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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Fendulon:
I can most certainly confirm (despite not being a Sprint employee) that everyone is at the VERY least driven by monetary advancement in some form. Sure it may not mean a lot, but it does influence us. It sucks but it's the truth.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] latoso:
My niece epic 4g had a bad power button, some techs just dont like to listen is just their way and nothing else matters, if you google it is all over the internet, last year a tech refuse to check my evo because didnt have the water sticker on the back plate , i told him there is one on the motherboard and some evos dont have the sticker, still said no and to call asurion to file a claim
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
This is wrong on all levels. It is a known problem that many OTA updates can go bad and corrupt the device of many users, nerds and non-nerds alike. Many OTAs have been pulled in the past for said reasons. This is very stupid move by Sprint and could result in class action lawsuits if not handled properly.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
Sir I work for an indirect dealer and everything I've said is based on fact.

And also I was going based off of soft bricked and hard bricked. Bricked has multiple meanings.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
And indirect repair stores out number corporate by a lot. So it doesn't help at all. We all don't live in hugh cities

I was trained by watching in an indirect store. That's how most of them are. Corporate repair stores are a unicorn in the real world
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
I've defended sprint on this forum for a long time. But when that happened to me... I can only imagine what a normal customer would have to go through to get a device repaired
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Ascertion:
It's the legend, whosdaman!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Whosdaman:
I actually didn't mean to respond on this account. It just happened to be the one that was logged into my phone lol

Whoops!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] superbeast0:
Are you serious?!

Epic 4G EB13

Intercept Original Froyo Update

Blackberry 8350i from 4.6 to 5.0 update on the DESKTOP

Moment had a problem to, I cannot recalled specifically what it was.

EDIT: EVO OTA Update bricked devices

ZIO OTA Update bricked devices

Nexus S 4G OTA

GALAXY Tab OTA

THESE are just the Sprint ones. I could go on and on about other devices too

I, and every tech in the greater Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky (oki region) know how to fix every single one you listed, therefore it isn't truely bricked. Bricking means the phone is 100% unrecoverable. I have yet to see a phone that was bricked due ota updates. Had a customer with a nexus that was doing the ota for ics, and she pulled the battery cause she needed to make a call. I reloaded 2.3.7 and then 4.0.4 and was good to go.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] squshy 7:
Not to bring too much contention in here, but the 160 hours of training I received is certainly laughable. Sprint's just lucky I'm a former Carnegie Mellon student and I know what the hell I'm doing.

The first 120 hours is new hire training, which maybe 10 hours of which were directly applicable to my job, the rest was geared towards Sales Consultants...and the 40 hours of Technical Consultant training? Nothing but getting familiarized with our systems, brief OS overviews, and mostly how-to's on inventory (since that has become the most important aspect of our job, sadly).

Actual, good training on being effective at triaging and repair was nonexistent. Like I said, I already knew what I was doing so it didn't matter much. I just feel really sorry for more "green" people being thrown into this job, because the training is certainly not sufficient. That's where the shadowing comes into play, which is great, but you'd like to see a more formal training, simply so that people don't pick up bad habits immediately from the other techs, if they have any.

And from experience, there have certainly been hard bricks and seriously messed up phones from OTAs, you can't deny that. Just because it never came into your store doesn't mean it didnt happen.

Prime example? The Optimus gingerbread update. Besides the numerous other reasons why the update was pulled, a major one we see every once in a while (because people are STILL coming in to get their software rolled back) is that the software refuses to let the phone boot up (boot loop at the splash screen, corrupt kernel), however the software has also ruined the SD card reader, (it has a mounting/unmounting issue, which given enough time causes it to go bad), making it impossible to roll back the software. Why? Because Sprint/LG only gives us a .zip that can be applied in recovery; the flashing utility on our triage laptop? STILL only flashes the bad gingerbread update. The end result? DHRP exchange.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] superbeast0:
Haven't came across a single optimus I haven't been able to fix with either the triage laptop or the update.zip that wasn't technically legit but was posted on the internal sprint forums. Ota update hard bricks are very unlikely, I am sure there are some perfect storm situations but not many.

I have reflashed probably 300+ 670's and as a store we have done over 900, we were asked by our srss to document them. Got a spreadsheet with esns and which way worked, the legit method or if we had to resort to the update.zip

Also there was an additional download you had to get, it was a 2.2 bin file that was posted by the forum moderator. (Name removed by request)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aki93:
Hi, when using the DROID RAZR, my email will only sync when manually tapping the sync button.

I think I've found the root of the problem, i told my phone to update once per hour at the fetch schedule, but in the email delivery menu, at the fetch schedule setting, it says 'The Fetch Schedule is being used for: no accounts. How can I set this so it applies to my accounts like it should?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] MillionManMosh:
What email provider and setup type are you using? My university e-mail is set up for Exchange push and it shows as having no sync schedule, but I still get email. However, it was a giant pain in the ass to get it set up right- Motorola made some odd customization to the stock Android email client in the latest update.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aki93:
Gmail and my hosting provider. I guess they don't use exchange push so I really need the sync schedule to work right.. Motorola screwed up something I guess yes.. Any ideas ?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] equallaw:
Fetch sched

You have to disable the one above "email push data", then the fetch sched will take over.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] richardmkovach:
I have been noticing this strange issue, and as the search tool seem to come up empty I was hoping to get some input on the situation. Basically the issue happens like this. Open YouTube, and select a video, make it full screen, then pause it. Let the screen turn off by itself and give it enough time to actually lock (I use the pin lock screen). When I go to turn the screen back on the color are all messed up, looks like 8bit color. As soon as I unlock or turn the screen off and on again, the colors go back to normal. It also seems that the only time I have reboot issues is soon after this happen and I try to continue watching the video. It is almost as though there is a gpu memory leak or something. If anyone else has had this issue and fixed please let me known how you managed to, as I am trying to figure out if i should RMA over this.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] richardmkovach:
Quick update, did a factory reset and haven't had the issue again. So far so good.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ImmanuelCunt:
I have the same issue in the YouTube app...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] richardmkovach:
Unfortunately the problem came back after a while. Thinking it may be related to another app I did another factory reset skipped past the set up and just let it sit for a few hours, and it again did it. I also tried a full manual firmware update, and the problem still exists. It's a very strange problem, and it still seems that this is the only time I have reboot issues.
[Flipside General] roketteere:
Motorola FLIPSIDE MB508 hard reset

To perform a Factory Data Reset

1. Open the Applications TrayÂ

2. Touch Settings

3. Scroll down and touch Privacy

4. Scroll down and touch Factory Data ResetÂ

5. Touch Reset Phone

If you are unable to navigate through the menu to perform a factory data reset, you can follow the steps outlined below:

1. Power off your phone

2. On the hardware keyboard

3. Hold the X key and then hold the power button

4. When you see the Moto symbol you can release the power key

5. Hold the X key until you see a triangle with an exclamation point

6. Press the key labeled Fn (lower left corner of the keyboard in landscape, upper left in portrait) and the T key at the same time

7. You will now see a menu on the screen

8. Use the hardware keyboard cursor keys (lower left in portrait mode) to move the blue highlight to the various selections. You want to highlight "wipe data/factory reset"

9. Press the return key (to the right of the OK key with the phone in portrait mode) on the hardware keyboard to select the option that is highlighted.

10. Use the cursor keys to highlight YES from the next menu.

11. Press the return key to complete the selection

12. The phone will begin to reset. WAIT until it says it is complete

13. When it is complete you will see the the menu again, select "Reboot system now" with the cursor keys

14. Press the return key to reboot the phone.

Enjoy
[Flipside General] phapsubongtoi:
using custom recovery will provide more useful functions
[Flipside General] pre4speed:
Not for those of us unlucky ones (maybe I'm the only one) that the custom recovery will NOT work for. No matter what I try, it wont mount data/recovery, so no backup can be made or flashing a custom rom. Plus I have a new problem. Had to rsd the sbf back and now I can't even gain root on the phone.
[Flipside General] roketteere:
What os are u on now? Also what methods have you tried?
[Flipside General] pre4speed:
I've got the froyo on it. When trying to root, I've used the method that worked for me originally, superoneclick. It just keeps not responding on my windows 7 machine but didn't use to. As for the recovery, I did exactly as laidaxins post but it would give me that above error on the phone. I have tried getting help from laidaxin and winsuk to no avail. I even tried getting ahold of romracer to build a proper recovery since I can donate my flipside for the cause, but haven't gotten a response from him at all.
[Flipside General] roketteere:
Use z4root go to 4shared.com and search for it there. Then download and install it. Make sure usb debugging is on and unknown sources is checked. Then run z4root and let it sit. Let me know if that works for you.
[Flipside General] pre4speed:
Gotta be a member to download.

Edit: found the apk here on xda. Doesn't work. At step acquiring root shell, it just closes out. Upon reboot, no superuser. Wasn't meant to be I guess. It was rooted at one time, but guess it just got tired of being told who the boss is.
[Flipside General] roketteere:
Just join its free lol
[Flipside General] pre4speed:
Lol. As I said tho I found it but it doesn't work. :(:confused::thumbdown:
[Flipside General] phapsubongtoi:
super one click is the easiest way to root ( i used the newest version and 100 % success)

and u must root before install any custom recovery
[Flipside General] pre4speed:
That didn't work either like it did in the past on my win 7 machine. The program stops responding on killing daemon server.
[Flipside General] roketteere:
Superoneclick doesn't always work. That's why I recommend using other options. Also there is a one click root for the Droid x Droid 2 etc on droidforums I have used it on many different Motorola's with a lot of success.
[Flipside General] pre4speed:
Would it be droidforums.com?
[Flipside General] roketteere:
Yes
[HTC EVO 3D] weirdsciencex:
Apologies if I have posted this in the wrong section.

Been looking for a decent live wallpaper for my local team and eventually found one only to discover it either force closes or doesn't display on my evo.

Would be eternally grateful if somebody could figure out why and/or correct the problem :D

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5wbC5sd3AubmV3Y2FzdGxlIl0.
[Milestone 2 General] newflamio:
I did downgrade in my milestone 2, and went back to CyanogenMod 7 ... but I'm not finding the "Google play" what now?
[Milestone 2 General] MaxK47:
Did you install the Google apps package?

You need to install it after applying the rom, look for it in the thread you downloaded the ROM.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] SealsNavie:
For those who like the Football Manager series for the PC, the Android version has recently arrived!

http://www.sigames.com/news/14114/Football+Manager+Handheld+makes+Android+debut

http://www.sigames.com/news/14115/Football+Manager+Handheld+for+Android+out+now

I bought it earlier and I must say...very impressive, however...it only has a lower resolution and doesn't make full use of the 1200x860 resultion for the Galaxy Note but that is being considered by Sports Interactive!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] mauaus:
the lower res is keeping me from buying it, for now.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Richy99:
and its rubbish
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] dekky18:
I didnt play it yet but the resolution is just crap!!!

Sent from my N-7000 using hands...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] plee85:
thanks for sharing

Thank you for sharing with us, but the video isnt about FH 2012...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] mauaus:
I agree but for $9 I expect a quality product that at LEAST takes advantage of the entire screen.... Not some half assed compatibility
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Marc Vaughan:
Thats your right - I've done my best to ensure the game works on as many devices as possible, now the game is out we're looking to provide additional skins for devices during updates to the game.

I apologise that we couldn't get these ready for release, but to be honest we're still trying to assess which of the myriad of different devices/resolutions are the most important to support at present (I looked at automatically scaling the display to fill the screen but on a text heavy game it ended up rendering in a blurry manner and I felt it better to go with crisp text in a bordered window than give people headaches).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] mauaus:
I really didn't mean to come off as an ass haha I hope you will support the note, it sold pretty well and has a solid following.. Lots of people mentioning the note in the si boards and in Google play reviews.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Marc Vaughan:
The Note does appear to be popular and I hope that we will be able to support a HD skin for it in the near(ish) future - we're doing the utmost we can to support the game to the best of our ability and will be rolling out updates for the game as promptly as possible.

In case its of interest to people this is the current 'state of the update'' taken from the SI Games bug forum:

#3.4a - First Android Update

Improve alignment of text on dialog box (HD Skin)

Add warning if app is run on a device with inadequate resolution

Welsh Manager Performance Award Fix

Port Vale Point deduction

Fix rare issue in European comps if a minor club wins major competition

Fix for Vans Trophy issue if a conference club qualifies for Europe

Minor text fixes (grammar and translations)

Improve the manner in which players react to bankruptcy

Added apostrophe to keyboard

Fix crash if you slide out physical keyboard while scout search is happening

Improve accuracy of required storage space calculation

Fix very rare corruption of player history in long term saves

Hardware Back button now does 'back' in the game when applicable

(Please note we won't indicate any items on here until they're completed - this included new skins, so the fact that something isn't present doesn't mean it won't be done - just that its not completed at present)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] davexeno:
I'm suprised you didn't develop for a tablet target screen and scale down. Rather than aim for the small screen and scale up. Alas though it doesnt quite fill the screen I have many other niggles with the game that irritate me a lot more than the res!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Marc Vaughan:
I looked at that approach but found that the different aspect ratios between the various devices available made it untenable - simply put as you scaled down the text became blurry and unacceptable for reading imho.

As such the safest approach was to implement skins for various resolutions and use them, the current HD skin works on all devices - but isn't optimal for the larger tablets at present.

If you have other niggles then please by all means post away - any constructive feedback you can give will help me continue to improve the game (I like people actively complaining about my products so long as they do so in a constructive manner ...people just saying 'its great' don't help it improve as much as someone explaining what I might do to improve it).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] JolyonS:
Well that must have come in handy over the years! ;)

Very impressed with the level of support as always, Marc.

I will buy this but I might wait until there's a Note skin.

-

A dream piece of functionality for a handheld FM game would be drawn 'playbooks' which would be perfect with the Note's pen input - tap two points to indicate a pass, draw a line to indicate a move and scribble to tell Pav to "just f-ing run around a bit" - that sort of thing.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Marc Vaughan:
I LOVE that sort of concept - but its a long term thing I'm afraid, it takes time to move an application forward, especially with a small team (the FMH team across all three platforms (Android, iOS and PSP) consists of me and Richard Jones as the only developers) ... I've lots of plans in this direction don't worry (along with various sketches of how I want the HD skin to eventually look.

Please bear with me - its a long journey to where we're heading, but I hope you enjoy the ride ;)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] raines43:
Marc, between the SI forums and here (probably others too) I'm surprised you find any time for development. Appreciate the time taken to improve the game.

I'd like to have the option of telling players what to do at set pieces, both attacking and defending; 'cover the far post', 'pressure the keeper', that sort of thing. Also the option to give the team a right b0llocking at half time would be good.

Really enjoying playing FM again though, even with the black borders. Nothing else is getting a look in, game-wise, at the moment.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] davexeno:
I shall update with my niggles when I get more chance to fully 'absorb' myself into the game. Little things like easily comparing player stats is one, but as I'm a bit of a noob to this game it could well be there's an option I've missed!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Marc Vaughan:
I'm not a big believer in sitting around idle while I wait for things, as a developer there are frequently times in the day when you're waiting for a build to be done or a test to finish ... when thats the case I often nip online and try and make a post or two.

I know I'll be expanding the game feature set in the future HOWEVER its vital imho that I keep the game flow nice and fast and easy to pick up and use, its for this reason I'm not rushing to put such options into the game... this isn't to say I won't do it, but I want to ensure its done right and the speed and feel of FMH remains intact when I do so (ie. watch this space, but its probably not something I'll do quickly as part of an update).

Cool - glad you're enjoying the game :D

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You're correct that there isn't currently a 'compare' option in the game - its something I want to add in, but its the actual 'UI' approach to it which I haven't got down 'pat' yet .... once I come up with a system I think is intuitive and easy to use I'll definitely look to add that in.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] raines43:
Update is out for the game and it now runs at full screen (it's actually 1280x720 but you can't tell it isn't full screen). Haven't checked out everything else that the update does but what I've noticed so far: The ball animation is jerkier on the game highlights, as are some player movements. Also one of my players hit a shot over the goal and onto the roof behind but it gave it as a goal. That hadn't happened in the 5 seasons I've played before the upgrade. Still, happier having the full screen mode than not and still loving the game.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] raines43:
Another bizarre 'goal', my player kicked the ball out over the half way line (off the bottom of the screen) and it was given as a goal.

Have to ask why has the exit game button been removed from the main menu screen? To leave the game I now have to press the home button and then close FM2012 in the task manager. A bit clunky.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] Marc Vaughan:
I'll check into this.

The 'exit' button had to be removed I'm afraid as a very small minority of devices (5 reports) had problems with it working - the effect of these problems was severe for the individuals concerned (ie. crashed the devices or caused issues with the SD Card) and so I felt it was better to remove it as I couldn't track down the reason it was occurring for them.

I am however planning on including an 'invisible' exit option in the next update - ie. clicking the 'back' button on the game entry page will then bring up a 'are you sure you want to quit the app' option - hopefully that'll be the best of all worlds for everyone (he says optimistically ;) ).
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] raines43:
Thanks Marc, I've played quite a few more matches and nothing else weird has happened since the halfway line 'goal'. Unless you count Barnsley being 3rd in the Premier League as weird.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] maxnik1:
What kind of hints and tips can you give me guys? :)

I've been playing today with QPR, but for 6 matches I've got only 1 point and scored 1 goal. I am having problems, maybe some more experienced players can give me some directions to how to play.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] raines43:
The formation that seems to work best is 4-1-3-2.

Set the two full backs as wing backs and the 2 central defenders as ball playing defenders. The defensive midfielder should be a ball winning midfielder. The 3 central midfielders should be set as central midfielders and the two strikers as complete forwards. Training wise, all defenders on defending, all midfielders on general and all strikers on attacking.

Tackling should be on commited.

With this tactic I've won 5 promotions in 5 seasons, starting in the Blue Square North with Halifax, then taking over Barnsley in my 4th season, when they were struggling in League One and are now 2nd in the Premier League.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] maxnik1:
Wow, what a difference. This is definitely working. Thank you.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] dafreaking:
Super stuff! Waiting for more updates to the gameplay. Hopefully in the future your Game Syncs over various devices.

Only complaint is the toll my battery is taking.

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Cant seem to score too many goals using this... What about team mentality, etc. :P :D