards. You can try the same .. and you lose nothing ...

From my personal point of view it makes sense to update to the latest FW version, independent of root problem .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Main Frame:
I was wondering if there's a mod out there to allow you to change the quick launch shortcuts at the bottom of the screen? Or am I just stupid and you can do this with a stock phone?

I realize when we get some new ROMs going this will be added in, I'm just enjoying my stock ROM with Da_G's OC kernel and CWM for now.. I don't really have the free time to be playing around with new ROMs right now, but a flash-able mod would be great for this since I only really use two of the shortcuts.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Band1tS1x:
Have you tired a custom launcher? I just got my note today and the first thing i did was install the zeam launcher.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mikegehl:
App drawer - menu - edit - customizable grid - tap and drag.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Main Frame:
Okay.. I was trying to stay away from using a different launcher, I've tried them in the past and always ended up uninstalling them after a few hours.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] techntrek:
One more step to add to mikegehl's write-up: Then Menu > Save, or your changes won't stick.

Why they had to make it so much more difficult than any other position on the screens (simple drag-n-drop to remove, press-n-hold to add) is beyond me. But, it is one of my very few complaints about the stock UI.