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[General Topics] b___:
Use prepaid to get a better contract

That is what I did. I needed some small intenet package and a small dial plan. The operator wanted me to pay 46 PLN for that, but offered the same two things for 17PLN in prepaid. I gave them the notice and was willing to switch to prepeaid and only then they called me with a yet better offer of 14PLN for the same service, on contract. That is 1/3 of the original price, but only because I was actually going through with cancellation of the renewed contract. Also, don't buy phone with contract, they are way more expensive that way over 2 years.
[General Topics] rokuwinds:
I prefer being on contract, because here in Bulgaria this is the only way you can get unlimited mobile internet.
[General Topics] ShadowLea:
Third alternative:

Sim Only contract and buy your own phone.

I pay €19 per month for 2GB LTE (Unlimited [MENTION=3068016]64kbit[/MENTION]/s), 90 minutes talk, unlimited text. Bought my Note 3 in Germany for 100 euro less than the Netherlands. (They go for €430 now)

NEVER buy your phone on a contract. You will always be stuck with in-house or 3rd party repairs if you claim warranty. (Not to mention *shudder* branded firmware.)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] drawde40599:
Galaxy nexus glass is horrible, com paired to gorrila glass IMO, zagg screen cover left marks in glass, never happened with any of my high dollar other androids . I need good glass polish or cleaner Any1 no and tried a good one??? Care to share?? There not scratches more like marks from like a crayon on glass??? Not visible on clean screen bit once get dirty stands out bad??
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] El Daddy:
I don't think they are actual scratches in the glass. Most likely it's the oleophobic coating being rubbed away. It happened to mine as well in my pocket.

The area without the coating will attract the grease/crud more quickly making it stand out.

If you clean the screen and breathe on it at an angle you can see exactly where it is.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] drawde40599:
yes!! Exactly,can it be fixed? My gorilla glass made phones haven't done this
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] El Daddy:
Maybe your previous gorilla glass phones didn't have oleophobic coating? Not all phones have it.

I don't believe it can be fixed. Mine got rubbed off from a nylon threaded seam in my pocket. I put a screen protector on after and it isn't visible anymore.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] drawde40599:
I dont no if they did? I have quite a few, nexus one, captivate, euro gs2, at&t gs2, nexus s, in use now skyrocket and this Gn . None have done this, but coating.g being wiped off makes sense, I've been using for a week without screen protection and didn't want to put one back on, but ya I think that would make "flaw" go away cause its not visible with clean screen .... thanks for the knowledge!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RogerPodacter:
I dont know that any of those phones have the coating.

I'd be careful doing any buffing or removal as it perhaps could remove more of the coating...?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dnlsmy:
The iPad has a similar oleo-phobic coating to prevent fingerprints. Many small scratches that appear on the screen are actually on the coating and not on the glass. I remember seeing a video of a guy who had had enough of the coating and so he buffed it out with a car buffer. The end result was a spotless iPad, but it would now attract fingerprints much easier than before.

Found the link, http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-1133703.html
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leonironchef:
Crap I use Zagg too, so the day when I take it off there's a risk the coating will come off? Last time I'm using that brand! Not to mention the orange peel effect!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RogerPodacter:
wow this should be stickied to the other "screen scratches easily" threads.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] R0CKSTAR3N3RGY:
So I'm off to Costa Rica for spring break and I was wonder what would be the best thing to do with my phone. I want to take it with me but I also don't want to get international charges. From what I know, I'm fairly certain there is no possible way to get the E4GT on an international plan for "free".

I was considering calling Sprint to have them deactivate my phone for that time but if there's a way to spare the trouble of deactivating and reactivating I'd love to hear it.

I had an idea that it could be possible to develop a modem that completely disabled all signals other than GPS wifi and Bluetooth.

What is my best option? Just looking for a surefire way to avoid international charges, preferably without calling Sprint.

Thanks in advance everyone!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Majin101:
Airplane mode
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] R0CKSTAR3N3RGY:
And if that accidentally gets turned off?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Epix4G:
It's entirely possible there is not a cdma carrier in Costa Rica , so you may not get coverage anyways you can always go into settings and turn off international roaming also
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] AVAH0LIC:
If by some little chance you do get some kind of service there, wouldn't just turning off 3G data and not making phone calls be the same thing...?

Epic 4G Touch perfected by Calk!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sfhub:
You could just esn swap and old phone you have laying around, if it is a feature phone you can even save by removing the premium data option.

Btw if you are driving around CR the best maps are made by a local company for garmin gps units, both mobile and standalone. Don't expect something like google maps to be useful

navsatcr.com

These guys provide the maps for the gps units you get from the car rental companies in CR.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wase4711:
if you think you will be near a wi fi connection, install GrooveIp on the phone and use that to make free phone calls; it should work there as well, since the calls go through the internet,,
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] R0CKSTAR3N3RGY:
I don't plan on using my phone for calls, just wifi, games, and probably flashing roms lol. Gotta get my fix some how!

Anyway, turning off international roam should work, thanks everyone!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JustLok:
I don't mean to hijack this thread but I was just going to make a question about this very same topic myself until I found this in search.

Going to Bermuda later this year, but wanted to take my E4GT with me just for music/alarms. There are some places that offer free wifi around Bermuda I read, so I was hoping to use it while I'm there.

I called up Sprint & they gave me an International rate (expensive, $1.96 a minute!), that would be safe then to assume, that there would be no Sprint signal down there and if I unchecked everything in the Roaming section under "Wireless and Networks," I should be good?

I don't want to act like a worried nellie but just want to keep my chances of coming home to a "surprise" from Sprint at a minimum as it's the first time I'll be going abroad with a smartphone.

Also, are there any other alternatives to Groove IP that are free?

ETA: Just downloaded Groove IP Lite, any one ever tried it?

Thanks.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] R0CKSTAR3N3RGY:
Just got back from Costa Rica and I kept airplane mode on the whole time. No surprises yet so I believe that Airplane mode worked. On top of the fact that I don't believe they have any radios out there that Sprint phones are even capable of roaming on. Ill report back if anything changes!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] garwynn:
Just sharin' my experiences - I've taken Sprint devices to Europe (which only work in Wi-Fi only) but I'll focus mainly on my trips to Japan as CDMA does work there. When I get there I usually turn the airplane mode on and wi-fi on (it will allow this if you didn't know.) When I know I need to make calls I turn data off and sync off just to be safe. Haven't had any surprise roaming charges yet in several years and often is cheaper than renting a phone - if you don't use it much.

This worked so good that I even had visitors from Japan use the same process and use wi-fi only. They were glad they did... especially now that we all use apps like Skype and Heytell. :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tdunham:
+1

Groove Ip works great for me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Alex1123:
lol once i temporarily deactivated my phone and was able to use groove ip with my google voice and make calls thru wifi while my phone was deactivated and i still used my sprint number :p
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] radrian92:
Can't you tell Sprint to put your phone on a type of hold? My mom does something like that to discipline the younger bro :D
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Alex1123:
You can do that and still use google voice with your sprint number so if your bro gets disciplined and has a google voice he can keep on texting like it was never on hold he just has to be on a computer all the time or on wifi :p
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Robbzilla:
FYI, my wife just went to El Salvador... I just hopped on Ebay and bought her a cheap ($20) GSM phone and she bought a $10 prepaid SIM when she got there from Claro. I didn't want her to take her E4GT there since it'd be so expensive to replace if she got 'jacked.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matrixzone5:
Hi everyone well a while ago I put a huge scratch in my "chimp" glass haha and I'm sick off looking at it will sprint. Buff out the scratches I'm fully covered for cosmetic damage and nuclear war haha but does anyone think sprint wud buff out the scratch or shud I just crack the screen and get a new replacement screen?
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jbluna:
How deep/ large is the scratch? Last time I went there I think they said they don't fix scratches larger than an inch. The only thing they did was hand over the asurion insurance business card and told me to call them to just get a replacement phone since I had insurance for the thing
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matrixzone5:
My scratch is circual and spans the entire screen its deep enough for me to feel it with my finger (not nail)
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jbluna:
Yeah your probably going to have to get a replacement phone from the insurance company.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matrixzone5:
Circular*
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matrixzone5:
Hmmmmm can anyone tell me how to perma brick my phone without sprint being able to tell that's its rooted
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XxLostSoulxX:
That's like saying how can I reverse time, it ain't going to happen. I've even messed up during ODIN still got nothing.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
It is very difficult to brick this phone although travismoreno seems to be good at it. he bricked quite a few with bad cables during Odin. I have had Odin freeze many time especially trying to make an EL30 prerooted tar ( didn't happen). And no brick.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GuestK00145:
So you want to fully brick your Epic?

If so use odin as if your flashing a modem and check repartition. It should be bricked after that.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Odin an epic touch rom and check repartition.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jayharper08:
I'm not condoning this at all :/

---Jay--- From the SGSIIE4GT
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] andrefrancisco:
I guys!

Already check in the forum but couldn't find a topic for my problem.

I just bought a Gooapple-3G mobile Iphone4 look like with IOS4.3.X Android.

However, everytime I switch on, it keeps on reboot nonstop and the only way to enter/make it work is to push 2 times in Home and push photo button that appears on the screen. Otherwise, it will reboot again and again.

Can somebody tell me if there is a solution for this bug?

Thanks for all you help!! :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gplock:
Return it while u still can. Get replacement.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] maccboy2010:
Take a look at "SILPHEED Alternative AM"

It now has Xperia play controls added looks like a decent game.

https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.gungho.silpheed_alternative_full

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PRTuiXuzSc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TLRtheory:
Space game? Guns?! Oh **** yes. Can't wait til I find some WiFi so I can get this.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] hairdewx:
LOL @ the cheesy voice acting in the video :D

I played Silpheed back on the Sega CD.... such an awesome game...
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
FINALLY I've been waiting forever for this game to have Play controls! YES!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TheVicious:
Have this game english language? And btw. anyone knows about game like old Frontier? Galaxy on Fire 2 was good but not great (too small space world).

Wysłane z mojego R800i za pomocą Tapatalk
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
Yes its in English and seems to be voice acted by teens. But its fun and exciting.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] ozzmanj1:
I played the ORIGINAL Silpheed on the PC circa 1987, by Game Arts. THat was a happy childhood, then Wing Commander came out and the rest is history.

I do have the Silpheed for the PS2 that launched with the system.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
I still have my copy of the original Silpheed on floppy disk. I don't even have a computer that would run it anymore lol. I also had it on PS2 and loved it, but sold it when I sold my PS2. The only versions I missed were the Sega CD version, and Project:Sylpheed on Xbox.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] ozzmanj1:
The Sega CD version was actually pretty good, the Xbox version was terrible...... there is a reason its $3 at my local GameStop. I took an old usb floppy drive and copied the files to an sdcard and then play it using DosBox on my PC, for Wing Commander I bought the Wing Commander Kilrathi saga for $15 back in 1996 at a local PC store...... still got it mint.. I am actually thinking of selling a massive WC collection on Ebay, here is what it will include:

Wing Commander (Original box with all included poster, books etc. 1990)

Wing Commander Kilrathi Saga (WC1+ Secret Missions, WC2+SM, WC3, All

working on Windows)

Wing Commander 4 + missions

Wing Commander Prophecy Gold

Wing Commander Armada

Wing Commander Academy

I know I was an addict of WC.. I even have it on my SNES and the 3DO versions of WC1 remastered and WC3... plus the crappy PS1 versions of WC3,WC4... dont know why the 3DO versions are so much better then the PS1...anyway NOW BACK TO THE THREAD.... sorry to thread jump....back now! :D
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Rogue Leader:
Hey I know the feeling, I used to own EVERY WC game and add on, as original (mostly on floppies except for III, IV, and Prophecy), in the box. WC I - IV, all add-ons, additional DVD version of IV, Armada, Academy, Prophecy, Privateer and add-ons. Ebayed them all for a decent chunk of change at least 5 years ago if not longer. For some reason I still have a bunch of boxed games but mostly ones that I didn't love which is strange. Although I did love Silpheed. Been trying to move them for some time now but many are worthless.

Back to Silpheed, I've played 3 missions of it, its been quite exciting so far. I wonder how long it is, most people have complained its too short.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Mysticales:
Nice, I spent a good time on the 360 version, since I loved wing commander too. So time to buy this!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] ozzmanj1:
I would love to play WC1 on the xperia play, touchpads would be a plus.... the number of buttons on the xperia play to the 3DO controller are the same so it could utilize the button configuration......... I know there is dosbox for android but it doesnt support the hard ware controls to m=y knowledge
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] TheVicious:
On Wing Commander 1 and 2 You can play on Sega Megadrive or SNES (i dont remember which one). For WC 3 and 4 You can use FPse (thoese game was on PSX).

Wysłane z mojego R800i za pomocą Tapatalk
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Mysticales:
What was really odd too is.. PSX had less discs the the PC version, but yea, gameplay was good. Hrm.. damnit. Now I am tempted to play WC3 on my XP...
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] mhx:
cant find the Odin 1.85.exe all the links are dead in the stickies and and in the ODIN thread.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cue_32:
Here you go
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] edshawn911:
I love this rom but would someone please make some themes for it.

Preferably something dark like anything with black in it. Any body that can help please help..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DooMLoRD:
ok so i am interested in development for this device... its not yet available here, in India, so i need someone who is willing to commit their device for development...

i want to test the following:

overall software layout

Rooting (almost ready)

Recovery

Custom Kernel

i need someone with TeamViewer installed (or download and install it, its free and easy)... send me p.m. if u are interested in helping out...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Namaless:
I am available, but you'll have waiting March 15 when they buy the phone :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kardus:
Here I have device, please let me know waht you need from here. :cool:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DooMLoRD:
currently we are having issues getting correct zImage...

till then u root using: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1527133
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] electrash:
soon i got my hands onto xperia s

15.03

im willing to help out.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jonaldo:
Hi, i rooted my DHD a few months back and need to return it to stock for warranty purposes.

Now I understand the way to go about this would be using an RUU. The main problem i'm having is finding the correct one, i've looked around various forums and there seems to be a problem in finding an Orange UK RUU for a lot of people.

Is there any chance i could be pointed in the direction or one? Or is there an alternative i could use to return it to stock? The phone was locked to the Orange network when i received it.

In addition to this, can anyone point me in the direction of one of the more simple tutorials/step-by-step guides in doing this?

Thanks in advance.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marko958:
Try this: :-)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9651422&postcount=4
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommm1:
Hi iv just recently installed a new a rom, i have had for a few days now and its great. The only complaint i have is that every time i try to launch market a box appears saying the application has stopped working and says either force close or report. Any help would be great
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karendar:
Clean install or did you keep your data intact?

anyhow, you're better off clearing data from market. Go in settings, applications, manage applications, select all applications and look for market. Clear data and then try again.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The-Hulk:
Same as above, also you might need the gapps fix zip.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tommm1:
yeah it was clean install i have also clearled all data for the market app and also reinstalled the app. what is the gapps fix zip? thanks again for your help
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] killall:
If you are using the most recent Gapps, then there is no need to use the Gapps Fix.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ARTAQaf:
when we go to download a lot of apps, many of them we give permission to view our contact lists, txt messages, account info, etc...

am i the only one who gets nervous by all of this? does anyone know what security features the App Market has in place for us all?

tx --- art.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spovat:
has anyone with a gsm gn installed this update yet straight from market? just wanna make sure it's not gonna break anything
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lrs421:
Seems OK on cdma.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spaceman860:
I have updated it doesn't break anything or fix anything if you've got any errors

Sent from my GNex {GSM} T-Mobile
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jonnyg1097:
I got excited because I thought this was now available in Canada...but alas its not :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
I installed the .apk weeks ago. So mine doesn't show up in the Market : /
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] _Dennis_:
I used titanium backup to link my d/led and installed apk to market. Changed roms and wiped data and was still in market so d/led from there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] spovat:
thanks guys. looks like those secure element errors are only a result of not wiping gw before flashing a new rom
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Thanks. Not rooted atm though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] _Dennis_:
Oh well....if you want and you have unlocked you boot loader: nandroid, flash root, install wallet, install titanium, link market (ensure it shows up in market), reflash nandroid. But that's a lot of work to get wallet lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
yaaa. I mean I have it, so I'm not really losing my mind of not having this Market update. Maybe if I'm bored some day...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pakistanish:
I am having a problem, I flashed MIUI files for Fit on my Galaxy Gio through CWM but it gave me "Installation Aborted!" Error ... After that I restarted my Gio and it stuck on boot loop, I tried to get into recovery but I was unable to access it.

Now when I want to flash CWM recovery for Gio through Odin it gets stuck on

Download Start...

<0> Create File...

<1> StartThread Detected : 1

<2> StartThread Detected : 0

<3> StartThread Detected : 0

<4> StartThread Detected : 0

<5> StartThread Detected : 0

<6> StartThread Detected : 0

<7> StartThread Detected : 0

<8> StartThread Detected : 0

<1> setup connection...

<1> odin mode.. check plcatform verification.

<1> VerifyPlatform:V0, P0,R0

<1> START!!!

<1> set download environment.

<1> big partition size!!

<1> recovery.img download..

And when I try to install stock firmware it gets stuck on

Download Start...

<0> Create File...

<1> StartThread Detected : 1

<2> StartThread Detected : 0

<3> StartThread Detected : 0

<4> StartThread Detected : 0

<5> StartThread Detected : 0

<6> StartThread Detected : 0

<7> StartThread Detected : 0

<8> StartThread Detected : 0

<1> setup connection...

<1> odin mode.. check plcatform verification.

<1> VerifyPlatform:V0, P0,R0

<1> START!!!

<1> set download environment.

<1> big partition size!!

<1> big partition size!!

<1> big partition size!!

<1> big partition size!!

<1> mibib download..

Kindly help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pakistanish:
Everthing is fine now ... I flashed it from friends PC ... My drivers were corrupt

Sent over Electromagnetic Waves
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alboguy:
i had the same problem

im very thankfull i didnt know either that my copmuter was the problem so i tried from another and it works
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andrewsmart212:
Samsung Galaxy Stuck at Startup

Hi,

I got galaxy gio, which has Android 2.3.3, today at a worse moment of my life, I update my gio from Setting > About Phone > Update then it ask me for sign in, I login then it start updating after some time it says your phone is now restarting, then a 20 - 30 mints loading comleted and it stucks, then I restart it doesn't do anything, it only stucks at boot up screen, on that my screen just showing me Galaxy Gio S5660 and then nothing happened just stuck, I again restart but it stuck.

now I want to restore it to factory setting by pc, if it possible, I thing i have disturb the OS so I can only restore it by from my PC.

plz help I think i have lost my android
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