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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Sabbathia:
The amount of truth in this thread is absurd. As a tech in a corporate store I know there are a lot of screw ups the sales reps will make that you will be stuck fixing. All they have to do is sell to look good, you, however, get paid to know what you're doing. Job security. :D

And yes, those self entitled people who destroyed their own phone will blame you for it and demand another one. Lately, its been people realizing how ****ty the Evo 3D's are and wanting something else. Or you have people who bought the "free" phone and complain about how cheap it is.

Oh...and Palms will quickly be your most hated type of phone.

But even on the worst day, you'll love your job because its just that damn fun.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Rob4828:
My 8530 blackberry took twenty minutes to boot up.... -_-
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] elliwigy:
Lol sprint cust service is terrible.. Uscc cust service is one of the best, and agreed about customers.. They will complain about anything and everything.. Love when they forget there password and lock themselves out of there phone and expect you to know there password lol then get mad when a factory reset is needed.. I think it would be awesome to be a tech! I should take my ics e4gt to sprint store and apply.. Ive yet to take my phone in after all the tickets i had since ive fixed all issues myself.. And my bros numerous blackberry issues
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] azyouthinkeyeiz:
Mine is and always will be the Samsung Exclaim, followed very closely by the Palm Pre. Both of those were made to make sure it takes 20 mins to break down and reassemble. Horrible phones.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] clamknuckle:
There is a very limited career path if you go the route of Technician at Sprint, depending on your district and management. It's basically:

Tech -> Lead Tech -> SRSS (there are 1-2 of these per market usually, maybe 3-4 in bigger markets and anywhere between 25-100 techs)

In my district, the SRSS has been in his current position for 7 years. He does a good job and all that, but there's no where for him to go, so there's no where for a tech to take his spot.

It's a good job, but if you are a person who wants to move up, be prepared for dissapointment and frustration. I'm sure someone will come by with a one off about how they know a tech that got promoted to assistant store manager or something, but just realize that's not the norm. You will see people who just started 6 months ago get promotions and raises over you because they hit sales numbers. They can be the most jerkish useless leader in the world, but they smashed their quota so they are the next coming of Jesus.

If you don't care about moving up in the company, you will be fine. They don't really fire techs for anything other than illegal/fraud type stuff.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] IAmSixNine:
Yup thats what happened to me.

I worked for a motorola 2-way dealership back in 2000 when Nextels were still considered new technology. Then when the Sprint / Nextel merger hit i decided to give the Service and Repair side a shot. I ended up managing our shops Service and Repair facility. We did very well and our CSR score was always 97-100% every month. I learned to fix Nextel, then blackberry, then other sprint handsets. Eventually i got plucked away to work for a wireless repair center who dealt with corporate buy back and repairs. It was nice. I went from dealing with customer issues on a daily basis to getting boxes of hundreds of phones in a day and having a work bench full of devices. I enjoyed the challenge of learning all devices on all carriers. But i miss the satisfaction of helping the individual and being able to solve their problems.

Part of me wants to go back to the individual repairs at a Sprint store but not sure if i want to do that or not.

If anybody has any contacts in the Dallas, TX area PM me. Id be willing to go back to the store environment for the right incentives.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] reedsammy7:
How did you get on a $0 phone plan....mine i $30 plus TEP.....alittle insight please would be great

---------- Post added at 05:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:24 PM ----------

this is what i like about being the tech at the 3rd party preferred retailer i am at....i have a machine that fixes charging ports about 90% of the time.....big money maker for the calendar
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] azyouthinkeyeiz:
Are you talking about a hot air solder?

Also,

There has never been a $0 plan for any store location. There are some executive plans like that, but not for store employees. The cheapest I have ever heard was a $4 back when we were still SprintPCS. And that was a ****ty analog phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dude12v:
Awesome replays and tips guys :) keep it coming. The interview went really good. The manager said I was by far the best out of the 4 people interviewed. So if I do get the job, I will be floating in diffident local retail stores. The only thing that bothered me was one of you guys posting that being a tech wont get any promotions . I would really like moving "up"
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MythEdge:
Lots of truth in the thread, 10yrs as a tech and lately it is all Evo repairs. Speakers, antenna and being 3rd party, digitizers. Just remember, customers are always mad at the Sprint logo on the shirt. Its usually not our fault (altho I have broken a few things myself ...anyone ever superglue an antenna pin back onto an evo? It works! ...light superglue ...)

Thick skinned is a must! But like some others have said, its not easy to advance, but possible. CSAT is a pain in the ass. Anytime your facing the public you risk catching hell in the end.

Everything is your fault in the eyes of the person across the counter. And they will lie to you with a smile on their face to try to get you to give them what they want. As someone said earlier, if your around long enough your going to love finding various damages done to phones.

Oh and as a side note, before you try to put your phone in rice to cover liquid damage, just know that rice usually is still inside your phone somewhere and oh hell yes I do enjoy finding liquid damage in a phone. And I don't mean light damage like you take it in the bathroom when you shower. I mean there is coke dried inside on the boards.

Lately everything is android, and you can't work on an iPhone more than some simple things. Blackberries are a pain with JVM errors (Possible to fix! PM me if you need help with it).

I train the new techs in my area. Your going to end up reading a lot. Take phones apart in downtime if possible and learn the quickest ways to dismantle them. Yea, salespeople up front are those seen and remembered. Its us faceless techs that keep the doors open and the customers coming back. If you can get a good rep as a repair tech, people will come back. More phones repaired usually means more pay. It can be a great work place and fun but remember, always smile at the customer and empathize, then when your done fume later.

If you can keep your cool, it will amaze you the stupid, funny, idiotic, amazing, worthless, hopeful etc things that people will do to their phone / for their phone / with their phone. Enjoy!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kurtiskobain:
I really believed I would be selling until I interviewed, he asked me if I could take apart phones and I'm like eh I always felt more b2b (business to business) hitting the pavement selling in volume but the truth is im glad I took the job he really hid the pay structure while I was in my 90 days. Its really way better than I ever imagined and well worth the work that needs to be put in bc if its something you love to do than your time couldn't be better spent.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TonyTurboII:
What machine is this?

I need to get my hands on one!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Sunsparc:
When it comes down to it, my store manager only makes about $200-$300 more than me per paycheck and has about 3x the work load.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TonyTurboII:
Pretty sure corp employees get a line for $0. Atleast thats what I've heard from the few that came to the retailer I work for.

You work in a corp location?

I work @ a third party, and have been trying to get on at a corp location for quite awhile since I've hit the max pay rate at my job, and I've heard the corp techs make more. (if anyone wants to chime in on what they started at, or make now feel free :D )
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dude12v:
I work @ a third party, and have been trying to get on at a corp location for quite awhile since I've hit the max pay rate at my job, and I've heard the corp techs make more. (if anyone wants to chime in on what they started at, or make now feel free :D )[/QUOTE]

I would also like to know what they started at :) for me is 10 plus commission
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TonyTurboII:
What is your commission based on?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dude12v:
Im not too sure but, he said with comission it averages out to around 13 an hour. I guess if I sell some stuff?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TonyTurboII:
Hmm, maybe thats why they're not calling me back.

I'm probably asking for too much money, lol.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dude12v:
Lol probably. Man Im getting worried now tho, interview was yesterday and they haven't called or emailed me today :( and everything seemed to go so smooth!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kurtiskobain:
a techs commission is based on the final months number on the NASC calander. (isc>service and repair>nASCsupport>first option, i think its "billing information")

each repair, you get paid for. hard reset is 20$, speaker or screen replacement is 36$, so on and so forth. my daily goal is 300$ a day, or 8000 or 9000 a month. if you hit a ticket more than once in 30 days tho, you get an adjustment (it goes negative, you lost money).

dont get me started on charge backs for missing or mis matched units :x
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] dude12v:
That sounds pretty good to me bro, I just hope I get it, because this job has everything that I want.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TonyTurboII:
We dont get a commission based on how profitible we are here.

Are you a corp tech who get paid a commission based on the NASC, or are you a 3rd party employee?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] MythEdge:
I worked at a few different locations and in the years as I transferred, the pay rate is now around 9 - 11 per hour + commission. It really depends on who you work for and what they pay if your 3rd party. I hear that most techs in a corp store make 11 - 16 an hour, depending on location. Corp stores usually have stricter policies and more regulations then a 3rd party store. You will fix less things in a corp store just because your hands are tied usually by damage to the device. Most 3rd party stores will repair phones on the spot.

Here we get paid per repair + salary (it could have been hourly but I went this way personally). If a part is used, its 1.75 each. If you fix something stupid like updating a profile to repair lost data services, its 1.50 a repair. At the end of the month you get your commission + we have a bonus pay out depending on CSAT / Ready now total at the end of the month.

Another place I worked at paid 13 an hour and I got 8% total of NASC total at the end of the month if I hit my goal of 12k a month. That was a sweet paycheck until they sold out and moved elsewhere.

And yet another place I know of pays 8 an hour, but pays you 3$ a repair no matter what you do, even a phonebook swap. Another quick way to make cash.

Your going to want to get service tickets on anyone that walks through your door. Everyone. Make sure you ask every customer you can if you can take a quick look at their phone to ensure it is running as it should while they pay their bill, purchase accessories or buy new lines of service.

Like I said, it depends on who you work for as to what you get paid. But no matter what, if you want to even have a shot at advancing, make sure you push up your monthly numbers, pay attention when returning devices so you don't have a mismatch and learn how to sell also. And remember, always keep a smile and good attitude. Your customers are going to give you some insane scenarios sometimes and you cant let your bad day get anywhere near your workplace. Good luck.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] TonyTurboII:
8% total of NASC? That would be sweet, lol the location I'm at usually does 15k a month.
[XPERIA X8 General] yousef-p:
hi for all

whit this package you can fix light sensor in minicm 7 or ginger dx all version

i get files from itimmy rom and make to minicm rom

thank to elizabet my friend itimmy rom

and nobodyAtall for the best rom and kernel

how to install:

this package install from cwm -clock work mod

and enjoy

thanks i am yousef pourabbas from iran
[XPERIA X8 General] mahdijafari:
thanks yousef jan

work on minicm

"mplove"

yashasin
[XPERIA X8 General] Ahmad.H:
Light sensor fixed with MiniCM7 thanks yousef-p.

Norouz Mobarak.
[XPERIA X8 General] mahdijafari:
hi

sensor work in minicm but I find a bug after install.there is bug in status bar after reboot for short time
[XPERIA X8 General] dj_mol3y_x8:
Hi just installed on gdx v20 all was fine except for it broke my package installer so I had to do restore and all is good now please fix package installer

P.s tried this 2 times and both times it broke package installer
[XPERIA X8 General] Petroks:
+1 , same on MiniCM7 2.1.9
[XPERIA X8 General] yousef-p:
hi no problem in package plaese in cwm mount and storage and system/data/cache

to unmount and after install this pack right /thanks

or unzip pach and paste in place a files by root explorer
[XPERIA X8 General] yousef-p:
and you can from this post fix sensor

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16579259&postcount=107

thanks
[Android Apps and Games] TheOneBD:
Sholik v1.0.2

Requirements:

Android 2.0.1+

Overview:

Match 3 or more objects to remove them and solve each stage. Go for highscore!

The goal of this game is to clear all objects from each stage. To remove objects you have to build rows of 3 or more equal objects.

Drag with your finger from the left to link objects to a bar. When you release the finger, the whole bar gets rotated by 180 degrees.

Try to solve each stage in time. If you match more than 3 objects you will get 1 second per removed object.

This game is inspired by the popular iphone game Milpa

More Info:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rnet.sholik

Download Instructions:

http://extabit.com/file/27b5sh1d8ul6g
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Green Andy:
Hey Everyone,

I have searched the intererd and here as well and have not found any advice that has helped hence this post.

Recently my wife's epic 4g was on ACS ICS v 5.5 with the samari kernel it comes with. It started acting strange by locking in landscape mode. I rebooted it only to not be able to get into recovery or the ROM itself.

I initially was unable to get odin to recognize the phone in download mode due to usb oxidation corrosion. I took apart the phone since I saw greenish oxidation on the usb port. I used 91% rubbing alcohol to clean the motherboard of corrosion and cleaned the contacts. I opened Odin and put the phone into download mode without a SD Card or battery in.

Odin finally recognized the phone and I clicked all three buttons (Partition, reboot and F Reset). I selected the correct PIT file and selected the SPH-D700-EL30-8Gb-REL.tar.md5 file.

ODIN worked and my phone reboots after flashing. I unplug from the PC and put in the battery and press the on button. The phone the proceeds to show the SAMSUNG screen but does not progress past this screen. It restarts itself to the same screen and repeats this forever. I have tried various batteries ( ihave stock and extended) and cables with no avail. I have even tried Stock EC05 tar files. Nothing works.

Does any one have any other insight that I am missing?

Thanks in advance.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KennyG123:
Sounds like A bad download. Download the EL30 tar fresh and try again.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LORDFIRE00:
Exactly what kenny said. Just this time have reboot and repartition checked "only"
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Green Andy:
Thanks guys. I tried your suggestions to no avail. I think one of the usb contacts aren't 100% so its enough to fool Odin into thinking its right to the NAND ok when it is in fact not.

The misses is going to sprint today to see what the can do. Oh well. Thanks for the replies.....always appreciated.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LORDFIRE00:
whatever you do, don't tell them it's rooted. deny to them any knowledge of root
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] wasim0:
Can anyone please upload Creed rom v2.1 and send me the link coz the links which he provided in his thread are dead.

Accidently deleted the rom from my PC and now i cant find it anywhere.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] myfriend901:
Instead of making a thread...

Why not search before posting..

Sent from my GT-s5360 with beats audio
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] NanoSurfer:
Dude, google is your friend :p

You can find it here:

http://www.nandtech.tk/2012/02/creeds-rom-with-ics-look-for-samsung.html

good luck
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] zeusseuz:
link down sir...

i am also having a hard time getting the actual rom...i only see nandroid back ups online...
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] vEget7:
search to the other thread.. there's a new link for creeds roms v2.0 & v2.1.. i see it b4 just search buddy... ^_^
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] wasim0:
dude we are looking for the actual rom, not the nandroid backups

i did searched for it but still cant find it, if u saw the links b4 then please kindly post it here.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Silvane:
http://www.mediafire.com/?bs8dulth0wvdulz

http://www.mediafire.com/?cp0qk2nir24c64i

Found in a minute. Lols. :V
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] zeusseuz:
Links are good tried to flash.

Dead file i guess black screen with sound...was looking for original rom....all i found were nandroid back ups
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Silvane:
It isn't a nandroid backup. Another link for v2: http://www.mediafire.com/?f1mkfv5v0uw8ie1
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] abhi_andro fan:
here r d links

Creed v2.0 http://www.mediafire.com/?f1mkfv5v0uw8ie1

Creed v2.1 update http://www.mediafire.com/?cp0qk2nir24c64i
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] Silvane:
Those are exactly the files that I posted. :V
[HTC Rezound] mched:
I was wondering if any of you out there in Rezound land have had any issues watching videos that are posted to facebook or Twitter?

Last night I loaded a video of my daughter on Facebook and when I tried to play it on my Rezound the video was very distorted but the sound was fine. I also tried to watch a Video on my Friendstream app and it also would not display properly. I used 2 apps, mVideo player and streaming video player and they both would not work.

I also have the Incredible and my wife has the Incrdible 2 and the videos worked fine on those 2 devices.

Any idea what might be causing this :confused:
[HTC Rezound] krelvinaz:
I've not had any video issues... but then I don't use Facebook or Twitter (friendstream either).

You don't say if you are stock, rooted or using a non-standard ROM. All of which could affect how your phone is working and would provide info for others to help/suggest.

My primary player is MXVideo player.
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
I've had problems with streaming videos on ICS. espn vids don't want to play and neither does the ncaa march madness streaming. I haven't tried any facebook or twitter vids.
[Nokia Lumia 800] apollo15rover:
Here's the Thread..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1542566
[General Questions and Answers] the5:
what are the diffrences between all the tablets? Are there diffrent versions?
[General Questions and Answers] derekbro:
If you go to the Samsung website and look under tablets you can compare the different devices side by side. Other than the obvious screen size differences, they have different processors, memory, video resolution, and stock versions of Android. You also want to check out the specific xda forums to get an idea of how much development there is for them. I know as a galaxy tab plus owner I am happy with the devices performance but wish there was more available development.

I just found a nice chart comparing all the Samsung tablets:

http://whatsuptechnology99.blogspot.com/2012/03/all-samsung-tablets-verses-each-other.html
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
Okay, I was porting a theme from the i9100 section, once I flashed it, it doesn't boot, any help? PM me. Please :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
It was for 2.3.4 , all but one PNG file didn't match. It was bottom_bad.png . Well the one in the theme was a .9 file. So I basically deleted the .9 and replaced it. Is that okay? I did that to a couple if files. If not, then I know what to do, but is that not the right thing to do? I mean the .9 png file.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] 2hvy4grvty:
.9 files are android proprietary files.

.png are generic image files.

You ****ed up.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
Kay thanks, that's all I need, gonna re-build :/ takes a lot of ****ing time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] alphadog32:
Also. Where is the overscroll effect? I want to port the GSII one.
[Defy General] evolution1g:
http://www.programmingmobile.com/2012/03/buttery-smooth-list-scrolling-in.html?m=1

Well I am not a developer .. Just found this somewhere and m posting it ...

Sent from my MB525
[Defy General] King_Rat:
try this >>>CLICKY

probably does some of what you linked to...

This script improves smoothness ^^ for sure
[HTC Inspire 4G] tyler79durdan:
What does this "released source code" mean for inspire 4g users and the future of ICS camera?

Is this a band-aid until official HTC drivers, or are these the tools needed to create aftermarket drivers?

Its very curious, and ALL i see is the EXTREME GRATITUDE from the DHD community...

Search "DHD-> user QiSS_ME_Tech"
[HTC Inspire 4G] sebo1084:
Looks promising to me but I'm just a student at this point. After reviewing the file the logic is there. Now it just needs the right dev.

Sent from here using magic air wires.
[Android Apps and Games] TheOneBD:
Man vs Rocks v1.0

Requirements:

Android 2.1+

Overview:

The rocks are attacking! Help the little man to avoid all!

Man vs Rocks is an exciting game with original graphics. There are 20 levels but more will come in future updates.

Powered by libGDX!

More Info:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.clements.gdx.manvsrocks

Download Instructions:

http://extabit.com/file/27b5sh14hl95k
[Milestone 2 General] fulvi0:
hi,

i have some problems with a Droid 2 Global:( the first one is i tried to downgrade from 4.5.629 to 2.3.33 (for root the phone) after this i got a msg in the bootloader that saying (err:a5,70,70,00,1f) ....

i found some solution but i got troubles with RSD lite what said (Flashing FAIL)

so i got some conclusion to dissolve the problem, i NEED the SBF 4.5.629 (that i can't found it anywhere) because i can't downgrade the phone after have the last update :S, so i need that, or where can i find it. the 4.5.629.A956.Verizon.en.US

thank in advance :)
[Milestone 2 General] fulvi0:
copy of your build.prop

somebody:o have Droid 2 global with 4.5.629 and send me a copy of build.prop file, you can find it, /system/build.prop

here is my email: fulvio.ac@gmail.com

thank you:D
[Milestone 2 General] thiagomtl:
You're in the wrong forum buddy. Try posting here:

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=738

Here is Milestone 2 which is different from Droid 2.
[Milestone 2 General] fulvi0:
mistake

thank you, was my bad, i m already post in the right forum.

thanks :D