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[Epic 4G General] a454nova:
The Network Vision is rolling out on time, in some areas faster.

I think we get a "I Hate", or "Sprint is Stupid" thread about once a month. I know these facts have been covered before, but never the less. Not to necessarily point at this OP, but you'd think some of our users would think of a better title by now. We need a "Just Venting because my 3G is slow" thread and sticky it. :p

P.S. Check out the site in my Signature. Not only will it answer your questions, but there is a interview with Dan Hesse there where he personally answers questions like above. He also explains why there are going the path that they are. Fun reading... :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] vitaminjay1982:
Photon wont get all my calls and the texts come through in batches.

Store cant replicate the problem. 2 other phones on my account and in the same house work fine. Both are EVO's.

Evo's run CM7.2, Photon is stock.

Tech support says its a network issue. I call BS. Tech support nor the store even wanna troubleshoot the phone. They both wanna blame it on network issues for either the iphone, LTE migration, swamped towers and even the airport i live a stones throw from.

Yes...The airport.

So where should i go from here?
[Motorola Photon 4G] valentinoh:
Have you tried to reset all data connections?

##72786# but you must know your msl

To complete that step.
[Motorola Photon 4G] vitaminjay1982:
Ive hard reset the phone twice. one of those was an sbf.
[Motorola Photon 4G] w0lf215:
Everytime I've personally ever had it happen to me or heard of this happening(with batch texts like that where theyll come in packs) is when there is just poor reception and it will do that.. Although if you have several other Sprint devices in same building that aren't doing that not sure what to tell you. If it is mainly/only happening at your house I'd call Sprint and have them send you out an Airave. They've been known to do it for free and no monthly fee sometimes. Ive got one in my house and it lights up my entire house and then some with rock solid coverage. Does it only do it around your house? Or everywhere no matter where your at? If it's only when at your house its most likely just a network issue..
[Motorola Photon 4G] 1914Macguyver:
Do you happen to have Google Voice installed? I had that problem when it was installed.
[Motorola Photon 4G] vitaminjay1982:
After about 2 hours and 7 people they finally decided to troubleshoot the phone. Turns out it's no longer talking to towers correctly. New phone on the way.

Signal in my house is amazing. I can see the tower I connect to. Never less than 4 bars.

I also have an airave box free from sprint in case signal ever goes down for any reason but it's not plugged in unless I need it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] vitaminjay1982:
No I do not.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] njgtechguy:
Like many others, the top of the Evo 4G LTE is a major detractor. When looking for a way to fix this I came across this where they sanded the polycarbonate of the glossy iPhone to give it a brushed look. I'm curious as to how well something similar (using circles insteads of lines to make it matte but not brushed) would work well with the top of the Evo 4G LTE. What makes this worse is that in the video HTC published you can see a prototype with matte plastic and it looks tremendously better.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dylan6879:
Gonna check out this link when i get on my pc. But sounds like a pretty good idea. Back when I had an ipod touch I hated the mirror backs because of how scratched up they got so i sanded it to look like stainless steel. Worked out perfect.

Although I don't like the shiny plastic look its not so bad I think I can live with it but if this ends up working good with the EVO maybe ill give it a shot but I don't think ill be the guinea pig haha
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Gordon Ramsay:
Yes it also broke my heart to see that prototype, I was like..WHYYYYYYYYY!!!!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Rodderik:
with the obvious disliking of that piece i'm sure there will be 3rd party replacements since it is supposedly easily removable
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] dylan6879:
I thought so to but it does house the nfc chip so if anyone does make one it probably won't be cheap
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] njgtechguy:
It's not the NFC chip but just the antenna so third parties should be able to make a replacement part. The area near the lens worries me a bit though. Unless it looks better in person I think I will sand it.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cr45h:
Thanks for posting this. I was already planning to do this but now I have some instructions. For anyone who doesn't want to read the external posts, the process should go something like this:

1. Remove the shiny plastic back-cover

2. Acquire two small pieces of sand paper (one 800 grit and one 1200 grit)

3. Start by wet-sanding with the 800 grit sandpaper (use a forward-back motion)

4. Clean, inspect, and continue sanding until all shiny spots are gone

5. After you've gotten to all the tricky spots, let it dry, clean again with a soft cloth, and check out the results. This will produce a very dull finish.

5. If you would prefer a more polished finish, switch to the 1200 grit sandpaper and carefully re-sand the entire surface

6. Post pictures on xda.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] typhoonikan:
I'm sure there will be third parties making backings. It'd be an easy way to make money too, if anyone is keeping track of this idea. I for one love the two-toned look.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] wrxlvr:
I despise the two-tone look. I wish I'd never seen the AT&T One X in white. makes me hate the looks of the back of this phone that much more. If I get one, I'll be doing this or painting the back or something to make it look better.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] njgtechguy:
If anyone is experienced with sanding, is the 800 anf then 1200 grit approach appropriate?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] i2ichal2d:
Yes, coarse paper first (800) then the finer paper (1200), I would test it out first. and don't forget this should be a wet sand with water as a lubricant.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Genjinaro:
I wanted to put in a request to Seidio to make some in a limited quantity but:

1. I wonder if they'll follow through?

2. Will it kill the signal advantage of the OEM's door?

3. Will it dissapoint (Still glossy, Loud, LOGO plastered, Weird etc.)?

That back peice is also part of my reasoning for wanting a white one.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] TorxT3D:
i wonder if the plastic is a coated red like the original evo.

i thought it was neat with the original evo, you could sand to reveal red.

the back doesnt bother me, it'll be covered with a casing anyways.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] flex360:
lol

i could care less

cuz as soon as i get it im slapping a nice case on it

people just love to moan for nothing
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] blkswanpres:
What about the people not putting a case on it, not that it bothers me but still some people don't wrap their phones up.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ckoadiyn:
This otherwise what's the point of putting a label on the.back :p
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kawaski47:
I usually skin my devices when I get em so my entire phone looks shiny like that lol. Hope to pick one up around Christmas
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cr45h:
I don't understand why people would want to put cases on their phones. It's the same principle as buying an expensive couch and 'protecting' it with a plastic cover or buying an expensive car and then installing neoprene covers on the seats. This is an awesome, well built phone. It was designed to be used 'naked'. If it needed an additional layer of clothing, HTC would have designed it into the phone.

I feel that if people would just learn to take care of their phones, they could enjoy using them the way they were designed to be used.

Anyway... my 2 cents. You have a right to disagree and, if you buy the phone, it's yours to do with as you please. But, personally, I just can't stand to see a beautiful smart phone dressed in a purka (a phone burka). :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ShadowDrake:
I'm probably going to sand blast mine as soon as I get it. if its just polycarbonate it'll turn out nicely!
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] EmmaHAARP:
Just wait a month or so for the Chinese to make a nice top replace and post it on Ebay.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jon_570:
i have an unlocked Tmobile SGS 4g and the firs ttime i put my ATT sim card in it stayed on 3G for about 10 minutes then went to EDGE and has since stayed there. I know the phoine can connect to ATT 3G but is there something i have to change to get it to stay on 3g?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] stephen_w:
I wonder if you need to put an AT&T APN in place? If so, check out http://developer.att.com/developer/forward.jsp?passedItemId=1700008.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
+1. Wouldn't be a bad idea.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ggrant3876:
I'm trying to help a member of xoomforums.com but usb debugging isn't checked. Is there a way to unlock it with it being unchecked. He has a xoom that doesn't toggle to android recovery.

hi

yesterday i bought this xoom from a shop returns auction knowing that it was password protected.

but i had read the guides how to hard reset on this forum and thought it would be an easy fix, as i have rooted and installed many different roms on my htc hd desire and my onda vi40 tablet with relative ease.

i got back from the auction and went to hard reset and quickly found out the xoom does'nt have the recovery mode, just 'nvflash' 'rsd' and 'fastboot'

searching more i found there are few like this all wi fi models but no real answer how to fix??

the closest help i found was this guide external factory reset?

i got to the point where you type 'adb devices' into 'cmd' but it doesn't find mine?

but then i don't know what mode i should put my xoom in 'nvflash' 'rsd' 'fastboot' or the password screen?

when my xoom is on the password screen it it shows up on the computer as mz604 (portable media player)

SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!

i hope i have'nt bought myself a heavy paperweight!!!!

for anybody that is worried that i have maybe stole this i have the invoice that i could take a picture of as proof of purchase and post it on here if i have to. it came boxed still with clear protectors on the back....

http://www.xoomforums.com/forum/mot...-all-i-get-nvflash-rsd-fastboot-scrolls.html#
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solarnz:
Boot into fastboot, then unlock it (fastboot oem unlock)

You don't actually need to use adb to unlock these devices.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ggrant3876:
Thanks man.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ggrant3876:
Not really sure how to use fastboot without the sdk.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solarnz:
Install the sdk then.

It's exactly the same, the only reason you need 'USB Debugging' enabled, is to be able to reboot into the bootloader.

So to skip that, just choose fastboot from menu in the bootloader, which the user has obviously been able to get into.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ggrant3876:
Thanks, he got it wiped.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] portezbie:
I have two android devices right now, my triumph and a kindle fire running cm7. I would like to be able to transfer my saved games, or app data, from one device to the other so I can play on one and then pick up the same saved game on the other device if I want to.

I feel like there is probably a way to do this with titanium backup pro, but I couldn't figure it out.

Thanks.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pio_masaki:
Copy the 3 files for the app on your main.device, put in the titaniumbackup folder on device 2, restore data then profit.

Btw it's sdcard/titaniumbackup/backupfilesarehere in case you hadn't found it yet.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Guster730:
So I just got the One X on monday and later in the day I noticed it making loud clicking noises while focusing in the camera, sometimes causing it to unfocus. It was super annoying so I decided I was gonna replace it. Except yesterday I dropped it, and now it has tiny scratches on the corner of the body. Is there any way I can get it replaced? Because I read phsyical damage voids the warranty
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mikelebz:
Try it...bring it back to the store
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Guster730:
I tried today but it was out of stock at 3 AT&T stores in New York :( Since I have 30 days I'll probably wait until next weekend. It'd be nice if someone knows if they'll make a big deal over small marks though.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Guster730:
Here's a pic http://i.imgur.com/5e8Xx.jpg
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] beef1218:
I assume you are with AT&T. You can still return it within 30 days and cancel the contract upgrade. If you want to replace it, you may have a hard time finding a store that has it now.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Guster730:
You think they'll accept it despite there being slight physical damage?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 05GT:
Might say the drop caused the issue you are having. Did you purchase the insurance?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] davidstech11:
As nice as these smartphones look without a case I don't take chances not protecting them. I rarely ever drop my devices but if/when I do its almost certain to get damaged, If not cracked IF

I don't have a case on it.

A lot of people regret not protecting there device with a good case after they mess up there device.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] vioalas:
The clicking has been evident with a lot of HOX, but just pretend like you didn't scratch it. They probably won't even take notice..
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Guster730:
Yeah I'm definitely getting a case once I replace it.
[Motorola Droid 3] HEMItude:
I'm on stock .890 (rooted) and I noticed the official .906 update available on my phone today by going into system updates. It downloaded, and I had it install. The phone automatically rebooted to do the install and gets stuck at the AP Fastboot Flash Mode (s) (Boot Failure) Invalid CG Version.

If I restart the phone again, it boots into Android and I can get to my home screen, but after about 5 - 10 seconds it just reboots back into the Boot Failure screen above. I'm stuck in this loop.

The fact that it does boot back into the current .890 android, (for about 10 seconds) leads me to think this can be fixed easily? How can I stop it from trying to automatically reboot back into AP Fastboot?

Any suggestions on how to get out of this?
[Motorola Droid 3] Atrixn00b:
I have no idea how to fix this since I haven't played with my Droid yet. You could try booting into recovery and try wiping delvik cache and partition and if that doesn't work download a stock version of the rom or a custom one and flash it is what I would do. It seems like your filesystem got corrupted from the root
[Motorola Droid 3] redsox985:
I would use RSD lite to flash 5.6.890 by booting with M+Power and then AP Fastboot mode.

This won't work because he doesn't have root or boot/safe strap installed and you can't wipe partitions/dalvik through stock recovery.
[Motorola Droid 3] Atrixn00b:
ohhh makes sense. haha
[Motorola Droid 3] DoubleYouPee:
I'm still confused about the difference between x+power and m+power
[Motorola Droid 3] MerCiLeSS28:
Would this be something Motofail one click could fix?
[Motorola Droid 3] redsox985:
X+Power gets you to stock android recovery. M+Power gets you to the selection menu where you can boot into AP Fastboot mode to flash, or boot into BP Tools to access Bootstrap (Hash's in particular).

Most likely not because he can't access the phone to connect via Charge Only nor is he able to install Boot/Safe Strap. Maybe root through ADB and push it that way? Maybe...
[Motorola Droid 3] HEMItude:
I was able to get into Clockwork. During that brief few seconds that it would boot back into Android, I was able to quickly use the Boot Into Recovery option. As using the hard key combinations wouldn't work, it just kept bringing me back to the AP boot failure.

Once in Clockwork, I was able to do a factory wipe and cache clears. After that, I could succesfully boot into the OS and gain access to the device without it continually trying to reboot. But it didn't help....as I tried to download and install the OTA to .906 it restarted the device to atempt the install and it brought me right back to the same boot failure loop.

My final resolution was to use psouza4's 890 update script to get back to a complete fresh stock image of .890. Once I did that, the official OTA to .906 installed perfectly. I re-rooted and was good to go.

There was probably a much simpler solution, but I didn't know it. Plus I felt better starting over from scratch anyway.

Not sure exactly what it was causing it...probably my own stupidity.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sk806:
[ROM] (6/11/12) Magnolia X 1.0 | 1.88 | Mods & Tweaks | "Meh, it's OK..."|

(6/11/12)Magnolia X 1.0

This is the initial release of my ROM for the AT&T One X. It is based in the Asian RUU 1.88.707.2, with many mods, tweaks and enhancements (see features list below). My goal is to provide a smooth, reliable ROM you can use every day. Let me know what you think!

Steve

Features

Based on Asia RUU 1.88.707.2;

Deodexed, zipaligned, etc.;

Advanced Power Menu;

Landscape Rosie (my own, minimally recoded version);

Ultra smooth rosie mod (flattened widgets for faster/smoother scrolling);

Disabled 3-dot menu bar in fullscreen apps;

Recents key mapped to context menu, long-press home key for recents (more options soon);

Init.d support with my own blend o' tweaks;

Android graphics rendering disabled, all hardware GPU enabled;

Accurate Battery Mod (percentage battery both unplugged and charging);

Extended Quick Settings (compliments of scrosler);

ATT logo removed from status bar;

build.prop tweaks (hide adb icon, increase wifi & 3G speeds);

ATT VVM app;

Wireless Tether app;

Removed widgets and app shortcuts on homescreen at bootup, except weather clock, so you don't have to do it yourself;

Probably more I can't remember...

Known Issues

You need to tap the weather on home screen to set location;

You need to run SuperSu to update binary, and should set access to "grant" in settings if you are having issues with Root Explorer, etc.

ATT VVM not working w/o APN change (duhhhhh....;)). Will be fixed in upcoming release.

To Do/Coming Soon

Tweaks app;

AROMA Installer;

more...

Installation Instructions

Nandroid backup!

Download zip and place on sdcard;

Perform a factory reset in recovery;

Flash zip in recovery;

Reboot and let things settle down & Sync;

Let me know what you think!

Download

Magnolia X 1.0

Thanks/Credits

scrosler for the EQS!;

hamdir for the base of the smooth Rosie mod port (used with permission);

j4n87, for the base of the advanced power menu mod (used with permission);

blubbers for the base of the key remap code I based the port on (used with permission);

XDA for being what it is;

Everyone who has contributed to the development of this device;

If I forgot anyone, it was unintentional, and please send me a PM, so I can apologize and grovel...

WARNING

While I generally test my ROMs thoroughly, and have beta testers, as well, you should be aware that this ROM is to be flashed at you own risk. I cannot and will not take any responsibility whatsoever for any anything that may happen to you, your phone or others as a result of flashing this ROM.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sk806:
Changelog

6/11/12

- Initial Release
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sk806:
[ROM][BETA](5/9/12) Magnolia X 1.0 |AT&T 1.1.73.502.1| Simple, Stable (?), Smooth (?)

Removed Apps

All Asia bloat

HTC Watch

Google Music (I hate this, and you can get from market)

All extra skins, ATT VVM, books, wireless tether in data/app, so you can uninstall...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mikelebz:
I have a question:

The last phone that I had (HTC Aria), all I needed to do was flash the ROMs through clockwork....no dealing with boot.img

Is this because the boot.img was included in the ROM zip for the Aria? What exactly does boot.img do? Will flashing a boot.img be required for ALL roms? is the boot.img rom-specific?

Thanks for all of your amazing work for this phone,

Mike
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sk806:
It's because they changed their bootloaders and because the phones are s-on (i just realized I put s-off in the OP). Boot.img is where the kernel and the kernel ramdisk are located, it is all important and in every ROM...

Until we have s-off, all ROMs likely will need to flash boot.img separately. there is a way of packaging up the bootimg into a PJ83IMG.zip, which goes onto your sdcard during flash, but these zip files can't be flashed via bootloader anymore, so, we're stuck...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mikelebz:
Thanks for your prompt response! So just to clarify, once we gain s-off, both the rom and the boot.img will be in one flashable zip file flashable through clockwork , correct? Because my aria was s-off and the roms that I flashed had the kernels included... We also had flashable kernels
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mrvirginia:
i hate to ask a stupid question, but how do we boot into recovery?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mikelebz:
Hold down the power button and select reboot phone... While the phone is rebooting, hold down the volume down button... Then select recovery
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mrvirginia:
argh having difficulty with this... =\

i managed to get my phone into "safe mode"

edit: got it, thanks! :)

---------- Post added at 07:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:29 PM ----------

lol so i was in recovery before via Quick Boot app but thought i was looking at the wrong thing. looks like i need to put recovery on here. apparently i'm a little off today and not thinking. maybe i'm excited that this phone is finally getting tweaked a good bit.

---------- Post added at 07:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:33 PM ----------

and recovery isn't ready. am i missing something? ha is this just for the Rogers kids right now?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mikegonz:
Just wanted to double check which apps are removed in this rom upon release?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mikelebz:
recovery is not ready for neither AT&T nor Rogers. Once it is ready, it will be for both versions, however only Rogers can flash it as of now as their bootloader is unlocked.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] SN4K3B1T3:
That's incorrect, can't be flashed on ours either! JSL has tried many times as far as I know

sent from my Hawks(HOX)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mikelebz:
Really? I wonder why. Your bootloader is unlocked, you ought to be able to flash it...contact sk806...see if his works for you...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] mrvirginia:
well, i'm trying to do an adb push with one file and am failing miserably. can't get it to mount rw :(

edit: sweet, i got it. just learned something new today with Android. always hated adb. now it's my best friend =P
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Red5:
Awesome looking rom dude, glad to have you here!

Also, posts #2 and 3 are now yours. :D
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sk806:
I will make a list. I have asked a moderator to give me a couple of posts, above...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sk806:
Ah, I see. Thanks Red!
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sk806:
It won't. there seems to be something in the misc partition of the phone that prevents the recovery from booting up if the recovery is not signed properly. I understand that a developer is working on bypassing this, but it i snot available yet. Please don't mess around with recovery right now. It will be here soon...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] Red5:
LTE toggle? AT&T name removed in Notification bar?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sk806:
I hope so. Need....to....test.....ahhh....might wind up coding odex files...
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] sk806:
Ahhh, that may very well be it. In any event, I am fairly certain it is fixed for upcoming version. Thanks for the info.

Steve
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] twinky112:
any news on the rom Steve?