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[Fascinate General] Anthony2816:
You must have missed the fact that Verizon is *also* adding a new $30 "upgrade" fee, in addition to replacing your unlimited data with only 2 GB a month. "Taking something away" is *in addition* to "a price increase".

Since they aren't giving you anything different for the new $30 upgrade fee, I can only assume it's to cover their administrative costs to reduce your data plan.

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Do you have a link for that, Tonu42? I called Sprint three times today; one time the rep didn't have any idea if Sprint was even going to get the Galaxy S3 (never mind when), and the other two times the reps hadn't even heard of the Galaxy S3.
[Fascinate General] icemanwbs:
Look into " TING".....@ting.com
[Fascinate General] yeahdude38:
I see what there doing. Right now each phone on your plan is $30 for unlimited so now there taking it away and putting a one time $30 a month 2gb plan to share across all phones which makes sense (for family plans which cost alot as it is) but may also make a lot of people want more data in return costs more money. Stupid - no (for the common people who dont use much data) but for us then yes its stupid for us who root and use lots of data it will suck. Im an unlimited type of guy but who am i to the millions of other verizon customers who probably *****ed to get this. I do wish there plans went down in price though. 2 fassys for $209 a month (unlimited everything) kinda sucks cas i need it for work.

Anyways it will suck if we loose unlimited although im not even sure if i even hit the cap eith my online games, web browsing and youtube. Just there way of malimg big users pay more i guess :banghead:
[Fascinate General] neh4pres:
http://www.slashgear.com/verizon-unlimited-data-need-not-end-for-you-18228905/

A must read
[Fascinate General] AuroEdge:
Galaxy Nexus (CDMA) is $650 & Google offers the HSPA model for $400. I can see the Galaxy S3 easily going for $750 at launch. Your only real option with this policy is to wait much longer after the phone is released.

I guess since that's what I already do anyways that might not be a problem. Oh, except for the fact that the plan we're on includes paying back the subsidy for the Fascinate and then a lot more. You get screwed on the huge upfront purchase if you pursue this route, then you get screwed on paying a subsidized rate for an unsubsidized phone
[Fascinate General] neh4pres:
I have never heard of a subsidized rate. I may be wrong, but i think all rates are the same.
[Fascinate General] neh4pres:
Anyway. What i was thinking, keeping my fascinate forever, and adding a line for 10 dollars. I'll keep my unlimited internet for home. And have a new phone that Verizon will have subsidized
[Fascinate General] droidstyle:
i just talked to verizon and the data change is not going into effect for 6-7mo, by then ill have something 4g and still keep my unlimited data. after that i will just by a phone outright...no biggie other than i wont be buying anything on launch date since they will cost 700+
[Fascinate General] neh4pres:
I'm not sure if it will work. But should. Anyway, add a extra line, Get a phone subsidized, cost is 240 dollars over 2 years for the extra line. But your 700 dollar phone for 200-300 dollars means you're saving a couple hundred dollars..

Once you have the phone i don't see a reason you would not be able to activate it under your original number. Another thing that may work, and i have done it in the past, is taking the upgrade for another line on your account of you have one.
[Fascinate General] droidstyle:
I just talked to them on the phone and I can keep my unlimited data for another 2 years long as I upgrade before the data plans change. After that the only option to keeping unlimited data would be buying the device outright. Currently I have 2 upgrades available so Im thinking about upgrading very soon. Also The rep I talked said there is no gurantee that the gs3 will make it to verizon.
[Fascinate General] Anthony2816:
That's the trouble...at the moment there's nothing I'd want to upgrade to. I like the size of the Galaxy Note, but only AT&T has that...and who knows if we'll ever get a shot at the GS3 before the chance to keep our unlimited data expires?
[Fascinate General] neh4pres:
Absolute bull****! I'm so sick of Verizon keeping is from the best phones!
[Fascinate General] dave_k605:
Within two years(or less) I'm betting the only well equipped smart phones will be iphone and their way played out "droid" line... Any sammys will be the entry line models.

I love vzs service, but not being able to get the wanted and anticipated phones is getting old... Let alone they don't ever make it public that they might get whatever phone.
[Fascinate General] shelby04861:
Welcome to the world of us cellular. Sorry but I think we got it worse on that note
[Fascinate General] nitsuj17:
well samsung development is directly related to the last 2 nexus phones being from samsung

obviously if you have either of those, you dont have to worry about roms/kernels/latest stuff

but the galaxy s and s2 phones have working 3.xx kernels and aosp because of those 2 phones

if the next nexus was (lets say) a LG or HTC or MOTO or something, it wouldnt be that easy anymore
[Fascinate General] Stephen.k.spear:
The next is gonna be Samsung again. :-)

Sent from my Glitched AOKP Unicorn.
[Fascinate General] sageDieu:
this is incorrect. Samsung development on non nexus phones is attributed to their unlocked bootloader and ease of modification. the nexus has an unlocked bootloader so it doesn't matter who makes it, it's gonna be easy to dev on. everybody except Samsung locks their bootloaders and that is why it is harder and takes longer for mods and roms on other phones.
[Fascinate General] scarfman4:
Honestly I'm at a point where I don't care if I lose unlimited or not. Where I live the only three choices we have are Verizon, AT&T and Nex-tech Wireless. I was debating going back to NTW but they raised their only smartphone data plan to $45/month and it no longer includes tethering. It is unlimited data and texting but it's not worth paying $15/month more for 3G service where we have VZ 4G where I live. If I have to stick with a crappy 3G service I'll switch to AT&T and get 3gb/month for the same $$ I pay now.

Just my 2¢ worth.
[Fascinate General] rmtobler:
just buy your phone from craigslist... i've seen the galaxy nexus sell for $200-300 with a clean ESN. I actually bought my wife's iphone 4 for $200 off craigslist and took it to the apple store and they replaced it with a new one for free since there was a problem with it and the phone still under warranty..
[Fascinate General] Watanuki-Kun:
Well I'm spending $120 on data for four lines so if they price the shared data plans competitively, I wouldn't mind giving up unlimited.
[Fascinate General] speedingcheetah:
One of my family members upgraded from a 3g to a 4g device last month, still has unlimited data. So...by contract, he should keep that unlimited data until his contract expires in 2yrs...

I still have a 3g device...but my contract (line)doesn't expire for 2yrs also..so I should still have unlimited till then...but one of our lines has an upgrade in October available I was thinking of using to get a 4g phone...I assume that by then, if i were to go to a 4g device...i would loose unlimited....which defeats the purpose of 4g..as I wanted the faster speed to stream and tether with..

I also noticed that the texting plan i have..500 with unlimited mobile to mobile is no longer available..I still have it, but can select it for any other of my lines.
[HTC Wildfire S] Ravencz:
Greetings, I made a simple, quite minimalistic bootanimation, because I really like CM9's new mascot and I think it's time to change the old bootanim to a new one.

Here it is:

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For now it's only Holo blue at 320x480 resolution. I will add the Holo orange, purple and green later perhaps with more resolutions as well.

Download link: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5Vrboq0miRUSEdPWnM2dm1SQVU/edit (click on File -> Download)

Credits to CyanogenMod for the Cid mascot
[HTC Wildfire S] dudong:
looks pretty and could you make it for the first screen
[HTC Wildfire S] soybi:
Cant download, can you create zip file?

Edit: thank you! But it's too small for my screen.. :D
[HTC Wildfire S] Thrawed:
Love it, using it right now. So much better than that noise that comes with cm9.
[HTC Wildfire S] Ravencz:
I don't know exactly what you have on mind.

Sure, attached a zip file to the first post.
[HTC Wildfire S] zmalj:
Looks Great , Thank You
[HTC Wildfire S] nookroot19:
First Screen

I think he means Splash Screen.

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And can you make this in nook color vertical screen resolution (600x1024 I think)
[HTC Wildfire S] Ravencz:
Oh.. Isn't that a Kernel/Bootloader thing? Or do I think of something else?

Yup, When I'll have enough time, I'll make different sizes and colors :)
[HTC Wildfire S] Thrawed:
If you're looking for variation ideas, you could try one with the wide-eyed waving cid. I think he looks more friendly. http://android.chemlab.org/debut22.png
[HTC Wildfire S] nookroot19:
Yep, I don't like the boot loader screen cause it looks like metroid or something. But I think you shouldn't make different colors. I might resize this to fit the nooks screen tomorrow if it looks good I'll post it and tell me which sizes you need and I'll make them for you.
[HTC Wildfire S] soybi:
Can you make one for neo v?
[HTC Wildfire S] nookroot19:
Let me know how this looks. If I need to fix it thats fine.
[HTC Wildfire S] nookroot19:
Your probably gonna think i'm stupid too, but I can't get the boot animation to work on my Nook cause I don't know how to change the boot animation in ICS yet but here it is for anyone who wants to try it
[HTC Wildfire S] Thrawed:
You'll need to change the desc.txt to match the new resolution of the image files.
[HTC Wildfire S] soybi:
Doesnt work. Black screen
[HTC Wildfire S] omnomnomkimiiee:
Looks great on my WFS.

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"You can overclock as much as you want, your phone will always seem too slow."
[HTC Wildfire S] nookroot19:
I realize it looks like I abandoned this thread. I've just been really busy lately. The problem with mine isn't the text file its how they are zipped up. I can't zip them like a storage file on my nook but I will try more in the next few days
[HTC Wildfire S] nookroot19:
I finally have my hands on a computer. Expect a fix for the ones I posted earlier in the next two weeks because i'll be at my moms from sunday untilsometime later next week.
[HTC Wildfire S] yuri53122:
nice job
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BrettKoster:
Is it possible to convert a Verizon Galaxy Nexus to work on Sprint?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Nopers.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] martonikaj:
Nope. Sell it and buy a Sprint one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] imnuts:
Threads like this seem to be a weekly occurrence. If only there was something to search through old threads...
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] trifthen:
So, I was browsing Engadget, and came across the results of the annual ASCI survey.

Full results here. It's near the bottom of the page.

In fact, the only phones lower than Samsung, were manufactured by RIM. I'd like to know why this is, personally. I think it has something to do with them making a billion phone variations, and a bunch of cheap phones (like the Droid Charge) that are just garbage, which are bringing down the overall score. Maybe it's Sense. I can't really tell. But it just seems odd that they're literally the lowest of all Android manufacturers. Even lower than Motorola.

Ideas?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] caspersfi:
Well I'm surprised myself by the survey. I think you have a strong and valid argument the ''billion different phone variations''.

I really don't have any good ideas why.... but I'll just say this. I love this phone. There can be a thousand surveys from ppl I don't know stating how terrible Sammy is, doesn't make a difference to me.

My research was done thru XDA and Rootzwiki. Strong and active development was on top of my list among other things.

I just skimmed thru the survey and I doubt you'll find this question posted on any survey...... Does this Samsung device have a great XDA community with great Devs?

Yep.

Good enough for me.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] squshy 7:
This actually surprises me, as the E4GT ranked #1 in consumer reports for Sprint's line-up...which of course, is ranked by consumers lol.
[Captivate General] jmtheiss:
I had made a backup using Titanium Backup of my setup on Infinitum 1.0.0, and was planning to make the jump to 1.0.1. After the backup finished, I cleared data (factory reset) in CWM, and flashed the new rom. When it came time to use Tibu to put everything back, it seemed to go fine.

...at first.

As I opened each app, I kept getting error messages saying that the app had to close. I tried multiple ways of getting around this:

- flashed back to 1.0.0 and restored. No good.

- flashed to GB stock and restored. No good.

- flashed a GB custom rom and restored. No good.

So I obviously had a bad backup on my hands. This overall wasn't a huge deal, except for a few games that had some progress I didn't want to have to do over.

According to Tibu's website, you sometimes can fix this by re-downloading the app from the Play Store and then restoring the data. This didn't work.

Ultimately, I just restored only the apps. They installed fine this way, but the ones who had data I cared about didn't have that data there.

To get around it, I did this:

1. I opened up the "TitaniumBackup" folder on my internal SD card and navigated to the files for the app I wanted to save.

2. I copied the file that ended in .tar.gz (not the .apk.gz or the "properties") to my pc, and extracted it fully with 7zip (extract the gzip, extract the .tar)

3. I compared the files in the unzipped folder against my phone to find where they were located. For instance, the ones I was looking at were in /data/data/(application folder). Make sure that that folder exists on your phone.

4. Using adb, I pushed the files inside of the .tar.gz file I had unzipped into the corresponding folders in /data/data (e.g. adb push sysprefs /data/data/amazingapp/sysprefs).

This is probably all what TiBu does behind the scenes, but for me, it restored the data of the apps that wouldn't restore via Tibu.

Hope this helps someone else.
[HTC Rezound] xXJay_RXx:
Okay so I had an HTC rezound before and rooted it fine. But I just got it again from another member and im stuck. It's got the latest ics ruu but the bootloader reads locked with s off. I can't seem to fastboot or nothing. The Android driver won't install. I tried re installing the SDK and I can't because for some reason the Java JDK doesnt wanna install. Im kind of disappointed cuz I thought it was rooted but oh well. Any help guys ?
[HTC Rezound] thatsricci:
if you are s-off, just flash amonRA recovery via the sd card, and then install su/superuser via amonRA developer menu in recovery.

hold volume down while powering on to get into boot/recovery.
[HTC Rezound] xXJay_RXx:
How do I install via recovery? Do I download it, rename it and flash it thru hboot?
[HTC Rezound] thatsricci:
amonRA has an option in the developer menu called "install su/superuser"

sooooo

1) boot into recovery

2) scroll to Deveoper menu, click power.

3) scroll to "install su/superuser" click power.
[HTC Rezound] xXJay_RXx:
Sorry I forgot to mention that there is no recovery on the phone. Sorry I thought I mentioned it
[HTC Rezound] thatsricci:
install amonRA from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1339679&highlight=amonra+ph98img+zip

put the ph98img.zip on the root of your SD card, and flash it in the boot loader.
[HTC Rezound] Abu-7abash:
You don't have to.

Look.up Armon's Ra thread in the dev section, there you will find a PH89IMG file, put that on the root of your external sd and reboot to hboot (bootloader), it will install tge recovery for you and you can root from there.
[HTC Rezound] funnce:
I've got the PH98IMG.zip for AmonRA if you need it, just PM me! You can probably just flash it like they said and then it'll give you recovery. That's what I did before.

1) Put PH98IMG.zip in root of SD card

2) Boot into bootloader and then accept the install

3) Boot into AmonRA recovery
[HTC Rezound] Abu-7abash:
Like I said, it's attached in the Recovery's thread, here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19205213
[HTC Rezound] funnce:
Yes or that. Sorry, I totally skimmed over what you said.
[HTC Rezound] xXJay_RXx:
Thanks a lot fellas. Im usually good at figuring this stuff out myself but sometimes you need a helping hand :) I flashed the touch recovery from the dev section but ill flash the one posted instead since I've used that one on phones in the past. Thanks to everyone. Really appreciate it
[HTC Rezound] RoryHe:
I recommend flashing

http://unlimited.io/hboot-downloads/

the vigor ics hboot

thus granting you commonly used fastboot commands.

make sure the md5 sum matches, and follow the instructions.

I'm not responsible for any mess ups that may occur during this ^ process.

If you don't use fastboot then this isn't needed.
[HTC Rezound] xXJay_RXx:
okay guys i got another problem. i flashed the TWRP recovery just fine thru the PH98IMG.zip way. then i tried to flash the AmonRa recovery that way and it finds the recovery but then it say Phasing or Phrasing and then does nothing. i then try the fast boot way (finally got it to recognize fast boot) and it tells me "FAILED <remote: not allowed>" i tried downloading it several times to make sure it wasnt a bad download and nothin. what to do guys?

at the boot loader screen, this is what it says in case this helps:

***Locked***

Vigor PVT Ship S-Off RL

HBoot-2.25.0000

Radio-1.22.10.0421r/1.22.10.0424r

OpenDSP-v13.6.0.7611.00.0104

eMMC-boot
[HTC Rezound] thatsricci:
ok, you are **locked** so flashing stuff via fastboot won't work... the nice thing is you are s-off, so you can flash ANYTHING via hboot...

What is your battery level at? IF you are not above 30% battery, it won't flash anything.

It says "Parsing..."
[HTC Rezound] xXJay_RXx:
Nope I'm at 91% when I turned it back on. And yea thats what it said. Sorry I forgot what it exactly said
[HTC Rezound] xXJay_RXx:
Is it safe to unlock the HTC Dev way? Thats how I did it with my old Rezound but I didn't have S-Off on that one.
[HTC Rezound] Abu-7abash:
You dobt have to, and yes it's safe. Plus you need to be bootloader unlocked in order to s-off.
[HTC Rezound] xXJay_RXx:
Thanks. The guy I bought it from said it was s off but flashed the latest RUU which I guess re locked the boot loader. I'll unlock it the HTC Dev way when I get home
[HTC Rezound] Abu-7abash:
Again, you dont have to unlock. You're already s-off, you can flash ANYTHING at the Moment.
[HTC Rezound] xXJay_RXx:
Ah well I unlocked the bootloader and was able to flash the AmonRa recovery since I couldn't the PH98IMG way. Thanks tho :)
[General Accessories] rn9215:
Really nice review i have ordered mine from expansys.in waiting for it !.And thanks for the review :cool:
[General Accessories] matej1990:
First-time-use-charging is pain in the ass. I connected it to the charging cable, but wasn't sure if it's charging or not... no LED light, no response from watch... nothing. In begining I thought I recevied defective one, that is not charging. Also using custom (too) short USB cable instead of micro USB cable is simply dumb. I think charging is the main failure of this watch.

Watch battery indicator is also not use accurate. It was showing about 50%, but next hour it shut itself down.

Apps are not to good, but they are getting better and better. Unfortunately Facebook and Twitter apps are realy bad. Almost just plain text with no forming. Mail notifications are currently bad.

Weather app is very good, but it needs option for current location not just predefined location.

Find phone, Messaging, Missed call, ModeChanger, TicTacToe, StatusView, Counter, GPS Viewer, GPS Map, Slideshow and Battery Level apps are useful and good working!

Music player needs bigger buttons!

I would prefer bigger screen, but i got big hands, so this is not for everybody. Also pixel densiti and screen brightnes is too low.

Also it would be cool it it would have mic and speaker, so I could answer phone calls from the watch.

And one more tip: the easiest way to check your watch is double tap on the alu ring/band. It apparently uses accelerometer to wake up. ;)
[General Accessories] PVTD:
I had that very same impression at first. I will quote this in my review, as the same thing happened to me. The battery was showing 50% if not more and suddenly, I could not revive the thing. I used it for 1 day and a half and it died already :/

Abou the dubble tabbing, you would need a hammer, as I had to almost hit it :P

LED and Micro-USB would have been handy. Now I have to order a new cable in case the watch dies while driving/working... Worst case scenario, lose the cable...
[General Accessories] matej1990:
Nope, no hammer in use! :D

You just have to get used to it. It works surprisingly good! ;)
[General Accessories] Wop2k:
One downside is also that it actually is no watch, it's a clip. It is unnecessary bulky because of the clip. 12,5 mm instead of 8,5 mm. So I can easily imagine a scenario where i break the clip by getting cought somewhere since it does not lock in closed position. This would cause the "watch" to be unuseable since you can't charge it properly nor wear it as a watch anymore.

It also not a real watch because it does not show the time without interaction.

I want my MBW-150 back :(

Nevertheless it has some awesome apps like the camera tool and GPS map "Google Maps for Smartwatch" finally works like a charm.
[General Accessories] lordstein:
the sony smartwatch is Waterproof ?, You can splash in the water or surmeger?
[General Accessories] matej1990:
It's just dust and splash proof. So... it's not waterproof. No submerging!
[General Accessories] PVTD:
Just a little heads up.

Mine stopped working yesterday. It stopped reacting till I placed it back in it's charger.

So, what I now get is a fully charged SmartWatch MN2, who only works when you place it in it's charging cable.

Once every (around) 30 seconds it reboots on it self, then searches for your phone.

Your phone says it's still connected, so the SmartWatch keeps searching till you reset your phone's Bluetooth device list.

Once reconnected, you need to be lucky to be able to use it at least 15 more seconds before it reboots and searches infinitely again.
[General Accessories] rn9215:
Are you talking about the sony live view or the sony smart watch?

because the live view is known to have all such probs! and in this thread we are talking about the smart watch ok :cool:
[General Accessories] PVTD:
I ment SmartWatch sorry. I read a LiveView topic before and confused myself.

The SmartWatch is what i ment :S
[General Accessories] ozzo96:
This is EXACTLY what has now happened to mine! Got to send it to a Sony Repair place now.
[General Accessories] cebronix:
It's a little frustrating

I like my Smartwatch so far. I've had it a couple weeks. Music control works great with DoubleTwist & the FindMyPhone app is great (if you're in bluetooth range). The Endomondo app is nice too as I keep my phone strapped to my arm while running.

My main complaint is the actual app buttons. 9 times out of 10, when I tap the icon to launch the app, it thinks I'm swiping and goes back to another screen. So frustrating. Better firmware with slightly larger buttons or something better come quick. I almost chucked the thing across the room. Luckily, the strap was too tight & I had calmed down by the time it came off.
[General Accessories] o0k00l:
Ok i am so confused .. I wanna ask what is main difference between Liveview and LiveView2(Sony Smartwatch)

I am planing to buy one so which one should i go for and why .. !!!??:confused:
[General Accessories] userfriendlyme:
Liveview was Sony's first smartwatch I would say version 1. I have that also no where near as good as the new Sony smartwatch.
[General Accessories] SibawayhDroid:
Wow ... very smarter !!

Thanks