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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] kobridge:
How do you know EMMC chip damaged? Just curious...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Epix4G:
It was damaged when you formatted the partitions in cwm....only thing you can do is go to sprint and see if they replace it if not then ship it to Samsung and see if they will do it.....it was not damaged in shipping...it was damaged by u not reading and flashing the way devs have said

The emmc is not really damaged but the partitions are screwed up and no way to fix..
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] sniper:
What you do is post in the right section and then buy another god damn phone... I don't mean to be a **** but seriously, there have been sooo many bricking threads and warnings...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esoteric68:
Now what? Now you go to Sprint, be honest with them, appeal to their kindness and hope for the best. If that doesn't work then you buy a new one.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] garwynn:
I'll supplement the previous comments by this...

Once you get your new phone read up on flashing CM9 to avoid bricking it again. You can start with the sticky at the top of this thread.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] hrffd:
No. What you do is, go to Sprint, say you were playing a game, it froze, you pulled the battery and now all it has is a steady blue LED and you don't know why. Do not mention rooting, act like you don't know what rooting is. They can't check if it's rooted anymore without wiping all software so you're fine. If you have warranty, they'll have a replacement in 3 days.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PanchoPlanet:
Stay away from CM9. C stands for catastrophic and m for meltdown, the nine is just a nine.

Pp.

" It is said that when He swims, dolphins appear "......... even if its in a pool!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esoteric68:
Yes, by all means let's advise people how to avoid taking personal responsibility for not following instructions and screwing up their phones in the process. That's a surefire way to keep future costs down.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] PJBaska1:
Bricked also, welcome to the club

I to have a bricked device. I now know that this issue resides from a defect that resides in the kernel i believe and really only happens when going from one ICS rom to another. I can't believe that this even happened in the first place. Since i first got the phone when it was released I've been flashing away completely fine up until I flashed the Slim rom and then bam, Nothing. I to sent it in for repair at mobiletechvideos.com but they were not able to fix that eMMC data issue. I've been dealing with this since May 2 now and still don't have a working phone. I"m going to be send back to Samsung for a possible repair but this issue is not because of anything that you did wrong. It's a know issue by know and hopefully in the near future other users won't have to deal this this same **** either. Sounds like a possible patch in the works to prevent this from happening at all on these phones running this particular processor.

Good luck to you

http://www.xda-developers.com/tag/att-samsung-galaxy-s-ii/
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] scarmon25:
I'm sorry I have to say this. First let me say that I do believe in taking responsibility for my own actions. But the arguement that people going in a lying to sprint will raise cost is mute. If one was to stop and think about this. This is a company that sells you a plan that includes unlimited data and text and then charges you an additional fee for premium data. They have a whole team at the corporate level that their whole job is to figure out ways to raise cost and pitch it to customers in a way that they will still want to buy. I really do understand what you're saying but believe me. If everyone that ever bricked a phone was honest and paid out the ass for a new phone. Sprint and Samsung would still raise the cost of their services and producst. The only thing that people lying to sprint does is give them an excuse. Maybe I've been in the tech feild too long and am just jaded. Its not just sprint. Its all companies like that. How else do you think they afford to pay their CEO's and underlings 6-7figures aa year.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jamesey:
I believe the issue lies with step 2 in the cm9 install directions.

I never wipe data or factory reset in CWM. Wipe cache or davlik is fine. I always use calks format all to wipe data.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] JohnCorleone:
I do the same except I use the modified format (no data) zip as well but sounds like its only a matter of time before I get bit for being lazy
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] DevalB:
Completely off-topic but your signature is making me want to fire up the GBA emulator and play Pokemon Red/Blue again.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bsloanindy:
Is this issue only going to get worse when a true ICS recovery is developed? Will the new recoveries gracefully handle GB to ICS and the reverse? I hope so, or it sounds like we're in for a lot of madness. :o

I've always used Mobile Odin to get back to EL26 and I've never had a problem flip-flopping back and forth to roms. CM9 alpha 4 seems very refined to me and I'm going to stick with it for awhile until MIUI gets its battery issues resolved.

But I say if people want to play in the ICS pool, pay your $5 to get mobile odin pro, and only use the proper EL26 recovery for everything. It's so simple and that's a lot cheaper than a warranty replace or totally new phone.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] im0rtalz:
I believe the issue lies in user error. CM9 instructions are to odin el26cwm which has been safe to wipe/data since it's a Gingerbread kernel. I have installed cm9, aokp, codename, gummy, and mainly lots of nightly builds for cm9. Never had an issue and yes I followed the cm9 instructions. Somewhere along the way I believe people don't realize is that on this phone, every time you flash a rom, it comes with it's own kernel and recovery if there is one packaged. For now all instructions are pretty much the same across the board, for any flashing wiping etc it has to be done on a gingerbread recovery either el26 or el29.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Esoteric68:
You're right, of course the carrier(s) and manufacturer(s) are going to continue to raise costs because they are a business and that's how they stay in business but it's a little naive (or wishful thinking?) to assume these types of events do not affect cost.

So while I agree with you on that point (they raise prices regardless) I still stand firm on people lying to cover their asses when they screw up and ruin their phones.

I can't count the number of these threads I've seen, just since January, despite there being tons of warnings, detailed installation instructions, and other threads like this alerting people what not to do. It leaves me to wonder how many people have read, but not posted, and followed the dishonest advice to obtain new phones at little or no cost.

My argument is that we are enabling an irresponsible mindset that doesn't stop with broken phones. Pointless argument perhaps but just my personal feelings.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Dvin211:
I do agree with some of your points, though I think your exaggerating the costs.

They are not going to give him a new phone just a refurbished one. The one he damaged is not beyond repair. It will be sent out and be refurbished for someone else.

I'm sure the cost of tep more then covers Sprint's costs.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] blackroseMD1:
Except that, if you actually follow instructions, it's not either of those things. I've flashed CM9 and AOKP literally dozens of times, following the instructions to the letter, and haven't had a single issue. All you have to do is make sure that when you do wipe data/factory reset, you're doing it on EL26 Stock CWM, not a Rogue repack or whatnot.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] scarmon25:
People are going to do whatever they do no matter what is said. Some feel they've been screwed over by the carriers and OEM's and this is their opportunity to get back at em. Trust me if I had an opportunity toto stick Comcast with a nice shafting I would. In all honesty though. If you know how to read people. You can go into a store and tell the tech the truth and he will still swap it for 35 bucks or free if you have the TEP. You may have to go to a few stores and talk to the tech for a few minutes to feel em out. Hell I bricked mine and me and the tech talked for a few minutes about the issues happening wwith the phone and what caused it and he had no problem swapping it out. I paid the 35 bucks and was done with it. As I said. I agree with the taking responsibility cause lord knows this nation could use a morals lesson or two. But aether your honest or you lie there is going to be people that seal these bricks out for free phones. Whether its a nice tech doing a solid or a lying customer. Not to mention the thousands Samsung has probably already bricked looking into it. My grip isn't with telling people to be honest. Its with the arguement that alot of people seem to bring that them lying and that alone will be the reason for price hikes. I know that wasn't what was said here it was just one of those deals where it was the post that caused me to respond.

Take care.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] buggatti:
Hey

I am giving my g1 to mom. I got a nexus s for $35 (I Know.......Awesome). I wanted a rom that is very fast stable and run basic apps like opera mini gmail and friendcaster with ease. I was hoping for a donut rom with 2708 kernel.

I dont want FBL. It is the best g1 Rom but it get slow after time and my mom in not a patience person to wait for a app.

Also is there a way to lock dialer in memory.

Thanks a lot guys
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shano56:
I use dream team froyo (ics themed) with no Google apps and it is rather fast
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evall:
dreamteam froyo is very fast. I used it since November and it hasn't slowed down at all
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndDiSa:
If you want donut, take Enomther's Official rom in combination with the 14MB ram hack. That's really fast ... unfortunately I do not like the old fashioned layout and I am missing some GB features, otherwise ... ;)
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pegasi_Delta:
I switched from FBL to the Dreamteam Froyo ROM a little while back and the difference was incredibly noticeable. You're right that FBL seems to slow down, but even when I first installed FBL it was still slower than the Dreamteam ROM is now. I've noticed no slow down in the week or so I've been using it, very impressed. I was considering going back to Donut just to get better performance, but this has impressed me enough to stick with Froyo and keep all of its benefits.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arte444:
Link?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demkantor:
In the development threads under dreamteam froyo

Anyone search anymore?
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ace42:
This.

G1 is not as fast on newer firmwares, as it was on donut.
[HTC One S] GuestX0019:
May be getting the One S this weekend or tonite. May trade in rooted N1 for 100.00 since they are only going for 130.00 or so on Ebay. 30.00 not worth trouble. Will buy outright as 6 months left on contract. I still get the trade-in money though with no additional contract extension.

Reason to buy, it is 42mb (semi-future proof) and my testing yielded extremely smooth and fast performance with excellent page rendering. Great call quality and dl speeds 4.5 to 6mb even within the Mall. I eliminated the GN I played with at Verizon and even though 13mb dl, the One S rendered the pages faster and smoother on the two phones I tried. Pinch to zoom excellent. Maybe pure dl speed isn't everything.

I can use this for 18-24 months until there are big jumps in features/performance. Although, we will know today, I think the S3 even if it comes to TMobile may only be 21mb, not sure. Either way it performed as well if not better than the GN on Verizon. IMHO. The S3 may be months and probably 800.00. The One S is extremely nice and noticed no issues mentioned in this sub-forum. Nice thing about getting it at Mall kiosk, is that I can test there for big issues. Although the data connection issue concerns me--

Question-- I will wipe phone and old sdcard to turn in. I don't know what they do on sim. But, if i do my wipes and they clear sim card (not sure if sims have pesonal stuff on them like my Blackberry did), is there any security issues I may have overlooked to turn phone over to someone else. Personal stuff etc. I put no contacts etc on sim myself.

So, if I don't chicken out on the 500.00 may be back asking noob questions on rooting this, although don't know about flashing roms as this has all I need atm.
[HTC One S] GuestX0019:
BTW--will my Blueant Q1 bluetooth still work on this--or are there better headsets for this phone--
[HTC One S] GuestX0019:
Seen some posts that people needed HTC Sync to unlock

Anyone not use it and unlock?

@joshnichols--I thought you said you didn't use it, I lost our PM's on that part of our topic

Anyone at all have any comments on my questions, please

I wanna buy this Saturday, but if HTC Sync is needed and I can't open and install on my laptop for some reason--need to reconsider--:(

ken
[HTC One S] TrueGenome:
All Systems Go!

1. Your bluetooth headset will work.

2. As to future proofing your phone in regards to data download speeds, I see your point but a practical counterpoint would be the fact that whether you have a 21MB or a 42MB phone, I don't think you're ever going to see those speeds as those are theoretical speeds in 100% coverage areas and most likely in a lab setting. So though you may have a phone capable of 42MB speeds, by the time the carrier's has the capacity to offer those type of real world data speeds, all phones on the current market will become obsolete.

3. HTC Sync=Garbage. It's not necessary to root your phone or load custom ROMS.

4. Just withdraw your sim card before you trade it in. The retailer doesn't want/need it since it can't be repurposed for another customer.
[HTC One S] GuestX0019:
Appreciate the response TrueGenome,

I understand the true speeds, I mentioned the 42 as to buying a 21 phone. Tmo will be 42 here in the next few months. If i can't have lte then i want a 42 phone for now. I am looking at 18-24 months with it then we will see what's out there. I think by end of 2013 lte will be on most carriers including tmobile.

Do you have a blueant or why are you sure it will work--it is not a deal breaker though, just curious.

So, you unlocked and rooted with no HTC Sync on your pc/laptop

I mentioned it because at least two people said they had to have sync installed to unlock. And for some dumb reason I haven't figured out yet, it won't open to run.
[HTC One S] GuestX0019:
Well, bit the proverbial bullet and got the One S. Big improvement over a rooted N1 running ICS. Speeds are crazy. I got a 16gb Class 6 card that got 5-6mb on N1 and with peaks to 7-8. Today on One S I saw over 15. Lots of times plus 9mb. Not sure what to make of that. Still no better signal strength than the N1 in Dayton, unless in Very Good locations and outside or in car. My home and work still poor signal. Two phones--maybe the carrier is the issue? Have hit 7mb dl in a "maybe" 21mb market. 42mb is coming fairly soon, I hope--:rolleyes: According to a sales rep per a TMobile technician he was talking to.

Unlocked bootloader same nite--no issues. Will probably root soon, but not sure about needing to flash roms--phone has it all. Wouldn't mind toggles in drop down menu though. Am I missing something or is there an app or rom that has it.

Do any of you have/use HTC Sync, I need to research it--no nothing about it. As mentioned not needed to unlock, I guess. Did/Do have it installed.

My main question: I only sold one phone before a BB. Can send this in for 100.00 rebate. But am looking at putting it on local Craigslist for 135.00. Not doing any mailing. As a buyer from your perspective, what do you want the phone to have loaded at POS. I was going to wipe sdcard and use 4ext touch recovery to wipe all partitions including System. Don't want any personal stuff on it anywhere. Although, I never put banking or anything legal on it. Assume, I can do that at time of sale if better. I saw 130.00ish on Ebay. Phone is in mint condition. Any tips appreciated.

Having paid recovery like 4ext touch recovery on it will not be a personal security isssue, when phone has new rom on it and any updates come down OTA???

Amazed how much bigger this looks and feels than N1. I think a 4.8 would be too big.

Thanks,

Ken
[HTC One S] GuestX0019:
last post here not much response

flashed Paul's recovery and rooted

nice having TB and Nandroids back, an N1 on steroids--:)

i too have adb issues as far as the adb outdated error message in command window. i started to typr adb kill-server first, not sure if it is why it worked. kinda hit or miss. wonder if htc sync has anything to do with it.

sold N1 already

guess if I have time i will reflash amon on it, not sure about leaving 4ext on it

no issues on flashing recovery and rooting
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] raphixus:
hi i have a question...

can someone help me on how to wipe my hd2 android hyperdroid 6.0.0

not the whole OS but only the inside of it.. the applications and sms, contacts, and etc..
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] raphixus:
help me pleassssssssse
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Nigeldg:
Wow, I've never seen someone so desperate for an answer that they've actually bumped their thread after TWO minutes.

The simplest way would be to just go to CWM, wipe data then flash the ROM again I guess. I assume that's what you want (effectively a factory reset), but you're making things confusing by saying just apps, sms, contacts etc. Surely this is the whole OS?!
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Kameirus:
seriously you only waited 2 minutes before asking again

and yea there is go into cwm and choose wipe data factory reset

simple as that
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Marvlesz:
What Settings > Privacy > Factory data reset is there for, I ponder. :rolleyes:
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Nigeldg:
Lol that's what I was going to suggest at first but I remember reading that that just reboots the ROM for some reason. Meh, try it out I guess
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] mengfei:
my guess is, his going to sell/ give the phone to somebody :D

just do a Factory data reset & it will be as fresh as day....
[EVO 4G General] Steven 1:
Two articles about the Samsung galaxy s3..ill be going EVO LTE for sure but this phone sounds interesting (old news I know. But now rumors are out the window)

http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-lte-usa-editions-official-03226029/

"LONDON, UK--You've probably read all the rumors about the next Samsung Galaxy smartphone. And guess what -- most of them are pretty spot on. Samsung's upcoming flagship handset, now with an official name, the Samsung Galaxy S III, has finally made its debut here in the chilly English capital." -CNET

http://m.cnet.com/reviews/35243707

Under "review" link automatically takes you to overview which is a blank page
[EVO 4G General] imheroldman:
You should have posted this in the general section... Plus there are 585325522 threads on it already
[EVO 4G General] Steven 1:
It is in the general section. Posted it here cz I have an EVO and heard people talking bout it awhile ago
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
All I'm going to say is this: I told you so.

~teh roxxorz
[EVO 4G General] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
I'm boycotting HTC so I'm waiting til this years nexus is announced b4 I jump ship I'm completely satisfied with my Galaxy NexuS2 right now, that would be an ET4G modified to have no hardware keys and running pure aosp
[EVO 4G General] scottspa74:
I wish I could take so principled a stand (against HTC), cuz I agree wholeheartedly. That said, my Evo is feeling pretty old, and I think it's getting tired. And who knows how long til this years nexus (damn, what if HTC made it, how awesome would that be?!) Probably octoberish, maybe ?

With gsIII specs released today, it didn't seem all too impressive. Maybe, hopefully, that will cause more devs to stay with HTC, more of them to focus on S-off. I know xhausx has vowed to work on it, that's def encouraging.
[EVO 4G General] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
Htc lost the bid Samsung has a standing agreement with Google to be the sole producer of nexus for a while coming, because Google doesn't like htcs bull**** anymore than we do HTC said the nexus would ship locked and Google withdrew their contract after Sammy promised to not lock down any of their handsets based on android , plus lte doesn't hit my area til phase 2 rollout this fall so I'm in no hurry to get a new device til I have Lte available

Edit: my dads company has over 20k employees nationwide, none of which will receive an HTC device on company provided accounts I talked their corporate account rep into denying HTC upgrades on buisness lines unless the employee pays for it out of pocket
[EVO 4G General] blkswanpres:
Why the HTC boycott, did I miss something?
[EVO 4G General] teh roxxorz:
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but they went back on their word of saying they'd unlock their bootloaders or the potential to [htc dev], but they have changed their mind and went with locked bootloaders.
[EVO 4G General] blkswanpres:
Dang, I was trying to decide between the Evo 4G Lte and the GSIII.
[EVO 4G General] PsiPhiDan:
I think you're partially correct and partially incorrect. If my understanding is correct, they have a bootloader unlock, but it only partially unlocks it, making things still difficult for devs to work with. They didn't straight-up lie, but they told a half truth I guess.

Not worth a ban on a great phone to me. I'm excited about it even STOCK! :eek:
[EVO 4G General] scottspa74:
Just found a great article about exactly the ramifications of exactly what they did

http://rootzwiki.com/news/_/articles/dear-htc-can-we-have-our-phones-back-r709

sent from 2yr old Evo on ICS
[EVO 4G General] Zmaina5:
I agree, even though the sgIII has full unlock, the lte and one x both have amazing stock specs. And to add to that, rom flashing is still available to do regardless of full unlock or not
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkanwar:
Hi guys I have an lt18i and I have my liveview connected successfully. What it is ive installed plugins but my liveview and liveview application doesnt pick up the plugins. Says there are none installed. By the way I have ics.

Also liveware manager refuses to install or update. Says something but unsigned file
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sisqoboy:
Hi,

U are not the only who has this issue. Sony is still looking for the solution.

If you root the phone and delete the liveware app after that download the newest, it would work without problems.

Otherwise there is no official solution yet.

I went to a repair centre and they downgraded to gb from ics because I couldn't use my smartwatch...
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkanwar:
Thanks. I did uninstall the liveware app then tried installing.via the play store but I had no luck. Gives me an error.

Edit: it worked now it wouldnt work yesterday
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zest_th:
Move App from SD-card ...to.... Memory :D:D:D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkanwar:
Damn that is a bugger though. It wouldve been nice to have the plugins
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rolandh:
I'm considering getting a LiveView watch off ebay, and was wondering if it's compatible with ICS. Now I've seen this thread I might bite the bullet and get one for £19.95 they seem a bargain.

Roland
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rkanwar:
That is cheap. It is compatible but so far none of the plugins seems to compatible with ics on any ics device due to the liveview application so its from sonys side. But its still useful. Ive been getting texts which ive been checking during my training at work.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rolandh:
The easiest way is to root then use link to sd to convert LiveWare Manager to a user app, update from Play Store then convert back to a System app. That's what I did, mow just waiting for my LiveView to get delivered by Mail Man.

Roland