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[Motorola Droid RAZR] daniel644:
A quick look at coverage charts shows just how INSANELY more coverage you could get with verizon over sprint.

Like you, in my area Verizon has the best coverage and even amongst the verizon phones I've had (including a V3m Razr, EnVtouch and my current Razr Maxx) the Maxx is HANDS DOWN the best at reception night and day over the touch (which was one of the better reception wise), my envtouch wouldn't work till the very top of one hill on my drive to/from work and my Maxx works at the bottom of that hill in the valley several hundred feet lower (300-500 approx) and is intermittent in the valley itself, but NONE of the phones I've seen have had ANY service in that valley, and we don't even have 4G here yet.

I literally am amazed with all the places were this phone works, even at work where we have a small desktop cell repeater (single room style) my maxx works from atleast 50% further away from the repeater then my envtouch did.

It's a bit batter hungery but this app https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ndroid&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd is great for VOIP using your google voice number.

Wifi Tether is great for rooted phones to share the connection and works right out of the box without having to configure ANYTHING.

And if you download matt's DroidRAZRutility rooting is a BREEZE, literally hook up phone set it into USB debugging mode and click the choice for rooting, phone will reboot twice (IIRC) and about 5 minutes from when you started it, its done.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Team420:
Ya... no samsung products for me... I had the moment from sprint... WOW... what a p.o.s. lol Then they moved me to the Cant remember what it was called, but it wasnt much better.

The other thing is... I really dont wanna wait... I dont see naything all that much better coming fro a while.. Maybe a droid whatever 1.5ghz dual core, but I dont see that being a whole lot better than a 1.2...

Idk... Anyone else think I should wait?

Dont see any great things coming from sprint any time soon, they got their heads stuck up their arses with the i-crap...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Team420:
Exactly what I was hoping to hear! I dont need the next best thing... I just want something that works where/when I need it to, and having 3g everywhere I only have 1x now, is gonna be huge for me... It opens a whole new sales region for me....
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Scionero:
I won't go to any other carrier until they offer unlimited data or at least reasonably priced tiered plans. I love paying $110 a month for unlimited for my wife and myself. It would be over $180 on Verizon.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] ali87va:
I made the switch from the evo 3D to the RAZR and I'm one happy guy! Service here in northern Virginia is excellent compared to sprint,as well as 4g data speeds that top out at 20 something Mbs!!! No dropped calls,nothing so far! Call quality is crisp and clear. Now onto the phone....this is actually my first Motorola phone after the original RAZR ha! Build and quality wise its real good and durable,the only downside is (coming from a line of HTC phones) boot loaders are a complete ***** lol. Other than that,everything is A1 for me. I pay around $80 per month,I have the 420 or something min plan+6gb data plan + my men's wear house discount lol. Anything else you need to know,feel free to ask! This RAZR forum is one of the few that doesn't have as much trolls,haters,*****yness and empowering individual false personalities like the other forums had:P In short.....make the switch,you will not regret it!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] daniel644:
that reminds me, If you've ever served in the military, bring your military ID to you local verizon and you can get something like 10-20% discount (can't remember exactly) off your monthly bill, something we just learned about when we were getting are Razr Maxx's activated.

If data and minutes bang for your buck is a major point I should also mention Straight Talk has an option now where you can take any cell that works on AT&T and put there sim card in it and have unlimted everything for 45 bucks a month, you might want to think about that if AT&T service is good enough in your area.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] daddymikey1975:
my wife and I both have the razr maxx and we regularly get 2 days out of the battery w/ moderate usage.. lots of texting, web use (4G for me at work).. streaming Slacker radio for 8 - 10 hrs while at work (to be fair, I cache the music to my sd card on wifi at home so I don't eat up my 4gigs)...

The battery life on the maxx is sick.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tpike:
Been a long time sprint user and ROM flasher. Company moved to Verizon and I got the maxx until sgs3 drops. Great battery, development doesn't seem as active as the sprint devices were.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aachen79:
nothing to worry about it,razer has fine signal every where in global

Sent from my xt912 using miui v4 XDA(中国cn)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] aachen79:
it's hard to say sucks about the barttery cause it depends on how you use your phone:)

Sent from my xt912 using miui v4 XDA(中国cn)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Team420:
Just wanted to update on this...

I made the switch! And tho its only been less than 24hrs... I can already say I wont be looking back. The drive home from the verizon store was enough in itself to sell me on verizon, and this device! I get full signal 3g now, in places I either had no signal before, or a crappy roaming signal that was no reliable. I was actually able to stream pandora in my garage for a full 3 hrs!! My sprint evo wouldnt have even made thru one song... Aside from the unreal battery life (took off charger at 5pm yesterday, and still at 80%) the device dosent really seem any better than my evo was, but the difference in the network is night and day!

Anyway... thanks a lot guys! And once I get used to this phone, I will be in here looking to root it, and get rid of all this verizon bloat...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Team420:
This was my big concern... I only get 5gb/mo... But... I never used more than 4 w sprint (mostly cuz their network is slow slow its almost impossible). so I will be keeping an eye on the data usage. From what the customer service rep said... verizon is changing their data rate plans, and tho no one really knows what they are changing, its pretty safe to say, they will be offering more data for the $... (I hope), and I will just change my data plan next month...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] DualSportDad:
I have a Motorola photon from sprint which is almost the same as the razor. I'll say this about Motorola.... awesome phones right out of the box. Change the launcher to go launcher of launcher pro and the speed difference of the phone is night and day. Motorola does not want you unlocking the boot loader and running custom roms and to be honest there isn't any need to.

Root the phone through adb method and apply the water drop mod and download nebtop so you can use web top without a dock. I bought a $30 Bluetooth keyboard off amazon... its pretty nice when travel sling on the bike or just surfing the web in bed on the flat screen.

PS Google just bought Motorola so hopefully the development side of Motorola phones picks up soon.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] WizeGuyDezignz:
What is the water drop mod?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Team420:
And whats the nebtop? Is that to use the hdmi out? similar to hdmwin for the evo?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] WizeGuyDezignz:
I think he meant to say webtop?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] daniel644:
Isn't nebtop a mod to enable to the webtop mode thru the HDMI without needing the actually webtop dock?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1404625&highlight=nebtop
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brons2:
Glad to hear that the OP is happy with his new Razr Maxx. I don't always like Verizon's business practices, but in my experience they have the best service out of the big 4 in the US, and I have used them all.

AT&T's network does have a little wider reach IMO, but their service stinks where I live, dropped call central. I don't think that I have ever dropped a call on my last two Verizon phones.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Team420:
Thats pretty much what I was thinking... Ill look into it anyway, but I'm betting its similar to the hdmwin app I used on my evo to play movies on my flat screen.

*edit* a 2 min search of the play store reveals thats pretty much exactly what it is... just plug in the hdmi cable, and voila... thanks guys!

Up here where I live... Att def does NOT have wider coverage! Even my sprint phone gets better coverage than my gf's att phone, and most of my family has the crapple iphone from att, and they are always borrowing my phone, cuz theirs has no signal...

So far... I'm still happy. Just gonna hafta monitor my data usage closely... not having unlimited data is the only thing I'm not happy about so far.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Team420:
One more question tho...

Root... Should I do this now, or wait till the ics ota update is pushed out? Ive seen mixed signals regarding this issue, and it appears that gaining root on this device is a bit more involved than my evo was. Some say wait till the update then root, and others have said root now, cuz the exploit may be gone after the ota....

So what ya'lls think? The only reason I would root at this point is for the hotspot feature, as it seems there are no custom kernels to choose from, and very few roms.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brons2:
I rooted using CASUAL (see development forum) and it could not have been any easier. CASUAL automates the motofail exploit root method using Java.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] daniel644:
use this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1526113&page=5 to root your stock gingerbread, it doesn't require JAVA to be installed on your computer, which I like since JAVA seams to be the number one spot ALL the virus infected computers I fix get infected thru.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tucstwo:
You don't even need a custom rom to unlock the ability to use the Wifi hotspot, being rooted there is a way to use the stock hotspot system by changing the entitlements (which is easy to do). Also, a lot of people say the app Foxfi, from the market works for wifi tethering as well on the Razr. Good luck, I love my Razr. It's not as easy to customize as you Evo is because of the locked bootloader. I know they are releasing the Evo 4G LTE on Sprint, but if you don't have LTE in your area then who really cares?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Team420:
lte in my area... lol we just got wimax not too long ago (in a very few places) and they are shutiing that down this summer.... we wont have sprint lte for quite a while im sure....
[Motorola Droid RAZR] daniel644:
Foxfi will work if your change something somewhere, but once your ROOTED you can use WIFI TETHER and it will work right out of the box WITHOUT changing any settings. Basically Foxfi is for people who don't want to root and wifi tether is for people that are rooted.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brons2:
Wow, sorry to veer off topic, but you are correct. Launcher Pro is amazingly fast compared to the default Motorola launcher. Thanks for the tip :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Team420:
Lol... go launcher was the 1st app I dloaded.... I didnt see a whole lot of speed improvement, but honestly... I didnt give the moto launcher a chance. Go launcher has been my launcher of choice for quite some time now, and I especially like the fact that it makes all android devices act seem the same! makes switching from an htc sense phone to moto blur that much more seamless...

That being said... this device is waaay smoother than my evo was....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] joeybear23:
I am experiencing a weird issue, that I have not yet found a solution for.

I have been using a different media player for a while, and have decided I want to use Google Play Music again.

When I try to install from the market, I get an error "Application already exists..."

Well, no it doesn't it.

I tried downloading the APK to install directly outside the market,

but the package installer gives another error: "X Application not installed"

So, which is it? Is it already installed, or is it not installed?

I think there is a file somewhere on this phone that makes it think Google Play Music is already there,

but for the life of me I cannot find it.

I tried opening the APK to see if the contained files are already on the phone somewhere,

but I am not having any luck.

Can anyone help here?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] MotoMudder77:
You tried wiping?

or you maybe pushed an app to system, without changing permissions. the app will be installed, kinda.

I'd wipe.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] joeybear23:
Yeah, I am sure wiping will resolve the issue, however I still do not know the cause, so I am worried if I go through all the trouble of a full wipe I may unwittingly reproduce the same error later anyway.

I did not try to push an app to system...

In digging around I don't find any java packages that refer to music. This has me scratching my head.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] lmftmf:
Try going into system and looking for the google play music apk. maybe its there but just corrupted.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] j510:
Reboot your phone. Had the same problem on my tab .
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] joeybear23:
Thanks for trying guys. Nothing worked... factory reset did the trick.

On the positive side, a full restore using TBU (including system data) when not changing roms is quite effective

Warning - posted with Swype
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Phalanx7621:
I had the same problem with sywpe at one time. Even though the .apk was removed from /system/apps AND from /data/apps it still thought it was installed. Turned out

it was a file in /system/lib . If yer still interested in how it happened for ****s and giggles that may be it.:)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] joeybear23:
Thanks. That's the place I'll look next time i have something like this.

Warning - posted with Swype
[HTC Wildfire S] rezo609:
How to change you lock ring on Sense 2.1 ​

Before you start:

*Use Root Explorer to copy HTCLockscreen.apk from /system/app/

*Download apk manager from here: click me

1. Extract apk manager to your desktop

2. Place HTCLockscreen.apk under "place-apk-here-for-modding"

3. Launch Script.bat

4. Select 22 (Set current project)

5. Select 1 (HTCLockscreen.apk)

6. Now select Extract Apk (1)

7. Go back to the apk manager folder and go int the project folder

8. Now you will see a folder called "HTCLockScreen"

9. Open it and go into /res/drawable-mdpi/

10. Look for "lockscreen_ring.png"

11. Now you can change the color, add words, shape, etc. Remember to keep its resolution to 160x161.

12. After editing your ring, go back into the apk manager script and select option 3 (Zip apk)

13. Now select 1 since it is a system apk

14. Now go back into "place-apk-here-for-modding" and you will find "unsignedHTCLockScreen.apk".

15. Now use Root Explorer to Move and Replace HTCLockScreeen.apk to /system/app/

16. Reboot and enjoy your new lockring. :D

The next post will have a set of new ring you can replace with.
[HTC Wildfire S] rezo609:
To resize them just go to http://www.picresize.com make sure they are 160x161

THANKS TO MOHIT1234 FOR THESE NICE RINGS!!!

Orb

Sierra

Linux

Time Machine

Home

Black Ring with Red Glow

Beats 2

3D Droid

Apple

im going to upload some more later :D
[HTC Wildfire S] BigChillin:
I thanked you but....doesn't 2.1 have the slider, not the ring?
[HTC Wildfire S] Fikus011:
2.3.3 had the slider,2.3.5 sense 2.1 have the ring Big C...i dont know about cdma,is it different?
[HTC Wildfire S] rezo609:
The wfs only has sense 2.1 :p

2.3.3 = Sense 2.1

2.3.5 = Sense 2.1

-rezo609
[HTC Wildfire S] BigChillin:
Nope. We just have 2.3.4. Thanks for clearing that up ;)
[HTC Wildfire S] einstein.frat:
I just use winrar to change those 2 files here, test it. Beats 2 lockring.
[HTC Wildfire S] Fikus011:
Maybe you should refresh this thread as i found it very helpfull when i needed lockrings to choose after i screwed up mine..http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1293119

---------- Post added at 05:07 AM ---------- Previous post was at 05:06 AM ----------

Thank you for clearing the cdma up for me ;)
[HTC Wildfire S] Cold Ice:
Changed my Lockscreen Ring with it. Replaced it and rebootet. But after I saw the Locker from CM7.2 (The Slider) i was a little bit Confused. :D I don't know what happend but somehow I got the Slider. :D
[HTC Wildfire S] benjamingwynn:
Urgh.. this is like sort of development but sort of something that belongs in themes and apps lol
[HTC Wildfire S] aigaming:
This only works on sense rom's though ;)

Was that on sense or cm rom ?
[HTC Wildfire S] Cold Ice:
I used a Sense 2.1 Rom :D
[HTC Wildfire S] BigChillin:
It only works on 2.3.5+. You basically killed your sense slider and it used the aosp one instead.
[HTC Wildfire S] Tigger31337:
Check the permissions of the apk.

Also, check to see you didn't throw a de-odex APK (as described in Post #1) into an odex'ed ROM, without removing the .odex first.

My money's on the permissions (assuming you're using a Sense 2.1 ROM, as you say).
[HTC Wildfire S] trey32:
emm do u know where to change the loading icon? the icon wich appears with text box...
[HTC Wildfire S] rezo609:
I can't remember but you can change it with UOT kitchen
[HTC Wildfire S] rezo609:
if you guys hav any lock rings to share, please post them :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] TorxT3D:
just noticed the screen has lost alot of its yellow tint.

its now a reddish blueish tint, going closer to cool blue maybe.

intredasting.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] scottspa74:
Maybe your eyes are just acclamating :p
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Toast95135:
I read somewhere on these forums that as the "glue" dries the screen colors change. Truth or BS I dunno.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] TorxT3D:
acclamating.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] purock:
Cosign. I stopped using screen adjuster (added blue). The whites have been getting better

I am starting to think that it really is the glue. Now I can love my phone.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] neutopian:
Same here!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sebas156:
My SGS2 keeps disconnecting and reconnecting the usb with my computer. This is hapenning for quite a long time now.

I keep hearing the windows connect/disconnect usb sound when my phone is plugged in, making it unable to recognize the device.

Today, it finally didn't had this problem for a while, so I took my chance to get back to stock ROM (because I need to send my phone to Samsung for camera problems). So I flashed stock ROM with ODIN, but I encoutered a problem: it didn't get further than the boot animation.

When I tried to reflash, ODIN didn't recognize my phone anymore, just like before. When I plug in my SGS2 to my computer while on download mode, it just keeps reconecting the USB, so the device can't be installed.

Tried a different computer. It kept being connected, but that comp sucks and it couldn't recognize my phone at all. My own computer also has problems recognizing the SGS2, but also has the problem that it can't stay connected.

Things to know:

- Other usb devices do stay connected, it's just for my sgs2

- I've tried different USB hubs etc., reinstalling Kies, uninstalling drivers.

- It does keep charging the phone, even when the computer makes the disconnect sound. That makes it even weirder!

Basically I'm seriously out of clues how to revive my phone :P

I don't want to send it to Samsung, scared of losing warranty.

You guys are my last hope!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gazza35:
to start the ball rolling, YOU SHOULDNT BE connecting sgs2 to a HUB, thats probably the fault, second, have you tried a different usb lead or a different computer with the same lead to either verify if its the phone or lead at fault??

No one on here can answer your question because it sounds like a hardware issue, wire or hub or charger port, but it is an elimination process and only you can do that.

If you try everything and still get no joy, restore your pc to an earlier point, uninstall the samsung drivers and re-install them etc etc.

I very much doubt its a software problem tho, looking at what you tried already, lots of people use hubs, if youre flashing roms and your connected to a hub then ya play a dangerous game and risk soft bricking your phone, most of the time odin wont recognise your phone through a hub, same if ya usb lead is too long, itll charge but no data. always connect it directly to the pc usb 2 port.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sebas156:
Ow, I think I used the wrong word. I meant to say port instead of hub.. Translation fail there. So that's not the problem, I've put the cable directly into the USB port.

I think you are right about the hardware problem. I'm just not sure where the problem is. I only have one cable, so I can't test that atm. But like I said, the connection problem does NOT occur on another computer. It keeps the device connected (as an unknown device though).

So it's weird: it looks like a SGS2 hardware problem, but on the same time it has a different problem on a different computer. It's really confusing...

Thanks for the quick reply by the way
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] King_Rat:
Android Sync manager Wifi

is the answer you're looking for ^^

no more plugging in this... mounting that...

NB, has a pc side component ;)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sebas156:
Then please explain me how I could ever do that when there is no working ROM on my phone. I'm stuck on the 'restore with Kies' screen, like I told in my post (yes, still). And how it will ever work with ODIN? It won't...

Now not any computer is connecting with my sgs2. It just doesn't show anything (not even unknown device). I'm going to try to buy a new cable. Is it needed to buy a Samsung cable? Because it's harder to find than just a regular usb to micro usb cable (and more expensive :P). This is my last hope. When it's not working, I need to send it to Samsung.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bunnybash:
You need to replace your usb board within your phone. New part can be found on ebay for around $10. It's a really simple task replacing it. No soldering or anything.

It's been well documented on these boards.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SASQUATCH:
for some reason i cant get email notifications from xda to work can someone tell me the steps on getting them
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Evilone69tmg:
You just need to subscribe to the thread you want to follow. Since you have the XDA app. Hit the menu button and you will see subscribe. Then it will ask what email notification type to use. Hope the helps.