yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bbedward:
the OTAs come as a diff, not an entire modem which is why nobody could go from EG31-EK02.

People were able to update to EK02 without the modem, but not officially through sprint. (one step fails and they all fail)

4.0 may be different and they may include the entire modem if there's a lot of changes, otherwise she'll be back :cool:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] garyr2548:
But was she hot???????? If so then its worth her coming back to see you for more updates...... hahahahaha!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dchibro:
My guess is, the ICS update will be a full update, not just a delta off existing firmware, that will require connecting to Kies to download and install. Unless Kies or the update itself will detect and fail based on the FC18 modem (which I kinda doubt), the customer will probably be able to update to ICS no problem. IF she even does it at all.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] KCRic:
That's what I've been wondering! As per the rules of talking about women on the net - tits or GTFO.

Seriously though, this guy is great. He helped someone in need with no red tape involved. We need more people like him in the business world.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kali323:
No it failed because the ota update patches the EG30 modem not the EG31 since the full modem is not included. Once it checks and see that it doesnt have EG30 it will fail. You could have been on an EG30 rom with EG31 modem and it wouldnt work. Many people were in EK02 roms with EG31 modems for a while because the EG30 modem or the full EK02 modem werent available for a while.

I think the next ota will include the full modem since its a big update and none of this wont matter.

Edit: bbedward explained it good
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kurtiskobain:
Busy day!

I can assure you I did not root the customers device, I purely flashed the modem in Odin. Took all of 3 minutes.

I thank all of you for the kind words. Some of sprint policies and users here opinions of sprint aside, I love my job and if you think all sprints employees do not care about you guys...your wrong, cas IM right here :)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] revamper:
You should have just flashed the same modem again.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] slick4mitch:
The modem was the issue, why flash it again? Would be like getting rid of your wife and then marrying someone like her ... all over again ;)
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] mx499:
what the heck is wrong with you. go troll somewhere else
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krisI0N:
my mom km asked why I wanted even et4g instead of an event 3D, when told her I wanted to root this sexy beast she told me she asked what that means to the employee the best buy employee told her 1) this phone has everything it needs(funny. lol) so there's no need to, and 2) sprint made it illegal.. i told her the employee was stupid.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigRitz:
Been in the same situation many times at my store and its funny what a manger will do to save an act lol

good on ya
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kurtiskobain:
Lol my manager is probably my best friend by now... But God is he stupid when it comes to the world of root. Tell us some of your heroic stories in helping customers, make me feel better?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bbedward:
I think he was joking with the last sentence
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] karikian:
Yes you are, because you made me want to do it for my phone... but does not work a well as my last radio, so now I have to flash again... so bad you!!! lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Bradart:
Repair tech here. I've ODINed quite a few modems, rooted and downgraded HTC phones, unlocked bootloaders, flashed ROMs, and activated tethering for people a whole bunch of times. Any employee with a knowledge level high enough to see that you flashed a modem is going to give <0 ****s about you doing it.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sandwich11:
Nice try, but no cigar

I think you over stepped your boundaries. Flashing experimental or unofficial software is not the best solution, although it worked. Sprint and Samsung sold this customer a phone that didn't work. Sprint or Samsung should have taken it back or exchanged it for a different model.

I think your solution was innovative and would be great if you were this customer's personal friend. But you're a Sprint employee, and you need to represent them. You're not a bad person, but if you can't help customers AND follow rules, then you need to find a way to become an entrepreneur.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jcantol:
I do not fault you one bit, as a rep for the past two years at a corporate store I have went well past my limits to help a customer. With that said just be careful who you help like this I have gotten my self in some tight spots helping randoms because once they know you can do it they won't forget and if anyone has a problem your the one there friends and family ask for which can get out of hand quickly, anyways take my advice or leave it but good work and hopefully it doesn't come back to bite you in some way because you don't deserve anything but a positive csat
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] azyouthinkeyeiz:
So you would rather have a refurbished device, with most likely the same issue, than a new device with an updated modem?

You are way out on an island by yourself there, buddy.

It's much more to the customer's benefit, to fix the current device.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Devi0124:
I would say that it was a good idea. You saved a return and probably a headache for the customer. BUT there was the issue with the last major official update to our phone where you couldn't do the otm if you had an unofficial modem. You probably should have told her what you were doing just in case there is an issue down the road that comes back to bite you.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] wytecaztle:
I agree with this. Had to flash ICS on an E4GT the other day to make this lady happy and it did.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Euclid's Brother:
So sprint is passing laws in congress now? I missed that in the news..lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ScubaSteev:
Lmao.....should have flashed a crazy boot animation too just to freak her out
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] krisI0N:
right? lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] BigRitz:
Couple weeks ago guy had an evo he cane in to add walk in esn new line but after activation phone wouldnt boot cause the person he bought it from rooted it already but it was stuck in boot loop and no memory card , broke out the laptop threw on a nice evo rom and saved the deal as the customer didnt want to pay for a new phone yet, worked out good
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] emod0705:
You just showed her XDA love..good job...reinforced my faith in SPRINT.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] random45:
Can we get some more interesting sprint tech stories? I'm enjoying this thread. I've never met techs like you guys. I hate all the techs by me. Thanks to everyone here who went above and beyond. It's nice to know you guys are out there.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c_86:
Hi there

new to the touchpad and moboot and such but not new to hacking etc etc

i have searched and havent seem to find anything that is related to what i did....

i have successfully got android and such on my touchpad...

now my issue is i booted back into webOS and downloaded preware and cyboot... in cyboot i set it to default to boot into android. and the time out of moboot i set to 1 sec... the issue i am having is i cannot get into moboot anymore... its there but because its set to go into android right away there is no way for me to get into recovery or moboot at all

anyone know how i can reset moboot and get the timeout back to 5 secs or longer so i can choose my boot method, ex so i can get into recovery or webOS again...

thanks in advance everyone!
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmarchant:
I think the cyboot app in PreWare will let you change the moboot settings from within WebOS.

Not sure if the timeout is one of the settings available though.

Edit: Sorry - didn't read original post properly. Now see you have used Cyboot but can't get back into it.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c_86:
correct... i cant get into moboot...

i hit reboot or power down, and it just cycles right back into android... no way for me to get into moboot... thats my issue... i need to reset it in a way so i can get back into moboot
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmarchant:
I recall there are some posts around on how to edit the moboot settings directly in android. One option may be reinstall moboot using ACMEInstaller?
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c_86:
everything i have read, they say that reinstalling moboot and ACMEinstaller doesnt solve the issue

got a link to how to edit the files/settings on android?
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dmarchant:
This thread may give some pointers, but it looks like it is fairly advanced - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1399566&highlight=moboot+edit

I just did a search for 'moboot edit' - that may give you some more threads to follow.
[TouchPad Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] c_86:
Ok got it working now!

So what i needed to do was use root explorer to delete the moboot.next file and then edited the moboot.timeout file with text editor in root explorer and reset the time from 1 to 10

did a hard reboot with the power button and home button holding for 15secs and it booted into moboot!!

woohoooooo!!!!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Il Giulione:
Does anyone have problems playing fruit ninja?

One of the reasons why I' ve decided to modify xperia mini was just this: playing fruit ninja and cutting the fruit quickly, the sword didn't work. Now I'm using hybrom rom and rage kernel but the problem persists! What could be the problem? :confused:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Izzy Stinson:
maybe the custom roms and kernels cause the problems? im not sure.

im playing it on stock rom just fine
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Il Giulione:
No, when I played on stock rom the problem was the same :(

PS could the problem be the italian .62 fw?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
Never had this problem on my LWW; although I have played it with many custom ROMs/kernels and stock also.

Do you have bought it from Market?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Il Giulione:
Yes, but this happens when I install it from .apk too!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
My idea was, that apk's outside Market can be buggy sometimes.

Does any other game have bugs on your phone or not? Any kind of bugs related to the screen also.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Izzy Stinson:
Find another apk. Or just buy the game from the market! :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, A] Someguyfromhell:
He has already bought it, but it is the same thing.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Censura_Umbra:
Has anyone switched to the ET4G through sprint in store advanced exchange? If so, what phone did they come from? Does anyone know what phones are available as a replacement to the photon? I used to work for an Authorized Repair Center and I know that when you Advance Exchange a phone it gives a few options. (That is how I switched to the Photon from the 3D)

My Photon is having issues and I was considering switching to the Epic Touch. (I'm tired of this locked boot loader and I want the larger screen)

It has been long enough for me to assume that they offer the Epic Touch as a replacement by now, I just want to confirm it first.

So if anyone switched to the Touch from the Photon, or knows the list, let me know.

Thank you for your help!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] radrian92:
Yes they offer the Epic but you know the process for them to even consider the advanced exchange right?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Censura_Umbra:
Yes, I used to work for a Sprint Service Center, I just wanted to make sure they offered it as an option before I went to the store.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] ty088:
I can confirm you can switch. Im still on the ohoton and my epic touch replacement is waiting at the store for me to pick it up.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Censura_Umbra:
Thank you very much! You both get some thanks
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iamz3r0:
My Fascinate is having problems charging when I'm running anything other than stock. I've tried wiping my data and cache and reinstalling different ROMs but most of the time I can't get it to respond at all.

With CM7 and the latest Glitch kernel for CM7, if my phone dies, it refuses to start on the charger no matter how long it stays there. It does the same with any of the ICS builds out there.

There are points where the phone works perfectly, no problems. Then there are times where I have to Odin back to stock to get the phone to charge again.

Since this is the Q&A forum:

Is anyone having issues with CM7 or any of the ICS ROMs charging?

If so, is there a fix other than going to stock?
[Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Choo_S:
*sorry need 10 posts*
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nicegoodday:
after update i found my boot screen is flashed into darkside kernal.

how could i find my orig boot screen back?

use stock rom?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Master&Slave™:
Change ur bootanimation

M&S
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nicegoodday:
thx a lot,

i'll try jugg & tuesday ROM later, do they have their own boot ani?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] xxKamikazexx:
SlickMOD uses "sanim.zip" instead of "bootanimation.zip" in system/media folder.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ooonimrodooo:
Hello,

I was curious if anyone had spare time to create a boot animation for me. It is a timelapse video of Jupiter. The video is linked below. I just think that it would be a really cool looped animation. Plus I am sort of an astronomy geek. Jupiter is my favorite planet. What are your favorite planets? Please share!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHwkdcppsuo&feature=related

Thanks in advance!

Sent from the planet Jupiter.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ooonimrodooo:
I wish I had the talent to do this myself. I was a little lost when trying to figure it out.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CRIME INC.:
That would be a cool boot animation.

sent using a freaking pigeon, with a note tied to its leg. :rolleyes:
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Diablo67:
Let me see what i can do for ya.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sjandro16:
I have the Galaxy S II T989 and for whatever reason anytime I flash a rom that is based off the ATT skyrocket the browser scrolling is very unresponsive.

Have anyone else had this issue and if so how did you fix it?

I flashed the EasyDoesIt 1.0 that was posted the other day and I really love this rom but the browser's unresponsiveness is what's killing it.

Thank you in advanced.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] doug36:
Remove stock browser, which sucks anyways, and replace with dolphin or similar?

Or simply flash a different rom, or replace stock browser.apk with one from another rom?
[General Questions and Answers] Angelictears:
Hi, I'm compiling my own ROM project from source, and I wonder if I can remove the home "icon" on the app drawer for the stock gingerbread launcher2.apk? From source that is.

For example the latest LauncherPro have the option for removing/hiding the home icon on the app drawer, I pretty much want to do the same basically on the default Gingerbread Launcher.

Thanks in advance :D
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asaks1071:
can anybody give me the android 2.2 stock launcher !!! :(

PLEASE I'M DEVELOPING A ROM AND I WANT TO TEST THAT LAUNCHER !!!!

THANXX IN ADVANCED !!! :)

_______________

WHITE SONY XPERIA X8

BLACK IPHONE 4 32GB

SAMSUNG GALAXY 5 (SOLD)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eppo12-:
So I came into this with previous programing knowledge, but not knowing java. I've read a book on java, then the programing android book.

So from those of you that actually write apps for the android platform, what do you think is the next step? Just get to it already? Start using eclipse and its built in tools to get started and learn by doing and googling as I go along?

Is that the way most of you have got your start? Any other books I should pick up?

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JeffTech:
I am getting started too, am beginner / intermediate java programmer with little experience. The android site has some nice resources.

Developer.android.com ... Resources tab: look at the tutorials. The Hello World is a nice intro. You will install the Android SDK, eclipse, write a simple app, and seeit in action using the emulator. I have done Hello World and Hello Views.

I'd also appreciate any advice / guidance from more experienced droid devs!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eppo12-:
I've done that stuff so far. I've also played with the layout manager to.o. I th.ink I might start out making a sound board app. That seems pretty simple to do.

I'm just looking for some advice as the best way to precede
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] android_owl:
You're on the right way. The next step as a developer is just to develop software. Thats it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jer3m:
You can look at some books and resources on the Internet to learn basics.

But I think the best thing to do is to imagine a mini-app (very simple, for example a calculator), and try to make it from scratch.

You'll learn how to search information and this will be less boring.

You can also create new projects from samples of the SDK, they are quite interesting.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] exiquio:
Write code! Seriously. Screw the books (or you can waste money like me). I am sure that if you start building something like I have coming from a similar background, you will know what books to pick up when its time.

If you are a coder, just make up a project and learn Android in the trenches by figuring it all out as you go. That said, it would be invaluable to read up on the platform itself (the Android dev site is great) as programming for it is a bit different than what a lot of us are use to.

It's fun after you figure out the build environment on your platform. Also, if you are like me you live and die by text editors. That said, I have learned to finally embrace both Eclipse and Java thanks to Android.

EDIT:

I am now getting a lot of mileage out of Creating Android Applications by Chris Haseman. This is only after wasting money on books I wont read or that teach me to do things the wrong way. I was only able to make an informed decision after hacking together my first serious app. This book is packed with nuggets of insight from a and immediately answers questions I have from my experience with the ocassionally sparse documentation. I would highly recommend this book and because of it my future code is going to be very solid without the "did I do the right" feeling. <-- typed on g2x in Browser
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eppo12-:
Your right, I think I have enough background to dive in. I was playing around and created an app that plays mp3's when you click on buttons, didn't take long at all. Next thing I want to do is create a splash screen, and I took a quick look to see how to create buttons that are a picture and text, similar to the buttons in the google api sample.

Having fun with it so far.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] nringwood SGS2:
Can anyone post stock phone apk

Sent from a badass galaxy.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Suprize3131:
And music apk!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dillym34:
Phone Music Stock

Here ya go.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Suprize3131:
Thanks bro!!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] droid512:
Can this replace ics touchwiz phone? I don't like that the ics one doesn't have contacts in a tab
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] eleeo037037:
I believe that this is actually for the original 2.6 firmware I don't think this is for ice cream sandwich
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Frogacuda:
Yeah, does anyone have a CWM .zip with ICS AOSP phone/contacts? I'm trying to get rid of as much TouchWiz as I can.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] eleeo037037:
+1
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] klee2000:
Has anyone tried Need for speed Hot Pursuit for the AT&T Note and if yes does yours freeze when playing. This phone is supposed to be Dual-core 1.5 so why would it keep freezing I have little to no software running?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] AllGamer:
kill some of the back ground processes

or OC your CPU

it's normal in android

even if you have a QUAD core it will still lag, if you have too much junk running in the background
[Galaxy S II General] Jamolah:
I've wanted this phone for a while, my X10 finally crapped out on me a couple of days ago. So I made a deal with my career and got the S2.

And all I have to say is WoW. I've only been playing with the phone for about an hour and I can see why this thing is so popular. The speed, the functionality, Samsung has done a great job. Just little things like the Task Manager or the File Manager. Or even the nice graphics when you go to cut-n-paste.

Sony is really behind, even their new S and Ion I think will be behind.
[Galaxy S II General] Force Close:
We know :)
[Galaxy S II General] schreda:
the real wow! effect do you get if you get rid of the samsung rom and place cyanogen, miui or other on it.

But you should wait for the ics builds, they'll come in a few days ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Burgscheinkerkdeiktraast:
Perhaps Sony is behind in phone manufacturing, but Samsung is behind in camera optics manufacturing :D
[Galaxy S II General] engloa:
Welcome to the s2 club;)
[Galaxy S II General] Jamolah:
Actually, the camera is pretty good on this phone (SGS2). I'd say on-par with the Camera in my X10.
[Galaxy S II General] Fulvian:
I've got SGS2 & RAZR at the moment, my only complaint with SGS2 is that its look is somewhat ugly and has no notification LED, everything else is better than RAZR.
[Galaxy S II General] santhoshar:
Compare to other phones, SGS2 camera is far better.
[Galaxy S II General] Okur90:
Wait till you root and jump ship to CM9 ;) AOSP>>TouchWiz.
[Galaxy S II General] bluefa1con:
try cyanogen mod9 and you ll know why we really love it :D
[Galaxy S II General] mfpreach:
Use BLN for notifications.

I don't understand at all why they don't put LEDs on SS phones. My Captivate didnt' either.
[Galaxy S II General] Jamolah:
Only 3 small gripes about the phone: no dedicated camera button, no widget for the music player and as mentioned no LED notification. But these are minor compared to all the benefits
[Galaxy S II General] X-Plosiv:
For music I use PowerAmp, it's amazing. I just love that spring came, so I'll test camera with nature these weeks :)

Sent by powaaaaah of GT-I9100 Taparatatatalk!
[Galaxy S II General] karendar:
Yes, but it's all things that were somewhat fixed with tweaks. ;) I was on the X10 boat back in the day... I jumped ship REALLY quickly (Right after the eclair upgrade) because I couldn't stand how restrictive the security was (Locked bootloader and such). I'm glad I did. I jumped ship on two of the greatest android phones in history right after: The HD2 and now the SGS2.
[Galaxy S II General] scotty2012:
Cyanogen Mod

I've just got the SGS2 and it is just incredible.

I'd love to try Cyanogen Mod, when will version 9 be released and can anyone point me in the right direction to a link of a comprehensive tutorial on how to do a first time install. My phone is un-rooted and has stock firmware.
[Galaxy S II General] Neo.:
You made me laugh. The camera sensor in Samsung galaxy S2 is the one made by Sony. Hence great pictures.

Ps.. Sony is pretty much ahead in making Sexy phones with the touch of innovation but on the other hand Sammy is good at giving births to beasts in terms of hardware