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[Networking] flexte:
To the OP. I tried switching to t-mobile twice because IMO they have better phones and prices. but both times I had to switch back. my story: i knew tmobile had the 5gb data cap on teh monthly 4g plan i wanted so I checked my sprint data usage for 5 months and noticed i am only using 2-3 gb a month. I figured great so i went and got the Htc amaze after 6 days by data usage was over 1.5 gb. I went to the store and asked them is it possible that the data reading on the phone and website could be wrong? my setup was the same on my sprint evo and my htc amaze so it wasn't a program that could have been using that much data so i returned the phone. 2 weeks later i went back to the store drooling over the amaze but knew i couldn't get it because i would go over the 5gb easy. I spoke with a rep and he said he uses data heavily and never goes over so i said ok ill try it again maybe it was the phone:rolleyes:. this time around i didn't tether at all except for 5 min to test it out. hardly used Pandora and made sure my setup was the same as the evo. this time i gave it 10 days and i was already over 3gb. i was half ass using my phone and still i would have been over. I have searched about this called tmobile and haven't come up with a good reason why this phone was using so much data. a buddy of mine went to att and i told him that he would def go over but after a few days he said no man im good . at the end of the month he called *****ing that he went over the att cap which was even lower than tmobile. until the come up with a prepaid plan that gives 10gb i have to stay away. oh yea and when they throttle you the above comments are correct its edge speed and way to slow for anything but email and light web surfing.
[Networking] luftrofl:
I think this will be the main issue.

When I pass 5GB, I get throttled to EDGE (2G) speeds. For most purposes this is like running out of data. You're going to be stuck at 2GB or 5GB. Email is fine at EDGE speeds - anything else requires too much speed.

Stick with Sprint, as it seems the savings aren't really significant, anyway.
[Networking] itsjefflol:
IMO Sprint sucks if you're not in a Wimax area and the Wimax isn't that great anyway.. Sprint's EVDO network is an absolute JOKE. I figured since I'm not covered by Wimax I'd switch my E4GT to Boost to save money, but Boost's(Sprint's) EVDO was nowhere near as fast as T-Mobile's 3G.. It really sucks because my E4GT is hands down the best phone I've ever used, but the internet is almost unusable it's so slow.. I'm putting it up for sale soon to switch back to T-Mobile.
[Networking] flexte:
Speeds really depend on where you live. I have spotty 4g in my area but never need it. at my house i have to use wifi but in most places i can stream Pandora without any buffering. everyone always talks about speed but as long as you can stream music and video without and buffering whats the issue? unless you are tethering to your pc and downloading torrents speeds over 250kps will stream just fine.
[Networking] 4ktvs:
This is how Verizon does it:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDxJoGv3FLA&feature=channel

Now that is throttling right there. They send me a new phone and it does the same. They have lied to me 3 times now, one that was just needed a reset, that I just needed a new phone and they don't throttle. I had only used 12GB and they do that. OK thats BS
[Networking] sgt. slaughter:
Gonna be leaving right before the network takes a giant improvement with the network vision deployment set to be complete by end of next year....3G speeds 1-3Mbps....most all 3G coverage blanketed by LTE.....

Check S4GRU.com for some details on the rollout schedule. This isn't the sprint.com/network crap that's shown this is completely different and involves backhaul changes from the ancient T1 based to microwave/fiber based...
[Networking] Copperbear:
T-mobile rocks over Sprint for data, coverage and price

I picked up my HTC Amaze (a 42.2 mbps device) on T-mobile in early January, and I live in a California city that has T-mobile HSPA+ 42.2 mbps coverage, just to be clear. When I bought my Amaze, I had to re-up my contract and at the time, I was asked to choose between a 5GB plan per month ($25 on top of the monthly $40 value plan) and a 10GB plan per month ($50 + my $40 value plan). So for price, it is impossible to beat T-mobile for the service you get.

I use my Amaze daily to go online, download and upload large files (I am a graphic designer) and watch videos and stream music. For the last 5 months I've had my phone, I've come close to 5GB twice. That is with heavy usage and this last month having a nearly two hour Skype conversation with a friend of mine where I used 2GB in one sitting!!! I also use my phone with the free WiFi Hotspot feature that comes with the 5GB & 10GB data plan as my computer's internet provider. I don't have a physical cable in my house, just my Amaze.

As far as speed, my friends with iPhones on ALL 3 NETWORKS (Sprint, Verizon and AT&T) all get slower speeds than I do. I was challenged by them and shut them all up in contests against google searches, Siri vs Google Voice Search and Speedtest.net. I have also speedtested the nicer handsets by Samsung and HTC running on AT&T and matched or beat them in my city in a few places around town. Sprint's speed was not even on the radar, barely chugging at 1mbps usually. I pull over 12 mbps usually everywhere I go, with upload speeds from 5-8 mbps on average.

As far as data, I have never gone over my 5GB but see how others could, and I bet when T-mobile gets LTE Advance up and running I'll add in the extra 5 gigs.

The greater points I'm making are the following:

A) Sprint's network it a sham. Even when they finally get around to offering LTE in California, which will be who-knows-when, T-mobile will have switched on its LTE advanced release 10 network, with HSPA+ 42.2 mbps backup, nationally. If you're a Sprint user, jump ship now or when T-mobile lights it up in 2013.

B) It's pretty darn hard to use up 5 Gigs per month if your not a power user. I don't know how someone with the HTC Amaze and the Usage monitor that is part of T-mobile's apps and in the HTC phone itself can't determine what was eating up data. That just doesn't make sense. You can easily pinpoint what's using your data by using the included Usage setting on your phone. And if 5GB isn't enough, get 10! But that option does exist.

C) T-mobile may not offer unlimited data speed at 4G, but get a 10GB plan and you will fly over the speeds you get on Sprint and save money while doing it. You could pay one price on Sprint for 1.5 mbps download speed unlimited (SLOW), or you could pay the same, maybe a little less and get 10GB at 4G speeds on T-mobile... and then in 2013 enjoy them lighting up a national LTE advance network that will arguably be the speediest LTE network on the planet.

D) The HTC Amaze is one bad-ass MoFo of a phone.

That is all.
[Networking] gamikzone:
for me i switched from t-mobile to boost because of their lack of 3g/4g in my town on t-mobile i was always on edge it is very slow, i switched to boost and i have EvDO now, its not the best of the best but atleast i can open a website now without my screen timing out. :good:
[Networking] Rakeesh_j:
You know what, they did the same thing to my dad. There was a hardware issue with his OG evo (a great phone during its day) where the speaker was going too quiet. The sales guy basically was telling him how it's because it's an android phone, how much better iphone is, etc.

Honestly I think the reason they are doing this is because they literally bet their future on the iphone. They are guaranteed to be paying apple 16 billion dollars over the next 4 years, regardless of whether or not they actually sell that much money worth of iphones. You better believe that they are going to try their damndest to sell them.

Anyways, I'm thinking of ditching sprint for t-mobile myself. I live in phoenix, which has zero 4g coverage from sprint. Several years back they told me that they would be deploying wimax here shortly. Where are we now? Nowhere.

I called them earlier today to cancel one of my lines, and they kept asking me if I want to use it for a data card, or if I just wanted to hold on to it "just in case" etc. I told the lady that I am thinking of switching to t-mobile, gave her all of these reasons why, and she brings up the "unlimited data" talking point. I kind of chuckle under my breath, and then tell her that their 3g service is really slow, their 4g service barely compares to other carrier's 3g service, and finally, they don't even offer 4g in my area, which is the 6th largest city in the US. She then tells me that they are going to be offering it here soon, so I tell her that that's what they told me a few years ago.

Yeah there are "rumors" that phoenix is due early in their second rollout, however similar rumors kept surfacing about wimax coming to phoenix next an entire year after it finished rolling out everywhere else. Other smaller towns outside of the valley (and I mean like over 70 miles away) got it, but not in the valley area.

In any case, I am on my third "4g" phone, and still have not ever had 4g. Even if LTE came soon to my area, I'm not terribly excited about it, mainly because the LTE gnex has a quarter of the battery life of the HSPA version when both are actively using 4g. I don't care if LTE is 10% faster, it's a huge f*cking battery drain.

Anyways, I'm not a heavy data user, so 4g hasn't been a huge priority to me. What is annoying is how I have to fight sprint's billing department every other month because they always manage to screw up something on my bill and overcharge me. I've been dealing with this for the last 7 years and I am tired of it. Sprint sucks, 'nuff said.

I really want to jump off of sprint, but I am hesitant because I don't know if t-mobile's voice service is more spotty, because according to sensorly their coverage is about 80% of that of sprint in my area. However, t-mobile would save me $40 a month, and because of the company I work for, I will have the activation fee waived.
[Networking] Rob4828:
Sprint coverage is so spotty. According to the coverage map I'm suppose to get 4g in my neighborhood and I don't. 98% percent of the time I'm on slow 3g. With T-Mobile I'm on 4g everywhere I go and its a good feeling to pull out your phone and handle your business with ease and speed unlike sprint.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dave198803:
my sd card had a stroke and all my files were deleted! It deleted my copy of the pdroid patch for htc evo 4g cyanogenmod7. I can't find the original file anywhere, and i don't have a computer. So i am in the red right now, i'm so close to smashing this god damn phone into pieces! Please if anybody has the original patch for htc evo 4g cyanogenmod7 please share the love and make my day better by helping me find it!! thank you.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thicklizard:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1357056

Is this what your looking for?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dave198803:
No. i have the pdroid app already, what i need is the pre-built patch for htc evo 4g cyanogenmod 7. I downloaded it from here awhile back but now its nowhere, i guess i should have backed it up. Lessom learned.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] futzhu:
so like title say i dont know what they are :P

please give me the link to read explanation about that term :P

or if you want to help me explain about it just post here. thank you :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plainjane:
Google "what is ____ in Android", possibly replacing Android with the name of your device.

Check the stickies in your device specific subfora.

These are questions that have been answered a million times. Don't root your phone if you don't know what a rom is. It's kinda like buying a car when you don't know how to drive.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AlwaysDroid:
Go to this thread it has all you need to know! I found it very helpful when i was getting into rooting my android :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1466228
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
In layman's terms:

ROM - This could refer to either the device's internal memory or a custom/official firmware it's running.

CWM - ClockworkMod - A custom recovery.

FW - Firmware.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] futzhu:
Thank you for the suggestion :)

Thanks for the link. very appreciate it ;)

thanks bro ;)

Close mod. Problem Solved. I know what i must do now. thanks ;)​
[Kindle Fire General] anon4129325:
I'm 90% of the way to ordering a Kindle Fire to root and unlock but after hearing of Google partnering with Asus to make a sub $200 tablet, I'm not sure anymore.

The big thing that gets me is the lack of SD Card for the Kindle Fire and the prominent lack of hardware acceleration on custom ROMs that are available right now.

Anyone else in this dilemma? Anyone who owns a Kindle Fire care to comment?

EDIT: Articles:

http://techland.time.com/2012/03/21/will-google-race-to-the-bottom-with-a-150-nexus-tablet/

http://www.tabletpcreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3158&news=asus+google+tablet+nexus+android
[Kindle Fire General] hellz99:
after seeing the non existent support for the problems with the original nexus 'Google phone", I would not buy any hardware product from them.

go with the fire.
[Kindle Fire General] ExploreMN:
Meh...there are enough people interested in the Fire for legitimate Kindle use (Prime, movies, reading, etc) that I'm confident I can sell it for the $150 I bought it for and then get whatever tablet I want at that point in time.
[Kindle Fire General] D8nkE:
I just got a KF on Monday. Love it! I'm currently running CM7. Everything works. I tried CM9 which is really nice, but HW Acceleration is a deal breaker for me. I don't think it is too far off.
[Kindle Fire General] mmegalodon:
I dunno, unless someone was planning to root / flash an alternate ROM then I wouldn't suggest the Kindle Fire to anyone but my mom. Not sure what the draw is to Prime, or anything else, and the Amazon app store is sad as all hell.

If you wanted a device to read on, maybe browse the web and add a few apps, then I might say get the Kindle. Always the option to root and unlock, until, if ever, it gets locked down.

BUT, if you want an Android tablet, a cheap 7 inch, I'd say wait for the Nexus tab. The Nexus devices have continued to be some of the best option when it comes to phones, so in this case I'm not sure why it'd be any different.

Basically just depends on what you want out of it. IMO the Kindle Fire, stock, is one sad little piece. It really is. There is no way around it. I would say wait. But then again it is as cheap as it gets. I know I'll be copping that tab when it drops, keep my fire for maybe couch / throne duties. ;)
[Kindle Fire General] isaiahhhhh:
Have you tried CM7/9 on the fire?
[Kindle Fire General] Raiden619:
They would have to make a really good screen to convince me to buy one.

The screen on the kindle is really well for me, especially when watching videos/movies.
[Kindle Fire General] BiteBlaze:
Well....... you did ask this in the fire forums so what do u think were gonna say ;). Get the fire for sure.. wait for kernel 3.0

~ BiteBlaze via SGH-T989
[Kindle Fire General] mmegalodon:
Yeah running an ICS build right now. I really only used my Kindle for reading up until today ... was hungover and mad as hell at the state of my couch / bed device and rooted / flashed.

The only real positive I have taken from this experience is that I could get real use out of a tablet, something I questioned before. Maybe a little harsh to say it is a sad device, by it's pretty bad in its stock state.

For the Android enthusiast I say wait. There really is no reasonable draw for the Kindle fire.
[Kindle Fire General] anon4129325:
Great replies everyone, thanks for the opinions.

For me I figured if it had an SD card slot, I could load up movies and watch them on the tablet.

Does it have enough processing power to watch 480p/720p/1080p videos?

Because that I think will be a big difference or the deal breaker between the KF and the google tablet for me.
[Kindle Fire General] nxtfari:
Honestly, I find the KF to be just fine for what I do. I watch movies on Netflix. I browse the web. I read books. I just haven't found tablets to be as laptop-replacing as they've been marketed. I carry my Kindle in my inner jacket pocket, where it sits just fine on the go. I pull it out occasionally when I'm bored to read a book or play a game. Otherwise, it sits mostly at home, where I pick it up to watch movies or surf the internet. I haven't even replaced the stock ROM, just rooted it to get the Google suite and market. I don't mind the stock OS as some other around here have. And I don't see where hardware acceleration is necessary for any of the above tasks. $200 was well spent on this little thing.

One flaw I will admit though is the terrible screen. It's almost offensive to my retinas. While the colors are nice, it will reflect ANYTHING, which really cuts the viewing experience. You have to actively not focus on the reflection. In sunlight, the brightness needs to be insanely high to see plain text in a book. Even in a pitch black room, it'll reflect the light reflecting off the your face. If you need a mirror as well, this device kills two birds with one stone.

Otherwise, the Nexus tablet looks interesting. I'm a big fan of the Galaxy Nexus, so hopefully this will be on par. Only time will tell though ;)

nxtfari​
[Kindle Fire General] DsturbD:
i have a KF and the wife and daughter use it mostly to play games and watch a movie or two. i use it to read, which is really what it was intended to do

but IF the google tablet comes out i will get one of those for me to tinker with

so if you have not gotten a KF yet then you need to figure out what you want to do with your tablet before you decide which one to get
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UConcord11:
First of all I'm sorry if this is in the wrong section. I can't for the life of me find a section specifically for the myTouch Q so i usually just go ahead to the glacier thread.

But My phone is bricked. It loads the LG and myTouch Screen, then goes to the lock screen (draw pattern) But i cant touch the screen at all. The background is black, and its a matter of minutes before shutting off again and repeating the cycle.

I know that going into bootloader will solve my problem but the phone has no physical buttons. So I cant hit any buttons for a factory reset. I checked all over the internet but cant find any good info on the Q and its touch bottons.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] THEindian:
Sorry buddy, but your right , this is the wrong forum. Are you sure there is no hard way to get into the bootloader ?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UConcord11:
I have no idea. I can't use the phone at all since I cant do anything at lock screen. I was thinking that there would be another way for bootloader maybe by usb or a software but nothing.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tradejak66:
What do you mean? does the Q not ship with physical buttons? I doubt that, but I havnt looked at the phone much. Or do you mean ur physical buttons are broken?

IF they are broken u are most likely out of luck, unless u can hold down the power button for that menu to pop up. then u can press reboot and press bootloader or recovery. That is, IF the rom supports it.

also u never stated if the phone was rooted and had a custom rom. that would make a huge help
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UConcord11:
The phone has pressure sensitive buttons unlike the MY4G. So the Menu, Power, Volume factory reset is i think not usable

It's rooted but doesnt have a custom rom. I am using another launcher though if that helps
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UConcord11:
never mind I found out. It's a little different for this phone

cant provide url to page but thanks
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jjbadd385:
Just when I got interested, he bailed! The suspense is gonna make me Google it myself!
[HTC Rezound] csong95:
so I was trying to update the RUU when i did that i put a coustom rom too .. my htc booted up perfectly but ever time i touch an app it would just start shut down the phone when i was try to fix problem by just Using the new RUU i couldnt get in to hboot or turn on my phone
[HTC Rezound] EmerikL:
OK first your phone is not a brick. A brick is just that, a brick. It doesn't turn on at all.

Next did you allow the RUU to run fully? Meaning did you allow it to update the hboot, reboot and then finish the update?
[HTC Rezound] OLDsJUNKIE:
Sounds like it only ran the first set of updates. Run the RUU again and it will update everything else.
[HTC Rezound] csong95:
it wont turn on i check the battery with my dad's htc rezound i was trying to get back to hboot but phone wont turn on any help pls
[HTC Rezound] EmerikL:
Plug your phone in and remove the battery. Then boot into hboot.
[HTC Rezound] csong95:
no luck it wont turn on
[HTC Rezound] 1heffer:
Did you try holding volume down while pressing power?
[HTC Rezound] 1heffer:
Continue to hold volume down until it hits the boot screen. You shouldn't have to hold it that long, but it won't hurt.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
I was just about to say that. :)
[HTC Rezound] tcinfantino:
not bricked

It doesn't sound like you are bricked, just that the RUU didn't fully take. First, take your removable SD card and connect it to your computer. If you don't have a microSD card reader on your computer, hit radio-shack or something and get a usb microSD card adapter, costs like $10 and is a life saver. Now backup everything on your SD card and then wipe the card clean and just put the RUU on, renamed to PH98IMG.zip. Make sure that you didn't make it PH98IMG.zip.zip or it won't work. Next put the SD card back into the phone, hopefully you still have it locked, and when you boot it, it should update properly. Remember that it has to flash twice, the first time it like only updates the bootloader and radios or something, the second time (after it reboots) it will completely flash the rest of the RUU.

I hope that helps.

Oh and one more important thing, after you flash the RUU and you are sure it is working properly, delete the PH98IMG.zip from your external SD card. You really don't want it there after the phone has flashed and everything is working properly.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
A micro SD reader is an Android hacker's best friend.

It has saved me many times!
[HTC Rezound] csong95:
thanks everyone but it wont turn on even if i'm holding the power & vol button down i even try cmd reboot not respond to my rezound i just going to get a new one... last thing i was trying to do before this happen i was trying to get the sd card out with out turning out the rezound so i pulled the battery slow to her i could get the sd card i pulled it out and the battery came out to after that it never power back on
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Take the battery out and unplug it from the computer. Let it sit for a few minutes and chill out.

Then, put the battery back in and press volume down and power and keep holding until you see the screen turn on. Then you should be in hboot.
[HTC Rezound] T Greezy:
I had the SAME problem. I tried loading a rom that required the new RUU when I was on the outdated one. I simply downloaded the new RUU, renamed it, and went into HBOOT. I noticed that you need to run it 2 times, oddly enough. After that, I was golden.

A Brick is a Brick my friend, paperweight.
[HTC Rezound] sknight13602:
Seriously I have never had a phone not boot have you tryed using your dads battery and deffinetly let it sit for a half hour without a battery or plunged into anything then try it again mabey you do got a brick but I doubt it