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[HTC Sensation] Arfie12:
They're looking at changing motherboards (and charging for the service which should be covered under warranty) to fix a software issue:eek:? What happens if I do that, then go back to the UK and have another compatibility fault caused by the ME motherboard?

You could root the phone and load the ME ROM on yourself this afternoon, as we know there's nothing wrong with the motherboard. Once rooted you could also backup all your data and apps (Titanium) before changing the ROM and lose none of your data. It would take me less time than driving down to Salwa Rd and paying them to probably do the same (but without the backup/restore)

Even though I'm sorted, this type of "service" is pushing me further and further into Samsungs arms for my next phone. Very very disappointed.

Besides, Jellybean is out soon, so being rooted I'll be able to upgrade to that as soon as the ROMs look stable enough. That's likely to be 3-4 months before HTC if they even bother now the One series are the flagship.
[HTC Sensation] Easy Fly:
Received my phone

So I received my phone from 51e service centre less than 24 hours after sending it.

The invoice says they changed the motherboard.

I now have an ME ROM 4.0.3 with functional WiFi.

The 110 riyals, as explained by the sales guy, is the 30$ international warranty charge, meaning that if I ship my phone to the UK they will repair it for free, but if I want to repair it in Qatar, I have to pay 30$.

Definitely not happy to have paid 30$, specially for a petty software bug that, as someone said, a school boy could crack in a few hours.

But the thing is, I value my time more than 30$, and running on 3g and waiting forever is gonna cost a hell lot more than 30$! and going down the root/custom ROM road is not for me now, too many things going on and no time fooling around.

Still don't understand why the heck they couldn't push an update to all of us. It is a mystery to me.

That said, HTC is now officially dead to me, already stopped my bro from buying a One X, and will recommend the same to everybody else.

Next phone is a Samsung for sure!
[HTC Sensation] ...Ali...:
omg..

pls someone say a final answer to me.

it meens there will not any update for it to resolve it?

i live in iran so i must change motherboard?
[HTC Sensation] Arfie12:
For those who have had the patience, perhaps THIS is good news? :fingers-crossed:

I hope so for all of you, me, I'm happy with my new ROM which is faster with better battery and less HTC white screens.

If anyone gets the update and it fixes the problem, please let us know.

Arfie
[HTC Sensation] ajdisse:
Funnily enough - I reckon those of us who've gone down the custom ROM path will get it cooked into a ROM before I'd get it on my SEA linked RUU.

We should find out if it works because we won't need the wifi fix app anymore....
[HTC Sensation] waelidress:
Guys...

system update are available ...am downloading it right now ..

i will give you my feedback soon .. update size 40 m

i hop its working

---------- Post added at 03:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:53 PM ----------

Done ..

Wifi is working now ......hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh finally
[HTC Sensation] ajdisse:
So only took them 3 months - I encountered the problem on 4th of April.

Atrocious HTC. Can't imagine a fruit phone cutting off a signicifant portion of the worlds WiFi access.
[HTC Sensation] ...Ali...:
omg 3 mounth...

for this special problem it's too late
[HTC Sensation] Arfie12:
2nd April for me. A quarter of the year with no fix and even now, nothing from customer services to tell me there is a fix, something I wouldn't know without wifi to find out.

Glad the fix is out there now though.

Arfie
[HTC Sensation] oubaouba49:
Update from HTC France

Hi guys,

I have received an update just right now from HTC France waited since april and my wifi is now working with my new caledonia SIM.

I'm now in version 3.33.401.6

Hope you will soon receive your update.
[HTC Sensation] Haxtorm:
How/where did you get/find this update ? (same wifi issue here in french polynesia)
[HTC Sensation] Arfie12:
I don't know if the new update which uses Firmware 3.33 I think would cause me future problems.

I had rooted with HTC-Dev and installed ARHD which uses firmware 3.32 and unless you do a full root I don't think you can use other firmware.

My concern being that if ARHD or any other ROMS incorporate the new firmware, would I be stuck unable to update them?

So this morning I took the plunge and used the wire trick method (Juopunutbear) and gained full S-OFF, then set CID to 11111111 which means I'm fully unlocked. Now if ARHD does go to 3.33, I can too, if I want to revert to stock, I can do that and can go back to customs anytime.

I know Juopunutbear looks tricky and it took me 6 attempts but it worked. I actually ignored all the first 3 steps as I am already HTC-Dev unlocked and I wanted to see if it would wipe my ROM, which it didn't.

In short, you just download the software, connect via usb, run it, then press the wires together when instructed, if it fails, go again. When it works you are sorted.

I did put a spare, clean SD card in as it says it will wipe it, but you could backup to your PC.

Now, off to waste more hours playing with ROMS.

Already put stock rom back on to have a play with, not sure about installing the update just yet until I know what ARHD and the others are doing.

I have checked sotware updates and it is there waiting for me. Mine is a UK phone being used in Qatar, you might just have to be patient.

Arfie
[HTC Sensation] oubaouba49:
I've checked update from "Setting","About phone" with my phone linked to internet by cable via my computer.

If you have nothing, try to advance the date of your phone to December 31 2012. It could be help.

Please let me know
[HTC Sensation] Haxtorm:
Thank you Oubaouba49 & Arfie12, I've got the second update after updating my HTC to ICS ;)

Wi-Fi is now working :D
[HTC Sensation] Arfie12:
Well I'm patiently waiting for the latest release of ARHD but I've decided to flash 3.33 firmware while waiting and it seems to have fixed the wifi issue for me. I've uninstalled WiFix and I still have Wifi :victory: and I'm still running ARHD 6.6.7.

Arfie
[HTC Sensation] ajdisse:
Yep - I've been waiting for the next release of ARHD as well for exactly the same reasons.

I assume you find the firmware zip and then just install the zip from recovery?

Sadly - I'm not enjoying this self maintenance thing.
[HTC Sensation] Arfie12:
Sadly I was wrong, after a reboot, it's not working:crying: Looks like 3.33 didn't load properly so I'll try again and if it doesn't work I'l wait for ARHD 6.7, do a a full wipe and reinstall it all from scratch as there's things I'd like to get rid of anyway.
[HTC Sensation] Arfie12:
Well I've spent ages today messing with kernals and roms and as far as I can see wifi doesn't work on ARHD without wifix regardless of which kernal you run.

Elegancia Blitz or Sense4 both work properly though.

I'll let you know if I find anything else out but for now it looks like I'm sticking with WiFix.

Arfie
[HTC Sensation] Arfie12:
At the risk of revoking this later, I've superwiped, installed 3.33 again and now installed ARHD 6.7.1 with Sebastian kernal and wifi *appears* to be working:fingers-crossed:. It's been on for over an hour now including manually switching off an on the wifi (which used to break wifi) and a few reboots and it's still on (for now).

Just installing all my chosen mods and programs and restoring stuff and I might install the Bricked kernal which has been awsome on battery life for the last couple of weeks, so it might be broken later ;).

Hopefully this is my last post on this subject as it looks like the issue is now fixed whether on stock or ARHD.:fingers-crossed:

Thanks for the hep, without this thread I would have probably sold my phone in April thinking it was unfixable, now I'm an addict at ROM flashing ;)

Arfie
[HTC Sensation] ajdisse:
Funny - I'm about to sit down and install ARHD 6.7.1 myself.....
[HTC Sensation] Arfie12:
Well it's still working and I've got most of my crap back on so it looks like it's fixed.

Good luck.
[HTC Sensation] Arfie12:
For the record, while back in the UK I tried the Viper ROM which I liked, however the minute I got back to the dust hole and popped the QTEL sim back in, no wifi, so I'm back on ARHD.

Arfie
[HTC Sensation] oseienoch:
Solution

For me i simply downloaded WiFi manager from the play store and i started connecting!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwxLDEsIm9yZy5rbWFuLldpZmlNYW5hZ2VyIl0.
[HTC Sensation] Andy--T:
I have this installed along with fix my wifi, WIFIX, Advanced WiFi Lock, FXR WiFi Fix and Rescue, REGPON wifi KeepAlive and Wi-Fi Lock

None of these helped for me on Bruce's CM10 Kang 12 Sept build - or previous builds

WiFi works for some time then gets retarded and doesnt work, tried ARHD and even stock

Does anyone have a link to the OTA HTC released that was supposed to fix the WiFi issues?
[HTC Sensation] joffa44:
Reply from HTC Customer Support

I purchased My new Sensation on Thursday and after hooking to my home network and downloading all the apps I use, the OTA update appeared on my phone, it was for HTC Sense and was only about 55meg, So I installed the OTA update and let the phone do it normal thing.

Upon reboot the wifi stopped working, I tried everything to get it back onto the network, I use static ip for my network. so after about 2 hrs of trying I sent an Email to HTC Customer Support explaining the situation and it seems that it's a problem with the OTA update. In the email I explained that the internet and forums were filled with complaint of the wifi stopping after the OTA install. and below is the reply.

what gets me is that they say is an isolated issue, bcs it's not been reported to HTC.

I have spoken to my Provider and they are arranging a pickup so they can investigate the issue.

I will let you know the situation as it proceeds.

My phone is not rooted or S-off

Thank you for contacting HTC.

We understand that you are having an issue with your phone. We are more than willing to assist you.

Since you have performed hard reset procedure twice already and the issue is not resolved, we suggest that you send your phone back to the dealer for a DOA/ELF assessment (Dead on Arrival/Early Life Failure) since this is a new handset.

Please bring your proof of purchase and remove your SIM and SD card and all third party accessories on your phone. Rest assured that this is just an isolated issue. The reports on blog sites are not official as this was not reported to HTC. We based facts on what has been reported to us.

Please let us know if this information was able to help you with your concerns. If not, kindly advise us of the issues you have encountered.

Should you need further assistance, feel free to share your preferred contact schedule as we would be more than happy to contact you directly over the phone for support or you may give us a call at 1300-482-482. Our business hours are from 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M. Sydney Time, from Mondays to Sundays.

On the other hand, should your initial inquiry be resolved, we would be grateful if you can go back to our system and close your ticket number ####CW37ENA0002###

Have a nice day.
[HTC Sensation] shiggins9:
I'm at my wit's end with my Sensation. I feel as I've tried everything, different kernels, firmwares, roms. ADB'ing that IMG file. Screw you HTC for denying these "blogs" are invalid. I'm trying to figure out what phone I should buy next. It appears my dual phone is obsolete as I can't go online with it.
[HTC Sensation] voronin.sergey:
Hi all. I'm using sensation for more then a year, it has some little problems, but not relevant to OS version. So I had 2.34 and updated it to 4.03, WiFi didn't work. Fix for me worked with reset factory defaults in hboot menu, when starting, hold volume down button and you'll get a sort of pc bios menu. Go to factory reset and after the phone starts install clear isc.
[HTC Sensation] Arfie12:
An update:

I've tried Viper with every new update and still no wifi, but it works fine on ARHD. WiFix was not working, nor was anything else. I'd tried another install of Viper a couple of weeks back (1.6) and still no luck, but for some reason I backed up the install before restoring ARHD.

This week I nipped into Qtel and asked them for a new sim (50QR) as mine was over 3 years old and still showed the old phone number. I then restored Viper 1.6 and it works :D:good:

EDIT:

It's not working, wifi stopped after a few mins agian. Back to ARHD ... again:confused:
[HTC Sensation] AndY S.:
Hi guys!!! I can say that it`s widespread problem despite of different devices((( I had also this problem on my HTC Sensation and Neo V. I solved it by switching my WI-Fi router to b\g mode!! Since that my wifi works fine:good:

P.s. Sorry for my bad english((
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The_Boone:
So I'm redoing my home screen, and I want to have a few text icons that take me directly to specific home screens. Apex launcher has action shortcuts for this, but they are only 1x1. I cannot use widgets to get these actions... I have to use shortcuts. I have done what I want with 1x1 shortcuts, but they are just too small for my taste. I really want 2x1 shortcuts. I have not been able to figure out how to make them with either Simple Text or Desktop Visualizer.

Any suggestions?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fufkin:
I have exactly the same question. Did you ever find a solution?

edit: I found a clunky work-around by taking advantage of the fact that Apex lets you overlap widgets. I made a totally hidden apex action shortcut by removing the shortcut text and using a transparent icon that I made with Simple Text (careful with these, because if you forget where they are on your homescreen they're hard to find!). Then I put a 2x1 Simple Text widget (that does nothing) over the top. The problem of course is that the shortcut only works if you press the 1x1 area where the apex action shortcut is!
[HTC Rezound] aostl:
My rezound would not so much as boot ics with a recovery flash. When I ran the leaked ruu, it booted but was very unstable I.e. unusable. Somebody, anybody who can help me I would be sooo appreciative. It's not a noon mistaking I'm making either. There's something wrong with the phone, and now I'm on gingerbread Rom with ice radio and hboot. I can't go back to full stock. Please help
[HTC Rezound] mjh68:
Just a question.. if something is wrong with the phone , just return it ? What actually happens when you RUU. What version did you download off Android police ? Prerooted had lots of issues. Try another mirror and download possibly ? As you have probably read 100 times it needs to run twice to fully install the new firmware and software.
[HTC Rezound] aostl:
Ya I have read 100 times. I used the actual non-prerooted ruu and flashed twice. Repeated over and over and it wouldnt work correctly. As I can't return to stock properly because of new hboot, radio, and the big "tampered" on my bootloader, I am in no hurry to get a 600$ Bill for trying to return the device. I'm out of ideas except for letting the ota brick my phone and then returning it
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
You had to re-lock boot loader, then flash one of the stock ICS leaks (not the pre rooted version), then do all of the hboot updating and stuff. After that you should have stock with a relocked boot loader. Now, re-unlock boot loader, and flash Amon Ra. Then you can flash the pre rooted version or a ROM.
[HTC Rezound] aostl:
Again. I did not flash the pre rooted version. I did re-lock my bootloader, then flash the ruu twice. I did have stock ics, with a locked bootloader. It just rebooted and apps crashed. I tried it multiple times. This is my second device and my first one ran ics fine. I am 110% sure its not a noon mistake and I've overlooked no obvious step.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] fchn139:
I had my phone repaired under warranty since it cannot connect to WIFI. It come back to me yesterday. WIFI is working now, but the sim lock is locked. It was unlocked before this repairing. I found the IMEI number changed and my old unlock code is not working anymore. Called the service center and they admit they replaced the motherboard, but they refuse to give me an unlock code. Ebay people can't find the code too. Is there anything I can try?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jaymz77:
I have my ringer volume on high and in a matter of a minute the phone automatically moves the ring volume very low. I'm missing allot of calls because of it and I can't figure out why it's doing this.. I had the same problem on my captivate and fixed it by installing volume locker, but I want to know how to stop the problem the right way instead of having to mess with a app to stop it. I searched the forums and turned off the flip upside down to mute feature, but that didn't help..and I seen a bunch of other volume issues but not quite like this one. Thanks for the help in advance.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rajurave:
have the same issue on a international Galaxy Note from Asia

Hey,

I have a international Asian' based Galaxy note that was working fine on the older build of the software i bought back in Nov. I updated my software to 2.36 and the volume issue is a pain in the ass. It doesn't matter if your in Edge Mode or 3G mode.

I find it is not as annoying if you have your headset plugged in but as a stand alone or with speaker phone it is very irritating.

I personally think it is a Software issue either from the Sense UI or Google. I know that ICS Ice Cream Sandwich is coming out here soon so hopefully that may fix it.

good luck.

r-
[General Questions and Answers] AndroidUser99:
Hi , my galaxy mini GT-S5570 Current is using CM9 Beta3 by squadzone , i have 2.3.6 gingerbread's ROM on my computer , CAN i using ODIN instant install the gingerbread's ROM on my phone??? :confused:
[General Questions and Answers] galmin:
You should be able to use ODIN to flash any stock Rom to your mini.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1255305
[General Questions and Answers] marreti:
About CM9 on Galaxy Mini

yes..i have a friend that has a galaxy mini..and i think he put 2.3 on it..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RikkKeith:
I literally spent many hours browsing these forums trying to decide which ROM would be my first. I installed and I'm loving Blu Ray right now! I even flashed the theme Blu Pulsar... It's awesome and it's great to be rid of all that bloatware. That being said, sort of brings up my question. My contact pictures are no longer syncing with Facebook. I noticed in my backup file some files that are probably responsible for the syncing. I like not having the bloat and don't want to reinstall any needless files but it would be nice to have the photos sync up. The files I'm questioning are SNS 1.5 and SNSAccountFb 1.0. Do they belong to Social Hub? What would I need to reinstall to have the photos sync up?

The benefits of using Blu Ray outweigh the Facebook sync, so if I can't have both then I choose Blu Ray. But I wanted to see if it was possible and since I'm pretty new to my Android device I wasn't sure what those files actually did, and if I could reinstall them without Social Hub? Thanks!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Teo032:
refer here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1542664

the app they mentioned works really well
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RikkKeith:
I guess I need to make sure I search all threads when looking for a particular answer. I also learned if you want your contact photos to sync when you flash a new ROM, don't install Facebook from a backup, just redownload it, which I just did and everything syced up perfectly.

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] jeremy.chan:
So, i've been using Handcent for a while now, and it has it's quirks, especially when you want to create custom tones for each sender.

An then i tried Pansi SMS, pretty new in the market, does what any other 3rd party sms app does, slightly easier when doing custom sms tones.

GOSMS is a no-go

ChompSMS, never tried it

Anyone has an opinion on which client they're using that does not lag when scrolling the conversations list? With the exception of stock app, that is.

The search for the perfect SMS app continues............
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] npras42:
Why is GoSMS a no-go? I have 15000 messages on my phone in over 300 threads and there is not even the slightest lag on scrolling in the conversation list. Granted it is a not a "light" app but there isnt a performance issue and its very much bug-free.

In fact its the only sms client I have found that can support so many messages and not slow to absolute crawl just trying to start up.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Richy99:
i use go sms and i have about 6000 sms stored and no lag at all

i dont need custom ring tones or any of that other crap mind
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] david.huwyler:
i've never thought about using an other sms-client. what's wrong about the stock one? it scrolls also very smooth and is clean...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] npras42:
There's a few problems with the stock sms client compared to 3rd party ones. I use gosms because:

a) as mentioned above the stock app really doesnt handle a large number of texts well. It fails to start most of the time and can become very laggy when dealing with a large number of texts.

b) gosms supports emoji emoticons that are cross-compatible with iphone emoji emoticons.

c) ability to send to as many contacts in one go as you want without resorting to a modded stock app.

d) theme customisation.

e) able to have a custom ringtone and vibrate pattern for sms. I find this useful as I have my phone on silent most of the time and like the fact I can set gosms to do 4 short buzzes when I receive a text so I can differentiate between normal notifications (like facebook, email) and sms whilst it is in my pocket.

As I said I think my biggest issue with gosms is that it has too many features. I really dont want a chat client built in to my sms app, or the ability to lock it, have folders, see a list of all my contacts, message filter etc etc.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] jeremy.chan:
go sms was a no-go for me due to lag when i tried it about 4 months ago i think

maybe newer versions have improved

can you share what dpi you're on? i'm running at 240.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] npras42:
Currently on 320dpi because I'm back to using TouchWiz as I find the other launchers are still a little laggy compared to it.

I was using GoLauncher and GoSMS at 280dpi just a few weeks ago though and it seemed fine then. Im on LC1 stock deodexed. I advise you to be on one of the newer Samsung firmwares if you are not already. There was a huge performance jump between the K** based firmwares and the newer L** based firmwares.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] jeremy.chan:
i am on Chrack's LC1. May give GoSMS another...go.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] lmftmf:
Hello, I'm trying to change the 4G icons to the gingerbread ones. I'm using the HoliRaider rom and i have the SystemUI.apk extracted but i cant seem to figure out how android knows what icons to use so i can change them. There are some for 3g h+. Is there an xml file im missing or something? any help is greatly appreciated.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] homeslice976:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1300389

That should help

You'll also need to change the _4g and _lte icons (the inspire isn't an lte phone, so that's not in the walkthrough I posted there obviously - you only need to change one set of these, depending on whether you're in Aussie land or the States)
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] lmftmf:
Thanks for the reply, do you know how to set the rom to look look for different icons or how the rom knows what icon to pick? And also im using the HoliRaider final btw.