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[Nokia Lumia 900] sitizenx:
Mmmm... No. I went to my local at&t wireless store. They had three models on display, white, black, and cyan. The white model had the "purple" feature. The black and cyan operated as expected. Only problem is my phone is black. It has the "purple" feature. So did the THREE other black phones I tried to swap out for my phone. It's not just the keyboard turning purple. Look at some B&W pictures on the phone in low setting. The ones with this "feature" are PURPLE. They are NOT B&W on low. Bump up the screen setting to medium and the "feature" disappears. I am desperately going around trying to find a fixed phone before corporate shuts down any exchange attempts. What a crock of $h-t. There most certainly is a problem. Frankly at&t shouldn't make a big deal about it. Most people won't even notice. But I do a lot of photography and show people pictures on my phone. EVERY B&W image is marred. One person who also shoots black and white said the word purple before I even explained the problem... it's that obvious.

Damn it. I love this phone. Why. Why?!
[Nokia Lumia 900] wrxdrunkie:
I had to bail on the Lumia and I am about as die-hard of a wp fan as it gets. First Lumia I got, no purple tint, but it did have a headphone jack problem. Last week I went to exchange my Lumia at the store, both cyans I attempted to replace it with had the purple tint. Waited a week, went to a different store that had one in stock and it also had the purple tint. Went to a different store and went through another 2 and both had purple tint so I returned the phone. I will use my omnia 7 and a one x or gs3 until wp8 comes out.

So disappointing, quality control these days is really lacking in regards to cell phones IMO.
[Nokia Lumia 900] uiskibum:
Well my AT&T store called me today and told me that had a new shipment of blue. So I went in to do the exchange. All 5 non-reserved cyan phones had the issue and two white ones. Finally found a white one that didn't. The Sales Support Rep. was actually looking for units that had a serial number "far" from the rest of them.

One sales lady tried to say that it was also a "feature" in the new batch (color independent). But the guy I was dealing with pretty much told her that that was a stupid comment and to shut up.

I wish these sales people would get a clue and realize that the color of the polycarbonate has nothing to do with the internals. And that these were all produced at the same time just has a different color external case.
[Nokia Lumia 900] dfkd:
Insane that the hit rate on getting a good one was 1 in 7.

I'm just hoping Nokia doesn't just leave us, who got tired of swapping after 3 exchanges, out in the cold.
[Nokia Lumia 900] gahbmwm5:
Yes can confirm this too...device purchased and exchanged at AT&T Corp stores in U.S.

Both boxes that I had (still have the latest exchanged device box), this unit fortunately does not have purplish hue...do not have any date ranges..
[Nokia Lumia 900] efjay:
Apparently this happened with the N8 and was only resolved by a screen replacement. Found these two N8 threads:

http://discussions.europe.nokia.com...ia-n8-display-issue-purple-screen/td-p/940097

http://discussions.europe.nokia.com...HOW-TO-SPOT-IF-YOU-HAVE-IT-PLEASE/td-p/952377

This won't get resolved by a software update, it looks like
[Nokia Lumia 900] JamesAllen:
Guess I will wait

I am currently eligible for an upgrade from my ATT Focus. Had settled on the Lumia 900. I think I will wait until I see this issue resolved. Lumia offers only marginal advantages, might be better to just wait for WP8. Too bad, this one looked like a winner.
[Nokia Lumia 900] TheBDub:
I know this probably isn't helpful, but I got my cyan lumia on launch day and it doesn't have any flaws. I purchased mine at a MS store rather than an AT$T store though.
[Nokia Lumia 900] Zhariak:
Just curious, any updates on this from Nokia?
[Nokia Lumia 900] alodar1:
Like most anything, especially anything electronic, be careful when you make judgements on the quality of something, based on feedback from a support forum. Most people come here because they have problems....not to chat and drink coffee.

the vast majority of people have no problemwith the Lumia 900. Lets rephrase that, most people only have the normal problems with Lumia 900. Still a top seller and still a good phone. Some phones had a connection issue. Some phones have a purple screen when set to Auto and on Low light. Some phones have issues with Camera. Its not All phones have problems with these things.

Your statement, too bad, this looked like a winner, well...it is a winner in most peoples books. I know it is in mine. If the issues above prevent you from moving to it and convince you to wait for WP8, thats fine. It's your choice. But on release, the WP8 will have some connection issues. Some people will complain about the screen. I've yet to see a phone released where people did NOT ***** about the camera...right or wrong.

So, what ever issue it is that pushes you one way or the other, Lets hope that issue is not present on the phone you do decide to buy. Because there will be issues, and there will always be people saying....Too Bad, this looked like a winner.
[Nokia Lumia 900] sitizenx:
Paying a cell contract for 8 months waiting for a phone is not a good strategy

I would not consider LTE and Nokia Drive "marginal advantages."

I picked up the Lumia 900 for free two weeks ago. It is doubtful you are going to get a Windows 8 phone better than the Lumia 900 in 7-8 months for free. By the time new Windows 8 phones that are better than the Lumia 900 come out at a reasonable price I will be 8 months deep into my 2 year contract.

Agreed. This is where all the people who not only have a problem but also are sufficiently bothered by their problem that they want to do something about it congregate. I could give that phone to anyone else in my family and I guarantee you they would not notice the purple screen or the rattle. I happen to view black and white photographs on my phone so I noticed. Once I noticed I exchanged it. Problem fixed.

Again I agree. Waiting around 8 months for a WP8 device that will cost more than a Lumia 900 and assuming site unseen it will be perfect on day one is illogical. 8 months is an eternity in cell phone world. I would much rather be sitting here with my free phone with a slight rattle and burning up eight months of contract time rather than hanging out holding out hope I'm going to get a "perfect" phone eight months from now.
[Nokia Lumia 900] efjay:
Its perfectly acceptable that there will be bugs with an electronic device. Every smartphone to date has had some bug or another at release. However it is not an unreasonable expectation that you can exchange that device and get a device that is working as close to spec as possible, still allowing for small annoyances that can be addressed later.

Its NOT reasonable to expect a customer to have to traipse around town going from store to store setting display models up to try and convince store reps that they have a legitimate problem. Or to go through a couple of exchanges and find the same problem again and again which in both cases seems to be what is happening. And in this particular case there is no alternative since this is not a problem that is likely to be fixed in an update. A poor camera, sensitive capacitive buttons can be fixed but how will an update fix a faulty screen?

There's really nothing to excuse here, and just because some people may not notice this issue doesnt mean it doesnt exist. Especially when you have two of the same and other manufacturers devices to compare. In the same vein, just because someone may not have this issue doesnt mean it doesnt exist and wont be encountered by someone else. In that case its up to them to decide if they can or cant live with such a fault and act accordingly.
[Nokia Lumia 900] sitizenx:
I think if you reread the thread you will find no one is trying to "excuse" anything. We all agree there are problems. The question is what should your reaction be. Personally I haven't seen a deal like this on a phone ever. Are the problems really of such a degree and nature you would pass on the phone and wait eight months to buy some unknown product for a higher price? I mean if you had bought this a few days ago you would have LTE, gps and one of the best looking phones on the market for free.

Secondly some of us were just pointing out that people declaring the phone a failure because of a purple tint that 99% of people that buy the phone will not notice are being a bit over the top. I don't think going from store to store to find a replacement is acceptable, but your alternatives are to return the phone or hope there is a software fix that will repair the problem. I didn't like either of those options so I tried a few stores and had success. It was worth a shot. If it didn't work out I was probably going to return the phone.
[Nokia Lumia 900] Zhariak:
Does anyone know if there's any updates? It seems like everyone's disapeered?
[Nokia Lumia 900] sensboston:
I've exchanged defective Lumia 900 to the new one from Amazon Wireless and don't have that problem now. And my sincere compassion to those who waiting for update...
[Nokia Lumia 900] Zhariak:
Unfortunately here in Canada we only have 15 days to exchange with select retailers. I've had mine for a month or two, can't do squat.

Sent from my Lumia 900 using Board Express
[Nokia Lumia 900] SuperSport:
What nobody seems to understand is that the Purple Hue is a "Feature". ;)

Unfortunatly, my Lumia 900 does not have this "Feature".
[Samsung Galaxy Mini] Fraser1978:
I've tried everything to get it working and it still doesnt work (only sometimes and not very well)

Any dev perhaps could work on a system app for this for everyones benefit?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pcbroch:
Hi all:

I got a new galaxy nexus that i'd like to use as my main phone, but I don't want to go through the trouble of setting it up again, my current gnex is just perfectly setup. They both have the same version of android (4.0.4).

I was going to to a clockwork mod backup of the current phone, move it to the new phone and restore there, but I think I'll mess up the IMEI if I do that?

What additional steps do I need to carry out to preserve the phone's IMEI?

Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] HinotoriBR:
If both have absolutely the same ROM, restore just the data backup, not the system backup, and you should be fine. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sikiduck:
You can copy the IMEI on the original nexus to the other? Wouldnt that be best?

Is so follow these steps (it may look much, but i dont think it would take long if u want to keep your original imei number!

You must have:

-Root

-Root explorer for copying files to and from EFS folder

-Android SDK for the ADB tools or Terminal in your phone.

IMEI is stored in ".nv_data" file in ORIGINAL SHIPPED EFS folder too, so you just have to do these:

1) make a copy of your EFS folder to your sdcard using root explorer and then make a backup of the folder to your computer [ to have another copy if you had to format sd card sometime ]

2) delete the EFS folder (BE SURE YOU HAVE BACKED IT UP IN A SAFE PLACE AS SAID IN STEP 1) from the root of your phone using root explorer.

3) reset the phone, after that, go to the root, and you can see that the EFS folder is still there, don't make any mistake, this EFS folder is new and generated by the android OS.

4) go to EFS folder using root explorer, and delete "nv_data.bin", "nv_data.bin.md5".

5) go to your backed up EFS folder on your sdcard, copy the "imei" folder to the EFS folder at the root of your phone, then again go to the backed up EFS folder at yout sdcard and copy the " .nv_data " file to your EFS folder at the root of your phone using root explorer, NOTE: the dot in first of nv_data is not a mistake, copy the ".nv_data" file.

6) make another copy of the ".nv_data" file in EFS folder in your phone, so you would have 2 copies of ".nv_data" in EFS folder

7) rename one of ".nv_data" files to "nv_data.bin" and another one to "nv_data.bin.bak"

8) at your PC open CMD at the ADB tool path, or run Terminal at your phone enter these commands:

adb shell ( use this command of you use ADB, if you're using terminal, skip this line )

su ( ALLOW THE MESSAGE CAME AT YOUR PHONE's DISPLAY BY SUPERUSER PROGRAM )

chown 1001:radio /efs/nv_data.bin

9) reset your phone.... after that you have your original IMEI. you can check your IMEI by dialing *#06#.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pcbroch:
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to work, my IMEI gets clobbered to some generic IMEI when I do this.

Off to trying try sikiduck's suggestion.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pcbroch:
Stupid question... there is no efs folder. Do you mean /factory? There are nv_data files in /data/radio as well.

I'll play with these a bit and see.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sikiduck:
You got root?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pcbroch:
Yes, I do. I tried playing with the nv_data files, but I can't get the original IMEI to come back no matter what I do.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Idea Generator:
I want to translate CyanogenMOD rom to my language. I decompiled framework-res.apk using APKTool and edited string.xml (/values) but after changing some text/words (e.g) "Yes" to my language. I compiled that. And putted the framework-res.apk again on my phone. All I can see the words which I changed is box, box letters. So can someone help me ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ttxcsabby:
Today my US bank app was asking for root permissions.. weird since it shouldn't require root. Anyone think someone is trying to breach my info??? Should I allow it?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbrewski:
Same here

I saw that the app auto-updated this afternoon now it's asking for root. I did not allow it as I have no idea why it would need to do so.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lucaoldb:
I see no reason why such an app should ask for root permissions... Try to run the same software on another non rooted android phone and match the result:)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gadget!:
I have seen the same issue and have no idea why so I denied it.

I see no valid reason why the app would need root permissions and quite frankly I wonder if it is the actual US Bank app requesting it.

Makes me wonder with all of the physhing and viruses going around.

I got a notice this morning that someone from Russia loggied into my Facebook account. Facebook locked my account until I could verify if it was allowed and then required a password change.
[HTC One X] OberonSnowcat:
Will the HTC One X International work one the HSPA+ network of Bell Mobility in Canada?

When I looked at the specs of the Rogers model I was disappointed by the fact that it had only 16gb of storage and no provision for adding more. My phone is my main media player now and I don't like the idea that I will be eating bandwidth trying to sync it with Dropbox all of the time because I am out of local storage space.
[HTC One X] bimmerboii:
Yes it works. Im using mine on Virgin Mobile which is the same as Bell.
[HTC One X] OberonSnowcat:
How is it treating you? Does it work on both bands?
[HTC One X] bimmerboii:
Been using mine since April 4 and havent had any reception issues. It works perfectly. It will work with all carriers except Wind & Mobilicity.
[HTC One X] OberonSnowcat:
Thanks for the info. I want to get this model. I was hoping the Rogers one had the high storage count but I guess not. Tegra 3 Vs S4 Snapdragon wasn't much of an issue to me personally, both are amazing processors, but the killer for me was small storage space.
[HTC One X] bimmerboii:
16gb for me is bare minimum especially if theres no memory expansion. And even if its 16gb, the available memory will probably be like 12gb. (My 16gb galaxy nexus has 13gb free space)

Even if my phone is 32gb the free space available is 25gb.

I wouldnt really bother about LTE, im very satisfied with the speeds i get with Virgin. I was with Bell before and they have the same speeds.

Tegra3/S4 - Both are very debatable performance wise.

I got this phone for its camera. And im very satisfied on its performance.
[HTC One X] OberonSnowcat:
Yeah... that was about what I think... for the past eight months I've rocked my Sensation, and loved every minute of it, though keeping a weather eye to see if anything better is coming out and every time I turn and shake my head. The Galaxy Nexus was promising... up until they mentioned its camera sensor, 5mp... what were they thinking!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k4zii:
I have question, how to unlock market? I was try to found market unlocker 3.2.2.2 but not successfull, there is even not instructions for market unlocker on x10 so pls can somebody help?

Soz for bad eng. :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 1eyedmonster:
Market unlocker?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k4zii:
Yeaaa to unlock some apps which is not allowed in your country...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elady58:
Market Enabler

Free from... the market (irony anyone?)

Root required

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.racic.android.marketenabler
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k4zii:
Thx man :))))
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyudo:
http://www.apktops.com/market-unlocker-3-1-0.html
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] innocence07:
can u give instructions on how to cuz i on enable unlock and auto unlock nothinh seems to be working

My Beloved MT15i miui 2.4.6 by taaviu :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a.monteiro:
I have used this app for a while but it looks like Play Store is much smarter now, I can see forbidden apps, but when i try to donwload them a message pops up saying "this app is not available in your region" or something like that.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arona67:
just wanna say , you need a VPN or proxy too , it will not working alone .
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ker_:
is it in google market?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a2441918:
No it is not in google market.. download Market Unlocker v3.30
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pims83:
Thanks

Now i can update google music and others :good:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Moze666:
Thanks for this, I'm gonna use it, because many apps are not allowed in my country. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] tinktink09is:
Transparent lock screen on top of home screen after fixing permissions in ROM manager

How to undo this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] silver03wrx:
post your question in the q and a section. And I'm sure someone would be happy to help
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] New_World_Order:
Hi guys,

I installed ICS on my Dads Samsung Galaxy last week, and he decided to play around with it and ended up trying to restore it back to GB. It's now stuck on the boot screen and I've got no idea what to do. I've done factory reset etc, and tried to reinstall yet the SD card isn't being picked up.

I'd really appreciate some help here.

Thanks guys.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4436657:
So what, do you stuck at boot logo or is your phone still not responding?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1599456
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexus1user:
edit: I just put the zips on the sd-card and installed them from recovery. Thread said NOT to do that, but it seems to be working fine. Still interested in knowing how to do it the other way.

Hi, i have Evervolv-Perdo-2.1.0p3 and trying to upgrade to Evervolv-Perdo-2.2.0a2... not as easy as last time. :confused:

I've blackrose and the special partitioning from last time so that's all done.

The thread says to

fastboot flash system system.img

fastboot flash boot boot.img

But there's only a boot.img in the zip. There is a "system" dir though, i guess you are supposed to build it some way?

Also same with gapps, (not included in this version) a "system" dir in the archive, how to flash those?

Any tutorials on this? Didn't find anything, not here nor in the texasice-thread... Guess nobody is as noob as me :cool:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juliusedward:
fastboot imgs are not added for this version i believe. You have to use the install any zip from sdcard option from recovery
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Y2Ne1:
your best bet is to ask the MASTER himself i did what you did myself too but realized it's stupid as i get FC all the time just do your BEST to fallow the instructions not everyone on XDA is a noob hater most are ungrateful bastards :olmfao gotta love that ending on that sign up video heres the link lol http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmvCpR45LKA

i'm still a NOOB ^_^ joined 2 months ago
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nexus1user:
juliusedward, the does say not to do it though so i dunno...

Jay_Rulen, that sounds sucky... Mine has been going for 24h with a hitch though, so knock on wood. I hope it continues like that otherwise i guess i'll be back here :) Thanks to you both.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Y2Ne1:
Glad to help bro ^_^
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Batman:
Does anyone know of a way to install a version of the ICS camera into a rom which contains the tap-to-focus function? Hopefully there is a flashable zip that I haven't come across.

If its a matter of replacing files using Root Explorer, that's not a problem. However, if I have to use adb to do this, I would love instructions on how to do so.

Of course this will not be possible without the actual files/apk of the tap-to-focus feature.

Thanks in advance to anyone with answers.

Edit: Thanks to dr911 he was able to direct me in the right direction on how to enable this feature.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr911:
I don't know if all these files are really needed, but I took them from AOKP and dropped them into the system: system/app/Camera.apk, system/lib/libcamera_client.so, system/lib/libcameraservice.so, system/lib/hw/camera.herring.so. Someone posted it in a thread here on XDA, but I don't remember.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Batman:
Thanks for the quick response. I appreciate the help!
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mahanddeem:
So now what , how and where the files are ???

It's like saying I know a good resturant , I forgot its name and I don't know where is it :confused:
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Batman:
The files are contained within the AOKP rom for the Nexus S 4G as posted. You just download the rom and extract the files. Once you've extracted them, just place them in the same folders within your current rom.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr911:
My reply to the OP implied all things mentioned there as given knowledge! And The Batman seems to understand.

If you have the right tools like QtADB it's all just drag'n'drop...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mahanddeem:
I see now .. my bad sorry

Can you please post a link for the ROM ? for some reason I was confused on the tons of ROM in the dev section ... And do these files work with stock odexed 4.0.4 ROM ? and does thip tap to focus work flowlessly ?
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Batman:
I'm using the stock rom from the update pushed through by Sprint which I of course rooted, and everything is working perfectly fine.

The download link is contained within the development section. Its titled [ROM][AOSP][INFO] Android Open Kang Project - Crespo4g Build 30 [4-7-12].

It is on the first page in the development section.
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dr911:
No problem!

Are you also able to activate the power button as shutter? The combo TTF and PowerShutter was why I chose AOKP as source ROM.

I think, some things have to be done with hardware buttons, such as camera shutter and music track skipping.

And by the way, are you able to use the video effects? I don't know if it is related to these files or the ROM I use, but they don't work here! I don't need those, so I don't care!