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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bmxr123:
So after flashing a couple of ICS roms i really like calkulin's ICS and will stick with it. But as soon as i went from GB to ICS roms, my signal strength and service in certain areas has gone to *&^%.. Im getting LOS more too.

I determined that it was time to update modems(i was still running el29)

I tried fh23 and FI03 and FI03 seems to be the better out of the two, but my buddy is still on el29 and seems to get better service regularly(i put him on the same version of calkulin's rom as well)

My questions are as follows:

1. What exactly does a modem do?

2. why does sprint release so many, and is there that much of a difference?

3. how do i find out which is the best modem for me?

4. (sounds like a stupid question but here goes) What is the difference between a modem and a radio?

Thanks!!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
A modem is the same as the radio. They help bridge the software and the hardware for your radio components. There were so many modems because there was a bunch of leaks we have gotten. You find out which ones best by flashing them. Each phone as well as each area can be different. So you just have to find out.

sent from my BAD A$$ Epic touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bmxr123:
Thanks for the crazy-fast reply!

I have cracked open quite a few e4gt phones and they all look the same and parts always swap(data ports,camera,glass)..I don't get it..

Is it possible that, collectively, we have made a couple of assumptions only because of the amount of variables(and outcomes) between users that are involved?

I just refuse to believe that these modems are location specific.

I do, however, think they could be hardware-specific being that the e4gt is made in a couple different locations...But, does anybody come across a modem that just DOESN'T WORK on their e4gt?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
I believe some of the modems are actually the same. They are just called different because it was a later build date. But it was the same modem. And yes I have had a few just not work. The fd series gave me horrible reception. I'm talking not being able to make one call. Then in the same place moments after I would flash the el29 or fc15 and it would be full bars again.

sent from my BAD A$$ Epic touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bmxr123:
Is there any thread in which people discuss this topic a little further? I'm interested in getting to the bottom of all this..I'm about to go to sprint right now to see what modem their new phones are running! Also, i have a GF in los angeles..I'll have her do the same..She got her e4gt about a month ago and hers was running fh13 out of the box.

What modem are you running right now?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] calisro:
install FI03. It fixes a lot of battery and 4g speed issues. best modem since EL29.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bmxr123:
Oh..i just read your signature..Is fb21 still the modem you are using? Why did you choose this one? Why not FI03? Isn't that the newest? Have all of these people really flashed all of these modems or is that overkill? Is my analysis of all of this overkill? LOL
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Mac of York:
I use FF18 and that works quite well in my area. I haven't tried the newest leak yet but I might soon.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] patrao_n:
No I am not on fb21. I stopped maintaining my signature when I picked up tapatalk. I am on fi03 right now

sent from my BAD A$$ Epic touch
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bmxr123:
oh ok..cool..Thats the one I'm on and its seems to be awesome!
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] jziggy101:
I am on FI03 and its the best for signal strength and data speed I have ever had.

If you do not get the same service as your buddy it might not be the modem firmware that is the problem. I was having lots of signal issues and my friend was not. I finally took the phone to sprint and had them run a signal check on it and it failed. I got a replacement phone since mine was still under warranty. The refurbished phone running under FI03 is getting great signal where the other was barely getting anything. So it might not be a firmare issue but a hardware one.

Sprint will charge you $35 for the test.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pitastrudl:
im using an app called tasker and im trying to change a setting.

i have a desire hd running jelly bean cm10 nightly from codefirex. with tasker i would like to disabel h/w overlay with a shell command(or whatever its called, i have no knowledge of linux whatsoever). first i would need to see the list of settings that can be toggled in my rom with a command and of corse the command to change the settings. any ideas?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] YoKid:
Howdy,

I've been searching for a good tablet photo widget for hours and simply can not find what I'm looking for.

I would like the widget to...

-Be stretch-able Horizontally and Vertically separately.

-Be cropped which ever way I see fit (Portrait/Landscape).

Miui has a good photo widget which lets you have a portrait frame and a landscape frame, but they can not be

enlarged. As well as, the tablet does not support Miui launcher.

*Launchers are welcome as well!

Thanks in advance~

Cheers,

JT
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] YoKid:
Bump?
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[Nexus 7 Accessories] Nxxx:
BUMP!
[Nexus 7 Accessories] Xaltotun:
Thanks for the post friend... Excellent roundup.

I did not find the sleeve however, the link did not work.

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Sent from my Google Nexus 7

Using Tapatalk 2

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[Nexus 7 Accessories] Rody2k6:
About that OTG Cable, just click on the eForCity one (recommended section or related, I don;t know) and you will see it has many compatibility problems some don;'t even fit in the Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Accessories] Nxxx:
Sorry. I'll update with the real link when I get home from work. Thanks for letting me know.

Sent from my really cool phone w/ a screen
[Nexus 7 Accessories] Wilks3y:
Cheers for the link, would have bought the USB OTG cable that you listed, if it let me ship to my address, tried 3 of the different sellers, and amazon said they couldn't/wouldn't ship to that address, yet im in the UK?

So I had another search on Amazon and found another one for £1 extra, dya want the link so you can add it if anyone faces the same issue?
[Nexus 7 Accessories] Nxxx:
Yes please, and I appreciate your effort to help others. :)

Sent from my really cool phone w/ a screen
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Dave-it:
Yesterday, as I lay in my bed, I played some games with my SGS and I left the WiFi on.

After a while I fell asleep. This morning, the battery was dead, so I tried to recharge and start it. But suddenly there was a bootloop, so I tried to get into the clockworkmod recovery, which was also not working.

Fortunately the download mode was working and I reinstalled the clockworkmod recovery. After that I did an factory reset, wiped the cache partition and tried to flash CM 9.1 stable (before I had some nightly build). But it threw me an error which was something like this:

assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "galaxys" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "galaxys" ||
getprop("ro.product.device") == "galaxysmtd" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "galaxysmtd" ||
getprop("ro.product.device") == "GT-I9000" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "GT-I9000" ||
getprop("ro.product.device") == "GT-I9000M" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "GT-I9000M" ||
getprop("ro.product.device") == "GT-I9000T" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "GT-I9000T"
(Status 7)

After some search I found out that "ro.product.device" and "ro.build.product" was "herring" (wtf?!) :confused:

So I just deleted the assert part in the updater-script.

Then I tried to flash it one more time and it worked, but the flashing procedure took only a few seconds.

I thought: "Okaaay...", restarted the system... and it worked!

But the strange thing was that everything was still there: every setting, every application, just everything!

The system settings also said that the older rom is installed.

So... what the **** happened?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] knuckles1978:
Gremlins hacked ur phone via WiFi and changed your build config product to herring.

lol that is very strange indeed....

GT-I9000 / SEMA / SLIMBEAN2.3
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JulesMarcus1234:
I knew it, this is real proof that gremlins are real
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] theinvid:
Ok, (obvious newbie here)

I'm rooted with SU

I just attempted to install most recent CM10 Nightly and when trying to install it i get "Verifying update package... E: Signature verification failed...Installation aborted.

So um...I also tried this with the 2nd newest CM10 build just to see if anything different would happen and I got the same error.

Any ideas??
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] JB calhoun:
Get newest cwm
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] theinvid:
6012

I'm using 6.0.1.2 isn't that the newest cwm?

is it because i did not select wipe data/factory reset & wipe cache partition before trying to install it?

*Update*- I just retried this after wiping factory data and cache and it gave me the same error with both CM10 and AOKP....frustrating
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Alpo27:
This is from September and there's still not a solution? Ugh, just my luck.

Having exact same error when trying to update through the built in process. Mine also says "location does not exist" as well as the signature verification error.

Please help if you can!

Thx,

-AJ
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] liltitiz:
And did you try team win recovery project? Here's the link with all installation infos you'll need.

http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/104
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] Alpo27:
FIX

Very easy fix. After it "fails", go to "Install from SD card". Click the "Toggle Signature Verification" option. Then go back and try to install it again. I've found I have to do this every single time to successfully install the Nightly updates that are pushed OTA. Works like a dream afterwards tho.
[General Questions and Answers] gFrenken97:
Ok so I have the X-TremE CM10 1.5 Pure ROM on my Samsung Galaxy SII but the loclscreen is different than it should be, the icon that looks like a lock is replaced by some kind of dragon .. i've gone through all the settings a few times but I can't find out how .. I guess some place in the framework.

Can you ease tell me how to do this? And be specific because i'm a huge noob ...

I'll put a screenshot of how to lockscreen looks right now.

Thanks!
[General Questions and Answers] gFrenken97:
Really? .. Nobody?
[General Questions and Answers] ItzCrooK2UxD:
Have you tried widget locker lockscreen? Its a paid app ($3 US)definitely worth purchasing if you find yourself tinkering a bunch though.
[General Questions and Answers] gagdude:
Discussing pirated apps is not allowed here on xda. The widgetlocker developer is actually a member here.

@OP I suggest asking in the ROM thread since this is very ROM specific and it looks like the dev added it in himself. Otherwise, unless you are completely glued to this one ROM I'm sure there's another JB ROM without this dragon.

(Personally though, it looks pretty bad ass. I'd love it if it were my phone)
[General Questions and Answers] ItzCrooK2UxD:
EDITED
[General Questions and Answers] gagdude:
You cannot get it officially outside of the Google Play store, unless its directly from TeslaCoil himself. When you download a paid app for free on another site, that is pirating.

If I said took this guys iPhone and sold it, isn't that stealing? But no I didn't say anything to infer that.
[General Questions and Answers] gFrenken97:
Please tell me isn't there anything I can replace in the framework files? What's the name of the lockscreen file?
[General Questions and Answers] duonganhhao:
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maybe some problem at rom... have u tried a new rom?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaveX2012:
I have problem with rotation in my galaxy s2 . I'm running custom Rom cm 10. When I watch you tube or movies it can't rotate my phone.sometimes when I watch YouTube my phone rotate by itself. anyone had this problem ? Need help...

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Make sure auto rotation is checked in Settings. Some apps like the video rotating themselves are normal
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaveX2012:
Auto rotation is checked 180.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
then you need to calibrate your sensor
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DaveX2012:
Thank so much.... :thumbup: :)

Sent from my GT-I9100
[HTC One V] d4sh1:
Hi ,

i've my new htc one v since 5 day, rooted 4 days ago, everything working nice,but since this morning the sim card is no more recognized.

I've try with another one and it's ok and my sim is ok on another phone.

another thing, I tried to update , then download is ok but when rebooting no update but it goes to cwr is that correct?

I was a user of an HD2 for many years until its last day, but little lost with the HTC ONE V

Any help will be very appreciate.

thanks,
[HTC One V] JalmiNyondong1933:
What ROM you are using?
[HTC One V] lost3:
had the same problem i sent it to HTC Hellas and they replace a part of my one v ( my sim worked with other mobiles)
[HTC One V] d4sh1:
I was using the stock rom,

I unlocked the bootloader, get root on it, all was working fine during 2 days,

and then no more sim card.

I've tried with http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1640995 suprimo v5 but nothing.

Finally I returned the mobile and get a new one.

Just a question, I don't know if it's an hardware issue or soft.

Can it be that i unlock the bootloader while the sim card was in.?

this was an issue @ first with htc hd2 leo..

I'm unboxing the new one, and will redo the unlock and root but without sim.

Regards,
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] canhazpixels:
Hello,

I'm looking to figure out if anybody has found a software fix for the issue of screen backlight flickering on our phones. I've hunted down some threads through Google, but found nothing except 'go replace your phone and hope for the best.'

As a reminder, when grays are displayed onscreen (as in Play store loading screen), it seems as though the screen refresh rate can't 'keep up' with those colors. To me, the problem is even more noticeable when viewing pictures in the Gallery - seriously, I feel like I'm watching one of those 3D movies, and my eyes and head start to hurt! It's just enough that it drives me crazy, but other people do also seem to notice it, so I'm not just ACTUALLY going nuts. This problem showed up on stock before I rooted and went MeanROM, so I know it's not my fault. The problem is worse at higher brightness levels, and persists even with manual brightness settings on.

So yeah, anyone else have this problem? Any stories of successfully resolving it? I'm still within my Sprint 30-day replacement period, but already got 3rd-party insurance on my phone, so it'll be interesting to try to get a replacement phone insured under the same policy... :eek:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] drmclove69:
Yep have had this problem for a while now and actually got tired of it this morning and will take my phone back for a replacement whenever I have time! Gets so annoying especially noticing it in the littlest of places.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] SquallLHeart:
Hmm.. I never really noticed it until you pointed it out..
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] canhazpixels:
Whoa, please let me know if your replacement is any better after a day or two of playing with it. I will probably do the same if there's an improvement.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] canhazpixels:
Was on meanROM 4.2 until today, when I relocked and unrooted in preparation for getting a replacement at Sprint (I'm still within my 30 days). I was going to replace the phone because of this exact problem - a weird, barely-perceptible strobe effect when viewing grays and looking at certain photos in the gallery. And now - after all the hard work of finding an RUU for 2.13, figuring out the android SDK, learning how to use ADB (not to mention the whole initial unlock/twrp bootloader shebang) - I find that the screen flicker has dropped off. OK, sometimes there's an extremely brief (~150ms) hint of it all on a gray screen, but absolutely nothing compared to the headache that it was before. I'd recommend completely unrooting/relocking your phone and pushing the correct RUU. QBking77's the best for it - look up his youtube vids on android sdk intstallation/usage, then relocking your bootloader, then unrooting/installing an RUU. Remember to clear your Google Wallet first, and set your fastboot to off (under power settings). After relocking your bootloader, you might notice that you cannot boot past it. That's fine; just push your RUU with fastboot USB. You'll know what I mean after watching the vids.

After all that, if your results were like mine, you'll know it actually had something to do with your custom ROM. I have no idea how that is possible, as I seem to recall a flickering in my stock ROM, too, but I guess I was wrong. Perhaps it has something to do with my charge status, and I'll see the issue come back... who knows?

For relocking/unrooting

Step 1: Android SDK setup

Step 2: Relock the bootloader

Step 3: Unroot/Push RUU (for some reason, I had to go straight to pushing RUU from step 2 without booting into any ROM).

From all my scouring online, though, I've noticed that the people most consistently hammered with this problem (especially on screens other than photos in the Gallery or gray colors in the battery histogram of power settings) have build issues with their screens. These include light leak seeming to emanate in bands fanning up out of the home 'button' or graphical issues. These people usually report a fix to the problem once they receive a replacement; the ones with my problems typically complained of having received up to 3 (!) phones in a row with the maddening flicker, suggesting a software issue. It seems that the HTC One X itself was plagued with these problems, with graphical glitches also entering the mix, but an OTA fix a month ago or so minimized issues.

Lemme know how things go... I still have 4 days or so to return my phone if the flicker comes back, haha.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Spyderekz:
I had to get my phone replaced. sadly for me it was a hardware failture. check google maps and see if it the graphics flicker there, of if the background on minecraft main screne flickers in and out
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] canhazpixels:
Yeah, woke up this morning and problem was back in full force. I think it might be charge-dependent or temperature dependent (which makes sense if its an analog hardware component like a voltage regulator that's being futzy). I ended up replacing it, too, but Sprint charged me a bull**** $35 because I bought the phone at third-party reseller instead of a corporate store (god... damn... it). Anyway, my new (and refurb, btw) unit has absolutely no problems. Zero. Rooting and reinstalling meanROM now, haha. At least the store people acknowledged that they could also see the problem. Software scans turned up absolutely nothing, although Sprint says HTC does not allow them to open things up because it's a unibody phone, so it's still possible that my regulator was faulty.

Anyway, seems to me that it's a hardware problem having to do with a particular batch of phones. Strange, since my new phone is a 0003 hardware revision, just like my last...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] drmclove69:
Went today for my 3rd time trying to get a replacement because of this issue and not to mention I got denied a replacement when I was in my 14 grace day period I went in 2 times after that today being the 2nd and I asked for a replacement, I then have to wait for the "tech" to look at it...waited 1 hour to get told it phone has no problems we ran all the tests and passed, me really confused asked her do you even know what the problem is? She replies no....I then am like WTF. I tell her about my issue and try shwowing her and somehow doesn't notice it. Then asks 5 other people and they notice it and then they replace my screen? After I wait another hour (caused me to be late to work) then once done it actually fixed the problem completely, go home to find out she broke my speaker and my sd card won't mount! Drop it off and picked it up and all is fixed. I know want to terminate my contract cuz sprint has been giving me Shi**y customer service since day one! Someone who works at sprint plz help me!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] wwjdd44:
I do not like my data being forced to the internal SD, so with a little google help, I found this. It lets you exchange an internal directory to your external sd.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1410262

so far, seems to work quite well.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mustbepbs:
That app works awesome. I use it on my N7 for gameloft games since they're freakishly large.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rhamza161:
So, I broke the glass on my Infuse a week ago. The LCD touchscreen beneath it is in perfect condition without any noticeable defects. I have dropped my phone from over 5' onto concrete multiple times in the past and nothing broke those times, but I went to get out of my car and it slipped out of my pocket and fell one foot onto asphalt and the screen shattered, at least the bottom half. It sucks, but it happens, right? That is why I pay $5 /month for insurance, it is an expensive phone that i don't want to replace out of pocket. Well, it turns out that the last time I had to file an insurance claim they hadn't updated their pricing policy. It use to be $50 for a claim, but now it is $200! :mad: Ridiculously expensive if I say so myself. I went onto ebay and found that they sell the LCD, glass, and tools for $190, but this is an outdated phone, well AT&T doesn't sell it anymore at least. Why would I want to spend close to $200 for a new screen when I only spent $80 to buy the phone 15 months ago???

Now onto my real question:

1) Should I buy the screen replacement and fix it myself? I'm generally really good with electronics... and I've replaced screens in flip phones before.

2) Should I open a new line on my existing account for $10 a month and get the galaxy s3 for $170 and just put my sim card in the phone?

3) or should I go through AT&T's replacement service and get w/e phone they want to give me? (What phone replaced the Infuse anyway?)

What do you guys think I should do?